weald-leðer
A rein
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Ðá gelæhton ða weardmen his wealdleðer fæste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 15. Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors, and on ðám wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12.
þweores
across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly
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Hí wurdon áworpene intó ðam byrnendum ofne gebundene ðwyres ( bound across, with their arms bound to their sides ), Homl. Th. ii. 312, 1. on the flank Ðá hét hé ðæt hiere ( the serpent ) mon mid ðǽm palistas þwyres on wurpe.
dǽlan
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Þeáh úre Drihten þá eorþwæstmas mannum missenlíce dǽle, Bl. H. 39, 18. to spend Man gehylt ðæt hé hæfð, gif hé him ondrǽt ðæt hit him oðsceóte. Ðý mon dǽlð spærlíce, ðe mon nele ðæt hit forberste a man spends sparingly from fear of failing, Prov.
mis-lǽran
to teach wrongly ⬩ to persuade a person to do what is wrong
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to teach wrongly, to persuade a person to do what is wrong Ðá ongunnon heora mágas behreówsian ðæt hí ǽfre ða martyras mislǽran woldon, Homl. Skt. 5, 119. [Luþer men ðat hine mislerede, Laym. 4311.]
Linked entry: lǽran
stán-hol
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Ðá flugon hié in ða wæter and hié ðǽr in ðám stánholum hýddon, 22, 13
ehteoða
eighth
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eighth On ðam ehteoðan dæge on the eighth day, Lk. Bos. 1, 59
mecgan
To stir ⬩ mix
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To stir, mix Cnuca eall ðás tógadere and magce tógadere pound all these together, and stir together, Lchdm. iii. 134, 8. Nime ðat dust and mæcige mid ðan æge take the dust and stir it up with the egg, 126, 19.
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wealwian
To wallow, roll
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Ðonne tyht hié ðæt ierre ðæt hié wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse impellente ira in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 6. Hé wealwode on ðæm gedrófum wætere in lutosa aqua semetipsum volvit, 54; Swt. 421, 8.
scip-líðend
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One who goes in a ship Hé cwæð tó ðǽm sciplíðendum . . . ða sciplíðende ðæt gehérende mearcedon ðone dæg, Shrn. 85, 30-86, 2. Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum ( navigantibus ) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 26. v. next word
un-hál
In bad health ⬩ sick ⬩ weak ⬩ infirm ⬩ unhealthy ⬩ unsound
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Ðæt hors blon fram ðám unhálum ( insanis ) styrenessum ðara leoma ... and sóna árás hál and gesund, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 38
steort
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Of ðæm weall tó steorte, 464, 25. Be gemǽre ðæt on ðone steort; of ðam steort on ða strǽt, 438, 22. Oð ðone steort; fram ðam steorte andlang ðæs fúlan bróces, ii. 250, 22. Cf. Penwiht-steort the Land's End, Chr. 997; Erl. 135. 10
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up-líc
on high ⬩ lofty ⬩ sublime ⬩ celestial
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Úre Drihten gesceóp ... ða upplícan heofenan ... and ðæt upplíce lyft, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 20-24. referring to heaven Ðæt wuldor ðæs uplícan éðles supernae patriae gloriam, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 23.
þeóstre
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Dark. in a physical sense, without light Ðis ( hell ) is ðeóstræ hám, Cd. Th. 267, 14; Sat. 38. Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum tenebrosa aqua in nubibus, Ps. Th. 27, 11. Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre, Cd.
standan
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Ða stánas on ðæm mǽran temple ... ǽr hié mon tó ðæm stede brohte ðe hié on standan sceolde, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 15. of time Ðæt se dæg swíðe neáh stóde his forþlóre, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 16. <b>II a.
samod
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with dat. With, at Samod ǽrdæge (with the coming of the dawn ) eode æþele cempa self mid gesíðum, Beo. Th. 2627; B. 1311. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum somod ǽrdæge with day came comfort to the sadhearted, 5877; B. 2942
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wæfer-hús
A theatre ⬩ amphitheatre
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A theatre, amphitheatre Hé lǽdde hí tó ðam wæferhúse, ðǽr ða deór wunodon, beran and león, ðe hí ábítan sceoldon, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 49
not
A mark ⬩ sign
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A mark, sign Mé þingþ wynsumlíc ðæt is ðæra preósta notas ðám bócerum gekýðe ðé læs ðe hig witan ðæt ða rímcræftige weras sýn bútan cræftigum getácnungum, Anglia viii. 333, 17-19
ildend
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One who delays Næs ðá nǽnig yldend [ylding?] tó ðam ðæt syððan hí on ðæt hús cómon hí ðá sóna ðone hálgan wer gebundon there was no one, after they had got into the house, who delayed at once to bind the holy man, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 5
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Ðæt wíte, ðæt ðon unlǽdon geteohhod biþ; him wǽre betere ðæt hé nǽfre geboren nǽre, 25, 24. Ða unlǽdan ( the chief priests who wished to kill Lazarus, Jn. 12, 10), 77, 9.
slæcness
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Wé sculon manian ða manþwǽran ðæt hié fleón ðæt ðǽr suíðe neáh liegeþ ðære monnþwǽrnesse, ðæt is sleacnes, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 18-22