wan-spédig
Poor ⬩ indigent
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Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11
gin
Wide ⬩ spacious ⬩ ample
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Wide, spacious, ample Beligeð úton ginne ríce encompasseth ample realms, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 230: 46; Th. 59, 2; Gen. 957. Eall ðes ginna grund all this spacious earth, Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 23; Dóm. 12: 85 b; Th. 321, 24; Vid. 51: Beo.
DEÓFOL
DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus
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On deófla ealdre he drífþ út deóflu in princĭpe dæmoniōrum ejĭcit dæmĕnes, Mt. Bos. 9, 34. Deófol, nom. pl. Exon. 30 b; Th. 93, 27; Cri. 1532 : acc. pl. Exon. 118 b; Th. 455. 18; Hy. 4, 51
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ge-wǽde
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R. 23, 34. a garment ꝥte fasne gewoede his (fæse giwédum his, R.) gehrinon ut fimbriam uestimenti eius tangerent, Mk. L. 6, 56. On gewedo ald in uestimentum uetus, Lk. L. 5, 36. Giwedu his hwítu gescionum, Lk. R. 9, 29.
hreówsian
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Is micel ðearf . . . ðæt hé sóna hreówsige necesse est, ut apud se semper ad poenitentiam recurrat, 165, 21. Ðæt hí mægen be ðǽm ilcan gemete hreówsian ut mensura lamentationis erigantur, 417, 34.
weorþan
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Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormæte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1274. I. add Hé ne wearð náfre náne yfele dǽda wyrcende, Nic. l, 19. (2 b) :-- On þǽm swicdóme wearð Numantia duguð gefeallen. Ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 8.
be-gang
a course ⬩ way ⬩ passage ⬩ circuit ⬩ district ⬩ cursus ⬩ via ⬩ tenor ⬩ circuitus ⬩ an undertaking ⬩ a business ⬩ exercise ⬩ service ⬩ religious worship ⬩ negotium ⬩ exercitatio ⬩ cultus
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Ðæt heó móste healdan ðone geleáfan and bigong hire ǽfestnysse ut fidem cultumque suæ religionis servaret 2, 9 ; S. 510, 29 : 1, 7; S. 477, 21 : Jos. 23, 7. Bigencg observatio, studium Scint. 7
nearulíce
narrowly ⬩ within narrow limits ⬩ briefly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ grievously ⬩ narrowly ⬩ exactly ⬩ strictly
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Swá swýðe nearwelíce hé hit létt út áspyrian ( of the enquiry which was made when Doomsday Book was compiled ), Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 34. [He nule nout so neruhliche demen ase ȝe siggeð, A. R. 334, 14.]
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bisceop-scír
the province of a bishop, a diocese ⬩ episcopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικία ⬩ the office of a bishop, episcopate ⬩ episcopatus
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Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óðres bisceopscíre onswóge ut nullus episcoporum parochiam alterius invadat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 32: 4, 13; S. 582. 1: 4. 6; S. 573. 39.
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þyddan
To strike ⬩ thrust ⬩ push
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Ðá ábrǽd Aoth his swurd and hine hetelíce þidde swá ðæt ða hiltan eodon in tó ðam innoðe Aoth tulit sicam, infinxitque eam in ventre ejus, tam valide, ut capulus sequeretur ferrum in vulnere, Jud. 3, 21.
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wóp-líc
Mournful ⬩ doleful ⬩ lamentable
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In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut astra flebiles, coeli fenestra facta es, Hymn. Surt. 76, 5. Grammar wóp-líc, of that which is an expression of grief Hé spræc mid wóplícre stemne, Homl. Th. i. 402, 9 : Homl.
ge-mǽnnes
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Þæt wé his ríces gemǽnnesse mid him ágan móten ut regni ejus mereamur esse consortes, 6, 3. fellowship, communion with people Ne bið hé ná wýrðe ǽnigre gemǽnnysse (communione) mid eáwfæstum mannum, Ll.
ge-sceádlíce
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Add: reasonably, in reason, fitly Drihten, forgyf mé þæt ic þé cunne rihtæ and gescæádlíce biddan (ut bene te rogem), Solil. H. 4, 22. Ful gesceádlíce ðú mé andswarast and ful rihte optime omnino, 39, 3: 47, 3.
huntaþ
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Hé férde út on huntað mid eallum his werode . . .þá geseah hé micelne floc heorta, and hé ðá gestihte his werod . . . hú hí on þone huntað fón sceoldon. Þá hí ealle ymb þone huntað ábysgode wǽron . . . Hml.
sǽ-líc
Of the sea
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of ðám ofersǽlícum) dǽlum him on fultum gecýgdon ut Saxonum gentem de transmarinis partibus in auxilium vocarent, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 39. Ic rówe ofer sǽlíce dǽlas navigo ultra marinas partes, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 33.
sceandlíce
disgracefully, shamefully, infamously ⬩ opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly
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Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl. As. 59, 202. opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly Hiera wíf [sægdon] ðæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton.
BÚAN
To dwell, live ⬩ habitare, versari aliquo loco ⬩ To inhabit, occupy ⬩ inhabitare, colere, incolere
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Ðæt ðú búst eorþan ut inhabites terram, Ps. Th. 36, 33. Ðæt hér men bún ðone heán heofon that here men inhabit the high heaven, Cd. 35; Th. 45, 32; Gen. 735. Ne mæg mon meduseld búan a man may not occupy the mead-bench, Beo. Th. 6123; B. 3065
wánung
Wailing ⬩ lamentation
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Se áfunde his hláford licgan heáfodleásne and hé ðá mid wánunge wende út ongeán videns cadaver absque capite Holofernis exclamavit voce magna cum fletu, Anglia x. 101, 365. Mid hreówlícere wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 466, 33
ge-costian
to try, prove, test ⬩ to try with inducements to evil, to tempt ⬩ to try, vex, afflict ⬩ to prove, shew to be good
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L. 6, 18. to prove, shew to be good ꝥte him gicuoeme ðǽm hine gicostade ut ei placeat cui se probavit, Rtl. 60, 13. Gicostia and ædeáwa comprobet ac manifestet, 100, 28
ymb-sirwan
to deliberate about an evil deed ⬩ to lie in wait for
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Admonendi ergo sunt, ut hinc colligant, qui in culpa etiam se per consilium ligant, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 4-31. to lie in wait for Se ðe hine ne ymbsyrede (-syrwde, ymbesierede, v. ll.) qui non est insidiatus (Ex. 21, 13), L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 24