brég
an eye-lid,
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Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18
on-cunness
An accusation(?), excuse(?)
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Surt. 140, 4
Linked entry: cunness
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Gif ða gyltas tó ðam hefelíce beón, ðæt hé tó bisceopes dóme tǽcan þurfe ( he must do it because the church has prescribed such a course ), L. Ecg. P. i. 11; Th. ii. 176,30.
wǽdelness
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ indigence ⬩ penury
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Surt.) de inopia, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 41: 87, 10. On wǽdlnysse (wéðelnisse, Ps. Surt.) in mendicitate, 106, 10. Ðonne ðæs sellendan mód ne cann ða wǽdelnesse (inopiam) geðolian, Past. 44; Swt. 325, 14. Wédelnisse, Ps. Surt. 43, 24
Linked entry: wǽdlness
ge-lytlian
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Suá beóð monige lǽcedómas ðe sume ádle gelytliað and sume gestrongiað; suá eác hláf ðe strongra monna mægen gemiclað, hé gelytlað cilda medicamentum, quad hunc morbum imminuit, alteri vires jvngit; et panis, qui vitam fortium roborat, parvulorum necat
mægen-strengo
Main strength ⬩ great force
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Sum biþ gleáw módes cræfta sum mægenstrengo onféhþ one is skilled in the arts of the mind, another receives great bodily strength, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 15; Crä. 33
morgen-tíd
Morning-tide ⬩ morning
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Surt. 100, 8. On morgentíd. Beo. Th. 973; B. 484: 1041; B. 518: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 14. On ða morgentíd, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 1; Jud. 236. Útgong margentíde exitus matutini, Ps. Surt. 64, 9. Tó margentíde ad matutinum, 29, 6.
Linked entry: merigen-tíd
hár-wenge
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Add: grey-bearded [cf. wang (wenge)] Cóm sum hárwencge manu ( St. Peter ) intó þám cwearterne . . . þá cwǽð se hárwencga, Hml. S. 8, 131-138.
-syd
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Cf. seáþ
folc-wita
A senator ⬩ publĭcus consĭliārius
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A senator; publĭcus consĭliārius Sum biþ folcwira one is a senator, Exon. 79b; Th. 297, 33; Crä. 77
ge-cynde
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Add Adam wearð of his gecyndan áre ( de possessione sua ) þurh his wíf út ádrǽfed, Chrd. 68, 24
twi-telged
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Surt. 108, 29
Linked entries: telgan wig-telgode
ge-hoferod
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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod, and ðearle gebíged þnrh ðone brádan hofor, Hml. S. 21, 95. Add
ymb-sewen
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Circumspect Hé symble wæs ymbsewen on his sylfes heordnysse in sua semper custodia circumspectus Gr. D. 107, ll
Linked entry: ymb-seón
á-fédan
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Add: I a. of a trade Sum leornode sumne cræft þe hine áfét, Hml. Th. ii. 556, 32
ofer-writ
a writing upon a subject, a letter
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a writing upon a subject, a letter In oferwurit his in epistola sua, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 20
a-tíhþ
draws away ⬩ draws to ⬩ abstrahit ⬩ attrahit
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Surt. 9, 30
gǽc
A cuckoo ⬩ gawk ⬩ cŭcūlus
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A cuckoo, gawk; cŭcūlus Gǽces súre cuckoo-sorrel, wood-sorrel; acētōsa, acĭdŭla, Som. Ben. Lye
mere-hrægel
A sea-garment ⬩ a sail
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A sea-garment, a sail Merehrægla sum, segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3815; B. 1905