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þífþ

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Hé cwæð: 'Ne willað gé nú leng þeófian ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe (þeof(e)te v.l. furty) ... þá wæs swá geworden ... ꝥ hí æ fter þon cyrdon búton þeófte (þeófete, v.l. ),' Gr. D. 202, 1-16

sicol

(n.)
Grammar
sicol, (-el, -ul), es ; m.

A sickle

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Ne ríp ðú ná mid sicele (falce), Deut. 23, 25. Hé sent his sicol mittit falcem, Mt. Skt. 4, 29. Hé sceal sicol habban, Anglia ix. 263, 5

Linked entry: sicel

cunnan

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To know of Þæt folc ne cúðe ðǽra góda the people knew not of those benefits, Hml. Th. i. 190, 31. cunnan on to be skilled in, have knowledge of Ic þǽr nán þing on ne cann, Hml. A. 182, 42.

for-habban

(v.)

To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop

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Heó ne mihte hí sylfe forhabban fram hire were a viro suo sese abstinere non potuit, Gr.

un-forwandigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forwandigendlíce, adv.

Unhesitatingly ⬩ freely ⬩ without regard to fear or shame

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Unhesitatingly, freely, without regard to fear or shame Gif ðú wundrige ðæt swá scamfæst fǽmne swá unforwandigendlíce ðás word áwrát, ðonne wite ðú ðæt ic hæbbe þurh weax áboden, ðe náne scame ne can, ðæt ic silf ðé for scame secgan ne mihte, Ap.

un-þingod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þingod, adj.

Unatoned ⬩ unsettled

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Unatoned, unsettled Swá eác se ðe óðrum bismer cwið, oððe déð, ðeáh hé geswíce, and hit nǽfre eft ne dó, ðeáh hit bið gedón, ðæt hé dyde, and unðingad, gif hé hit ne bét neque qui contumelias irrogat, si solummodo tacuerit, satisfecit, Past. 54; Swt.

ander-gilde

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In repayment, in compensation Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó þæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde never let things come to so ill a pass for you, that you don't hope for better times to make amends, Prov. K. 41. (Cf. án- gilde, ¶.)

Linked entry: un-andergilde

hangian

(v.)
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Ne þurfon gé nó hongian on ðám anwealde, ne him æfter þringan; gif gé wíse bíþ hé wile folgian eów þeáh gé his nó ne wilnian, 16, 1; F. 50, 29. to rest for authority on, depend on In ðissum twǽm bebodum ealle ae hongað (stondes ł honges, L.) and witga

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Ne ic ne clypige tó heora godum ne tó heargum ne gebidde mid míne múþe nec memor ero nominum eorum per labra mea, Ps. Th. 15, 4. Ða wuldriaþ in hergum heara qui gloriantur in simulacris suis, Ps. Stev. 96, 7.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

leahter-full

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Ne beó se carfulla leahterful, ne sé ne lufige ídelnysse, sé ðe on stilnysse is, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 34. Hé is Gode deád, for þan þe hé leahterfull and geleáfleás ætbærst, and hé ys geworden tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5.

un-gewidre

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewidre, un-gewidere, es; n.

Bad weather ⬩ storm ⬩ tempest

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Bad weather, storm, tempest Hit biþ wiþ ǽghwylc ungewidro gescylded, ðæt ðǽr nǽfre nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg, Blickl. Homl. 125, 31-3. Gif ðé þince ðæt ðú óþerne máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for ungewiderum, Lchdm. ii. 254, 2.

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect

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L. 15, 29. not to keep in good condition. not to keep in safety, not to preserve Eálá eá is ꝥ forweorþfullic wela þe náuþer ne mæg ne hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford, tó ðon ꝥ hé ne þurfe máran fultumes, oððe hí beóþ bégen forhealden O praeclara

Linked entry: for-healden

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape

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Gaderiaþ ða láfe and hí ne losion gather the remnants, and let them not be lost, Homl. Th. i. 182, 21. Ne sceal hé for ðám læssan losian he shall not be lost for the lesser sins, ii. 336, 22.

Linked entry: lorian

on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif hí nǽron ná ǽr gebétte ne ná onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint

Linked entry: on-leoþian

a-hwyrfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hwyrfan, -hwerfan; p. de; pp. ed

To turn away ⬩ avertere

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Ne ahwyrf ne avertas, Ps. Th. 89, 3. Ahwyrfde, subj. perf. would cast, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 33; Gú. 430

Linked entry: a-hwerfan

feólan

(v.)
Grammar
feólan, fiolan, felan; p. fæl, pl. fǽlon, félon; pp. folen, feolen.

to cleave ⬩ stick ⬩ adhere ⬩ adhærēre ⬩ to reach ⬩ come ⬩ pass ⬩ procēdĕre ⬩ pervĕnire

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to cleave, stick, adhere; adhærēre Ðæt ic in ne fele ut non inhæream, Ps. Surt. 68, 15. to reach, come, pass; procēdĕre, pervĕnire Ne meahton hí ofer mere feolan they could not pass over the sea, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 10; Rä 23, 5

Linked entries: felan fiolan ge-feolan

ge-litlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-litlian, p. ode; pp. od

To diminish ⬩ lessen ⬩ mĭnōrāre

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To diminish, lessen; mĭnōrāre Nýtenu heora he ne gelitlode oððe he ne gewanode jūtmenta eōrum non mĭnōrāvit, Ps. Lamb. 106, 38. Ic beóde mínum erfeweardum ðæt heo nǽfre ðis feoh gelitlian I enjoin my heirs that they never diminish this money, Th.

be-rǽsan

attack

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Ðætte ðæt mód ne berǽse on ungeðyld ne ad impatientiam spiritus erumpant, 313, 21

for-dician

(v.)
Grammar
for-dician, for-dícian; p. ode

To barricade

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.), ðæt wé ne mægen ástígan iter ascensionis abscidit, Past. 361, 4. Ðý lǽs hié himselfum fordíkigen ðone weg ðǽre bóte ne viam sibi meliorationis abscidant, 383, 23. Substitute:

nátes-hwón

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Hé suwode swilce hé ne gefrédde heora swingla náteshwón, Hml. S. 31, 977. Sume nellað wítnian mid nánre wrace þá máran synna on him sylfum náteshwón, Hml. A. 8, 185 : 16, 79 : 26, 43. Náteshwðn (nullatenus) hé ne gedyrstlǽce, R. Ben. I. 100, 17. Add