for-dwínan
To dwindle away ⬩ vanish ⬩ evānescĕre
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Mannes ege hrædlíce fordwínþ awe of man quickly vanishes, Homl. Th. i. 592, 12. Se sceocca fordwán of his gesihþe Satan vanished from his sight, ii. 504, 4
hunta
A hunting spider ⬩ salticus scenicus ⬩ aranea tarantula
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Wið ðon gif hunta gebíte mannan ðæt is swíðra in case a hunting spider bite a man, that is the stronger, L. M. 1, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 18 [see the note]: 14, 19. Wið huntan bite, 144, 2, 5
oferbæc-getéung
Contraction of the muscles at the back of the neck, tetanus
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Ðisne lǽcecræft man sceal dón mannum ðe hyra swyran mid ðám sinum fortogen beóþ, ðæt hé hys nǽn geweald náh, ðæt Gréccas hátaþ tetanicus) :-- Oferbæcgetéung titanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 22
lád-rinc
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A word of uncertain meaning occurring in the following passage Gif cyninges ambihtsmiþ oððe laadrinc mannan ofslehþ meduman leódgelde forgelde if the king's smith or 'ládrinc' kill a man, let him pay for it with a half fine [cf. § 21; Th. i. 8, 3), L
steóp-bearn
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Ðæt mann wydewan geneósige and steópbearnum gehelpe, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 63
wic-weorc
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Weekly work, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week On sumen lande is ðæt hé ( the gebúr) sceal wyrcan tó wicweorc .ii. dagas swilc weorc swilc him man tǽcð ofer geáres fyrst ǽlcre wucan, and on barfest .iii. dagas tó wicweorce, and
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smirwung
anointing, unction ⬩ an ointment
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Gif se seóca man girnþ ðæt man hine smerige, hé dó ðonne his andetnesse ǽr ðare smerunge, and gif hé æfter ðare smyrunge hál wurð, hé mót flǽsces brúcan. On ðare smyrunge biþ lǽcedóm L. Ælfc.
wan-hál
Imperfect as regards health or soundness of body ⬩ weak ⬩ sick ⬩ maimed ⬩ infirm ⬩ unsound
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Swá hwylc man swá on gecynde óðerne wanhálne (debilem) dó, L. Ecg. C. 22 ; Th. ii. 148, 17. Ða ðe limseóce wǽron, wérige, wanhále, Andr. Kmbl. 1159 ; An. 580. Wonhále, Exon. Th. 92, 13; Cri. 1508. Næs ðǽr wínes drenc búton wanhálum mannum, Homl.
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plega
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cnapan geond þá strǽte yrnan, sé wæs mid ele gesmerod, and bær iungra manna plegan on handa, Ap.
of-settan
to beset, press hard, oppress
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Swéte etan on manegum leahtrum biþ ofsett hit getácnaþ to dream of eating sweets betokens a man will be sunk in many faults, 202, 25. Ofsettum obsessis, Wülck. Gl. 251, 5
stingan
to thrust something into ⬩ to thrust one's self into the affairs of another ⬩ to prick with something, to sting, stab, pierce
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Wæs on slǽpe ætýwed ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, Shrn. 149, 1.
twéntig
Twenty ⬩ alone
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Seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig, Homl. Th. i. 296, 18. Onbíd hér seofon and twéntig nihta, Blickl. Homl. 231, 5. Grammar twéntig, distributively Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere restan, R. Ben. 47, 7. [Goth. twai-tigjus: O.
side-ful
honest ⬩ modest ⬩ virtuous ⬩ sober ⬩ sober ⬩ modest ⬩ decorous
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Wé witon ðæt manega sydefulle clericas (many honest clerks) nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, Anglia viii. 306, 27. of dress, sober, modest, decorous Mid háligre drohtnunge and sidefullum gyrlan, Homl. Th. i. 546, 25
be-wépan
woe-begone
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Swá man bewépð deádne, Hml. A. 77. 124 Rachel beweóp hire cildra, Hml. Th. i. 84, 26. Hé beweóp ungemet*-*godra manna líf, 604, 27. þæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðǽre ceastre tó-worpennysse, 402, 6.
ge-wittiglíce
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And ðǽrrihte wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðám fúlan gáste, and gewittiglíce sprǽc, Hml. Th. i. 458, 6
reliquias
Relics of saints
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Swá hwylc mann swá hríneþ ðíne reliquias oððe ðíne bán, Nar. 49, 4
þing
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Nú wylle wé for iungra manna þingon (vel lufe) furðor úre sprǽce áþenian, Angl. viii. 309, 25 For huntnoþes þingon, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 28. (13) add :-- Swá þæt nánra þinga mid ǽnigre efestinge mannes hí mihton beón undón, Gr. D. 164, 15.
for-healdness
Incontinence ⬩ unchasteness
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Incontinence, unchasteness Manna forhealdnessa, ꝥ is unrihthǽmed . . . Gástas ðe manna hyrtan beswícað, ꝥ is. . . forhealdnyssa gást . . . Ne gewemmað eówre líchaman ðurh forhealdnesse, Nap. 24
in-ylfe
A gut ⬩ bowel
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Gif men síe innelfe úte ... gedó ðæt innelfe on ðone man if a man's bowel protrude ... put the bowel into the man, 3. 73; Lchdm. ii. 358, 23-5. Inelfe viscera, Wrt. Voc. 65, 32. Inilve, 285, 58.
riht-ǽw
legitimate matrimony ⬩ a legitimate wife
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Se man ðe his rihtǽwe and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6