un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7
Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre
ge-sibbian
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On ðisum wræcfullum lífe wé sceolon ðá ungeðwǽran gesibbian, Hml.
þistel
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Dip. B. iii. 396, 33: þistel-mere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 15: þistel-leáh, iv. 49, 2
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funta
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Ðis syndon ðá landgemǽre tó Fobbefunten, iii. 279, 13. Ruris particulam cujus uocabulum est æt Fobbafuntan, 278, 30. Loco qui nuncupatur uocabulo Hamanfunta . . . Ðis synd ðæs landes gemǽre æt Hamanfuntan, 175, 9, 30.
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gyrdan
To GIRD ⬩ bind round ⬩ cingere
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Gyrd nú ðín sweord ofer ðín þeóh accingere gladium tuum circa femur, Ps. Th. 44, 4: Lk. Skt. 17, 8. Gyrded cempa a belted warrior, Beo. Th. 4162; B. 2078
ge-litlian
To diminish ⬩ lessen ⬩ mĭnōrāre
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Ic beóde mínum erfeweardum ðæt heo nǽfre ðis feoh gelitlian I enjoin my heirs that they never diminish this money, Th. Chart. 168, 22
súþe-weard
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Dip. B. iii. 336, 23. Ða gesǽtan súðewearde Bryttene, Chr. Erl. 3, 5
þeóster-cofa
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Ðæt heó ðis bánfæt beorge bifæste, láme bilúce líc orsáwle in þeóstorcofan, Exon. Th. 173, 29; Gú. 1168
underling
An underling ⬩ a subordinate ⬩ a subject
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 218, 14
wirgend
a curser ⬩ an evil-doer ⬩ a malignant person
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Skt. i. 17, 42. an evil-doer, a malignant person v. wirgan Míne wergend gehýrde ðín ágen eáre insurgentes in me malignantes audivit auris tua, Ps. Th. 91, 10
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efen-cuman
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Efnecwóm ( convenit ) ðiú menigo, Mk. L. 3, 20. Efnecwómon (-cómun, R.) ðá apostolas convenientes apostoli, 6, 30. Efencómon (efne-, -cwómon, v. ll.) wé conuenimus, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 373, 17.
sǽ-grund
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Add: the deep Se apostol Paulus sǽde ꝥ hé sylf wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht ( nocte et die in profundo mares fui; a night and a day I have been in the deep, 2 Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 899
dýfan
To dip, immerse ⬩ immergĕre
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To dip, immerse; immergĕre Mec feónda sum dýfde on wætre some enemy dipped me in water, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 32; Rä. 27, 3. He hine on ðam streáme sencte and dýfde he sank and immersed himself in the stream, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 22
leóht-bǽre
Luminous ⬩ brilliant ⬩ splendid
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Á ðæs dóm áge leóhtbǽre lof se ús ðis líf giefeþ ever therefore may he have glory, splendid praise, who giveth us this life, Exon. 80 a; Th. 299, 34; Crä. 112
mót-geréfa
The geréfa who presides at a court or mót
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 200, 9. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 181, 155, note 2
ge-fiðerian
To give wings to ⬩ provide with wings ⬩ ālas addĕre ⬩ pennis instruĕre
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To give wings to, provide with wings; ālas addĕre, pennis instruĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefiðerian I must first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31. Gefiðerigan, 36, 2; Fox 174, 6.
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ge-þersc
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Beating, whipping, flogging Þá þá onsittendas þára horsa mid langum geþersce ( diu caedendo ) hyra hors geswencton, Gr. D. 15, 11. Þá gelæhte hé þone fótscamul and beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod ...
hús-bót
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]
lǽce-wyrht
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Leech-work, medical treatment Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, þæt ne mihte nán lǽcewyrht áwiht gelíðian, þeah ðe heó gelóme tó geléd wǽre ( diu est quod molestia genu tumentis oppressus nulla cujuslibet medicorum industria possum sanari, Vit.