tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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Ðá ðæt land ða getawod wæs and hé on gerisne tíd mid hwǽte hit seów ferramenta sibi ruralia cum frumento adferri rogavit, quod dum praeparata terra tempore congruo seminaret, Bd. 4, 28; M. 366, 24.
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twelf
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.: twelf, Rush.) tída ðæs dæges, Jn. Skt. 11, 9. Twelf wintra tíd, Beo. Th. 296; B. 147. Be twelf sealmum, R. Ben. 35, 6. Se tíreádga twelf síþum hine bibaþaþ, Exon. Th. 205, 2; Ph. 106: 202, 13; Ph. 69: Cd. Th. 285, 17; Sat. 339.
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segl
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Be ðæs scipes segele, Bt. tit. 7 ; Fox x. 16. Gif ðú ðínes scipes segl ongeán ðone wind tóbrǽdst, ðú lǽtst eal eówer færeld tó ðæs windes dóme, 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 32. Fealdan ðæt segl to furl the sail, 41, 3 ; Fox 250, 15.
un-gelimp
Misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Wépendlíc tíd wæs ðæs geáres, ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forðbringende, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 23. Gif ús ungelimpas on ǽhtum getímiaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 27. Fela ungelimpa gelimpð ðysse þeóde, Wulfst. 562, 12.
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Tír geslógon æt sæcce gained glory in battle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 4 : Erl. 114, 8. Æt sæcce forweorþan to perish in battle, Judth. Thw. 25, 32; Jud. 289. Æt wígge spéd, sigor æt sæcce, Elen. Kmbl. 2363; El. 1183. Hé feorg gesealde æt sæcce, Apstls.
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timber
material for constructing a house, ship, etc., ⬩ timber ⬩ material of which anything is formed ⬩ a structure, ⬩ building, ⬩ edifice ⬩ the building of a house, ship, etc.
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Seó tíd gewát ofer timber (? tiber, MS.) sceacan middangeardes, Cd. Th. 9, 2; Gen. 135. Huulig timber quales structurae, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 1. Timbra aedificiorum, Ps. Surt. 128, 6.
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nú
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add: at the present time Þú ána nú géna (gýta, v. l. ) eart bysceop geméted, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 73, 3. in the time immediately following on the present moment, immediately Hát mé nú sillan þá hearpan, þonne wást þú nú ꝥ þú gít nást, Ap. Th. 16, 25.
scortness
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shortness (of time) Ðonne byrneþ on scortnisse gramen hys cum exarsent in brevi ira ejus, Ps. Spl. 2, 13. Ða scortnesse ðysse worulde and ða écnesse ðæs tóweardan lífes. Homl.
twisprǽcness
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Falseness in speech, detraction Bebeorh ðé wið twisprǽcnysse cave tibi a biloquio, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 132, 10.
cwéman
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Cuoemendra ðé placentium tibi, Rtl. 91, 31
stefn
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Add: a fixed time for doing something Hí setton stefna út tó Lundene, and man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende they fixed times for coming to London, and the people over all this north part were called out thither, Chr. 1052; P. 175,
tó-weard
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and
un-lust
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. , . witodlíce of þǽre tîde seó costnung þæs unlustes (synlustes, v.l.) wæs gewyld on him voluptatem traxit in dolorem . . . Ex quo videlicet tempore in eo est tentatio voluptatis edomita, Gr. D. 101, 22-30
scearp-líc
Sharp, keen, searching, effectual
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Hú ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53
án-daga
A fixed day ⬩ a time appointed ⬩ a day or term appointed for hearing a cause ⬩ dies dictus ⬩ dies constitutus
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A fixed day, a time appointed, a day or term appointed for hearing a cause; dies dictus, dies constitutus Gesette me ánne ándagan constitue mihi tempus, Ex. 8, 9: 9, 5: Gen. 18, 14.
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Geóhel-dæg
Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide
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Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide On ðone forman dæig on geáre ðæt is on ðone ǽrestan geóheldæig eall cristen folc worðiaþ cristes acennednesse on the first day of the year, that is, on the first day of Yule all christian folk honour Christ's birth
un-gelícness
Difference ⬩ dissimilarity ⬩ diversity
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Difference, dissimilarity, diversity Ic cwæð ðæt ǽghwelc mon wǽre óðrum gelíc ácenned, ac sió ungelícnes hiera earnunga hié tíhð sume behindan sume ...
dógor
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Áuðer oððe eft uferran dógore oððe ðonne either afterwards or at the time, Past. 281, 13. Wið þan ðé mín wiif þǽr benuge innganges swǽ mid mínum líce swǽ sioððan yferran dógre ( either with my body or afterwards at a later date ), Cht. Th. 470, 37.
écelíce
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Add: to all time, perpetually Þætte écelíce mín gemynd stonde perpetuum statuimus monimentum, Nar. 33, 1. to eternity Écelíce lifian, habban, forweorþan, gehealden beón, Gr. D. 337, 1: Bl. H. 111, 22: Wlfst. 96, 20: Hml. A. 168, 121.
hwæðer
Whether
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Whether, in direct questions Hwæðer ic móte lybban óþ ðæt ic hine geseó may I live till I see him? Homl. Th. i. 136, 30. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29; Met. 19, 5, 15.