un-tídre
Not weak ⬩ firm ⬩ strong
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Not weak, firm, strong Him wæs hyge untyddre, Andr. Kmbl. 2506; An. 1254
Linked entry: tídre
wist-fyllu
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Abundance of food Him álumpen wæs wistfylle wén, Beo. Th. 1472; B. 734
án-cenned
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Se cniht wæs áncenned sunu his méder, Hml. Th. i. 492, 5. Add
be-strúdan
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Bestroden wǽre infisca-retur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 69. For second passage substitute
dropung
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Hé wæs geondgoten mid þæs swátes dropunge, Hml. S. 23 b, 233. Add
þrilig
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Wǽs þǽr án þrilig wáhrægel and swýðe þicce gewefen, Vis. Lfc. 69. Add
un-forgifende
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Unforgiving Hé wæs heard and unforgyfende þám forwyrhtum mannum, Gr. D. 320, l
Bryttisc
British ⬩ Britannicus
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British; Britannicus He wæs Bryttisc he was British, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 3
Linked entry: Brittisc
or-eald
Of great age ⬩ valde senex, grandaevus, veteranus, decrepitus
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Of great age Caron wæs swíðe oreald, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 20
Linked entry: or-ildu
hám-fæst
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Ic and míne geféran on Ephesa byrig hámfæste wǽron I and my companions had our home in Ephesus 23, 739. Add: —
tó-sleán
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Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticcu ... his fóstormodor gemétte hit swá tóslagen (-sleg-, v.l. ), 97, 9. Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24
wælhreówness
Cruelty
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Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 12: Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 23 (wæll-, Bd. M. 48, 28). Ðara cyninga wælhreównes wæs tó ðam heard, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 33. Wearð Iulianus for his wælhreównysse ofslægæn, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 419.
Linked entry: hreów-ness
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Gæfelo tributa, 23, 2. figurative Wé wǽron gefreoþode feónda gafoles, Bl. H. 105, 23; Wlfst. 251, 16. Se middangeard ús (devils) wæs lange ǽr underþeóded, and ús deáþ mycel gafol geald, Bl.
lǽce-cræft
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Wæs sum munuc, þám wæs nama lustus, sé waes gelǽred on lǽceræfte ( medicinali arte imbutus ), Gr. D. 344, 6: 11. Hé áxode gif hé cúðe áht on lǽcecræfte, Hml.
un-lust
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Add Unlust mé wæs tó lifianne vivendi mihi taedium est, Verc. Först. 140, 5. Se ylca fæder wæs geswænced mid unluste (gedréfednesse, v.l.) his swíðlican geornnesse idem pater nimietatis ejus taedio affectus, Gr. D. 156, 6.
a-fédan
To feed ⬩ nourish ⬩ rear ⬩ bring up ⬩ nutrire ⬩ cibare ⬩ alere ⬩ pascere
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Ðá híg afédde wǽron quibus adultis, Gen. 25, 27
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un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Búton hí wǽron swá eádmóde and swá unscæððige swá ðæt cild wæs, Homl. Th. i. 552, 12. Culfran sind swíðe unscæððige fuglas, i. 142, 8. Hí ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt hí mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon, ii. 492, 14.
Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig
bile-wit
plausible
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Moises wæs se bilewitusta (mitissimus) mann, Num. 12, 3. in an unfavourable sense, plausible, affecting simplicity Ne trúwa ðú smyltum wedere, ne bilewitum men, Prov. K. 63
ge-dwola
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Valens wæs on Críste gefullod, ac hé ne cúþe his geleáfan, ac folgode gedwylde . . . Se gedwola, 3, 299. Nestorum þone gedwolan þe cwæð ꝥ on Críste wǽron twégen hádas, 1. Th. ii. 374, 18.
hwón-lic
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Skt. for Swt. and add Wurdon æteó-wode fela ðúsend engla, þý lǽs ðe wǽre geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm tó hwónlic tó swá micelre bodunge, Hml. Th. i. 38, 6. Hit wǽre hwónlic gebúht ꝥ . . . bútan mennisce eágan mihte geseón ꝥ . . Hml. S. 31, 1252