or-mód
Without courage, hopeless, despairing
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Ðý læs hé ormód sý ealra þinga. Exon. Th. 294, 12; Crä. 14. Ne beó ðú tó ormód ðeáh ðé sí on unriht gedémed be not too much discouraged, though judgement be given wrongfully against thee. Prov. Kmbl. 34.
ge-fagen
Glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ lætus
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Glad, joyful; lætus Gefagen biþ, gif hit ǽfre to cuman mæg it will be joyful if it ever may come thereto, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 29
god-bearn
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Godfæder his godbearn lufie and lǽre, Wlfst. 74, 13. Beóð heó rihtlice ealswá hý genamode beóð, godfæderas, gif hý heora godbearn Gode gestrýnað, 121, 5. Add
híred-mann
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Se cyningc ábræc intó þám búre þǽr heó inne læg, and hét his hýredmen ealle áweg gán, Ap. Th. 2, 1
un-
expresses negation
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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)
Linked entries: staþol-fæst tíþe treówness un-earfoþlíce weorþscipe un-gémæn wyn-sum be-sceáwod blis fægernes fǽhþ smóþ
fléte
What floats on the surface ⬩ Cream ⬩ skimming ⬩ curds ⬩ flos lactis ⬩ lactis crĕmor exemptus ⬩ coagŭlum
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What floats on the surface, hence, — Cream, skimming, curds; flos lactis, lactis crĕmor exemptus, coagŭlum Genim cúmeoluc bútan wætere, lǽt weorþan to flétum, geþwer to buteran take cow's milk without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L
Sunnan-niht
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His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27-33. Se ðe stalaþ on Sunnanniht. . . oððe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22.
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þanane
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Voc. ii. 139, 63. causal Ðonne mon lǽt tóslúpan ðone ege ..., ðonne wierþ gehnescad ðonone sió ðreáung ðæs anwaldes, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 3. whence Wígheard tó Róme wæs onsended, ðonone hí hider onsendon gewritu, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 3
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ge-gada
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Hé læg swá deád . . . ðá wéndon his gegadan ꝥ hé wǽre gebysgod . . ., Hml. S. 7, 174. Cóm þæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlicum gegadum, 163: 19, 40. Seó myltestre began faran tó hire gegadan, Hml. A. 195, 21.
ge-sǽlan
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Add: I. to bind a living creature. with a material bond Satan læg símon gesǽled (cf. rídeð racentan sal, 372), Gen. 765; to restrain, confine with non-material bonds Susie gesǽled, . . wttum gebunden, Jud. 114.
wil-gedryht
A glad band
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A glad band Seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ turba prosequitur munere laeta pio . Exon. Th. 222, 2; Ph. 342. Wes ðú, Andreas, hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr. Kmbl. 1828; An. 916
fram-scipe
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Þý lǽs hié ormóde wǽron ... ðæs hié mid mec tó fromscipe geféran scoldon lest they should despair ... of coming to advancement with me, Nar. 32, 25. ꝥ þú gefeó in þǽm fromscipe mínes lífes and eác blissige in þǽm weorðmyndum that you may be glad at the
ge-healdsum
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Gif hé bið on .xxv. nihta, sé bið gehealtsum his lífes, Lch. iii. 158, 14. that is careful of property, saving, not given to spending, frugal Ðy lǽs se hneáwa and se gítsigenda fægnige ðæs ðætte menn wénen ðæt hé sié gehealdsum on ðǽm ðe hé healdan scyle
of-þyncan
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Ðý lǽs . . . him hefiglíce ofðynce ðæs ðe hié sealdon, Past. 321, 19. <b>I b</b> :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð ꝥ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8.
fýlþ
moral impurity, foul practice
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Þás fúlan wuhta þú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, ðý lǽs þe hí mid heora fýlðe ús ealle besmíton, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 13. Ic ætwand þæs deófles fýlðe, Hml. S. 7, 229: 23, 174.
swencan
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Beorge hé ðæt hé áwóh ne befó, ðý læs ðe hine mon swence swá hé óðerne man þohte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 8. Þeáh hine se wind woruldearfoþa swíðe swence, Met. 7, 50.
un-gerisene
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Add Ongunnon lǽcas hire secgan . . . ꝥ hire wolden beardas weaxan on þǽm andwlitan . . . and ꝥ þonne wǽre wífmen sceamu and ungerysnu eallum hire freóndum. Gr. D. 279, 12
eall-swá
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Eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) yfel anda lǽt tó helle, ealrihte swá gód anda lǽt tó Gode, R. Ben. 131, 12
weorold-sacu
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f, A dispute about worldly matters Ǽlce wígwǽpna and ǽghwylce woruldsaca lǽte man stille. Wulfst. 170, 9. [O. Sax. werold-saka a worldly matter: O. H. Ger. weralt-sahha mortalis res.]
ge-fóg
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Fit, suitable Be þæs monnes mihtum sceal mon þá lǽce-dómas sellan þe þonne gefóge synd heáfde and heortan, Lch. ii. 238, 21. v. un-gefóg, and preceding word