ár-líc
honest ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ becoming ⬩ proper ⬩ honestus ⬩ decorus ⬩ honorabilis ⬩ nobilis ⬩ Delicious ⬩ delicatus ⬩ suavis
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Is nú árlíc ðæt we ǽfestra dǽde démen it is now becoming that we consider the deeds of the pious, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 29; Gú. 497. applied to food of a high quality, - Delicious; delicatus, suavis Ða beón beraþ árlícne anleofan, - hafaþ hunig on múþe
be-reccan
to relate ⬩ recount ⬩ explain ⬩ narrare ⬩ exponere ⬩ to explain one's conduct ⬩ justify one's self ⬩ se excusare ⬩ se purgare ⬩ accusatorum criminibus respondere
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to relate, recount, explain; narrare, exponere Nú wille we sum þing scortlíce eów be him bereccan now will we relate to you shortly something concerning him, Nat. S. Greg.
Linked entry: be-secgan
ge-cýðnes
Testimony ⬩ testament ⬩ manifestation ⬩ testimonium ⬩ testamentum
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Nú neálǽceþ ǽgðer ge ðín onwrigennes ge uncer gecýðnes now approaches both the discovery of thee [as false] and the manifestation of us two [as true], Blickl. Homl. 187, 23
syn-lust
Sinful pleasure ⬩ desire, lust
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Mancyn ðe nú is in ídelum gylpe and on synnlustum beswicen, Wulfst. 182, 13. Synlustum, Blickl. Homl. 57, 23. Synlustas fremman, Dóm. L. p. 30, 53
un-fǽcne
Without deceit ⬩ without fraud
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Gif man mannan ofsleá, unfácne feó gehwilce gelde ( there should be no fraud as regards anything given in payment of the wergild), 30; Th. i. 10, 4. Ic Heaþobeardna hyldo ne talige Denum unfǽcne, freóndscipe fæstne, Beo. Th. 4143; B. 2068.
Linked entry: fácne
bissextus
leap-year
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Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . . Bis is twuwa, sextus se syxta, bissextus twuwa syx, for þám wé cweðað on ðám geáre nú tódæg sexta kl. Martii, and eft on merigen sexta kl. Martii, Lch. iii. 262, 7-18.
Linked entry: bises
draca
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Ðes draca nú fleáh, Gr. D. 325, 5-9. Dracan gypsam (-um, Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 69: 41, 41. Ðeósterfulle wununga mid dracum áfyllede, Hml. Th. i. 68, 5. Add
eást-ríce
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Constantinopolis is nú ꝥ héhste cynesetl and heáfod ealles eástríces Constantinopolis nunc imperii sedes et totius caput Orientis est, 3, 7; S. 116, 13. Asia on eástríce, Affrica on súðdǽle, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 39.
wilde
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Nú hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum, getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 15-19
sanct
A saint
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A saint Hé wæs on lífe eorþlíc cing, hé is nú æfter deáþe heofonlíc sanct, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 10. Ða mynstermenn noldon ðone sanct underfón. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 149. Hé gesóhte ðone sanct, Glostr. Frag. 6, 8: 8, 10.
æfter-fylgan
To follow
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To follow Ðæt folc nú gyt ðæt tácn æfter-fylgeað, Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 22. Ðá ðe æfterfylydon quae sequebantur, Mt. L. 21, 9. Mildheortnys ðín æfterfylge subsequetur mé, Ps. L. 22, 6. Án scort ræps æfterfylige subsequatur R. Ben. 34, 13: 60, 4.
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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a witch's shot, now will I help thee, Lchdm. iii. 54, 1-12. v.
Linked entry: hǽting
hoh-
Mindful, ⬩ careful, ⬩ anxious, ⬩ wise, ⬩ prudent
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Mindful, careful, anxious, wise, prudent Ic nú on sibbe gesitte on mínne cynestól hohful embe ðæt hú ic his lof árǽre quiete pace perfruens, studiosus sollicite de laudibus Creatoris omnium occupor addendis, Chart. Th. 240, 8.
tó-nama
A surname, ⬩ cognomen
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Nu þu iherest of wuche gomen aras þer þe tonome ... tonome ariseð ofte of lutle þing þe long ilasted, Laym. 9383. God gyueth the riche fowl towname (v. Lk. 12, 20-21), Piers P. C-text 13, 211
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seld-guma
A hall-man ⬩ one who has a place in a lord's hall ⬩ a retainer
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A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer.) (Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.'
gladian
to be glad ⬩ exultare ⬩ to make glad
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Ne gladige on ðæt cyning let no king rejoice at that, Lchdm. iii, 442, 35. to make glad Ic gladige gratificor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3. Drihten mid to gladienne to make glad the Lord therewith, Lev. 1, 3. Gladigan demulcere, Hpt. Gl. 476
grimlíc
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Ða gewin wǽron grimlícran ðonne hý nú sýn struggles were more bloodthirsty than they now are; quod crudelius graviusque erat quam nunc est, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 23
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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Mótan ealle weóda nú wyrtum áspringan Lchdm. iii. 36, 26. Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, átió ǽrest of ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió, ðæt ðám æcerum derigen Bt. 23; Fox 78, 23 : Met. 12, 4, 28
be-sárgian
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Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien non murmurarent, R. Ben. 65, 9. Geswíce ánra gehwylc be Gode oþþe be gódum besárgian (conquiri), Scint. 165, 10
Linked entry: sárgian