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mann-slege

(n.)
Grammar
mann-slege, es; m.

Man-slaying ⬩ homicide

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Man-slaying, homicide Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé ( the slayer ) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L.

Linked entry: slege

un-geornful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geornful, un-geornfull; adj.

Not diligent ⬩ negligent ⬩ careless ⬩ remiss

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Ðý læs hine se wærscipe gelǽde on ealles tó micle hátheortnesse, oððe eft sió ánfealdnes hine tó ungeornfulne gedoo tó ongietanne, ðý læs hé weorðe besolcen quatenus nec seducti per prudentiam calleant, nec ab intellectus studio ex simplicitate torpescant

wlite-scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-scíne, adj.

Of brilliant beauty ⬩ splendid ⬩ beauteous

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Weorud wlitescýne. Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 35, 6; Cri. 554. Seó wlitescýne wuldres condel (Juliana), 269, 22; Jul. 454. Wlitesciéne wíf (Eve), Cd. Th. 33, 28 ; Gen. 527. On mǽrum dǽge ł on wlitescénan dæge insigni die, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4.

á-uht

(n.)
Grammar
á-uht, es; n.

Aught ⬩ anything ⬩ aliquid

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Aught, anything; aliquid Eálá, ðæt on eorþan áuht fæstlíces weorces ne wunaþ ǽfre alas, that on earth aught of permanent work does not ever remain, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 32; Met. 6, 16.

a-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrdan, -werdan; p. -wyrde; pp. -wyrded, -wyrd; v. trans.

To injure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ destroy ⬩ lædere ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ vitiare ⬩ violare

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Gif spræc awyrd weorþ if speech be injured, L. Ethb. 52 ; Th. i. 16, 5. Ðýlæs hí [scil. wæstmas] rénes scúr awyrde lest the shower of rain should destroy them [i. e. the fruits ], Exon. 59 b ; Th. 215, 2 ; Ph. 247

ge-leáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfsum, adj.

Faithful ⬩ credible ⬩ credulous ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ credĭbĭlis

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Faithful, credible, credulous; fĭdēlis, credĭbĭlis Ðín gewitnes is weorcum geleáfsum testĭmōnia tua credĭbĭlia facta sunt, Ps. Th. 92, 6.

un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful

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Hé ne mæg ðurhteón ðæt unryhtlíce weorc nequaquam usque ad opus nefarium rapitur, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 6. Mé egleþ swýðe ða unrihtlícan gefeoht ðe betwux ús sylfum syndan, L. Edm. S. prm.; Th. i. 246, 24. Be unrihtlícum hǽmedum de pravis coitibus, L.

dígolnes

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Hé hæfde behýdd on his dígolnysse án wurðlic weorc, Hml. S. 5, 250. Hé him cýtan árǽrde on sumere dígelnysse swylce hé ancersetla beón mihte, 31, 1069. Dígelnesse latibulum, i. obscurum, An. Ox. 3318. Deágelnesse abyssum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 29.

ge-þafung

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Búton se abbod him geþafunge (permissionem) sylle, 69, 6. submission to action, toleration, Cf. ge-þafian; Verbum is word, and word getácnað weorc oððe ðrowunge oþþe geþafnnge . . . þrowung byð þonne ðú cwyst, verberor ic eom beswungen . . .

on-scunian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs hié herigen hiera gódan weorc, and onscunigen ðæt hié selfe suá dón ne bona laudent, et agere recusent, Past. 231, 13.

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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Þú gelustfullodest [mé] on þínum weorce delectasti me in factura tua, 91, 5. Ic wes gelusfullad delectabar, Kent. Gl. 278. Þá rihtwísan beóð gewistfullode and beóð gelustfullode, Ps. L. 67, 4. <b>III a.

Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Dene, nom. acc; gen.a ; dat.um; pl. m.

The Danes ⬩ Dāni

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Gif hláford his þeówan freóls-dæge nýde to weorce, gylde lahslihte inne on Dena lage, and wíte mid Englum if a lord oblige his servant to work on a festival-day, let him pay penalty within the Danish law, and fine among the English, L. E.

lustbǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-ness, e; f.

Desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ pleasantness

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Wé ðonne ne beóþ onǽlde mid ðære lustbǽrnesse úres módes ðonne bistilþ sió slǽwþ on ús óþ ðæt heó ús áwyrtwalaþ from ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo fervore non accenditur, a bonorum desiderio funditus convalescente

metgian

(v.)
Grammar
metgian, metegian, metian; p. ode.

to assign due measure ⬩ to moderate ⬩ regulate ⬩ to measure in the mind ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate upon

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Ic metegian ongan mænigra weorca meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis, 76, 10

Linked entries: metegian ge-metgian

belle

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Hrýðeres belle bið ánes scitt. weorð, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Bellan swég, Shrn. 149, 9. Beácn þǽre bellan gehýran, Hml. A. 168, 107. Áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðám stánclúde . . . Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml.

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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In him wunnon þá yfel his líchaman wið þám weorce his ælmesdǽda, Gr. D. 320, 18. Ðá lytlan yflu gé fleóð, Past. 439, 26. what is hurtful or grievous Þonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 19.

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Th. i. 466, 26. metaphorical Se spearca ðara gódra weorca, Past. 14; Swt. 87, 6. Sum spearca sóþfæstnesse, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 2. Ne furðum án spearca mínes cynrenes nis mé forlǽtan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 206.

Linked entry: spærca

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Weaxad hraðe feldes blóstman, fægen ꝥ hí móton, Met. 6, 10. with gen. of pronoun and clause Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long that they have tricked others, Prov. K. 34.

feax

a bush

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Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde, and weorð fǽrlíce caluw, Prov. K. 42. Fexa, hǽra cincinnorum, An. Ox. 1199: 4172. Feaxum comis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 45. a bush (?). Similar entries v. feaxede [cf. (?) Icel. vallar-fax the wood (poet.).]

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

fæstlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæstlíc, adj.

FASTLIKE, firm ⬩ firmus

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ðæt on eorþan áuht fæstlíces weorces ne wunaþ ǽfre alas! that on earth aught of permanent work does not ever remain, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 32; Met. 6, 16. Gehyge ðú fæstlícne rǽd devise firm counsel, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 30; Dan. 586.