un-feor
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Ðá wæs þǽr unfeorr (náht feorr, v.l. non longe ] sum mynster, Gr. D. 103, 23. Add
smiþ-cræftiga
One skilled in the smith's art
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One skilled in the smith's art Tubal Cain smiþcræftega wæs Cd. Th. 66, 15; Gen. 1084
mis-
wanting in likeness or unity ⬩ unlike ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ diverging from the usual course ⬩ erratic
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Ðæt geár wæs hefigtýme on manegum þingum and mislícum ... þurh mistlíce coða, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 5-9. Mistlíce varios, multimodos, Hpt. Gl. 524, 33. diverging from the usual course(?)
ge-ferian
To carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dūcĕre
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Se arc wæs geferud ofer ða wæteru arca fĕrēbātur sŭper aquas, Gen. 7, 18
íþe
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þingum ne on rénum, Shrn. 204, 3. easy, not troublesome, pleasant Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7. of persons, not exacting, not harsh Wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs
swéte
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-Mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg (stagnum dulcissime aque), Nar. 11, 26. Ðá wæs ic gefeónde ðæs swétan wætres and ðæs ferscan dulci aqua potata gaudio, 12, 10. Merum hlúttor wín oððe swerum, mero wíne (l. (?) mero swétum wíne), Wrt.
ge-dyrstig
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Saga hú þú gedyrstig þurh deóp gehygd wurde þus wígþrłst ofer eall wífa cyn, þæt þú mec gebunde, Jul. 431. in an unfavourable sense, presumptuous audacious Gif hé tó þan gedyrstig wǽre ꝥ hé þæt ábrǽce, C. D 131, 18.
fram-scipe
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3, 5; Sch. 202, 4. advancement, success Wæs for his fromscipe (forþscype, v.l.) onstyred Ædon motus ejus profectibus Aedan, Bd. 1. 34; Sch. 104, 14.
ge-þeódnes
a joining ⬩ juncture ⬩ joint ⬩ junctio ⬩ junctura ⬩ compages
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He wæs býgendlíc on ðám geþeódnessum his liþa he was flexible in the joints of his limbs, 4, 30; S. 608, 38.
Linked entry: ge-fégincg
ís
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On ðǽm mere wæs micel ís and yfel . . . þá on forewearde niht snáð ꝥ ís ðára háligra líchoman, Shrn. 61, 35-62, 2.
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Ealdfriþ] æfter Ecgfriþe to ríce, se mon wæs se gelǽredesta on gewrítum, se wæs sæd ðæt his bróðor wǽre Oswies sunu ðæs cyninges Ecgfrith was succeeded in the kingdom by Alfred, who was said to be his brother, and a son of king Oswy, and was a man most
áþ-swyrd
An oath ⬩ juramentum
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An oath; juramentum Gemyndig wæs áþswyrdes [MS. áþswyrde] his memor fuit juramenti sui, Ps. Surt. 104, 9
emb-sníðan
To cut round, circumcise ⬩ circumcīdĕre
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To cut round, circumcise; circumcīdĕre Ðæt ðæt cild embsnyden wǽre ut circumcidĕrētur puer. Lk. Bos. 2, 21
eardigendlíc
Inhabitable ⬩ habitābĭlis
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Inhabitable; habitābĭlis Seó stów eardigendlíc wæs geworden lŏcus habitābĭlis foctus est. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 21
in-líxan
to shine
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to shine, grow light Sunnadæg inlíxade [wæs in-líxende, Rush.] sabbatum inlucescebat, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 54
Linked entry: líxan
íð-dǽde
Easy to do
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Easy to do Hit wæs Gode ýðdǽde, ðá hé hit swá gedón habban wolde, Wulfst. 15, 18
ge-gaf
Base ⬩ wanton ⬩ lewd
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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2
þyrstig
Thirsty
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Thirsty Ic wæs ðyrstig sitivi, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 35. Ðyrstende ł ðrystig (þyrstigne, Rush.) sitientem, 37
un-gecnáwen
Unknown
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Unknown Hé fela þinga forðteáh ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 13
Linked entry: ge-cnáwan
un-áseowod
Unsewed ⬩ without seam
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Unsewed, without seam Seó tunece wæs unásiwod (-seowod, MS. A.) erat tunica inconsutilis, Jn. Skt. 19, 23
Linked entry: á-seówan