or-met
Excessive, without measure
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Hé mid ormettum mynum mé gefretewode he decked me with priceless jewels, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 37
án-líc
ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant ⬩ beautiful ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher
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Lamb. 34, 17; restore thou myn aon lijf aloone [darling] fro liouns, Wyc
be-syrwan
To ensnare, deceive ⬩ circumvenire, decipere, machinari
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Mynte se mánscaða manna cynnes sumne besyrwan the wicked spoiler expected to ensnare one of the race of men, Beo. Th. 1430; B. 713 : 1888; B. 942: Cd. 127; Th. 162, 13; Gen. 2680
Linked entries: be-sirwan be-serian be-syrewian be-syrian
ísern
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Voc. ii. 92, 7: 19, 39. v. mynet-ísern, ríp-ísern
smirwung
anointing, unction ⬩ an ointment
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Gif ðú myhtest ǽnig þing fyndan on smyrunge oððe on wyrtum, ðæt ðu myhtest mýne wunde myd gehǽlan St. And. 28, 17. Smerwunga wyrce of ele and of wermóde Lchdm. ii. 182, 16
eft-gemyndig
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Eftgemyndigo (-myndge, R.), Lk. L. 24, 8: Jn. L. (R.) 2, 17. Eftgemyndgo (-e, R.), 22. Wosað gié eftgemyndgo reminiscamini, 16, 4
Linked entries: eft-myndig ge-mynig
on-wunung
a habitation, dwelling ⬩ persistence, perseverance
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Gewýt fram me, and far ut of mýnre onwununge. Nicod. 27 ; Thw. 15, 11.
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preón
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Mynas, preánas lunulas, 458, 30
dóhtor
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Mýnre dohtor gifta, 8. Sæcgaþ dohter (doehter, L.) Sione dicite filiae Sion, Mt. R. 21, 5. Of dohter (doehter, R.) his de filia ejus, Mk. L. 7, 26, 29. Móder on doehter (dohter, R.) and dohter on moeder mater in filiam et filia in matrem, Lk.
plóg
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In the Tale of Gamelyn, the knight, bequeathing his estate says :-- ' Johan myn eldeste sone shall have plowes fyve, And my myddeleste sone fyf plowes of lond.' Plowlond carrucata, þat a plow may tylle on a day, Prompt. Parv. 405.
ge-beorhlíc
Safe ⬩ cautious ⬩ prudent ⬩ becoming ⬩ tūtus ⬩ circumspectus ⬩ dĕcens
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Safe, cautious, prudent, becoming; tūtus, circumspectus, dĕcens Gebeorhlícre ys me faran to eá, mid scype mýnum, ðænne faran mid manegum scypum, on huntunge hranes tūtius est mihi īre ad amnem, cum nāve mea, quam īre cum multis nāvĭbus, in venātiōnem
sceár
A pair of shears or scissors;
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My berd, myn beer ... That nevere yit ne felte offensioun of rasour ne of schere, Chauc. Kn. T. 1559. A shepster (sutrix) shere, Piers P. 13, 331
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for-sacan
To declare an opposition ⬩ oppose ⬩ object to ⬩ refuse ⬩ give up ⬩ forsake ⬩ detrectāre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ desĕrĕre
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To declare an opposition, oppose, object to, refuse, give up, forsake; detrectāre, recūsāre, desĕrĕre Gange án mynet ofer ealne ðæs cynges ánweald, and ðone nán man ne forsace let one money pass throughout the king's dominion, and that let no
ge-myþe
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Andlang bróces on dá mýðy ; of ðás gemýðon, iii. 48, 26. where a river flows into the sea Æt þám gemýðum (-myndum, v. l.)
stóc
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and add Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, and ꝥ þonne wǽre hryre ealles þæs stoces (stówes. v. l.) and forwyrd ealra þǽra bróðra ingentis saxi moles erupta est, quae . . . veniens
án-nes
ONENESS ⬩ unity ⬩ unitas ⬩ a covenant ⬩ an agreement ⬩ conventio ⬩ loneliness ⬩ solitude ⬩ solitudo
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Lamb. 34, 17; restore thou myn oon lijf aloone [darling] fro liouns, Wyc. a covenant, an agreement; conventio Gewearþ him and ðam folce on Lindesige ánes there was an agreement between him and the people in Lindsey, Chr. 1014; Th. 274, 13, col. 1. loneliness
Linked entry: án-nyss
weddian
To engage, covenant, undertake ⬩ to engage ⬩ to wed, betroth, espouse
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I wedde myne eres, P. 4, 146
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BÆC
BACK ⬩ dorsum ⬩ tergum
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Spl. 17, 42; myn enemys thou ȝeue to me bac, Wyc. 17, 41. Ðá wendon hí me heora bæc to then turned they their backs to me, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 13. Hí me towendon heora bacu they turned their backs on me, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 29; Met. 2, 15.
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ge-wrecan
To wreak ⬩ avenge ⬩ revenge ⬩ punish ⬩ ulcisci ⬩ vindĭcāre ⬩ pūnīre
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Se gewrycþ mynne teónan on ðé he will avenge on thee my wrong, Shrn. 96, 16. God gewrecþ on ðæm were God will take vengeance on the man, Blickl. Homl. 185, 25. Ná ðú úre gyltas egsan gewrǽce avertisti ab ira indignātiōnis tuæ, 84, 3: 98, 9.
glitnian
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Mynum glitenian (auratis) monilibus rutilare, An. Ox. 1196. Gliteniendum uernantibus (atque coruscantibus gemmis ), 4295. to be splendid from excellent qualities Agustus mid feówrum rihtingum glitnað gerisenlíce swýðe, Angl. viii. 302, 2