tǽlness
Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction
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Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction Télnesse sugillationis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 76. Sceomaes ł télnisses confusionis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 10. Ða ðe mé tǽlnysse teónan ætfæstan qui detrahunt mihi, Ps. Th. 108, 28. Télnysse, 108, 3. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse
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talente
A talent
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A talent Hé ǽlce geáre gesealde twá hand talentana siolfres: on ǽlcre ánre talentan wæs .lxxx. punda, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 170, 27. III M talentana, Swt. 180, 14. Swá fela talentena, 4, 10; Swt. 202, 22
tán
A toe
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A toe Tán mentagra, (seó) micele tán allox, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 24, 25. Mid tánum cum mentagris, Lchdm. i. lxxi, 13 (cf. lxxiv, 21)
swice
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A trap Swican decipulam, Hpt. Gl. 520, 30: Anglia xiii. 36, 263
swicolness
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Deceit, fraud, treachery Míne synna ðe ic ge*-*fremede on mǽnan áðe and swicolnyssæ, Anglia xi. 102, 85. Antecrist lǽrþ unsóðfæstnysse and swicolnesse, Wulfst. 55, 12
swícung
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deceiving, deluding, deceit, fraud, delusion: Mid . swícunge deóflícre inlusione diabolica, Anglia xi. 117, 29. Swícunge ceápes fraud in trade. Lchdm. iii. 198, 31: 202, 13. For swícuncgum propter illusiones, R. Ben. Interl. 88, 5. offence, occasion of
swígness
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Silence; a time of silence Cwyldtíd, swígnes conticinium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 14. and next word
swígung
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silence, absence of speech Hé ( John the Baptist) ðam fæder (Zacharias ) ða stefne ágeaf, ðá se heáhengel mid ðære swígunge fæstnunga geband ðone fæder, Blickl. Homl. 167, 11.Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld ðære fealasprecolnesse? . . . oþþe hú sceþede
swinglung
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Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo [cf. swingan, though the verb does not seem much used in the sense of modern swing. For the idea of turning round, seen in vertigo, cf. the following: He dude fore of his cnihtes forte turnen þat hweol . . . ant het swingen
synderlícness
Singularity, peculiarity
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Singularity, peculiarity Forlǽtenre synderlícnysse omissa specialitate (singularitate, peculiaritate ), Hpt. Gl. 413, 62
syngung
Sinning
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Sinning Ús is swíðe þearle tó éfstanne ðæt wé bewépan ðæt wé ǽr tó yfele gedydon, and ofer ðis ðære syngunge geswícan, Homl. Ass. 149, 137
synnigness
Sinfulness, guilt
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Sinfulness, guilt Deáðsynnignise reatum, Rtl. 42, 33.] [
tácnung
Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering
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Signification Tácnunga significationem, Ps. Spl. 59. 4. an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom Lǽcedómas and tácnung on ðam roppe (cf. be tácnum on ðam roppe, 230, 16), Lchdm. ii. 164, 5. Be lyfte tácnungum de aeris indiciis, Nar. 3, 14.
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swíþfæstness
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Violence, force Þurh swíðfæstnesse his geþohtes prae violentia cogitationis suae, L. Ecg. C. 5; Th. ii. 138, 27
swíþness
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Strength, violence Cyles swíþness frigoris nimietas, Anglia xiii. 397, 458
swótness
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Sweetness Mycel swótnysse stænc, Shrn. 16, 1. In stencg suótnisses in odore suavitatis, Rtl. 88, 32. Suótnise stences, 65, 41
sundor-notu
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A special office:?-Gif ceorl geþeáh ðæt hé hæfde sundornote on cynges healle, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17
súpe
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A sup, draught Súpe nigon súpan, Lchdm. ii. 102, 16
swangorness
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Heaviness, torpor, sloth, indolence, sluggishness Ic wát ðæt swongorness hí ofsit and hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 33. Ðæt is ðæt hé ða Godes gifa becnytte on ðæm sceáte his slǽwðe and hé for his swongornesse hié gehýde pecuniam quippe
sweartness
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blackness Sweartnysse nigredine, Hpt. Gl. 514, 50. a black material Sweartnesse atramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 72: 5, 31