be-gíman
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Add: with gen. acc. to care for, see to the welfare or wellbeing of a person or thing, keep God þú þe begýmst mannan Deus qui gubernas hominem, Ps. L. fol. 142, 6. Hí míne heorde wǽce begímdon, Wlfst. 190, 21. Begým þínes sylfes, Hml. A. 198, 109. Þæt
hæft-níd
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1. His gingran dohtor hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat, Ors.
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grénnes
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Substitute: greenness of grass, foliage, &c. Þǽre stówe grénnes ( uiriditas ) and fægernes, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 5. Grénnesse uiriditate (foliorum ), An. Ox. 1581. of other things Blǽhǽwenre híwes grénnysse glauco coloris uirore, i. uiriditate
ídel-ness
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For passage in l. 18 see <b>IV,</b> and add: emptiness. Cf. ídel; 2 Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse ( diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity. Cf. ídel; II Idelnessa
íþe
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Take here <b>éþe</b> in Dict., and add Ǽdre levius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 58. easy, not difficult to do Swá éþe swá hit is tó ongitanne, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 21. Þá þing þe ne sint éðe tó forlǽtanne, 7, 2; F. 18, 16. Hí bióð swíðe éðe tó tedǽlenne
windig
windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent
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windy Ðá com windi (wyndig, v. l.) ýst descendit procella uenti Lk. Skt. 8, 23. Windig sumer, Lchdm. iii. 162, 30. Windig lengten, 164, 5. Wæs on ðam ofne, ðǽr se engel becwom, windig (breezy, airy) and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347. Windig wolcen
ge-samnian
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Add: to collect, get together. the object living creatures, to assemble for a common purpose Hé gesomnade alle ðá aldormenn biscopa, Mt. L. 2, 4. Ðá hét heó gesomnian ealle þá gelǽredestan menn, Bd. 4, 24 ; Sch. 485, 3. Ðider gesomnad biðon (congregabuntur
lufu
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Add: warm affection, attachment Unc gemǽne ne sceal elles áwiht nymðe lufu langsumu, Gen. 1906. His þegnas for hiora eardes lufan tilodon hine tó forlǽtanne, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 28. Ic hæfde bródor and éðel on Egyptum and þǽr mid mínum mágum wunode ..
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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to mete, measure, measure out; metiri, emetiri His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ametan his greatness no man can measure, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 13. Mid hondum amet measure with [thy] hands, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 30; Sat. 700. Ðæt súsl amǽte that he should measure
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hýr-ness
Obedience ⬩ subjection
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Obedience, subjection, a district in subjection to secular or ecclesiastical authority His mód biþ áfédd mid ðære smeáunga ðære wilnunga oðerra monna hiérnesse in occulta meditatione cogitationis ceterorum subjectione pascitur, Past. 8, 2; Swt. 55, 6
rǽdere
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a reader, one who reads Rǽdere lector, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 6 : Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 40. Be ðære wucan rǽdere (rédere, 7, 23). Gebróðra gereorde ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge. Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce, ðæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and ðǽr bútan foresceáwunge
stíþ-líc
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firm, strong Stíðlíc stántorr ( the tower of Babel ), Cd. Th. 102, 14 ; Gen. 1700. of immaterial things, weather, conflict, discipline, penance, hard, severe Stíðlíc hreóhnys a severe storm, Homl. Th. ii. 18, 5. Wæs ðæra deófla gefeoht swíðe stíðlíc
strang-líc
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of persons, strong, robust Cniht, stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglic oððe untrumlíc populum, utrum fortis sit an infirmus, Num. 13, 20. of things, strong, firm, solid, able to resist
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe hí unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde hé ðæt hé hí ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum
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un-gesǽlþ
unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good
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unhappiness, illfortune, calamity Ealle ðás ungesǽlða ús gelumpon þurh unrǽdes, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 1. Biþ simle ða eówre gesǽlþa on sumum þingum ungesǽlþa (unsǽlþa, Cott. MS.), Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 20. Sume secgaþ ðæt sió wyrd wealde ǽgðer ge gesǽlþa
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un-gemetlíce
immoderately ⬩ beyond measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ too (much) ⬩ immensely ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ very greatly
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immoderately, beyond measure, excessively, too (much) Se ðe wile ungemetlíce gesceádwís beón, Past. 11; Swt. 67, 6. Tantalus ðe ungemetlíce gifre wæs, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 33. Gé wilniaþ eówerne hlísan ungemetlíce tó gebrǽdanne, 18, 1; Fox 62, 18. Ne
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un-myndlinga
undesignedly ⬩ without meaning to do something ⬩ unexpectedly
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where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis
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deád
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Add: physical. of an animal or a vegetable Ðá hé onfunde ꝥ hé deád beón sceolde when he found that he must die, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 20. Án cild arn under wǽnes hweowol and wearð sóna deád, Shrn. 32, 12. Ðeáh þá yflan nǽfre ne wurden deáde, Bt. 38, 2;
á-wecgan
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Add: I. of physical movement Þæt folc mid rápum ðá anlícnysse bewurpon and mid stengum áwegdon ac hí ne mihton for ðám deófle hí styrian, (tried to overturn it with poles,) Hml. Th. i. 464, 19. Lytel wind mæg ðone cíð áwecgan (á-wecggean -wecggean, v
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under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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to understand, have insight into Ðú genóh wel understentst ðæt ic ðé tó sprece, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 1. Se godcunda foreþonc hit understent eall swiþe ryhte ... wé ne cunnon ðæt riht understandan, 39, 8; Fox 224, 19-21. Gecýðnessa ðíne ic ongeat ł understód
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