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full-wiht

Grammar
full-wiht, fulluht,
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Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. Grammar full-wiht, fem. Þá þénunge fulwihte (full-wihtes, v. l. ) ministerium baptizandi, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 118, 15.

Linked entry: fulluht

slǽwþ

(n.)
Grammar
slǽwþ, e; f.

Sloth ⬩ laziness ⬩ inertness ⬩ torpor ⬩ accidia ⬩ inertia ⬩ pigredo ⬩ torpor

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Sió slǽwþ giétt slǽp on ðone monnan pigredo immittit soporem. Past. 39, 1; Swt. 283, 6. Slǽwþ torpor, Hymn. Surt. 26, 28. Sléuþ pigredo, Kent. Gl. 694. On ðæm sceáte his slǽwþe in sudario lenti torporis, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 16.

ge-bringan

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Sió hrædwilnes ðæt mod gebrin[g]ð on ðǽm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón, Past. 215, 9. Seó haigung deófla on fleáme gebringed, Ll. Th. i. 360, 32. Míne sáwle gé on betran gebringað, Gú. 349.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

irfe

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Feó sió néste hond tó þém londe and tó þém erfe, 480, 29-481, 23

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation

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Hié sǽdon ðæt sió sibb of his mihte wǽre ac hé fleáh ða sægene he would not admit what they said, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 33. Sægenum assertionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 62.

Linked entries: sæcgen segen

for-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drífan, p. -draf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive away ⬩ force ⬩ compel ⬩ drive out ⬩ eject ⬩ banish ⬩ pellĕre ⬩ prōpellĕre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ expellĕre

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Sió wunode on ðam íglande ðe se cyning on fordrifen wearþ she dwelt in the island on which the king was driven, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 21. Hió geseah ðone fordrifenan cyning she saw the driven king, 194, 23.

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forcibly ⬩ not willingly ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ of necessity

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Sió leáse gesǽlþ tíhþ on lást neádinga ( inevitably ) ða ðe hiere tó geþeódaþ from ðǽm sóðum gesǽlþum; seó wiðerweardnes full oft ealle ða ðe hiere underþeódde bióþ, neádinga getíhþ tó ðám sóðum gesǽlþum, swá swá mid angle fisc gefangen biþ, Bt. 20; Fox

reád

(adj.)
Grammar
reád, adj.
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Kmbl. 16, 2. of blood Sió reáde ród the bloodstained cross, Exon. 68, 11; Cri. 1102

Linked entry: reód

ge-néðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-néðan, p. de; pp. ed

To venture, attempt, strive

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Sió sunne uncúðne weg nihtes genéðeþ the sun ventures on an unknown way by night, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 117; Met. 13, 59: Exon. 100 a; Th. 374, 1; Seel. 119. He genéðde under ánne elpend he ventured under an elephant, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 20: 8; 90, 8.

Linked entry: néðan

wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽre, adj.
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Hú Caudenes Furculus sió stów wearþ swíþe wídmǽre for Rómána bismere, Ors. 3, 8, tit.; Swt. 3, 10. Wídmǽre gewin ( the war of the apostate angels), Exon. Th. 317, 1; Mód. 59. Wídmǽre blǽst (the fire that shall consume the world), 60, 27; Cri. 976.

ǽtren

(adj.)
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¶ in the northern Gospels and the Ritual the word is used as substantive or adjective of the viper :-- Sió hátterne vipera , Rtl. 125, 27. Cynna ǽterna (cynn ǽterne, R.) genimina uiperarum , Lk. L. 3, 7. Cynn ǽttema progenies uiperarum .

an-lícnes

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Hé gestrínde sunu tó his gelícnesse and anlýcnysse, Gen. 5, 3. an example, model, figure, (in speaking) Sió anlícnes wæs gecueden figurate per habitum sacerdotis dicit, Past. 95, 11. Siexfealdre anlícnesse sena paradigmata, Wrt.

ge-þungennes

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Th. ii. 402, 24.] (2 a) virtue, chastity :-- Ꝥ hig witon ꝥ sió geþungennes ne mæg nǽfre wesan besmitan, Hml. A. 207, 424: 203, 284. Biddende mé ꝥ ic forléte míne geþungenesse, 200, 171

tó-beran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron ; pp. -boren.

To carry off in different directions, ⬩ carry off ⬩ To move in different directions, ⬩ separate

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To move in different directions, separate Sió wund wile tóberan gif hió ne biþ gewriðen the edges of the wound will get further apart, if the wound is not bound up, Past. 17; Swt. 123, 15. Similar entries v. next word

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.

Slow ⬩ inert ⬩ sluggish ⬩ slothful ⬩ torpid

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Sió sláwe torpens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 2. Mód ðæt sláwe mens torpida, Hymn. Surt. 37, 10. Ðú yfela þeów and sláwa (piger). Mt. Kmbl. 25, 26. Ðú sláwa gá ðé tó æmethylle vade ad fortnican, o piger, Past. 28, 3; Swt. 191, 25.

Linked entries: slǽw sleáw

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, g. leás; m.

A lea ⬩ meadow

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A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land Ðanne is ðér se leáh ðe man ðæt lond mid friþe haldan scæl an eásthealfe sió ealdæ strǽt c. now there is the open space(?) by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c., Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: leáh léh

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.

Considered, instructed, learned, skilful, expert, prudent, suited, conditioned ⬩ consultus, consideratus, instructus, peritus, prudens, elegans, concinnus

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Sió is swíðe wel gerád and swíðe gemetfæst she is very prudent and very modest, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 20: Beo. Th. 1751; B. 873. Ic him rúmne weg and gerádne tǽhte I might shew him a spacious and direct road, Guthl. prol; Gdwn. 6, 3.

wrǽn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽn-ness, e ; f.

Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust

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Sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse libido, 37, i; Fox 186, 18: Met. 25, 41. Werlícere wrǽnnysse maritatis lasciviae (luxuriae ł petulantiaé), Hpt. Gl. 434, 61. Se anga ðære wrǽnnesse aculei libidinis, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 16.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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To shoot, move rapidly Sió costung út ásciét (-sciéð, v. l.) on weorc tentatio usque ad operationem prosilit, Past. 71, 7. Án út ásceát of weorode, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 10. Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419.

on-bryrdness

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</b> where the feeling is one of sorrow or regret, compunction :-- Ðá sió anbryrdnes hine álét cum compunctionis tempus abscessit, Past. 423, 15. Mid andbryrdnysse (compunctione) synna andettan, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 1.