lofung
Praising ⬩ appraising
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Heofenan ríce wæs álǽten ðisum gebróðrum for heora nette and scipe and ðam rícan Zacheo tó healfum dǽle his ǽhta and sumere wudewan tó ánum feorþlinge and sumum menn tó ánum wæteres drenc God's kingdom hath no fixed price, but a price is put upon it according
ge-dihtan
to put in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ compose ⬩ arrange ⬩ conspire ⬩ disponere ⬩ componere ⬩ conspirare ⬩ to order ⬩ direct ⬩ appoint ⬩ dirigere ⬩ dictare
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Ðis gewrit wæs to ánum menn gediht this writing was directed to a particular man, Ælfc. T; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 56, 1
yrfe
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Menn and yrfe (orf, v. l. ) hí slógon, 1010; Erl. 143, 28. Ðá ðæt land ǽrest mín láford mǽ tó lǽt, ðá wæs hit ierfelæás ( omni peccunia caruit) . . . . And ic sælf ðæt ierfæ (peccuniam) tó gestríndæ . . . .
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bile-witness
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On bócum þe ungelǽrede menn þurh heora bilewitnysse tó micclum wísdóme tealdon, Hml. Th. i. 2, 21. Add
fremfull
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Hí syndon fremfulle ( benigni ) menn, Nar. 38, 22. of things, useful, beneficial, advantageous Ðysse wyrte wós ys swýðe fremful, Lch. i. 152, 15. Se drænc is frymful tó begánne, iii. 60, 2.
hreáw hreów
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Add: [for the double form cf. hreáw and hreów (p. tense of hreówan), streáw and streów, eáwan and eówan.] of food, not cooked Þǽr syndon menn ðá be hreáwan flǽsce and be hunige lifigeað ubi sunt homines cruda carne et melle uescentes, Nar. 38, 16.
flyht-hwæt
Flight-prompt ⬩ in vŭlātu strēnuus
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Flight-prompt; in vŭlātu strēnuus Weras mundum mearciaþ on marmstáne frætwe flyhthwates men design with hands in marble stone the plumage of the prompt in flight [phœnix ], Exon. 60b; Th. 221, 15; Ph. 335.
freónd-lufu
Friendly love ⬩ friendship ⬩ love ⬩ intimacy ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ cārĭtas ⬩ familiārĭtas
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Friendly love, friendship, love, intimacy; amīcĭtia, cārĭtas, familiārĭtas Saga ðæt ðú síe sweostor mín, ðonne ðé leódweras fricgen, hwæt síe freóndlufu uncer twega say that thou art my sister, when the men of the country ask thee what may be the intimacy
mán-dǽde
Doing evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ flagitious
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Doing evil, wicked, flagitious Hé sceal mándǽde men þreágean þearle he must sharply rebuke evil-doers. Wulfst. 266, 24: L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 18.
síþ-from
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Good at travelling, bold in journeying Síþfrome, searwum gearwe, wígend ( Beowulf and his men when ready for their homeward voyage ), Beo. Th. 3630 ; B. 1813 : Andr. Kmbl. 493 ; An. 247. Land Perséa sóhton síþfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls.
un-miltsung
Want of consideration ⬩ impiety towards God ⬩ pitilessness towards men
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Want of consideration, impiety towards God, pitilessness towards men Gif hié gemunan willaþ hiora ieldrena unmiltsunge ðe hié tó Gode hæfdon, ge eác him selfum betweónum if they will remember their forefathers' impiety to God, and pitilessness among
henne-belle
Henbane
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Ðeós wyrt þe man symfhoniacam nemneð, and óðrum naman belone, and eác sume men hennebelle (hænne-, v. l.) hátað, Lch. i. 94, 3-6. Beolonan sǽd, ꝥ is hænnebelle, iii. 72, 10. Genim hænnebellan sǽd, 60, 7-
mán-swerian
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Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add
ofer-drync
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Add Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncennyssa geswícan nellað, ac þurhwuniað on ðám oferdrincum æt heora ende, Hml. A. 145, 35
EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Gé sindon earme ofer ealle menn you are wretched above all men, Andr. Kmbl. 1351; An. 676. Nó ic gefrægn earmran mannan I have not heard of a more miserable man, Beo. Th. 1159; B. 577.
hwanne
When
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Lǽt gebídan beornas ðíne hwænne ðú eft cyme let thy men await the time of thy return, Andr. Kmbl. 800; An. 400. Ðá wæs ðæt hé sorgiende bád hwonne seó ádl tó him cóme qui cum sollicitus horam accessionis exspectaret, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6.
úþ-wita
a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician
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Ðæs ðe ús secgaþ béc, ealde úðwitan (historians), Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 18: astronomers, Menol. Fox 329; Men. 166. Úþwitan (philosophers) secgaþ ðæt sió sáwul hæbbe ðrió gecynd, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 3; Met, 20, 184: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 96.
CLIBBOR
Sticky, adhesive ⬩ tenax
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Sticky, adhesive; tenax Weá biþ wundrum clibbor grief is wonderfully adhesive, Menol. Fox 485; Gn. C. 13
sunn-wlitig
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Beautiful with the sun Winter biþ cealdost, lencten hrímigost, sumor sunwlitigost, Menol. Fox 473; Gn. C. 7
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heáh-hlútor
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Of great purity Heáhhlútrum móde and bilewitum simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24 : Sch. 491, 10
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