ge-mæcca
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Ne métte ic nǽfre on mínum lífe swá mycles sáres ne yfeles gemǽccan, Verc. Först. 120, 14
brac-hwíl
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Swá ys seó brachwíl on þæs mannes eágan, heó ys sóðes atomus, Angl. viii. 318, 33. Add
ge-winfullíce
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Æfter þon þe þú swá earfoðlíce and gewinfullíce gelýfdest postquam laboriose credidisti, Gr. D. 305, 16. Add
mild-ness
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Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21
munt-geóf
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Add:, -giú On Mauricius mynstre, þæt is on Muntgiú swá men farað tó Róme, Wlfst. 152, 9
will-spryng
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Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác . . . tó wylspringum, Hml. S. 17, 131. Add
ymb-clyppan
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To embrace, clasp, of persons Ic ymbclyppe ðé complector te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 4: amplector, 36; Zup. 214, 5. Ic ymbclyp[p]e obunco, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 31. Ymbclypte obuncabat (Timotheum ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat, Ald. 40), ii. 81, 12: 64,
ealneg
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Hé nǽfre ne besyhð tó ðǽre úplican áre, ac ealneg (ealne weg, v. l. ) fundað tó ðisum eorðlicum, Past. 66, 15: 395, 29. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ealneg (-ig, Bos. 88, 2), 4, 7; S. 182, 16: 5, 1; S. 214, 4. Hit God wræc
heán-lic
paltry ⬩ common ⬩ vile ⬩ contemptible ⬩ base
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Add: of little worth or importance, paltry, common; vilis Man wót oft máre be þám heálicran ðonne be þám heánlicran, Solil. H. 17, 14. vile, contemptible, base Heánlic slǽp, Dóm. L. 257. Eów mæg gescomian ꝥ gé swá heánlic geþóht on eów geniman for ánes
læs
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and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17. Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan
tó-féran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately ⬩ to disperse (intrans.)
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to go in different directions, go off separately Ǽr fires Drihtnes leorningcnihtas tóférdan, ealswá heom beboden wæs (cf. Mk. 16, 15), Wulfst. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 318, 3. to disperse (intrans.) Ðá ðæt gafol gelǽst wæs, ðá tóférde se here wíde swá hé
Linked entry: tó-faran
níwan
Recently ⬩ lately ⬩ newly
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Recently, lately, newly Níwan, neówan, nuper; Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 58. Secgeaþ hí ðæt sume dæge ðider níwan ( nuper ) cóme cýpemen, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 4. Ða þing ðe ús níwan bodade syndon ea quae nunc nobis nova praedicantur, 2, 13; S. 516, 11. Ðonne
treówian
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to trust, confide Æghwylcum ðe him on treówaþ omnes qui confidunt in eis, Ps. Th. 113, 17. Ða ðe treówiaþ (confidunt) on Drihtne, Ps. Spl. 124, 1. On mannan tó treówianne confidere in homine, Ps. Th. 117, 8. On ealdor-inen tó treówianne sperare in principibus
Linked entry: trýwian
un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Innocent, harmless Innocens unsceððig (-scæððig) is ǽfre nama, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 253, 16. Beó se cristena man unsceaðþig and bilewite, Homl. Th. i. 142, 20. Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 25. Hys ðæt synnige blód wæs ágoten
Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig
hwǽr
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Add: <b>, hwára.</b> in direct questions. with verbs denoting rest, where, in what place Adam, hwár eart þú?, Gen. 3, 9. Hwǽr is þæt tiber?, Gen. 2890. (1 a) where it is implied that the question cannot be satisfactorily answered :-- Hwǽr
smale
finely ⬩ not loudly
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finely (v. smæl, V.) Hundes tux gebærned and smale gegniden Lchdm. i. 372, 1. Gegníd tó duste swýðe smale 196, 12: 198, 1, 15. Genim wæterhæfern gebærnedne and ðonne gegniden smale ii. 44, 20. Genim swefl, gebeát swíðe smale 88, 17: i. 358, 9. Ásift
æl-þeódelíce
Among foreigners ⬩ abroad ⬩ peregre
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Among foreigners, abroad; peregre Swá se man ðe ælþeódelíce férde sicut homo qui peregre profectus, Mk. Jun. 13, 34
bi-fóran
Before, of old ⬩ antea
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Before, of old; antea Swá ǽr bifóran as ere of old, Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 26; Cri. 468
aler-bróc
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A brook with alders on the banks In ælrbróc, and seoððan swá alrbróc ligeð, C. D. iii. 393, 17
dropettan
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Dropeteð blód swá þon gelícost þe tóbrocen fæt, Lch. ii. 230, 25; Dropetende stillantia. Ps. Srt. 71, 6. Add