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ídel-ness

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In ídelnesse mec worðiað in uanum me colunt, Mk. L. R. 7, 7. idleness, lack of energy Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtanne þæt wundor non me quoddam spiritale praesagium narrare piget, Guth. Gr. 159, l

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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Ðe ná ðæt án mé, ac eác swylce míne geféran, mæg besencan, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 31 : L. Ecg. P. iii. 1; Th. ii. 196, 13. Ná ðá git non dum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 55. Ná swá numquam ita, Wülck. Gl. 248, 9. Ná lancge non diu, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 31.

Linked entries: ne

ufe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.

upperupper part ofupper partlaterlatter part of a time

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Similar entries v. ufera, II On foreweardne sumor and eft on ufeweardne hærfest in the early part of the summer and again in the latter part of autumn, Chr. 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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O. ; and the Latin text is proiiciens quam gestabam colum) mé fram áwearp, ðe ic seldon gewunode on handa to hæbbene, Homl.

Linked entry: swincgel

scendan

(v.)
Grammar
scendan, p. de

To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:

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Parv. 445, col. 1

Linked entry: sendeþ

BURH

(n.)
Grammar
BURH, burg; gen. burge; dat. byrig, byrg; acc. burh, burg; pl. nom. acc. burga; gen. burga; dat. burgum; f. [beorh, beorg = burh, burg the impert. of beorgan to defend] .
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Eádweard cyng fór mid fierde to Bedan forda, and beget ða burg king Edward went with an army to Bedford, and gained the walled town, Chr. 919; Th. 192, 24, col. l.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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On ðam ýtemestan dæge his lífes, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 19, col. 1. Lífes alive:-- Ætýwde ðæt hé lífes wæs quia viveret demonstrans, 5, 19; S. 640, 24. Geáxtan hwæðer hé lífes wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 1: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 14: Chart.

hýnþ

(n.)
Grammar
hýnþ, e; hýnþu [-o]; indecl. f.

Humiliationabasementdisgracecontemptinjuryharmloss

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Mycel hýnþ and sceamu hyt ys men nelle wesan ðæt ðæt hé ys and ðæt ðe hé wesan sceal magnum damnum et verecundia est homini nolle esse quod est, et quod esse debet, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 3. Hénþa detrimentum, damnum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 69.

Linked entries: hénþ hiénþo

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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to lodge, take up one's quarters, v. wíc, Eallum ús leófre ys wíkian ( hospitari ) mid ðam yrþlinge þonne mid ðé; for ðam se yrþling sylþ ús hláf and drenc, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 1.

Linked entry: ge-wícian

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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On feala wísan ic beswíce fugelas, Coll. M. 25, 9, 11. of persons Beswác inlexit (Aid. 182, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 49. Eádric beswác Sigeferd and Morcær, Chr. 1015; P. 145, 31. Beswican pellexerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 14.

Linked entry: be-swícende

gréne

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gréne táne (cf. eleva virgam tuam, Ex. 14, 16) gársecges deóp, Exod. 281. unprepared for use. v. grénnes; of vegetable food Gif gé mé ( the cook) út ádrífaþ fram eówrum geférscype gé etaþ wyrta eówre gréne (viridia ), and flǽscmettas eówre hreáwe, Coll

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Þæt gé healdan eów sylfe (uosmet) ǽnlíce, Coll. M. 35, 37. Gé dóþ eów sylfe wyrsan þonne eówre ágne ǽhta, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 36. Eáþmódgiaþ eów sylfe, Bl. H. 99, 3. Add

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22. Ic gylpes cépte I have persevered in boasting; jactantiæ insistebam, Mod. confitendi 1.

Linked entry: ge-cépan

deófol-gild

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Hé bebeád þæt mon áfielde diófolgielda þá cirican, and þæt mon his ágen deófolgield þǽr tómiddes ásette, þæt wæs his ágen onlícnes sacrarium repleri statuis simulachrisque imperavit, seque ibi ut Deum coli praecepit, Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 8.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Ǽlc beód ǽmtig vacua byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Ðæt ǽmtige fæc bufon ðǽre lyfte, Lch. iii. 242, 16. Ǽne émptige cytan, Hml. S. 33, 170. Ǽmtige fatu mid wíne áfyllan, Hml. Th. ii. 58, 14. with gen. :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Gif gé mé fram ádrýfaþ expellitis Coll. M. 29, 23. Ðú ús ádrife fram dóme repulisti nos, Ps. Th. 107, 10. Se fugel ádráf ealle ðá óþre fuglas fram ðǽm líchoman, Shrn. 57, 3. Fram ádreofon abegerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 73.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Wín nys drenc cilda ne dysigra, ac ealdra and wísra, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 21;Ps. Th. 106, 42. Mæg ic wísran findan, ðonne ðú eart? Gen. 41, 39; Andr. Kmbl. 947; An. 474. Swelce hí sién micle wærran and wísran, Past. 35; Swt. 245, 1.

tæfl

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl, e; f.: es ; n.(?): tæfle, an(?); f.

Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later timeThe word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chessAmong the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd

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Voc. i. 202, col. 2. See also Strutt's Sports, Bk. iv, c. 2. The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.

Linked entry: tebl

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
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Stud. ix. 40, col. 1. Ðæt dust ðysse wyrte ðone slǽp on gelǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 286, 6: 158, 2. Næfþ hénánne slǽp, ii. 198, 25. Slép, i. 158, 2. Sió slǽwþ him giét on ðone slǽp, Past. 39; Swt. 283. 8. Ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp. Homl. Th. i. 602, 15.

Linked entry: sláp

mín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, adj. pron.

Minemy

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Mid lyre ealra þinga mínra, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 1. Hú gelýfe gé mínum wordum, Jn. Skt. 5, 47. Grammar mín, as predicate Eall eorþe ys mín, Ex. 19, 5. Ealle ða þing synd míne, Gen. 31, 43. Ðíne twegen suna beóþ míne, 48, 5.