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ge-stíran

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Þá monegan (yfelu) þe hié wéndon þæt hié mid hiera deófolgildum gestiéred hæfden. Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 4. with acc. Unwoeder sǽs mid word gestiórde tempestatem maris uerbo compescit, Lk. p. 5, 19.

of-stingan

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce

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to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce His ealdgefána sum hiene ofstang a Pausania occisus est, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 34. Hé hiene (the elephant) on ðone nafelan ofstang, 4, 1; Swt. 156, II.

Linked entry: of-stician

eóred

(n.)
Grammar
eóred, eórod, es; n.

Cavalry, a band, legion, troop equĭtātus, lĕgio, turma

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Cavalry, a band, legion, troop; equĭtātus, lĕgio, turma Hie gesáwon eóred lixan they saw the band glittering. d. 149; Th. 187, 28; Exod. 157. Eórod sceal getrume rídan a troop shall ride in a body, Exon. 90a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63.

Linked entries: eórod eóryd

fóre-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þanc, es; m.

Forethoughtconsiderationconsidĕrātio

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Ða hát-heortan hie mid náne fóreþance nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with any consideration, Past. 40, 6; Cot. MS

un-tǽlwirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽlwirðe, adj.

Not blameableirreprehensiblepraiseworthy

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Ðæt hié ðæs ðe untǽlwyrðran wǽren, 32; Swt. 215, 1

Linked entry: tǽl-wirðe

wirpan

(v.)
Grammar
wirpan, p. de

To recover

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To recover Wyrpton hié wérige, wiste genǽgdon módige meteþegnas, hyra mægen béton, Cd. Th. 185, 29;Exod. 130. Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 34.

Linked entry: wurpte

a-hnescian

(v.)
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Substitute: á-hnescian, -hnexian. to become weak An hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentie swá raðe áhnescaden, swá hearde swá hié longe wǽron, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 15. to make weak, weaken, soften Ðá ánrédnesse his heortan áhnescian (-nescian, v. l.) cordis

endung

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On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 26. From endung a perfeccione, Lk. p. 2, 15. Æt þæs godspelles endunge qua perlecta, R. Ben. 35, 21. Add

íþelíce

(adv.)
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hié iéðelíce ofercóm facile agrestium hominum inperitam manum compescuit, Ors. 6, 30; S. 278, 23: 6, 36; S. 294, 5: Past. 399, 18: 441, 14. Íðelíce (iéðlíce, v. l. ), 141, 5: 335, 16.

Linked entry: eáþelíce

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Sint tó manienne ðá ðe ðá sibbe sáwað, ðæt hié swá micel weorc tó recceleáslíce and tó unwærlíce ne dón admonendi sunt pacifici, ne tantae actionis pondus levigent, Past. 361, 6.

will

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will, will.
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Hié ealle þá worold on hiora ágen will onwendende wǽron they were turning all the world just as they pleased, Ors. l, 10; S. 48, 10

martyr

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Wé witon unrím ðára monna þe ðá écan gesǽlða sóhtun nallas ðurh ꝥ án þæt hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlican deáðes, ac eác manegra sárlicra wíta hié gewilnodon wið ðan écan lífe: ꝥ wǽron ealle þá háligan martyras, Bt. 11. 2; F. 36, 5. Add

wilddeór-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilddeór-líc, adj.

Wild beast-likebrutishbrutalbestial

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Hié be sumum dǽle wildiór-líce ( bestiales ) bióð, Past. 17 ; Swt. 108, 23

fram-scipe

(n.)
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Þý lǽs hié ormóde wǽron ... ðæs hié mid mec tó fromscipe geféran scoldon lest they should despair ... of coming to advancement with me, Nar. 32, 25. ꝥ þú gefeó in þǽm fromscipe mínes lífes and eác blissige in þǽm weorðmyndum that you may be glad at the

ge-nyht

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Add: sufficiency Ðǽm ðegnum is beboden ðæt hié him ðæt tó genyhte dón ðæt hié him sellen servants are bidden to be satisfied with what is given them, Past. 321, 2. abundance, plenty, opulence For ðǽre genyhte ðæs flówendan welan hé blissað rerum affluentium

hergian

(v.)

to harryplunderto harrass

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Voc. ii. 146, to harry, plunder: Hié angunnan hergean and hiénan þá þe hié friþian sceoldon octava legio omnes, quibus subsidio praeerat, interfecit, praedam sibi offlnem vindicavií, Ors. 4, l S. 160, 9: 4, 6; S. 172, 26.

un-gewiss

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, es; n.

uncertaintyignoranceunconsciousnessin ignoranceunintentionallyunconsciouslyunwittinglywhat is uncertain or unknownincertumignominia

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Ðæt hié on swá micle néþinge and on swá micel ungewiss ǽgðer ge on sǽs fyrhto ge on wéstennum wildeóra ge on þeóda gereordum, ðæt hié hiene æfter friþe sóhton that they ventured upon so much that was hazardous and so much that was unknown in respect to

Linked entries: ge-wis on-gewiss

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Wið ða speru hié hié scildaþ, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 245, 10. Mé sóðfæstnes mín scylde wið feóndum scuto circum-dabit te veritas ejus, Ps. Th. 90, 5. Scilde, Lchdm. ii. 238, 5 : Exon. Th. 126, 22; Gú. 375.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

georn-full

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Ðæt hié ymb hié selfe swǽ geornfulle sién ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðǽra ne giémen þe him befæste sién ut sic in propria sollicitudine ferveant, ut a commissorum custodia minime torpescant, Past. 190, 23.

hírsumian

(v.)

to obeyto obeyto obeya feelingdesirean impulseto serveto serve God

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sibbe wiþ hié (rex Persarum quiescere in pace Graeciam praecepit) ...