un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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On ðisum dæge ácende seó unwæstmbǽre móder ðone mǽran wítegan, Homl. Th. i. 356, 4. Se ðe on gódnysse unwæstmbǽre bið, ii. 406, 19. Se ðe eard seteþ unwæstmbǽrre qui habitare facit sterilem, Ps. Th. 112, 8.
Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre
for-beornan
To burn up ⬩ be destroyed by fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ combūri ⬩ ignĭbus consūmi
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Hit gelamp, ðæt se ylca tún forbarn [forborn, col. 2], and seó cyrice evenit, vicum eundem, et ipsum pariter ecclésiam ignibus consumi, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 27, col. l: Chr. 816; Erl. 62, 7.
Linked entry: for-byrnan
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Hiora hrygc simle gebiéged ... se hrygc ðæt sint ða hiéremenn ... se hrycg færþ æfter ǽlcre wuhte dorsum illorum semper incurva ... qui subsequenter inhærent dorsa nominantur, Past. 1, 4; Swt. 29, 9-14.
ge-sǽlig
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, blessed Sé þe gód biþ, sé biþ gesǽlig, and sé ðe gesǽlig biþ, sé biþ eádig, Bt. 36, 6 ; F. 182, 12 : Bl.
ge-mircian
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Sé ðe onfðeð his cýðnisse his gimercade (hath set to his seal, A. V. ; signauit) for ðon God sóðfæst is, Jn. R. L. 3, 33. Ðiosne gimercade Drihten, 6, 27. Gemercadon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. p. 20, 4.
Linked entry: -mircian
gífer
A glutton
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A glutton Gífer hátte se wyrm the worm's name is glutton, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373. 31; Seel. 118
wíf-hád
womanhood
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II. female sex : — Wíf had femininum sexus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 19. Wífhádes man femina, i. 70, 18 : Homl. Th. ii. 10, 12: 94, 30. Se ðe handlaþ wífhádes mannes líc, Basil admn. 7; Norm. 50, 11.
móna
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Add Setl his swá swá sunna . . . and swá swá móne, Ps. Vos. 88, 38. Ðæs mónan geár hæfð seofon and twéntig daga and eahta tída. On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . .
mǽgþ
Importunate desire ⬩ ambition
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Importunate desire, ambition Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt him nǽfre seó mǽgþ and seó gítsung forwel ne lícode, Bt. tit. 17; Fox xii, 24. Cf.
Linked entry: mýgþ
grund-leás
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Ne biþ se ðurst gefylled heora gítsunga, ac seó grundleáse swelgend hæfþ swíþe manegu wéste holu on tó gadrianne, Bt. 7, 4; F. 22, 32.
felawyrd-ness
Talkativeness
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, sed ex linguae incuria, maledictionis verbum jaculatur in proximum ?
hǽþ-feld
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. ¶ For the word as local name see C. D. vi. 294
Linked entry: feld
mús
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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him for þearle, gif hé gesihð áne mús, ðeáh ðe seó mús ne mage his micelnysse derian. Hml. A. 64, 258. Wiþ weartum, genim hundes micgean and múse blód, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lch. ii. 322, 12.
tó-gán
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Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 319
wilddeór-líc
Wild beast-like ⬩ brutish ⬩ brutal ⬩ bestial
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Wild beast-like, brutish, brutal, bestial Se wísdóm is eorðlíc and wildeórlíc (-diór-, Hatt. MS.) est isla sapientia ter-rena, animalis Past. 46; Swt. 346. 25.
ofer-sécan
to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard
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to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard Wæs sió hond tó strong seó (MS. se) ðe méca gehwane swenge ofersóhte the hand was too strong, which with its stroke put every blade to too severe a trial, i. e.
heard-mód
Of a hard, unyielding spirit, self-confident, stout-hearted, brave ⬩ obstinatus ⬩ constantia, obstinatio, duritia
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Of a hard, unyielding spirit, self-confident, stout-hearted, brave Eádig biþ se man ðe symle biþ forhtigende and sóþlíce se heardmóda befylþ on yfel blessed is the man that is ever fearing; and verily the self-confident man shall fall into evil, Homl
-nihte
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For compounds of this form with numerals see Lch. iii. 160 : see also feówer-, eahta-nihte
á-wlispian
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to stammer, speal inarticulately Seó tunge áwlyspaþ, seó þe ǽr hæfde ful recene sprǽce, Nap. 74
Linked entry: wlispian
úter-mere
Outer-sea ⬩ open sea
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Outer-sea, open sea Hié forfóron him ðone múðan on útermere, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 22