lof
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Heó nis nánes lofes wyrþe she does not deserve the praise of men, Bt. 20; F. 70, 23 : Víd. 72. Wið þám lofe ðæs folces, 18, 4; F. 66, 21. Hæfde sigora weard wære betolden leódfruman mid lofe sínum God had protected St.
FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit [coin], let him forfeit the hands with which he made the counterfeit, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16, 17, 20, 22.
for-trúwian
To be over-confident, rash ⬩ to presume ⬩ præsúmĕre ⬩ præcĭpĭtāre
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Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige lest he through the pleasant fortune should be presumptuous, 40, 3; Fox 238, 17. Ða fortrúwodan the presumptuous, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 25, 26. Ða fortrúwudan, 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a. 2, 12.
gifl
Food ⬩ meat ⬩ piece of food
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Ðú wyrma gifl thou food for worms, 98 b; Th. 368, 16; Seel. 22. Hí ðæt gyfl þégun they ate that food, 61 b; Th. 226, 24; Ph. 410: 45 a; Th. 153, 8; Gú. 822.
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un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Sýn hý swá gecorene, ðæt hý untǽle sýn and sacerdhádes þurh ealle góde cysta wyrþe, R. Ben. 140, 6. Heó hæfð twá ðing untǽle for Gode, sinscipe and eádmódnysse, Homl. Ass. 40, 399
oxan-hirde
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An oxherd Eálá, oxanhvrde, hwæt wyrcst þú?
wítegian
To prophesy
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Grammar wítegian, with an object, Grammar wítegian, an accusative Ðæt hé him wítgode wyrda geþingu, Cd. Th. 250, 13; Dan. 546. " Eówre wítgan eów wítgodan dysig " . . . Hié scolden leásunga wítgian, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 3-8.
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ge-hwǽde
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Ðeós wyrt hafað gehwǽ;dne wyrttruman, Lch. i. 260, 5. Þú gesáwe gehwǽde mot. . . and ne gesáwe bone mǽstan cyp, R. Ben. 12, 3. Hæbben hý scapulare, þæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleáse, 89, 13.
hege
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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned wið hegas, Lch. i. 226, 2. Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . hegas gódian, Angl. ix. 262, 20. Dele second example, for which see hecg, and add
síþ-fæt
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his fate, cf. síþ, ) seófian, wyrd wánian, 274, 22 ; Jul. 537. a path, course, way, road Weg via, síþfæt iter, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 59. Rihtes síþfætes directi callis, ii. 140, 55. Síþfæte tramite, Hpt. Gl. 513, 26.
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wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Ða wyrte wið ðone wǽtan gemencge, drince ðonne, iii. 18, 20. Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nán ðæra wǽtena ðe druncennysse styriaþ, Homl.
heofone
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Heaven Heofone næs ná ǽr ǽrðan ðe se ælmihtiga wyrhta hí geworhte on anginne heaven was not before the almighty workman wrought it in the beginning, Hexam. i; Norm. 4. Heofenan ríce the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. i. 68, 2: 58, 4.
wiþer-steall
Resistance ⬩ opposition
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L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis), ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó, Wulfst. 138, 6.
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lustfull-nes
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Þá þá hé geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . hé spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8.
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Similar entries Cf. wyrt-forbor Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren . . . wiþ þon þe mon sié forboren . . . ne mæg [man] hine wyrtum forberan, Lch. ii. 114, 8-12. Gif hyt mid geswelle on forboren byð if the poison be kept in with, the swelling, i. 92, 8
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CLÁTE
CLOT-bur ⬩ burdock, goose-grass, clivers ⬩ philanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine
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The herb CLOT-bur, a bur that sticks to clothes, burdock, goose-grass, clivers; philanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine, Lin Ðás wyrte man philanthropos nemneþ, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde menlufigende, forðý heó wyle hrædlíce to ðam
CLÁÞ
CLOTH, ⬩ pannus ⬩ vestirnenta
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Him wyrþ oftohen ðara cláða he is deprived of the clothes, 37, 1; Fox 186, 14: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 46; Met. 25, 23. Of ðínum cláðum a vestimentis tuis, Ps. Th. 44, 10: Exon. 18b; Th. 45, 27; Cri. 725: 28b; Th. 87, 12; Cri. 1424.
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FEFER
FEVER ⬩ febris
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Wið ða stíðustan feferas, genim ðas sylfan wyrte and gedrige hý for the strongest fevers, take this same herb and dry it, Herb. 20, 3; Lchdm. i. 114, 16: 38, 2; Lchdm. i. 138, 3. Ǽlces dæges fefer an every day or quotidian fever, L.
frymþ
A beginning ⬩ foundation ⬩ origin ⬩ first-fruits ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ constĭtūtio ⬩ ŏrigo ⬩ prīmĭtiæ
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Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian, swá ic ðé æt frymþe gehét that event shall yet come to pass, as I promised thee at the beginning, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 16; Gen. 2390: 6; Th. 8, 30; Gen. 132: 174; Th. 218, 6; Dan. 35: Bt. Met.
GÁN
To go ⬩ come ⬩ walk ⬩ happen ⬩ īre ⬩ grădi ⬩ evĕnīre
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Gǽþ á wyrd swá hió sceal fate goes ever as it must, Beo. Th. 915; B. 455. Hí gáþ they go, Andr. Kmbl. 3328; An. 1667. Gif gé gáþ æfter fremdum godum if ye go after strange gods, Deut. 11, 28. He sǽde unc eall swá hit siððan á eóde [or a-eode?]