wischere
A wizard
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A wizard Mannum is tó witenne ðæt manega drýmen maciaþ menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, swá swá wischeras dóð, and bedydriaþ menn, swylce hí sóðlíce swylc þincg dón, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 466
weorold-þegnung
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Secular service ÞÁs ne beóð náðer ne an woroldþénuncgum (secularium officiorum studiis) mid lǽwedum mannum, ne mid preóstum an þǽre godcundan ǽwfestnysse, Chrd, 77, 34. Áworpan hí woruldþénuncga secularia officia abjiciant, 76, 35
wiþerian
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; wiðstandan, v.l.) þæs hálgan mannes fremmingum cum se conspiceret ejus profectibus obviare non posse, Gr. D. 117, 19
up-riht
upright ⬩ erect ⬩ lying with the face turned upwards.
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Mannum hé gesealde uprihtne gang, Homl. Th. i. 276, 4. lying with the face turned upwards. Upriht ástreht supinus, Hpt. Gl. 457, 33
geán-dýne
Steep ⬩ arduous
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Steep; fig. arduous (cf. uphill) Þis is mid sumum mannum swýþe geándýne þing and earfoðlic þing hoc apud nonnullos res ardua est et difficilis Ll. Th. ii. 134, 6. Cf. dún, æf-dýne
Linked entry: -dýne
eorþ-lic
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Æfter eorþlicre wísan after the manner of men, Bl. H. 135, 20. For eorþlicra manna gebedum, 47, 8. On ealra eorþlicra gebedrǽdenne þe Crístene wǽron, 45, 37. Dryhten clipode eorðlice menn tó geleáfan Dominus vocavit terram, Ps.
ríman
to count, number ⬩ to enumerate, recount, describe in succession ⬩ to calculate, compute, count up ⬩ to account, esteem as
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Hé mæg ríman steorran qui numerat multitudinem stellarum, 146, 4. to enumerate, recount, describe in succession On ðam is godcundnesse wén ðe manna ingehygd wát and can and heora heortena deágol ealle smeáþ and rímeþ divinity is to be looked for in him
lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Ðæt lyt manna þáh it succeeded with few, 5665; B. 2836. Hé on folce lyt freónda hæfde. Cd. 124; Th. 158, 32; Gen. 2626. Cyning hæfde wígena tó lyt, Elen. Kmbl. 126; El. 63.
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
níd-þeów
A slave ⬩ thrall
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Ne derige se hláford his mannum, ne forðan his nýdþeówan, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 3
gim-stán
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Tó þám geweorce ( the tabernacle ) bróhte þæt folc deórwirðe gimstánas . . . þá gimstánas getácnodon mislice fægernissa on Godes mannum (v. Ex. 35, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 40-45. Gymstána gemmarum An. Ox. 1073. Of gimstánum gemmis 3194. Add
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Mid þrym and ðrittigum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 128. Mid ðám áþelestum ceastrum ánes wana ðrittigum civitatibus viginti et octo nobilissimis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 26.
eástor-feorm
Easter-feast or repast ⬩ firma paschālis
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Easter-feast or repast; firma paschālis Eallum ǽhte-mannum gebýreþ mid-wintres feorm and eástor-feorm omnĭbus ehtemannis jūre compĕtit nātālis firma et paschālis firma, L. R. S. 9, 1; Th. i. 436, 33
an-lícnes
likeness ⬩ image ⬩ similitude ⬩ resemblance ⬩ imago ⬩ similitudo ⬩ a parable ⬩ parabola ⬩ an image ⬩ statue ⬩ idol ⬩ stature ⬩ height ⬩ statua ⬩ simulacrum ⬩ statura
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On ðæs mannes sáwle is Godes anlícnyss in the soul of the man is God's image, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 21.
Linked entries: and-lícnis on-lícness
luf-tíme
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Ðeós sylfe hýrsumnes bið Gode antfenge and mannum luftéme ( dulcis ), R. Ben. 20, 17. Gif ðǽm mǽdenum líkiað hyra luftýman sprǽce, Hex. 48, 16. Luftémpre dulcius, R. Ben. I. 3, 8
ge-swincfulnys
lim-gesihþ
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4
Linked entry: ge-siht
un-gníþelíce
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In no mean manner or degree Hé his ꝥ ǽfæste líf leofde swýþe ungnéþelîce (unheánlîce, v.l., non mediocriter), Gr. D. 43, 26. He scan ungnéþelíce ( non mediocriter) mid þý worde þǽre hálgan láre, 175, I
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tó-cumende
Coming to a strange place, ⬩ strange, ⬩ foreign
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Coming to a strange place, strange, foreign Hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum for the love of God he took his meals with the strangers who came, Shrn. 129, 27
eahtian
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Þæs biscéopes líf swá swíðe swá mannum riht is tó eahtienne (eht-, æht-, v. ll.) uitam illius quantum hominibus aestimare fas est, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 21
irfe-hand
an administrator
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Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator thirteen pounds of pennies; and he will give fifteen pounds