mægen
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Gif se man ꝥ mægen hæbbe lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 180, 31. Hé ( Aidan ) munuclíce leofode . . . mid sóþum mægnum, Hml. S. 26, 82. add: a virtuous action Þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, Verc. Först. 169, 3.
or-mǽte
Immense, excessive
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Ðǽr læg sum ormíéta stán, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 29. Duru ormǽte. Exon. Th. 19, 32 ; Cri. 309. þreát ormǽte, 270, 14; Jul. 465. þreá ormǽte. Andr. Kmbl. 2333; An. 1168. Hé mid ormǽtre angsumnysse wæs gecwylmed. Homl. Th. i. 88, 5.
á-solcen
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Læt and ásolcen tardus et tepidus, 440, 1072. Ásolcen (remissus) on weorcum, Scint. 79, 5. Bróðor swá gýmelés and swá ásolcen (desidiosus) þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan, R. Ben. 75, 4.
Linked entry: á-seolcan
wandrian
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Past. 53; Swt. 415, 19 — 23. to proceed without plan, follow an uncertain course Swá ða sélestan men swíþor ðás eorþlícan ðing forseóþ, swá hí læs réccaþ hú sió wyrd wandrige, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 25.
wlǽta
nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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Ne yrne hé, ðe læs hé mid ðæs rynes éðgunge hwylcne wleáttan (wlǽttan, v. l. ) and sogeðan on his heortan ne ástyrige, R.
án-lípe
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MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11. Ǽnlípe solitaria, An. Ox. 1147: 2, 30. On ðone ánlípan beorh, C. D. ii. 317, 24.
Linked entries: án-lépe ǽn-lípe synder-lípe
un-wær
not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate
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Ðý læs ðe se smíc derige ðám unwarum, Homl. Th. ii. 418, 5. unwary, heedless, incautious, inconsiderate Módignys is endenéxt gesett, for ðan ðe se unwæra on ende oft módegaþ on gódum weorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 4.
strácian
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To stroke Se lǽce grápaþ and strácaþ, ǽrðonðe hé stingan wille, Past. 26 ; Swt. 187, 5. Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10.
un-týd
Ignorant ⬩ uninstructed ⬩ unskilled
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Ignorant, uninstructed, unskilled Dysig bið se lǽce and untýd ðe wilnaþ ðæt hé óðerne mon gelácnige, and nát ðæt hé self bið gewundad improbus et imperitus est medicus, qui alienum mederi appetit, et ipse vulnus, quod patitur, nescit, Past. 48; Swt.
irre
Anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ ire ⬩ rage
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Síe ǽlc monn lætt tó iorre iorra forðon weres sóþfæst godes ne giwyrcaþ sit omnis homo tardus ad iram; ira enim viri justitiam Dei non operator, Rtl. 28, 21 : 40, 35 : 41, 3.
for-wyrnan
To prohibit ⬩ deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ hinder ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ denĕgāre ⬩ renuĕre
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Ðý-læs eów weges forwyrnen to wuldres byrig lest they prohibit you the way to glory's city. Exon. 75 b; Th. 282, 18; Jul. 665. Me hwílum biþ forwyrned willan mínes sometimes I am denied my will, 72 a; Th. 268, 32; Jul. 441
Linked entries: for-wærnan for-weornan for-wernan for-wiernan wirnan
trumness
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witon ðæt manega clericas nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, ac wé willaþ his mihta and his trumnysse hér geswutelian, Anglia viii. 306, 28. health Ða truman sint tó manianne ðæt hié gewilnigen mid ðæs lícuman trumnesse ðæt him ne losige sió hǽlo ð æs módes ðý læs
waroþ
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Feówer swulung ond án læs on waruðe gebyreð inn tó Raculfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 16. On waruðe, Andr. Kmbl. 479; An. 240. Hé geseah scip on ðæm warþe, Blickl. Homl. 233, I. On ðæm warðe (worðe, Rush. ) in litore, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 4.
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fultum
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Se getreówa fultum him tó cóm, Scs Bartholomeus, Guth. 28, 25. of troops Hé férde mid fultume . . . þe lǽs þe hí secgon þæt hí mid hira folce hig sylfe álýsdon and mid heora fultume him gefuhton sige ne glorietur Israel et dicat: Meis viribus liberatus
ge-æmtian
to empty, remove the material contained in something ⬩ to free ⬩ give leisure to ⬩ to free oneself ⬩ to be disengaged ⬩ to make ⬩ get time ⬩ devote oneself
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rǽding . . . þe lǽs þe sí gemét [bróðor] ásolcen, sé geémtige ídelnesse horis quibus vacant fratres lectioni. . . ne forte inveniatur frater accidiosus, qui vacet otioso R. Ben. l. 83, 7
flota
a ship ⬩ a fleet ⬩ a sailor
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Wæs se cyning mid þám flotan þe on Temese læg (wǽron, v.l.) . . . Se cyning gewende fram þám flotan, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 12, 19. the crews of the skips Se flota eall gecuron Cnut tó cyninge. Chr. 1014; P. 144, 28.
ge-angsumian
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Hé læg geancsumod, orwéne lífes, 21, 114. Geancsumod on móde, 9, 116. Geangsumod (-anc-, v. l.), 25, 224. Heó wearð oð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13.
Lǽden-bóc
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Ða ealdan lǽces gesetton on lédonbócum, Lchdm. iii. 152, 1
ge-dæftlíce
Fitly ⬩ seasonably ⬩ opportūne ⬩ commŏde
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Fitly, seasonably; opportūne, commŏde Ic ðé beóde ðæt ðú stande on ðissum wordum, and hie lǽre ǽgðer ge gedæftlíce ge ungedæftlíce I charge thee to abide by these words, and teach them both seasonably and unseasonably, Past. 15, 6; Swt. 96, 15; Hat.
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ge-swel
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Se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ꝥ pound; geswell (incidere tumorem, Bd. 4, 19), Hml. S. 30, 63. Add