scír-geréfa
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On Æðelwines scíregeréfan gewitnesse, 10, 27. of an ecclesiastic, v. scir, Ðonne sceall Cristes scírgeréfan ( the bishop) ðæt witan, and ymbe ðæt dihtan and déman, swá swá béc tǽcan, L. I. P. 25; Th. ii. 340, 8
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un-gedafenlíce
Unbecomingly ⬩ unseasonably ⬩ inordinately ⬩ in an unseemly manner ⬩ indecently
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Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,
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un-getǽse
Inconvenient ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ obnoxious
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ac ðú hine ne miht habban orsorgne, for ðam ðú scealt habban simle hwæthweg wiþerweardes and ungetéses (-getǽses, Cott. MS.) gloriam petis? sed per aspera quaeque distractus, securus esse desistis, 32, 1; Fox 114, 20.
yfel-dǽd
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Ðú scealt andettan yfeldǽda má, 269, 27; Jul. 456. Ða gesceafta ðe sind þwyrlíce geðúhte, hí sind tó wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum, Homl. Th. i. 102, 4.
drinca
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Gebryte on drincan . . . swá þú scealt þá óþre ǽtas and drincan sellan, 90, 10-12. Of metta and drincena þiginge, 244, 12. Þára metta cyn ge þone rím þára drincena ( potionum ), Gr. D. 127, 17.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Th. 105, 37. justly, in equity Sceal wearh hangian, fægere ongildan þæt hé ǽr fácen dyde, Gn. C. 56
þeówan
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Hwílum ic ( a storm ) sceal tó staþe þýwan (þyran, MS.) flintgrǽgne flód, 383, 30; Rä. 4, 18. Þéwende (? þerende, MS.) inruens, Wrt.
a-þreótan
To weary ⬩ irk ⬩ displease ⬩ be loathsome ⬩ irksome to any one ⬩ tædere ⬩ pigere ⬩ To loathe ⬩ dislike ⬩ be weary of anything ⬩ pertæsum esse
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Ne sceal ðæs aþreótan þegn módigne, ðæt he wíslíce woruld fulgonge it must not irk therefore an energetic man, that he wisely passes his life, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 31 ; Sch. 21.
dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Sweord sceal on bearme, drihtlíc ísern the sword shall be in the bosom, lordly iron, Menol. Fox 511; Gn. C. 26. Him drihtlícu mǽg þuhte she seemed a noble damsel to them, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 2; Gen. 1849.
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plóg
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In Ælfric's Colloquy the ploughman says : Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre.
ge-fadian
To set in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ regulate ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre
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To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own
á-gifan
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Circsceat mon sceal ágifan, Ll. Th. 1. 140, 12. Gif hé hæbbe ealle on fóðre tó ágifanne, 9. to give up, abandon Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf. Bl. H. 177, 25. Se ágend þone banan ágefe, Ll. Th. i. 26, 9: 28, 5.
finger
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Gif se lytla finger bið of áslegen, þám sceal tó bóte . viiii. sciit. Ll. Th. i. 96, 3-8.
ge-dreósan
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Scúrbeorge gedrorene, 5. to fall, perish. of persons, to die Mægen eall gedreás, þá hé gedrencte dugoð Egypta, Exod. 499. of material things Mín líchoma gedreósan sceal, swá þeós eorðe eall, Gú. 343.
mylen
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Gif hit beón mæg swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod þæt ealle neád*-*behéfe þing þǽrbinnan wunien, þæt is wæterscype, mylen (myll molendinum R. Ben. I. 112, 15), wyrtún, R. Ben. 127, 6.
sculan
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Add L. mancsa goldes þe Ælfnóþ him sceal, Cht. Crw. 23, 7. Eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, Ll. Th. i. 182, 11. Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.
nǽfre
Never
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sceal se him his nest áspringeþ (never shall he thrive whose provision fails him (?). Grein takes nefre = infirmus), Exon. Th. 335, 23; Gn. Ex. 38. Grammar nǽfre, with another negative Ne hit nǽfre ne gewurðe nec unquam fiat, Ælfc.
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ge-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire
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Th. 87, 5. to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 11; Gn. Ex. 77
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þindan
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Gif ómihte blód and yfel wǽte on ðam milte sié þindende, þonne sceal him mon blód lǽtan, 252, 25: 168, 11. figurative, to swell with indignation, pride, etc.
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ge-bisnung
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Hé sceal Críste folgian be Crístes gebysnungum. Hml. A. 18, 109. Hé gecneord-lǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum in study he followed the example set by wise teachers, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 19.