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á-dwelian

(v.)

To wander, stray

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Ðá hrægel from hǽlo gife ne ádweledon indumenta a gratia curandi non vacarunt, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 6. trans. Similar entries (in Dict.) v. next word

segnung

(n.)
Grammar
segnung, sénung, e; f.

Blessing ⬩ consecration

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Wæs hé lǽded tó Brytta biscopum and hé nǽnige hǽle ne frófre þurh heora segnunge (þegnunge ?) onféng qui cum oblatus Brittonum sacerdotibus, nil curationis vel sanationis horum ministerio perciperet, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 26

hefig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-líc, adj.

Grievous ⬩ troublesome

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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be anywhere troubled with inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8

un-gewealden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewealden, adj.

Not under control ⬩ disordered

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Ðonne se man mete þigð, ðonne áwyrpð hé eft and hæfð ungewealdene wambe and ða micgean, 204, 10

Linked entry: ge-wealden

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr hwít oððe blacc, Hml. Th. i. 482, 20. Blace berian flavia vel mori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 67. Blaco pulla, 118, 46. Þá blacan, 87, 62. Him wǽron þá nebb and þá cleá ealle blace rostro pedibusque nigris, Nar. 16, 16.

Linked entries: blac blec

un-rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíce, adv.

Unrighteously ⬩ unjustly ⬩ wickedly ⬩ wrongfully

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Ǽlc ðe hǽmð búton rihtre ǽwe, hé hǽmð unrihtlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16

Linked entry: rihtlíce

æ-scære

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
æ-scære, adj. [æ = a, scær, p. of sceran to shear, cut]

Without tonsure ⬩ uncut ⬩ untrimmed ⬩ neglected ⬩ intonsus ⬩ incultus ⬩ neglectus

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Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not

Linked entries: a-scære -scǽre

un-gestæððigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gestæððigness, e; f.

Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness

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Unsteadiness, levity, want of firmness Se hæfð singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse jugem habet scabiem, cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur, Past. 11; Swt. 70, 3.

eolhx

(n.)
Grammar
eolhx, eolh-secg, es; m.
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.) ¶ the word occurs as the name of a rune Eolxsecg eard hæfð oftust on fenne, wundað grimme beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne onfeng gedéð, Rún. 15. See Wimmer, Runenschrift, p. 132. Substitute:

ge-félness

sensitiveness, sensation

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Welmes hǽto mid gefélnesse ... áheardung þæs magan mid gefélnesse and mid sáre ... heardung þǽre lifre bútan gefélnesse and bútan sáre, 198, 11-14. Þone dǽl þe git hwilcehwega gefélnesse hæbbe, 84, 1. Add

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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a dwelling-place, abode, habitation, residence, lodging, quarters Hé tó him wilniende wæs ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce hé mid árum on beón mehte, and his wíc ðaer on byrig beón mihte on his lífe, Chart. Erl. 69, 23. In locum qui dicitur

hǽmed

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Ǽulic hǽin. . ed legitimum conubium, An. Ox. 416. Hǽmeda matrimonii, 3617. Hǽrnedu (hǽmedru, Hpt.

lá

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Gecier lá, ne folga mé, ðæt ic ðé ne dyrre ofstingan, Past. 295, 15. to statement or affirmation Geá, lá, geá; gyf hyt nú fǽrenga gewurde ... vere aliquantum; imo si haec repente provenerint ..., Solil. H. 34, 11.

a-ídlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ídlan, p. ede; pp. ed.

To become idle ⬩ free from ⬩ vacare ⬩ To profane ⬩ profanare

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To become idle, free from; vacare Ðá gegyrelan from hǽlo gife ne a-ídledon indumenta a gratia curandi non vacarunt, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 6. v. trans.

sceam-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-leás, adj.

Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton

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Selǽce biþ micles tó beald and tó scomleás ( praesumtione percussus ) ðe gǽþ lǽcnigende, and hæf þ on his ágnum nebbe opene wunde unlácnode. Past. 9, 2 ; Swt. 61, 3. Of ðysse scamleásan scylde geclǽnsa mé a delicto meo munda me Ps. Th. 50, 3.

bǽtan

to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current

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[Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs] to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes

Sunnan-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-ǽfen, es; m.
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Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse wyrce an Sunnan-ǽfen efter hire setlgange óð Mónan-ǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19. Hí lǽddon hine tó hiora hústinge on ðone Sunnan-ǽfen, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 34. [Giester sunneue, Chart. Th. 437, 18.]

sárgian

(v.)
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add: of physical ill Seó þrúh monigum monna þe heora eágan sárgedon and hefegodon wearð tó hǽle loculum nonnullis oculos dolentibus saluti fuisse perhibent, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 22. of mental pain Ymb ðæt ilce sárgode se wítga hinc propheta conqueritur

hearm-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-loca, an; m.

An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison

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Hé his maguþegne under hearmlocan hǽlo ábeád he announced safety to his servant in prison, Andr. Kmbl. 189; An. 95: 2058; An. 1031: Elen. Kmbl. 1386; El. 695

brýcian

(v.)
Grammar
brýcian, brícsian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [brýce, bríce
use
]

use ⬩ To be of use, profit, benefit, do good ⬩ prodesse, proficuum esse

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Hí brýcaþ monigra hǽlo multorum saluti proficuum erit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 32. Him sylfum brícsade benefited himself, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 6