Cant-ware
Kentish men, inhabitants of Kent ⬩ Cantuarii
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Agustinus nú on Brytene rest, on Cantwarum Augustine now rests in Britain, among the inhabitants of Kent, Menol. Fox 207; Men. 105
Linked entries: Cont-ware Cantwara burg
wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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Similar entries v. wiþer-weard, I Nis ðǽr ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, ne nǽnig wiþerweardnes, Blickl. Homl. 25, 32.
full-boren
fully formed and living at birth ⬩ legitimate
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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. figuratively Ðonne ðǽm
þancian
to thank, ⬩ give thanks, ⬩ express in words or have in mind feelings of gratitude, ⬩ to express thanks by action, ⬩ shew gratitude ⬩ to feel gratified, ⬩ to rejoice
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Þancedon, 460; B. 227. the cause of thanks given in a clause introduced by ðæt Ic ðancige ðé, ðæt ic ne eom ná swilce óðre magnum, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 19. Hí þanceden þeódne, ðæt hit þus gelomp, Cd. Th. 298, 16; Sat. 534.
stíg
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Ðú ná forfleó [weg] hǽle se ðe nis búton mid stíge tó onginnenne non refugias viam salutis que non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. Interl. 6, 8. Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip.
Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg
scíran
to make clear what is hidden or obscure ⬩ declare ⬩ tell ⬩ make known ⬩ to make clear by distinguishing between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ decide ⬩ to bring a charge against a person ⬩ to get clear of obligation, trouble, etc. ⬩ get exemption
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Nes nan mon þat durste word sciren.
blinnan
to cease
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.), with clause Ne blinnis ðú ꝥ ðú gisceáwia non desinis intueri, Rtl. 64, 33. Ne blan (blonn; geswác, v. ll.) hé ꝥ hé his geongran ne manode nec discipulos suos admonere cessabat, Gr. D. 27, 4.
lócian
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Hé ne lócað mid ðǽm eágum gesceádwísra geðeahtes, 287, 18. Lóciað, Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 15. to take care that, see that Lóca nú þæt þú ofer gemet ne wilnige vide ne impudenter velis, Solil. H. 17, 9.
carian
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Add: to sorrow, be troubled Ne ceara þú, ne ne wép, Bl.
giftian
To give a woman in marriage
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To give a woman in marriage Ne wífiaþ hí ne ne gyftigeaþ neque nubent neque nubentur, Mk. Skt. 12, 25. Ne giftigeaþ hí ne wíf ne lǽdaþ neque nubent neque ducunt uxores, Lk. Skt. 20, 35
lyðer-
Base ⬩ vile ⬩ dissolute ⬩ depraved
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Base, vile, dissolute, depraved Leófan men ne beón gé náðor ne leáse ne luðer- [lyðer- MS. B] fulle, ne fúle ne fracode, ne on ǽnige wísan tó lehterfulle, Wulfst.40, 5
wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Ne ðú ne wén ná ðæt ic áht underfénge for ǽnegum welan, ac symle on wǽdlunge lyfde, Homl.
ǽne
Once ⬩ alone ⬩ semel ⬩ solum
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Once, alone; semel, solum Nú ic ǽne begann to sprecanne to mínum Drihtne quia semel cæpi, loquar ad Dominum meam, Gen. 18, 31. Oft, nalles ǽne often, not once. Beo. Th. 6030; B. 3019. Ǽne on dæge once in the day, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 35 ; Met. 8, 18.
fót-cops
A fetter ⬩ shackle for the feet ⬩ pĕdĭca ⬩ compes
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Hine ne mihte nán man mid fótcopsum gehæftan no man could confine him with fetters, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 27: Mk. 5, 4. To gewríðenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum ad allĭgandos rēges eōrum in compĕdĭbus, Ps. Spl. 149, 8
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Óðen
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Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se louis wǽre, ðe hý Þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ. Wulfst. 107, 6-11. Þór and Ówðen (Oþen, MS. F.), 197, 19
un-gemódness
Contentiousness ⬩ indisposition to agree
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Contentiousness, indisposition to agree Ða ungesibsuman sint tó manianne ðæt hié witen ðæt hié nó on tó ðæs monegum gódum cræftum ne ðióð ðæt hié ǽfre mægen gástlíce bión gif hié ðurh ungemódnesse ágiémeleásiaþ ðæt hié ánmóde bión nyllaþ on ryhte and
beót-líce
threateningly ⬩ boast-ingly ⬩ vauntingly ⬩ arrogantly
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Substitute: threateningly Hé férde beótlíce mid wíge ascendit vallatus auxilio pugnatorum, Jos. 8, 10. boast-ingly, vauntingly, arrogantly 'Ne fare gé, ic bidde". . . Hig swáþeáh áblende beótlíce ástigon. Num. 14, 44.
dæg-wist
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Cúðberhtus cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30. Him syððan sig dægwistes (wegnestes, v. l. ) getíðod, gif hig þæs gewilnion, and swá hám gecyrran, R. Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete
ge-stæððignes
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Mid gestæþignesse and nó mid higeleáste, 68, 2
lácan
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Swilce þá woruldsǽlþa wǽron rihte þá hí ðé mǽst geóleccan swilce hí nú sindon, þeáh þe hý þé liólcen (óleccan, v. l.) on þá leásan sǽlþa fortuna talis erat, cum blandiebatur, cum tibi falsae illecebris felicitatis alluderet, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18. 2.