slídan
To slide, slip, fall ⬩ to slide, glide ⬩ to make a mistake, to fail, err ⬩ to fall into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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Kmbl. 758;Sal. 378. to fall into an unhappy condition Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in ða écan wíte Wulfst. 187, 16. to pass away, be transitory or perishable Ðeós mennisce tyddernes biþ swá slídende swá glæs, ðonne hit scínþ and ðonne tðbersteþ; ac Godes
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symbelness
Festivity, solemnity ⬩ festivity, feasting ⬩ a religious festival ⬩ solemnity ⬩ festive nature
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., ac háligra symbelnys ðǽr þurhwunaþ á bútan ende, Wulfst. 143, 2. Symbelnes, Blickl. Homl. 65, 21. Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða symbelnessa and ða ídelnessa and ða ungemetlícan hleahtras?
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se
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S. 23 b, 318. 4 Se hýra . . . þonne hé þone wulf geyhþ, þonne flýhð hé . . . and se wulf nimð ðá sceáp, Jn. 10, 12. Se góda lǽce, Bt. 39,9; F. 226, 10. Byð se ealda man ceald and snoflig, Angl. viii. 299, 35.
lot-wrenc
Deceit ⬩ deception ⬩ cunning ⬩ fraud ⬩ device ⬩ wile ⬩ craft
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Th. i. 192, 11: 376, 9: Wulfst. 84, 19. For his lotwrencium, Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 19. Þurh ðara scuccena mislíce lotwrencas daemonum varia solertia, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 220, 14. Hé heora lotwrencas [-wrencceas, MS. B.] wiste sciens versutiam eorum, Mk.
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mǽg-sibb
kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection
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Ǽr ðam wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, Wulfst. 252, 9: Blickl. Homl. 107, 2. Wel is tó warnianne ðæt man wite ðæt hý ( the man and woman about to be married) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón (i. e. are not within the prohibited (seven) degrees ), L.
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rǽd-leás
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desolate (v. rǽd, IV) Gé Godes cræfta nán þing ne gýmaþ, ðý is folces forfaren máre ðonne scolde oððe þearf wǽre, and for ðam hit wearð swá rǽdleás ðe hit Godes beboda forgýmde the people is become so miserable, because it neglected God's commandments, Wulfst
scyfe
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Befeallen þurh deófles scyfe on heálíce misdǽde, Wulfst. 103, 21
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strang-líc
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Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan, Wulfst. 141, 5
twelf-wintre
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Ǽlc man ðe beó ofer twelfwintre, Wulfst. 136, 17. Perhaps in the last five passages ofer twelfwintre should be taken as a compound
un-forht
Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid
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Se man hýwaþ hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, Wulfst. 53, 15. Wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod. 180: Byrht. Th. 134, 5; By. 79. Hí unforhte and blíþe underhnigon deáþ mortem laeti subiere, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 37.
un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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.), ðonne ða heora segene eft gelýfdon, ðe æfter heom ácende wǽron, Wulfst. 2, 12. so as not to cause doubt, unequivocally, indubitably Hé his ǽrendracan ásende tó ðære ðeóde, and him untweógendlíce secgan (say in a way that should leave no room for
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un-stillness
absence of rest ⬩ motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ noisiness ⬩ clamour ⬩ tumult ⬩ bustle ⬩ commotion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ breach of peace ⬩ restlessness ⬩ unruliness ⬩ disquietude ⬩ disturbance of mind ⬩ trouble
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Lǽrð ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras, and unnytte sprǽce, Wulfst. 233, 18. tumult, bustle, commotion Hé ne mihte ða unstillnesse ðara onfeallendra menigeo áberan tumultus inruentium turbarum non ferret, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 32. disturbance
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un-meaht
Weakness ⬩ lack of power
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Wurþaþ hig þurh ðæs mettruman unmihta beswicene, Wulfst. 285, 11
un-híre
Fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ cruel ⬩ deadly ⬩ dire ⬩ dreadful ⬩ frightful
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Unhýre funesta, i. scelesta, criminosa, Wülck. Gl. 245, 1. Ðæs unhiéran cruentae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 34. Ða unhióran infestos, 47, 59. of living creatures Weard unhióre ( the fire-drake ), Beo. Th. 4818; B. 2413.
wræc-líc
strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable
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Wulfst. I. 12. Hý wurdon of ðære myrhðe áworpene, ðe hý ǽr on wǽron, and on ðis wræclíce líf bescofene and on earfoðan and on geswince wunedon, 9, 13. Hé sceóp ðám wérlogan wræclícne hám, Cd. Th. 3, 17 ; Gen. 37
ge-swǽs
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Add: — Geswǽse blandum, Wülck. Gl. 257, 8. of persons, kind, charitable, loving Hé wæs swíðe geswǽs eallum swinc-endum, and on mislicum yrmdum mannum geheólp (cf. hé swincendum fylste, Hml. S. 31, 53), Hml. Th. ii. 500, 16.
wác-mód
of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous
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Mt. 24, 6: Mk. 13, 7) ðonne ne wurde, Wulfst. 89, 6. On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða ofermódan, on óðre wísan ða earmheortan and ða wácmódan (pusillanimes), Past. 32; Swt. 209, 3.
wǽg
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance
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Ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge, Wulfst. 240. Wǽga trutina ... lytle wǽga momentana vel statam, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 38, 42
tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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Hé slóh mid ánre gyrde on ða sǽ, and heó tóeode on twá, Wulfst. 293, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 194, 19. Seó eá on emtwá tóeode, 212, 22. Ðá tóeodon ða stánas, and geopenode ðæt get, H.
tó-weard
Toward ⬩ in the direction of
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Th. i. 336, 12: Wulfst. 302, 26. Hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 24. Tó scipan weard, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 11. Hí wendon him tó ðære burge weard, 1048; Erl. 178, 1. Hí wǽron heom tó Lundene weard, 1052; Erl. 185, 4.