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un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33. Se ðe ðysne lǽcedóm þolaþ, hé sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs hé ungeþyldig ( if he is impatient ) ða strengðe

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

wan

(adj.)
Grammar
wan, adj.
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wanting, absent Ðá getreówde hé in godcundne fultom, ðǽr se mennesca wan wæs confidens in divinum, ubi humanum deerat, auxilium, Bd. 2, 7 ; S. 509, 23. Him won (wona, MS. Ca. ) ne wæs seó morning ðære godcundan árfæstnesse non defuit admonitio divinae

wódness

(n.)
Grammar
wódness, e; f.

madnessfuryfrenzyrageblasphemy

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madness, fury, frenzy, rage Wódnys rabies, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 71: 75, 58, Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, hú se apostol hine fram ðære wódnysse áhredde, Homl. Th. i. 458, 9. Wurdon áflígde deófla fram mannum, ða ðe on wódnysse ǽr wǽron gedrehte

wundrung

(n.)
Grammar
wundrung, e; f.

wonderingwonderadmirationastonishmenta wonderful sighta spectacle

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wondering, wonder, admiration, astonishment Hwæt is ðeós wundrung ðe gé wafiaþ? Exon. Th. 6, 24; Cri. 89. Eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge; and eác ða byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend, on óþre heó ǽr wæs, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 509. Heó mid

ge-martyrian

(v.)
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Add: to put to death because of religious belief Hí heafdon þone arcb. mid him oð þone tíman þe hi hine gemartyredon (cf. God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, 1012 ; P. 143, 4), Chr. 1011; P. 142, ii. Se cásere hió héht gemartyrian. Shrn. 72, 13.

ge-tígan

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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan hý gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr hý ofer þá eá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15. Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne

mæssian

(v.)
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l. Messode

sac-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sac-leás, adj.

innocentcontention, unmolested, secure

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free from charge or accusation, innocent Swerian hig ðæt hig nellan nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean ne nǽnne sacne forhelan, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 5. Fiónge mec habbaþ sacleósne (sacleás, Lind., cf. Icel. saklaust without cause) odio me habuerunt

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Add: to drink up, quench thirst Ic of ádrince ebibo, Ælfc. Gr. 275, 9. Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Add: intrans. To dry up, of material containing moisture (lit. and fig.) Ádrúgað aruit heorte mín, Ps. Srt. 101, 5. Wæstmas ádrúgiaþ, Bl. H. 59, 3. Ádrúgade exaruit, Mk. R. 4, 6. Ðá wǽtan hrægel ádrugedon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 25. Míne bán ádrúchedon,

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig. Dict.], and apparently with the same meaning we get Chr. 1039; Erl. 167

Linked entry: hamule

LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

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To LIST, cause pleasure or desire [with dat. or acc. of person in whom the feeling is caused, and gen. of the thing, or infin.] Mé ne lyst piget, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 23. Mé lyst rǽdan lecturio, 34; Som. 37, 56. Hine ne lyst his willan wyrcean, Blickl

wundor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-líc, adj.

Wonderfulexciting admirationsurprise

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Wonderful, exciting admiration or surprise Is wundorlíc (mirabilis) Drihten, Ps. Th. 92, 5: Met. 20, 3. Wunderlíc, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 4. Mín (an angel's) nama is mycel and wundorlíc, Blickl. Homl. 137, 29. Wundorlíc (mirabilis) is geworden ðín wísdóm

for-cweþan

to reproachupbraidblamereproverebuketo reproveto refusedeclineto excuseto refuseto receiveto rejectdisapprove of

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Substitute: to reproach a person, upbraid, blame, reprove, rebuke Ðá fortrúwodan, ðonne hié him selfum tó swíðe trúwiað, hié forsióð óðre menn and eác forcueðað protervi, dum valde de se praesumunt, exprobrando ceteros dedignantur. Past. 209, 6. Forcueð

fore-secgan

to foretellprophesyproclaimpronouncedeclareto preach

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Add: with reference to the past Hé hí gefréfrode swá swá wé hér foresǽdon (as we have already mentioned in this narrative), Hml. A. 78, 138: Hml. S. 26, 169. Þæs Cýres sunu þe wé ǽr foresǽdon, Hml. A. 103, 24. Se foresǽda wiðerwinna the aforesaid adversary

niht

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Add Leóht niht þǽr on sumera bið, Bd. 1. 1; Sch. 9, 16. Ðú settes ðeóstru and geworden wæs naeht (nyht, Ps. Rdr.), Ps. Srt. 103, 20. Nípende niht, B. 649. Niht helmade, brúnwann oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, An. 1307. Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Sal. 310.

fundian

(v.)
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Dele <b>tó-fundian</b> at end, and add: of movement. of persons, to go with the object of reaching a person or place, direct one's course to Suá mon oft lett fundigendne monnan and his færelt gǽlð velut iter tendentis impediant, Past. 257

hreówsian

(v.)
Grammar
hreówsian, hrýwsian; p. ode

To be sorrygrieverepentdo penance

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To be sorry, grieve, repent, do penance Ðæt hé ǽfre ne beþence ymbe ða hreówsunge ðe hé ǽr hreówsade deque pœnitentia qua antea pœnituit nunquam cogitare, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 26. Hire sint forgifena swíðe manega synna forðæmðe hió swíðe hreówsade

Linked entry: hrýwsian

lyge

(n.)
Grammar
lyge, es; m.

A lieligfalsehood

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A lie, lig [provincial], falsehood Ic eów tó sóþe secgan wille and ðæs in lífe lyge ne wyrþeþ in truth I will tell you, and never shall it prove false, Elen. Kmbl. 1147; El. 575. Sóþfæstnysse feóung and seó lufu liges and leásunge odium veritatis amorque

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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To reap, cut corn; metaph. to derive advantage Ic rípe meto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 63. Ðú rípst ðíne æceras tui agros metis, 15; Som. 19, 46. Hláford ðú rípst ðǽr ðú ne seówe.... Ðú wistest ðæt ic rípe (hrippo, Lind.) ðǽr ic ne sáwe, Mt. Kmbl. 25

Linked entry: rýpan