irfe-numa
an heir
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Gif se bónda ǽr hé deád wǽre beclypod wǽre ðonne andwyrdan ða yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde ðeáh hé líf hæfde if the man of the house before his death were cited; then let the heirs answer as he himself would have had to do if he had lived, L. C.
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irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
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Writing concerning an inheritance, a will, testament Ac hit gelamp ðæt Æðelréd cingc gefór ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died
mús
a mouse ⬩ a muscle
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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart. Th. 318, 28.] a muscle Mús ðæs earmes torus vel musculus vel lacertus Wrt.
un-sláw
Not slow ⬩ not sluggish ⬩ active ⬩ ready ⬩ quick
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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican, Wulfst. 72, 15. Ðone ðe him on weorcum gecwémde elne unsláwe, Exon. Th. 159, 7; Gú. 923. Wígan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713. Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wǽpnum, Homl.
weorold-wísdóm
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Secular knowledge, science, learning Ða dohtor befæste se fæder tó láre, ðæt heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen æfter Grécisre úðwýtegunge and Lǽdenre getingnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 20.
ge-lástfull
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Cf. ge-lǽstan; Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ( alii coadjutor, Lat. vers.) ge æt spore ge æt midráde, Ll. Th. i. 232, 11. Gegaderade Cassander fird.
ge-synto
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Add: of physical soundness, of persons Ic wéne ꝥ hé wǽre biddende ðá upplican árfæstnesse mínra gesynta pro mea, ut reor, sospitate supernae pietati supplicans.
nídinga
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Gyf ðú nédinga hyre on ne sóhtest, þonne wǽre heó clǽne, Hml. A. 135, 656. Add
ofer-méttu
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Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta quia initium omnis peccati superbia, 301, 4: 307, 2. Sió scyld ðára ofermétta superbiae culpa, 311, 23 : 271, 23 : 439, 3. Mid ðǽm oferméttum oferswíðed languore superbiae victus, 439, 6.
ge-rím
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Þa hig wǽron on gehríme scortum cum essent numero brevi, Ps. L. 104, 12. Heora tel oferstíhð sandceosles gerím, Hml.
ende-byrdlíce
Orderly, in order, in succession ⬩ successĭve
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Orderly, in order, in succession; successĭve Ealle ðás wǽron endebyrdlíce bisceopháda brúcende on Myrcna þeóde all these in succession enjoyed the bishopric of Mercia, Bd. 3, 24; S. 558, 4. Endebyrdlíce in order, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 7
feoh-leás
Moneyless ⬩ priceless ⬩ pĕcūniæ ĭnops ⬩ sine prĕtio
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Moneyless, priceless; pĕcūniæ ĭnops, sine prĕtio Ða ðe feohleáse wǽron him scipu begéton they who were moneyless got themselves ships, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 27. Ðæt wæs feohleás gefeoht that was a priceless fight, Beo. Th. 4873; B. 2441
ge-mengan
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Add Wé þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Gr. D. 209, 12
for-seóþan
To boil away
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Hí (the Innocents) sind gehátene martyra blóstman, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swá swá úpáspringende blóstman on middeweardan cyle ungeleáffulnysse swilce mid sumere éhtnysse forste forsodene, Hml. Th. i. 84, 15
wundor
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For earnunge hálignesse wundra manega hǽla (monig wundur hálo, v.l.) gefremede wǽron ob meritum sanctitatis eius multa sanitation sint patrata miracula, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 649, 12. Gelómlico wundor hǽla crebra sanitatum miracula, 4, 3 ; Sch. 365, 16.
ord-stapu
A step of a pointed instrument, the prick or wound made by a sharp point
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A step of a pointed instrument, the prick or wound made by a sharp point Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan; ic nǽfre meldade monna ǽngum, gif mé ordstæpe egle wǽron, Exon. Th. 485, 19; Rä. 71. 16
ge-tal
Quick ⬩ ready ⬩ active ⬩ agilis ⬩ velox ⬩ expeditus
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Quick, ready, active; agilis, velox, expeditus Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre and to yfele gehwám ungemet scearpe their tongues were swift to every wrong and to every evil exceeding sharp; lingua eorum machæra acuta, Ps. Th. 56, 5
tó-haccian
To hack to pieces, ⬩ cut to pieces
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To hack to pieces, cut to pieces Sume hig wǽron on feówer dǽias tóhaccode, eall swá lug ðæs Hǽlendes tunecan on feówer tódǽldon, Homl. Ass. 186, 166. To smale peces ich hym wolde to-hakke, R. Glouc. 141, 14
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fleó
A white speck ⬩ disease of the eye ⬩ albūgo
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A white speck, disease of the eye; albūgo Ðæs eágan wǽron mid fleó and mid dimnesse twelf mónþ ofergán whose eyes had been for a twelvemonth overspread with the white speck and with dimness, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 96, 14
wítegung-bóc
A book containing prophecies ⬩ a prophetical book
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Ic geliornod hæbbe on eówer wítegungbócum, ðæt gé wǽron fram frymðe gecorene fram Criste selfum, H. R. 7, 11, 30