nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Unless, except Nimþe nisi, Wülck. Gl. 249, 9. Nimþe wén wǽre ni forsan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 4 : 93. 3. Grammar nimþe, connecting clauses Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean wolde, nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43.
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styrung
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Sceal áspringan bryne and blódgyte and styrnlíce styrunga, Wulfst. 88, 11. trouble Wé sceolan on ǽlcne tíman and on ǽlcere styrunge mid ródetácne ða réðan áflían, Homl.
synnig
sinful, wicked ⬩ guilty, culpable
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Hí hyra synnigan breóst beátaþ, Wulfst. 138, 12. Monige æfter ðæs líchoman scylde hí swá micle fæsðlícor gestaðoliaþ on gódum weorcum swá hí hí selfe synnigran ongietaþ, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 3. in a legal sense, <b>guilty, culpable.
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Gesǽlige beóð ða ðe ðam fyliaþ, and unlǽde beóð ða ðe ðam wiðsacaþ, Wulfst. 264, 21. Gé sind unlǽde, earm[r]a geþóhta, Andr. Kmbl. 1487; An. 745. Unlǽdra ( the cannibals) eafoð, 59; An. 30: (evil spirits ), 283; An. 142.
sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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Ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan, Wulfst. 160, 5. Hé sang scandlícu leóþ, and plegode scandlíce plegan, Shrn. 121, 10. Sceondlícum corruptibilibus, Rtl. 24, 36.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Nú lá age jam, Wülck. Gl. 252, 43
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Gif hwylc man mid arwan deór ofsceóte . . . and hit man ymbe. iii. niht deád finde, and þǽr hund oþþe wulf on befangen hæbbe (have had any-thing to do with it; eam occupaverit), Ll.
wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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Wið ǽlc wóh gestreón (but see Similar entries wóh-gestreón) beorge man, ac strýne mid rihte, Wulfst. 70, 2 : L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 29. Hú micle unrótnesse se hæfþ ðe ðone wón willan hæfþ on ðisse worulde, Bt. 31, l; Fox 110, 31.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Wræccena reáflác is on heora hainum (rapinapauperis in domo vestra, Is. 3, 14), Wulfst. 45, 18
leornian
To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read
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Ealswá David dyde leornigendum móde [with docile mind], Wulfst. 172, 22
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manig-feald
Manifold ⬩ multifarious ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various ⬩ consisting of many parts ⬩ complex ⬩ Manifold ⬩ numerous ⬩ abundant ⬩ plural
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Hit sceal heonanforþ mænigfealdre weorþan, Wulfst. 83, 19. Monigfealdran, Exon. 51a; Th. 177, 2; Gú. 1221. Wæs ðǽr seó monigfealdeste wól, mid moncwealme, ge eác ðætte ne wíf ne niéten ne mehton nánuht libbendes geberan, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 17.
stillness
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Ðonne ( in church ) lǽrþ ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlíce sprǽce . . . lǽrþ ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce, Wulfst. 233, 13-18. quiet, silence Stilnysse taciturnitatis, Hpt. Gl. 455, 54.
un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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Hé drýhð deófles willan and Godes unwillan, Wulfst. 12, 13. against one's will, unwillingly, not voluntarily, without one's consent, in despite of one. Grammar un-willa, alone Se ðe monnan nédes ofslóge, oððe unwillum, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 22.
tó-cyme
A coming to a place, ⬩ coming, ⬩ approach, ⬩ arrival, ⬩ advent ⬩ the coming of Christ to the world, ⬩ the first or second Advent ⬩ the anniversary of Christ's coming, ⬩ Advent
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Ǽr Antecristes tócyme, Wulfst. 156, 7. Foran tó ðon tócyme dómes dæges. Blickl. Homl. 35, 8. For Drihtnes cynedómes tócyme, 87, 5. Deáþ mid his dígelan tócyme, Homl. Ass. 54, 98. Gif se hírédes ealdor wiste ðæs ðeófes tócyme, 54, 100.
twig
A branch ⬩ twig
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Parv. 505: vimen, Wülck. Gl. 619, 27
sin-gal
everlasting ⬩ perpetual ⬩ continual ⬩ constant ⬩ without intermission ⬩ daily ⬩ in succession ⬩ continuous ⬩ lasting
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Ðǽr (in hell) is á singal sorh, Wulfst. 26, 8. referring to things of time, continual, constant, without intermission Swá singal gebiórscipe quasi juge convivium, Kent. Gl. 521. Hine gedreht singal slǽpleást. Homl. Th. i. 86, 16.
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spor
a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking
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Gif ðú gesyxt wulfes spor, Lchdm. i. 360, 19. a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. Icel. sverða, eggja spor, dólg-spor a wound) Lǽtaþ hý láþra leána hleótan þurh wǽpnes spor ( by a wound ), Exon.
stingan
to thrust something into ⬩ to thrust one's self into the affairs of another ⬩ to prick with something, to sting, stab, pierce
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Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan, Wulfst. 141, 4. Nim án feðere, and stynge on hys múðe, Lchdm. iii. 130, 17. Wæs on slǽpe ætýwed ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, Shrn. 149, 1.
leód-biscop
a suffragan
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Séce man tó ðam leódbiscope; and gif man furþor scule tó ðam arcebiscope; and syððan tó ðam pápan, Wulfst. 275, 6. Gif hé sóhte leódbiscop oððe ealdorman ðonne áhte hé vii nihta griþ, L. Eth. vii. 5; Th. i. 330, 14.
módor
A mother
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Skt. 7, 11: Ps. 130, 4: Wulfst. 119, 3: Cd. 50; Th. 64, 10; Gen. 1048: Exon. 8b; Th. 3, 15; Cri. 36. Riht is ðæt ðæt bearn médder folgige, L. H. E. 6; Th. i. 30, 4: 99a; Th. 370, 7; Seel. Ex. 53. Nim ðæt cild and his módor, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 13.
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