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gewrixlian

(v.)
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</b> to give in requital Hé forgeaf éce dreámas, bið him heofonríce ágiefen; swá sceal gewrixled þám þe wel heóldon Meotudes willan, Cri. 1261. to get in requital Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle (-wrixle, v. l.) ne impensae

fals

(n.)
Grammar
fals, es; n.
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Ꝥ deófol his falses tó fela ongemang þǽre heorde ne gesáwe. Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man mǽst falses lufað, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26-29. Buton ǽlcon false, Wlfst. 272, 3. Add

gold-smiþ

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'Ealle ðás goldsmiðas secgað þæt hí nǽfre ǽr swá clǽne gold, ne swá reád ne gesáwon,' Hml. Th. i. 64, 8. Add

slacian

(v.)
Grammar
slacian, slæcian, sleacian; p. ode

To slacken ⬩ relax an effort

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To slacken, relax an effort Gif hé lithwón slacode . . . his handa ne slacedon sin autem paululum remisisset . . . factum est, ut manus illius non lassaréntur, Ex. 17, 11, 12. Ðæt ne ða sleacgiendan (pigritantes) hé ofhreóse, Hymn. Surt. 18, 15

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, es; n.

A LEAF

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A LEAF of a tree, of a book, a shoot Leáf hys ne fylþ folium ejus non defluet, Ps. Spl.; his leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ ne ne seariaþ folium ejus non decidet, Ps. Th. 1, 4. Leáf antes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 16. Leáf folia, Mt.

mangere

(n.)
Grammar
mangere, es; m.

A monger ⬩ merchant ⬩ trader ⬩ dealer

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Ne preóst ne beó mangere a priest shall not be a merchant (cf. Icel. prestar skulu eigi fara með mangi né okri), L. Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tilige him rihtlíce and ne beó ǽnig mangere mid unrihte, L. Edg.

hyge-gǽlsa

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-gǽlsa, adj.

Slow ⬩ sluggish

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Slow, sluggish Nis hé hinderweard ne hygegǽlsa swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 3; Ph. 314

ge-sóm

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Add: Críst cwæð on his godspelle ꝥ nán cyneríce ne stent náne hwíle ansund, gif hí gesóme ne beóð (if the people are not united. Cf. Si regnum in se diuidatur non potest seare regnum, Mk. 3, 24), Hml. S. 13, 238

gneáþness

(n.)
Grammar
gneáþness, gneádness, e; f.
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Gneáþnysse frugalitatis, i. temperantiae, 2437. scantiness of material, scarcity Ne him wǽre hwǽtes gneáðnes (genéðnys, v. l. ) ne óðerra worldwelena, Mart. H. 68, 9

Linked entry: gníþness

wamm-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-cwide, es; m.

Evil speaking, reviling, slander, blasphemy

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Ne wíte ic him ða womcwidas, þeáh hé his wyrðe ne sié tó álǽtanne ðæs fela hé mé láðes spræc, 39, 7;Gen. 621

hǽr

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Ne efesiad eów ne eówre hǽr ne sciron ( non facietis calvitium), Deut. 14, a hair of an animal Of nǽrum (of hérum ðǽra camella, Mt. L. 3, 4) de pilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71. 61. Wullan fliásum, hérum. Txts. 151, 4.

nídinga

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Nú ðæt ðæt hié lyst hí sculon néde[n]ga forlǽtan, and ðeáh ðæt hí nú nédenga forlǽtað him bið eft tó wíte gehealden nunc, quod libet, invitis subtrahitur, et tunc, quod dolet, invitis in supplicium reservatur, 441, 22-24.

on-sting

(n.)
Grammar
on-sting, es; m.

Authority

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Ðæt gé nán onsting ne hauuen of ðat mynstre búton swá micel swá ðone abbot wille ut nec tu nec quisquam successorum episcoporum quicquam hujus aecclesiae usurpet praeter abbatis uoluntatem, v. 29, 20

Linked entry: in-sting

ge-þræc

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Ne þurh þreáta geþræcu (ðerih ðreá[t]un giðraec, v. l. Txts. 151, 6) þrǽd mé ne hlimmeð nor through thick-coming torments (?

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

Wódnes-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Wódnes-niht, e; f.

The night between Tuesday and Wednesday

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Sunnan-nihtum ne mæssenihtum ne Wódnesnihtum, Wulfst. 305, 23

fræt

(adj.)
Grammar
fræt, ... superbus.

Wanton ⬩ shameful ⬩ foul ⬩ fedus ⬩ turpes

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Wanton, shameful, foul; fedus, turpes, and add Þæt ne blissige [þé] frǽte bǽr ne letetur te fedus (obscenus, turpis) sandapila, Hpt. 31, 4, 12. Þæt bið feóndes bearn ..., hafað frǽte líf, Mód. 48. Frǽtum fugitivus (-is?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 40

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.

Separation ⬩ dismission ⬩ rejection

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Separation, dismission, rejection Gif hé swá biþ ðæt hé ne sý wyrðe ðære scyrunge (scirunge, MS. T. : ðæt hé wurðe ne beó, ðæt hé beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag.) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

Linked entry: scirian

deópian

(v.)
Grammar
deópian, p. ode
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To get deep Swá dolh ne deópian, Lch. ii. 352, 2

Linked entry: ge-deópian

drysnan

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Ne drysnes non extinguet (linum fumigans ), Mt. L. 12, 20. Add