elcora
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Wæs his rest on his hǽran oððe elcora (elles, Bl. H. 227, 11) on nacodre eorðan . . . 'Ne e Gif hé elcra (ælcra, v. l.) þurh tóþundennesse gedyrstlǽcð si aliter presumpserit, R. Ben. 113, 12
ildian
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Th. i. 350, 14 (in Dict.). with (negative) clause Se munuc gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac hwæþre hé yldode ꝥ hé þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde monachus audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr.
DYSIG
DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid ⬩ stultus, insĭpiens, insānus
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DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid; stultus, insĭpiens, insānus Dysig ná ongyt ðás ðing stultus non intellĭgit hæc, Ps. Sp1. 91, 6. He biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss he is so foolish and so ignorant, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 25.
FYRHTO
Fear ⬩ FRIGHT ⬩ dread ⬩ terror ⬩ trembling ⬩ tĭmor ⬩ păvor ⬩ formīdo ⬩ terror ⬩ trĕmor
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D.] hæc formīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 50: Ps. Th. 54, 4. Egsa me and fyrhtu forcwómon tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me, Ps. Th. 54, 5. On mínre fyrhto in păvōre meo, 30, 25. Geblissiaþ him on fyrhto [fyrhtu, Lamb.] exultāte ei in trĕmōre, Ps.
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be-smítan
To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminate ⬩ polluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare
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Ðis synt ða þing ðe ðone mann besmítaþ; ne besmít ðone mann, ðeáh he unþwogenum handum etc hæc sunt quæ coinquinant hominem; non lotis autem manibus manducare, non coinquinat hominem, Mt. Bos. 15, 20: 15, 18 : Ps. Th. 54, 20.
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geornful-nes
Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotion ⬩ sollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio
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Ðeós geornfulnyss hæc dīlĭgentia, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 6. He geornlíce gýmde ðæt he to lufan and to geornfulnesse awehte gódra dǽda ad dilectiōnem vero et sollertiam bŏnæ actiōnis excitāre curābat, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 19: 5, 13; S. 632, 8.
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teter
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The form tetra, perhaps influenced by lepra which precedes it, also occurs :-- Ðonne becymþ of ðám yflum wǽtum oððe sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, oþðe tetra, oþþe heáfodhriéfðo, oððe óman, Lchdm. ii. 228, 13
holh
A hollow, ⬩ cavity, ⬩ hole
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Bene autem hæc eadem fossa unius cubiti esse monstratur, Past. 33, 3; Swt. 219, 1-10. Ðǽr ðǽr se iil hæfde his holh ibi habuit foveam ericius, 35, 3; Swt. 241, 7. In ðæm wæs ðæt holg ðæs nearwan scræfes, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1
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weorold-cyning
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an earthly king Án woruldcynincg hæfð fela þegna, Homl. Skt. i. p. 6, 59. Of ðam leódfruman árísaþ ríces hyrdas, wpruldcyningas, Cd. Th. 140, 29 ; Gen. 2335. Woroldcyninga ðæm sélestan, Beo. Th. 3373; B. 1684.
wit-word
A statement which bears witness ⬩ testament ⬩ covenant
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Ofer ðǽm landum ðe Ealdréd ærcebiscop hæfð siðþan begitan on witword oððe on caupland (by testament or purchase? ), Chart. Th. 439, 4
bearn
A BEARN ⬩ child ⬩ son ⬩ issue ⬩ offspring ⬩ progeny ⬩ natus ⬩ infans ⬩ puer ⬩ filius ⬩ soboles ⬩ proles
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Ðys synd Israéla bearna naman hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israel, Ex. 1, 1. Geseah his bearna bearn vidit filios filiorum suorum, Job Thw. 168, 35. Ge Godes bearn, bringaþ Gode ramma bearn filii Dei, afferte Domino filios arietum, Ps. Th. 28, 1
beorg
a hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons ⬩ a heap ⬩ BURROW or barrow ⬩ a heap of stones ⬩ place of burial ⬩ tumulus
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Óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis to the mountains which they call the Alps Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 44; 16, 17. Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5.
FORD
A FORD ⬩ vădum
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Neáh ðam forda, ðe man hǽt Welinga ford near the ford which is called Wallingford, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 20. Æt ðam forda [Th. forde] at the ford, Byrht. Th. 134, 8; By. 81.
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anda
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Þurh his swefn hig hine hatedon and hæfdon andan tó him haec causa somniorum invidiae et odii fomitem ministravit, Gen. 37, 8. Forlǽt ðæt ðú næbbe tó óðres mannes góde andan, Prov.
ge-liger
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Sameramis . . . mid ungemetlicre wrǽnnesse manigfeald geligre fremmende wæs. . . æt néhstan hyre ágene sunu hió genam hyre tó geligere . . . hió gesette . . . þæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe haec, libidine ardens, . . . inter incessabilia
med-micel
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Þonne ꝥ moód wile ymb his ágene þæncan, búton tweón hit gehweorfeþ þý medmáre tó his sylfes þearfe cum animus interiora appetit, ad haec proculdubio minor redit, Gr. D. 5, 7.
reccan
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Ꝥ gewrit . . . him geornlíce wæs reht on his ágen gereorde haec epistula . . . diligenter . . . in linguam eius propriam interpretata, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 678, 26
un-fǽglíc
Not indicating impending death
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Not indicating impending death Ðæt is tácn ðínre hǽle; swá swá lǽca gewuna is, ðæt hé cweþaþ ðonne hió seócne mon gesióþ, gef hé hwelc unfǽglíc (ungefǽglíc, Cott.
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un-ácumendlíc
Unbearable ⬩ intolerable ⬩ impossible to be borne ⬩ excessive
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Ða wiðercoran unácumendlíce hǽtu þrowiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 532, 1. Unácumenlícum inextricabili, infatigabili, inextinguibile, Hpt. Gl. 497, 68. Unácumendlícum hagelum inexhaustis (inconsummatis, investigabilibus) imbribus, 414, 63
wíte-þeów
One who had been condemned to slavery for crime ⬩ one in hell
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Grammar wíte-þeów, figurative, one in hell Bring ús hǽlo líf wérigum wíteþeówum, Exon. Th. 10, 12; Cri. 151