stæl
a place ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ stead ⬩ situation ⬩ condition
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wanede, ðe hyt swá on stæle stóde, ðe hyt swá dyde, swá hyt ǽr dǽð on ðisse weorulde, óðre hwíle weóxe óðre hwíle wanode (cf. 200, 17-19), Shrn. 199, 26-30
Linked entry: æt-steal
ge-bǽtan
To bit ⬩ bridle ⬩ curb ⬩ frēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕre ⬩ frēnāre
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He gebǽtte his ágen weorc he curbed his own work, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 152; Met. 11, 76. Hæfþ se Alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his bridle the Almighty has restrained all creatures with his bridle, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 45; Met. 11, 23
earfoþ-síþ
A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity ⬩ mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas
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A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity; mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas Weorn geferaþ earfoþsíða ye travel plenty of laborious journeys, Andr. Kmbl. 1355; An. 678: Cd. 72; Th. 89, 5; Gen. 1476.
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BLÁT
Livid, pale, ghastly ⬩ lividus, pallidus ⬩ livor
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Livid, pale, ghastly; lividus, pallidus Þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát weóll waðuman streám a livid stream bubbled in waves through the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2560; An. 1281.
Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte
rempan
to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), ⬩ be precipitate
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Voc. ii. 15, 68 be precipitate Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende and rǽsþ suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe and for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia creditur, Past. 20, 1;Swt. 149, 12
wlacian
to be ⬩ get lukewarm ⬩ to make lukewarm
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Swá swá ðæt cealde ǽrest onginð wlacian, ǽr hit ful wearm weorðe, swá eác ðæt wearme wlacaþ, ǽr hit eallunga ácealdige sicut a frigore per teporem transitur ad calorem, ita a calore per teporem reditur ad frigus, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 4. to make lukewarm
foreþanclíce
carefully
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with forethought, carefully Ðá gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede quidquid diu labore provida construxit, Past. 215, 18. Ðæt hí foreðonclíce ongieten ut provide perpendant, 429, 3.
leornung-mann
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Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs leornincgmannes weorc, R. Ben. 20, 6. Þæra fíf bóca andgit geopenode se Ælmihitiga Láreów his leorningmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 12. Add
socian
to soak ⬩ to steep in a liquid ⬩ to soak ⬩ to lie in a liquid
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Dweorge dwostlan weorp on weallende wæter, lǽt socian on lange 240, 7: iii. 14, 17
un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
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Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.
ár-weorþ
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Þæt árwyrðe weófod, 207, 15. Móder árwyrðe mater honorificata, Rtl. 45, 25: veneranda, 66, 21. Árweorðra (-wierð-, v. l. ) monna mód, Past. 128, 25. Hé geceás árwurðe weras electis viris strenuis, Ex. 18, 25. Árwyrþran prestantiorem, An. Ox. 1112.
daroþ
DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta
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Daroþas wǽron weó ðære wihte darts were an affliction to the creature, 114 a; Th. 438, 8 ; Rä. 57, 4. Þurh daroþa gedrep through the stroke of darts, Andr. Kmbl. 2886; An. 1446. Dareþa of darts, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 11; Æðelst. 54.
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scrýdan
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Gif æcyres weód God scrýt, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Scrýtt, Lk. Skt. 12, 28. Hé ní fédan scolde and scrýdan, Chr. 1012 ; Erl. 147, 11. Hingrigendumger. dum mele syllan and nacode scrýdan, Blickl.
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þyle
An orator ⬩ spokesman
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Th. 320, 5; Víd. 24 : -- Þyle weóld Rondingum. ¶ In Beowulf the þyle of the Danish king is mentioned : -- Húnferþ þyle, Beo. Th. 2335; B. 1165. Þyle Hróðgáres, 2917; B. 1456.
un-wérig
Not weary ⬩ fresh
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Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8.
ne
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Ðeáh ic nú ðis recce, næ (ne, v.l. ) tǽle ic ná micel weorc, 41, 2. Add Ðonne ne léten hié nó hié eallinga on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó áwecggan, Past. 306, 4
reste-dæg
A day of rest, a day when no work is to be done, a Sabbath
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Se seofoþa dæg ys Drihtnes restedæg : ne wirc ðú nán weorc on ðam dæge, Ex. 20, 8-10. Mannes sunu ys restedæges hláfurd, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 8. On ánum ðara restedaga se nú Sunnandæg is nemned, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30
mann-slege
Man-slaying ⬩ homicide
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Man-slaying, homicide Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé ( the slayer ) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L.
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un-geornful
Not diligent ⬩ negligent ⬩ careless ⬩ remiss
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Ðý læs hine se wærscipe gelǽde on ealles tó micle hátheortnesse, oððe eft sió ánfealdnes hine tó ungeornfulne gedoo tó ongietanne, ðý læs hé weorðe besolcen quatenus nec seducti per prudentiam calleant, nec ab intellectus studio ex simplicitate torpescant
wlite-scíne
Of brilliant beauty ⬩ splendid ⬩ beauteous
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Weorud wlitescýne. Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 35, 6; Cri. 554. Seó wlitescýne wuldres condel (Juliana), 269, 22; Jul. 454. Wlitesciéne wíf (Eve), Cd. Th. 33, 28 ; Gen. 527. On mǽrum dǽge ł on wlitescénan dæge insigni die, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4.