á-hnígan
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Ox. 3352. trans, literal, to bend down Áhnigenum heáfde, Techm. ii. 121, 19. figurative, to humble Hine seolfne of dúne áhnág semet ipsum exinanivit, Rtl. 21, 20
on-þunian
to swell out, exceed due bounds
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to swell out, exceed due bounds Ic eom ufor ealra gesceafta ðara ðe worhte Waldend úser; se mec ána mæg geþeón þrymme, ðæt ic onrinnan (onþunian is suggested by Grein ) ne sceal, Exon. Th. 427, 15; Rä. 41, 91. (?)
weax-bred
a table, tablet for writing on ⬩ a table, list
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Ðonne ðú græf habban wille, ðonne sete ðú ðíne þrí fingras tósomne, swilce ðú græf hæbbe, and styra ðíne fingras swilce ðú wríte.
be-wilwan
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Similar entries v. preceding word Geǽtredum, bewyledum, befýle*-*dum infectis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 62
Linked entry: be-willan
wær-word
A word of caution, forewarning
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Gl. 529, 40 fatis ge*-*wyr[dum]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 34: 5, 42
eal-swá
ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ simĭlĭter, sīcut
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Gewurþe ðé, ealswá ðu wylle fiat tībi sīcut vis, Mt. Bos. 15, 28
lǽce-hús
A hospital
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Et altera die protulit duos denarios et dedit stabulario et ait curam illius habe, Lk. Skt. 10, 34-5.
leax
A salmon ⬩ lax
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Hwý gé nú ne settan on some dúne fiscnet eówru, ðonne eów fón lysteþ leax? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 23; Met. 19, 12. Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Hærincgas and leaxas quid capis in mari? Aleces et isicios, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9.
Linked entry: læx
scyld-wyrcende
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guilt Ðú ( the soul ) ðone líchoman scyldwyrcende gewemdest, Exon. Th. 91, 4; Cri. 1487. Ðonne ðeós woruld scyldwyrcende byrneþ, 232, 5; Ph. 502: 269, 4; Jul. 445. Ðú womfulle, scyldwyrcende sceaþan áwurpe, Elen. Kmbl. 1520; El. 762
ge-þweán
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Ðú mé geðoas ( altered from geðuoas) foet, Jn. L. 13, 6. Ic geðuóg laui, 14. Heáfod mín ne geðuóge ðú, Lk. L. 7, 46. Geduóh lauit, Jn. p. 7, 1. Geþoa lauare, Jn. L. 13, 5. Add
sǽta
a resident, inhabitant.
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Dorn- (Dor-), Dún-, Peác-, Sumor-, Wil-sǽte (-sǽtan). Other instances of the suffix are given in Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 34, where Hrypensis ecclesia is translated Hrypsǽttna cyrice: Hiisétena munecas Hiienses monachi, 5, 22; S. 644, 24: and in Cod. Dip.
Linked entry: séta
cyrc-weard
A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius
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A churchwarden, sacristan; ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius Cyrcweardes þénung a churchwarden's duty, Greg. Dial. 1, 5. Æðelstán cyric-weard [MS.
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tropere
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Ðonne ðú tropere haban wille, ðonne wege ðú ðíne swí[þ]ran hand, and tyrn mid dínum swíþran scytefíngre ofer ðíne breóst foreweard, swilce ðu notian wille, Techm. ii. 119, 10-12
ceaf
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Þú deáðes bearn, ðú ceaf écum ontendnyssum gegearcod, Hml. Th. i. 594, 6. Sé ðe getimbrað ofer ðám grundwealle treówa, oþþe streáw, oððe ceaf (ligna, foenum, stipulam) . . .
leógere
A liar
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Ðá cómon twegen ðæra leógera venerunt duo falsi testes, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 60
Linked entry: légere
níd-bád
An exaction ⬩ a due ⬩ toll
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An exaction, a due, toll Ic Æðelbald Myrcna cincg wæs beden from bisceope Milréde ðæt ic him áléfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, Chart. Th. 28, 25 : 29, 8. Hé nymeþ nýdbáde he (Grendel) takes toll, Beo. Th. 1200; B. 598
under-ginnan
To begin ⬩ attempt
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Gregorius ús trahtnode ðyses godspelles dígelnysse ðus undergynnende: 'Dryhten ús gewilnaþ ... etc.,' 608, 9
Linked entry: under-beginnan
ge-hygd
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Mé þinceþ ꝥ in þám gehig-dum þyses hálgan weres wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video unesse Gr. D. 130, 9. Add
hnesc-líce
Gently, ⬩ softly, ⬩ tenderly
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Ðonne hé his wambe sua hnesclíce ólecþ dum ventri molliter serviunt, 43, 5; Swt. 313, 12
be-sorgian
To be sorry for, to care for, be anxious about, fear
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Ðú hæfst gesúnd gehealden eall ðæt deórwyrðoste, ðætte ðú ðe besorgod hæfdest thou hast kept entire everything most precious, which thou wast anxious about, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 10.
Linked entry: bi-sorgian