mǽþ
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Riht dóm ys þár ná mǽþa (personę) ac weorcu beóþ besceá-wude, 3. add: v. mǽþ-leás, -lic. add: v. mǽþ-full On ðǽre sylfan grétinge ǽlc sí gegearcod him mǽð in ipsa salutatione omnis exibiatur humanitas, R. Ben. I. 88, 6
á-stífian
to become incapable of motion ⬩ to become incapable of action from fear, wonder
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Þǽr stænt ástífad stáne gelícast eal árleás heáp stupet attonito impia turba timore, Dóm. L. 173
mán-sceaða
A wicked and harmful person ⬩ a sinner ⬩ one who wickedly does wrong
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fore Meotude forht on ðam dóme standeþ, Exon. 30 b; Th. 95, 20; Cri. 1560.
FELG
FELLY ⬩ part of the circumference of a wheel ⬩ canthus ⬩ άνθόs ⬩ absis rŏtæ
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Ðæt hweól hwerfþ ymbúton, and sió nafa, néhst ðære eaxe, sió færþ micle fæstlícor and orsorglícor ðonne ða felgan dón the wheel turns round, and the nave, being nearest to the axle-tree, goes much more firmly and more securely than the fellies do, Bt.
Linked entry: fælg
hræd-líce
Quickly ⬩ hastily ⬩ speedily ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ forthwith
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Gif ðú wille mildheortnesse ús dón sæge ús ðæt hrædlíce if thou wilt do us kindness, tell us so at once, Blickl. Homl. 233, 19.
sceáwere
an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor
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Ðone dóm ðæs sceáweres spectatoris judicium, Past. 15, 3; Swt. 93, 6. a spy Hé sende sceáwere (scéware, Lind.) misso speculatore, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6,27. Gé synd sceáweras exploratores estis, Gen. 42, 9, 14. Leáse sceáweras, Beo. Th. 511; B. 253.
Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc
bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Isaac bær ðone wuda tó his ágenum bærnete, Hml. Th. ii. 62, 22
synder-líc
Separate, special, private ⬩ that is apart, separate, remote ⬩ private, that is done apart, not public ⬩ private, without distinction, ordinary ⬩ special, peculiar, proper ⬩ separated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good
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Gl. 465, 43. private, that is done apart, not public Ða heáfodmenn on synderlícum geþeahte ðone sceat him sealdon, and bǽdon, ðæt hí sǽdon, ðæt ðæs Hǽlendes líc him wurde forstolen . . .
Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig
freomung
Profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ good ⬩ profectus
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Profit, advantage, good; profectus In ða tíd his bisceophádes swá mycel gástlíc freomung ongon beón in Angelcynnes cyricum, swá nǽfre ǽr ðon beón mihte tantum profectus spīrĭtālis tempŏre præsŭlātus illīus Anglōrum ecclēsiæ, quantum nunquam antea potuēre
Linked entry: fromung
rád-cniht
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In dome hominis, quem Angli vocant rádcniht, alii veto sexhendeman, Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 93, note 6
stefnian
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Stefnode man God wine eorle and Harolde eorle tó ðon gemóte ... Ðá hí ðider cómon, ðá stefnede heom man tó gemóte, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 3-6. Se cing him steofnode tó Glóweceastre, 1093; Erl. 228, 33
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dys-líce
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Nú dóð menn dyslíce, ꝥ hí willað wacian and wodlíce drincan, Hml. S. 13, 75. Sume menn dyslíce fæstað ofer heora mihte, 93. Add
ge-gaf
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Cf. too gegaf-sprǽc and dol-sprǽc
searu-cræft
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Ox. 4090. add Hé hét geopenian þone ǽrenan searecræft (cf. hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan and þá hálgan ðǽron dón, 421), Hml. S. 30, 456. Searacræftas machinas, An. Ox. 1656
breówan
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Dó on breówende wyrt. Lch. ii. 332, 22. Add
nearulíce
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, evilly, v. nearu-þanc Ne anhyre ðú ꝥ nearolíce (nequiter) þú dó. Þe nearolíce (nequiter) dóþ beóð ge-teórode, Ps. Rdr. 36, 8-9
sicor
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Ðeáh wé nú náuht yfeles ne dón on ðisse worulde, ne sculon wé ðeáh forðý bión tó orsorge, gif wé náuht tó góde ne dóþ; forðæmðe swíðe fela unáléfedes wé oft geþenceaþ.
CEALF
A CALF ⬩ vitulus, vitula
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Ic ne on-foo of húse ðínum calferu non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, Ps. Surt. 49, 9. On-settaþ ofer wi-bed ðín calfer acc. pl. imponent super altare tuum vitulos, 50, 21
raciend
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One who addresses an assembly Se sóðsagola raciend and déma, sé þe mid his áþenedre handa gestilleþ ꝥ gehlýd eallra manna, and hí gespaneð tó ánum dóme concionator verax extensa manu omnium tumultus sedat, eosque ad unam sententiam revocat, Gr.
gyse
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Ðá cwæþ he, Gyse he déþ they said, - Your master, doth he not pay tribute? He said, Yes, he does; Dixerunt, - Magister vester, non solvit didrachma? Ait, Etiam. Vulg. Mt. Bos. 17, 25