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réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, hé bið áwyrged intó helle, Hml. A. 168, 121. Add

stalu

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Add Gehwylce wyrte, þe hé ǽr mid stale (furto) gewilnode, hé him sealde, Gr. D. 25, 16. <b>I a.</b> a particular instance of theft :-- Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite oððe gewita wǽre, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 24.

tó-gán

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Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 319

on-wunung

(n.)
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on-wunung, e; f.

a habitation, dwelling ⬩ persistence, perseverance

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Ðonne forlǽt se hálga gást ða onwununge, and ðǽr sóna wyrþ deófol inne, Wulfst. 280, 9. persistence, perseverance Mid singalre ánrǽdnesse l onwununge assidua (perpetua) instantia, Hpt. Gl. 407, 66

Linked entry: in-wunung

gigant

(n.)
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gigant, gygant, es; m.

A giant ⬩ gigas

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Ne se gigant ne wyrþ ná gehǽled nec gigas salvus erit, 32, 14. He ðone gigant ofwearp he struck down the giant, Blickl. Homl. 31, 18

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten

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Wyrd ... for ðý cymþ tó ðæm gódan, ðæt hió óþer twéga dó, oððe hine þreátige tó ðon ðæt hé bet dó ðonne hé ǽr dyde, oððe him leánige ðæt hé ǽr tela dyde fortuna ... remunerandi exercendive bonos causa deferatur, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 3.

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simulate

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To feign, pretend, profess falsely, simulate Forðam seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet ðæt mon scyle wénan ðæt beó is sió sóþe gesǽlþ illa [prospera fortuna] enim specie felicitatis, cum videtur blanda, mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30.

Linked entry: líccettan

teóðian

(v.)
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teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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.: tegðigas, Rush.)3 R 2ǽlce wyrte, Lk. Skt. 11, 42. Gé teogoðiaþ eówrne kymen, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 28. Teóðige hé eal ðæt hé áge, L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 22. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian, gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode, Blickl.

ge-metgung

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Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga fatum singula digerit in motum, locis, formis, ac temporibus distributa, F. 218, 33. fixing of measure or amount, measuring. v. ge-metgian; IV Hine God gesette tó ðǽm ðæt hé

hwirfan

(v.)
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H. 9, 13. of action, conduct, to proceed, go on Hwý þú ǽfre woldest ꝥ seó wyrd swá hwyrfan sceolde ? ( cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna videa? ).

cyre

(n.)
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cyre, es; m. [ceósan to choose] Choice, free choice, free will; electio, hærĕsis = αἵρεσις , optio, arbitrium
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Ic wylle ðæt hý sýn heora freólses wyrðe and hyra cyres I will that they be worthy of their freedom and their free will, Cod. Dipl. 314; A. D. 880-885; Kmbl. ii. 116, 30.

reccend

(n.)
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reccend, es; m.
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Nis ðeós þeód wyrðe ðæt hí swylcne reccend and cyning ( as Oswine ) habban, Bd. 3, 14; S. 541, 8

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep through ⬩ move slowly through ⬩ to go carefully through a subject ⬩ go over the details

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.), to creep through, move slowly through Se wyrm ða tungan tótýhþ, and ða téd þurhsmýhþ, Soul Kmbl. 235; Seel. 121.

Linked entry: smúgan

æt-wítan

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Add: To reproach A person (dat.) with something (acc. or clause) For hwý ætwíte gé eówerre wyrde ꝥ hió nán geweald náh, Bt. 39, 1; F. 210, 25. Tó hwam ætwite þú mé ꝥ ðú hí forlure ?, 7, 3 ; F. 20, 2. Heó ætwát ðǽm hǽþnum heora dysignesse.

ge-risenlic

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Add: meet, fitting, proper as a matter of duty Ꝥ þes móte beón eall swá rihta wyrðe, ꝥ inc byð bám þearflic for Gode and eác gerysenlic for worolde, Cht. E. 232, 23.

gange-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
gange-wifre, -wæfre, geonge-wifre, gonge-wifre, gongel-wæfre, an; f.

A ganging weaver ⬩ spider ⬩ viītĭca arānea

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A ganging weaver, spider; viītĭca arānea Ðú gedést ðæt he aswint on his móde, and wyrþ swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett thou causest that he dwindles away in his mind, and becomes as frail as a spider's web, Ps. Th. 38, 12.

in-dryhto

(n.)
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in-dryhto, f.

Nobleness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory

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Gehwone wyrta wynsumra ðe wuldercyning ofer eorþan gescóp tó indryhtum ælda cynne every pleasant plant that the king of glory created on earth as honours for the race of men, 58 b; Th. 211, 15; Ph. 198

Linked entry: -dryhto

wulfes-camb

(n.)
Grammar
wulfes-camb, es; m.

Wild teazle

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Genim ðysse wyrte seáw ðe man chameaelae, and óðrum naman wulfes-camb nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 122, 12. Heó hafaþ leáf swá wulfes-camb, 278, 14. Wið eágena dymnesse nim wulfes-camb neoðeweardne, iii. 4, 19

slítung

(n.)
Grammar
slítung, e; f.

tearing, rending, biting ⬩ wasting, spoiling ⬩ consumpcio ⬩ saevitia

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Sume men fram ðara wyrma slítunge sweltaþ Lchdm. ii. 176, 14. wasting, spoiling Similar entries v. slítan, VI. Slítunge arpagine (or under I.?) Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 38: 87, 72. (Wright has sutunge)

buteruc

(n.)
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buteruc, buteric, buturuc, butruc, es; m.

A leathern bottle ⬩ flasco, uter

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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and wyrce of him butericas ego emo cutes et pelles, et facio ex iis utres, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 35. Ðæt wæter asceortode, ðe wæs on ðam buturuce consumpta esset aqua in utre, Gen. 21, 15. Butruc flasco, Wrt. Voc. 85, 83

Linked entries: buteric butruc buturuc