á-tǽsan
To tear with a weapon
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Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.
irfe-numa
an heir
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Gif se bónda ǽr hé deád wǽre beclypod wǽre ðonne andwyrdan ða yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde ðeáh hé líf hæfde if the man of the house before his death were cited; then let the heirs answer as he himself would have had to do if he had lived, L. C.
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for-irman
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Wǽron tó mænige foryrmde, Wlfst. 158, 11. Take here for-yrman, and add
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ge-crammian
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to stuff, cram Wǽran gecrammede farciuntur, replentur An. Ox. 3517. Cf. ge-crimman
irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
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Writing concerning an inheritance, a will, testament Ac hit gelamp ðæt Æðelréd cingc gefór ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died
mús
a mouse ⬩ a muscle
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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart. Th. 318, 28.] a muscle Mús ðæs earmes torus vel musculus vel lacertus Wrt.
un-sláw
Not slow ⬩ not sluggish ⬩ active ⬩ ready ⬩ quick
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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican, Wulfst. 72, 15. Ðone ðe him on weorcum gecwémde elne unsláwe, Exon. Th. 159, 7; Gú. 923. Wígan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713. Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wǽpnum, Homl.
weorold-wísdóm
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Secular knowledge, science, learning Ða dohtor befæste se fæder tó láre, ðæt heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen æfter Grécisre úðwýtegunge and Lǽdenre getingnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 20.
ge-lástfull
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Cf. ge-lǽstan; Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ( alii coadjutor, Lat. vers.) ge æt spore ge æt midráde, Ll. Th. i. 232, 11. Gegaderade Cassander fird.
ge-synto
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Add: of physical soundness, of persons Ic wéne ꝥ hé wǽre biddende ðá upplican árfæstnesse mínra gesynta pro mea, ut reor, sospitate supernae pietati supplicans.
nídinga
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Gyf ðú nédinga hyre on ne sóhtest, þonne wǽre heó clǽne, Hml. A. 135, 656. Add
ofer-méttu
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Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta quia initium omnis peccati superbia, 301, 4: 307, 2. Sió scyld ðára ofermétta superbiae culpa, 311, 23 : 271, 23 : 439, 3. Mid ðǽm oferméttum oferswíðed languore superbiae victus, 439, 6.
tó-weard
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wilnode ꝥ him tóweard beteran wǽron ille promisit futura meliora, Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 6. 2.
sacian
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Hí wǽron saciende dissecabantur, Hpt. 33, 238, 2. v. wiþer-, yfel-sacian. Add
reófan
To break, rend, rive;
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; To break, rend, rive; Randbyrig wǽron rofene, Cd. Th. 207, 7; Exod. 463
slíþe
Cruelly
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Cruelly Bearn ðara ðe ofslegene slíþe wǽran filios interemtorum Ps. Th. 101, 18
un-gecoren
unchosen ⬩ unselected ⬩ reprobate ⬩ evil
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Ðæt hé ðone áð funde, gif hé mæhte, ungecorenne, ðe se onspeca on gehealden wǽre.
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ge-teón
To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód by what man's hand my death was determined; cujus mortem percussoris manu cavendam habeam, Nar. 31, 19: Th. Ch. 483, 15
ge-hǽre
Hairy
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Hairy Wǽron hie swá gehǽre swá wildeór pilosus in modum ferarum, Nar. 22, 5
in-lende
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Þá hig wǽron his inlænde cum essent incolae eius, Ps. L. 104, 12. Add