un-gemet
immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very
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Ungemete neáh, Beo. Th. 4832; B. 2420: 5450: B. 2728. Hió wile weahsan mid ungemete sine mensura dilatatur, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 17. Mid ungemete (cf. ungemetlíce, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 25), Met. 26, 62.
wól-berende
Pestiferous ⬩ pestilential ⬩ pernicious
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Se wólberenda (pestifer) stenc ðære lyfte monigé ðúsendo monna and neáta fordilgade, Bd. l, 13; S. 482, 8. Ne sceþþeþ ðé wólberendes áwiht, Lchdm. i. 326, 19.
be-gitan
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Mec bigeat nearo nihtwaco, Seef. 6. Begeáte, B. 2130
cyric-sceat
Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate
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Ðæt neád-gafol úres Drihtnes; ðæt sýn, úre teoðunga and cyric-sceattas the necessary tribute of our Lord; thatt In church-scet lx gallinas et semen frumenti ad tres acras, Chartul. de Glaston. MS. f. 38: L. In. 61; Th. i. 140, 12-14: L.
Linked entry: ciric-sceat
éfstan
To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick ⬩ festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre
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To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick; festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre Uton nú éfstan seón wundur let us now hasten to see the wonders. Beo. Th. 6193; B. 3101: Rood Kmbl. 67; Kr. 34.
hwirfan
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Nú wé sculon eft hwierfan neár Róma þǽr wé hit ǽr forléton Romae ut ad id tempus redeam unde digressus sum Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 13. trans. To turn, give direction to Arewan ongeán hwyrfde catapultas retorsit An. Ox, 4241.
nemnan
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Gíf þú swá gewlǽtne mon métst . . . ne miht ðú hine ná mid rihte nemnan man, ac neát (hominem aestimare non possis), Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 13. add: to mention a subject (person or thing) Þonne ðú gehýrst nemnan þone Fæder, þonne understenst ðú þæt hé hæfð
oþþe
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add: a particle co-ordinating words, phrases, or clauses, between which there is an alternative, words Feorran oððe neán, Gen. 1047.
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weorold-mann
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Ic wát ðætte wile woruldmen tweógan geond foldan sceát búton feá áne (cf. went nú ful neáh eall moncyn on tweónunga, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 18), Met. 4, 52. a man employed, or interested, in worldly affairs; a man of the world Se Hǽlend befrán hú woruldmenn be
scypen
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Út wæs gongende tó neáta scypene ( ad stabula jumentorum ), Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9. Nǽnig mann scypene his neátum ne timbreþ, l, l; S. 474, 32. Andlang díces on ðæs cinges scypena; of ðan scypenum on ðæt riscbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 62, 27.
weald
perhaps ⬩ may be ⬩ in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case
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tó ðam dóme, weald hwænne hé us tó cyme; wé witan mid gewisse, ðæt hit ðǽrtó neálǽcð people ought to watch and be ever on guard so that they may get ready for the judgement, in case any time it come to us; we know with certainty that we are getting near
á-bǽdan
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Hí wæron gefédde mid ðæs gecyndes neád;þearfnysse ábǽde (? the passage seems to mean 'that they fed on what nature required for her needs'), Hml.
móna
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Ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo for þan þe hé yrnð ealra tungla niðemest and þǽre eorðan gehendost . . . þis is þæs mónan geár; ac his mónað is máre, ꝥ is þonne hé gecyrð níwe fram þǽre sunnan oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán . . . and eft þurh hí beó
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35.
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for-stelan
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Gif man mycelre þýfðe forstele, feoðerfót neát ... forgylde hé ꝥ hé forstolen hæbbe ... Gif máran stalan forstele si homo magnum quid furatus fuerit, animal quadrupes ... quod furatus fuerit reddat ...
þan
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then, from that time, after that Wæs wyrd ungemete neáh ... nó þon lange wæs feorh æþelinges flǽsce bewunden, Beo. Th. 4838; B. 2423. [Goth. þan : O. Sax. O. Frs. O. L.
neoþe-
Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of
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Hé ( Noah's ark ) wæs on nyþe-weardan wíd, and on ufeweardan nearo, Homl. Th. i. 536, 9. Wyrc hié of nioþoweardre netlan, Lchdm. ii. 128, 6. Wyl neoþewearde netelan, 312, 5. Lege on ðone pyt neoþeweardne lay it at the bottom of the pit, i. 398, 22.
hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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Hwílum mé bryne stígeð, hyge heortan neáh hearde (hædre. v. l.) wealleð, Sal. 62. of painful physical sensation, e. g. thirst, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 31 (in Dict.). of painful, violent, intense emotion Hé (St. Martin) cóm tó húse hearde gedréfed (cf.
bí
By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex
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By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756.
tíderness
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Swá neár ende ðyssere worulde swá biþ unstrengre mennisc ðurh máran tyddernysse, Homl. Th. ii. 370, 17. v. innan-, innoþ-tíderness