siþ-fæt
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Add Ǽghwylc crísten mann smeáge on him sylfum hú nearo se síðfæt bid þǽre synfullan sáwle, Verc. Först, 138, 15.
ornest
Trial by battle
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Trial by battle Gif Englisc man beclypaþ ǽnigne Frænciscne mann tó orneste for þeófte . . . oððe for ǽnigan þingan ðe gebyrige ornest for tó beónne . . . hæbbe hé fulle leáfe swá tó dónne.
cristen
Christian ⬩ christianus
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Nero wæs ǽrest éhtend cristenra manna Nero was the first persecutor of Christian men 6, 5; Bos. 119, 22; 6, 9; Bos. 120, 18; Elen. Kmbl. 1956; El. 980.
tó-foran
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Þá þe þenceað ꝥ hí beón be dǽle beteran tóforan óðrum mannum, Gr. D. 151, 25
Babilón
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This celebrated city of antiquity, in Mesopotamia, was built on both banks of the Euphrates. Its foundation by Nimrod is mentioned immediately after the Deluge, Gen. 10, 9, 10: 11, 9 Nimrod [MS. Membrað], se ent, ongan ǽrest timbrian Babilónia; and Ninus
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blind-líce
In a blind manner, BLINDLY, rashly ⬩ temere
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In a blind manner, BLINDLY, rashly; temere Hú blindlíce monige sprecaþ how blindly [rashly] many speak, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 17
un-gesǽllíce
Unhappily ⬩ miserably ⬩ wickedly ⬩ improbe
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Unhappily, miserably, wickedly; improbe Hæfð se yfela gást ungifa ... and ða hé dǽlð ðám mannum ðe ungesǽlíce him gehýrsumiaþ, Wulfst. 52, 12
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án-wíg
A single combat ⬩ a duel ⬩ certamen singulare
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A single combat, a duel; certamen singulare Ðǽr gefeaht Mallius ánwíg wið ánne Galliscne mann there Mallius fought a single combat with a man of Gaul, Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 15: 3, 6; Bos. 57, 42.
cyrce
A church ⬩ ecclesia
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A church; ecclesia Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf bund manna eáðelíce befón on hire rýmette the church with her porch could easily contain in its space five hundred men, Homl.
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líð-ness
Softness ⬩ gentleness ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ kindness
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Hé forbær manna yfelnysse þurh his líðnysse he endured the evil of men by reason of his gentleness, 320, 16. Swá is tó mengenne ða líðnesse wið ða rédnesse miscenda ergo est lenitas cum severitate, Past. 17, 11; Swt. 124, 13
wiþ-innan
Within
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Hí ofslógon ǽgðer ge wiðinnan ge wiðútan má þanne .xx. manna, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 1. Symle wé beóð fram Gode gesewene ǽgðer ge wiðútan ge wiðinnan, Homl. Th. i. 604, 19.
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yfel-dǽde
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Ðæra manna naman ðe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Homl. Th. i. 22, 31
fóre-gleáw
fore-seeing ⬩ fore*-*knowing ⬩ prophetic ⬩ provident ⬩ prudent
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Substitute: fore-seeing, fore*-*knowing, knowing what is to happen, by natural means Swá hit foregleáwe ealde úðwitan ǽror fundan, Men. 165. by supernatural means, prophetic Hé fǽgra manna forðsíð foregleáw sǽde, wís ðurh wítegunge wísdómes gǽstes,
ge-strod
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Syndan cyrican bereáfode þurh hǽðenra manna gestrodu, Verc. Först. 164, 12. spoil, booty, ill-gotten gain. See passage in Dict. under <b>ge-strod</b> plunder
on-týnness
an opening, aperture ⬩ discovery
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an opening, aperture Se heofon tóbyrst and eall engla cynn lóciaþ þurh þa ontýnnesse on manna cynn, Blickl. Homl. 93, 24. discovery Be cierlisces monnes ontýnesse (betogenesse, MSS. B. H.
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ge-líca
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Hé mǽðe cann on mannum, ge on his gelícum ge on lǽssum mannum, Wlfst. 58, 4
stelan
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Se ðeo steoþ on ðone dæg, ne geáhsaþ hit manna, Lchdm. iii. 178, 5. Stæl conpilabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 32. Wénst ðú, ðæt wé ðínes hláfordes gold stǽlon, Gen. 44, 8. Ne stel ðú, Ex. 20, 15: Mt. Kmbl. 19, 18. Ic stele furer, Kent. Gl. 1081.
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henna
A fowl
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A fowl Gif swýn oððe henna ete of mannes líchaman si porcus vel gallina de corpore hominis ederit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 57; Th. ii. 220, 13
weoroldcundlíce
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In a worldly manner Hé brýcððære god*-*cundan áre worldcundlíce ( seculariter ), Past. 9; Swt. 57, 7. Ðeáh hié woroldcundlíce drohtigen cum terrena agunt, 18 ; Swt. 135, 17
wíglíce
In a warlike manner ⬩ by fighting
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In a warlike manner, by fighting Bellatores syndon wígmen,ðe eard sculon werian wíglíce mid wǽpnum, L. I. P. 4 ; Th. ii. 306, 37 : Wulfst. 267, 16