wille-streám
A bubbling, running stream
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A bubbling, running stream Ðǽr se eádga (the Phenix) mót neótan wyllestreáma wuduholtum in, Exon. Th. 223, 19; Ph. 362. Se æþela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ wyllestreámas, 204, 30; Ph. 105
efsian
to cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear ⬩ tondēre
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to cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear; tondēre Man ne mót hine efsian no one shall shear him, Jud. 13, 5: Past. 18, 7; Hat. MS. 27 b, 11, 24
geaglisc
Light ⬩ frolicsome ⬩ lascivious ⬩ lĕvis ⬩ lascīvus
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C.] móde oferswýðed I was overcome with a frolicsome mood; lascīvo supĕrātus anĭmo, Bd. 5, 6; Whelc. 390, 39
Linked entry: geglesc
ge-ungewlitegian
To deprive of beauty
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To deprive of beauty Oððre hwíle gegiereþ mid ðám winsumestum wlitum óðre hwíle eft geungewlitegaþ at one time adorns with the most delightful beauty, at another again deprives of beauty, Shrn. 195, 11
glædmódnes
Gladness ⬩ cheerfulness ⬩ joyfulness ⬩ kindness
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Gladness, cheerfulness, joyfulness, kindness Ac ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworaþ sed cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur, Past. 50, 3; Swt. 391, 6
eág-wund
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Gif mon men eáge of ásleá, Ll. Th. i. 94, 1. Eáhwunda egilopia (uulnera oculorum, lxv, 10), Lch. i. lxi, 10; Hpt. 31, 9, 180
rád
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A condition, stipulation Hé .cccccc. gísla on his geweald underfǽng on ꝥ rád (gerád, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 4) ꝥ hié heora seoþþan éce þeówas wǽran, Mod. Lang. Review, viii. 62, 26
lytlian
to lessen ⬩ diminish
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Heorte sceal ðé cénre mód ðé máre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ heart shall the hardier be, courage the more, the fewer our forces, Byrht. Th. 140, 65.
fleógan
to fly ⬩ to flee ⬩ to avoid
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Th. i. 240, to avoid, refrain from Por and cawel sind tó fleóganne, Lch. ii. 26, 19. to cause to move (?), put to flight.
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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With us it is agreed that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax 'bochero, id est, apum custodi, pertinet, si gavelheorde, id est, gregem ad censum teneat, ut inde reddat sicut ibi mos [MS. moris] erit.
un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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Se yfela gást on ungewitte his ( Saul's ) mód áwende, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 11.
grund-fús
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Ready for hell, hastening to hell Ðæt biþ feóndes bearn hafaþ grundfúsne gǽst that is a child of the devil, hath a spirit hastening hellwards, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 15; Mód. 49
ge-eahtian
To estimate ⬩ value ⬩ æstĭmāre
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To estimate, value; æstĭmāre Gebéte swá hit mon geeahtige let him make amends as it may be valued, L. Alf. 26; Th. i. 50, 26 : L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 2
ge-rǽf
Fixed ⬩ fixus
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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note
Linked entry: -rǽf
un-weorþung
disgrace ⬩ shame ⬩ indignation
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Spl. 34, 30. indignation Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon unweorðunga forlǽte frustra indignatio tollitur, Past. 33; Swt. 222, 12
ge-swellan
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Gif se geswollena mon on þǽre lifre swá áswollen gebít, 200, 22. Wiþ geswollenum sáre, 202, 5. [O. H. Ger. ge-swellan tumere, tumefierí.]
cræftig
Ingenious ⬩ skilful ⬩ CRAFTY ⬩ cunning ⬩ virtuous ⬩ powerful ⬩ ingeniosus ⬩ peritus ⬩ astutus ⬩ probus ⬩ potens
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Nán cræftigra is ðonne ðu no one is more skilful than thou Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 18. Omérus wæs leóþa cræftgast Homer was most skilful in poems Bt. Met. Fox 30, 4; Met. 30, 2.
a-þeótan
To wind ⬩ sound ⬩ blow ⬩ inflare ⬩ canere
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To wind, sound, blow; inflare, canere Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde horn aþýtep, ne býman abláweþ never so loudly one sounds a horn, nor blows a trumpet, Exon. 117 b; Th. 451, 26; Dóm. 109
Linked entry: a-þýteþ
cyne-gerela
A kingly robe ⬩ regius vestitus
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A kingly robe; regius vestitus Gif mon wolde him awindan of ðǽs cynegerelan [MS. -gerelum] if any one would strip off from him these kingly robes, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 45; Met. 25, 23
efen-hleóðor
A sounding together, concordance of voices or sounds, united voice ⬩ concentus
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A sounding together, concordance of voices or sounds, united voice; concentus Bletsiaþ Bregu sélestan efenhleóðre ðus they bless the most excellent Lord thus with united voice, Exon. 64 b; Th. 239, 15; Ph. 621