un-ácumendlic
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Add: intolerable Þá gefór on Iulianes mód unácumendlic (intolerabilis) forhtnys, Gr. D. 37, 26. impossible to do Se hláford bær þone cnapan tó Martine trúwigende ꝥ him unácumendlic nǽre þone cnapan tó gehǽlenne, Hml. S. 31, 956
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for-síþ
A going away ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ exĭtium ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ mors
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A going away, departure, death; exĭtium, ŏbĭtus, mors Sóna æfter his forsíþe wæs ealra witena gemót on Oxna forda soon after his death there was a meeting of all the counsellors at Oxford, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 12
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gearo-wyrdig
Ready in words ⬩ speaking with ease or fluency ⬩ eloquent ⬩ verbis promptus ⬩ fācundus
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Ready in words, speaking with ease or fluency, eloquent; verbis promptus, fācundus Se wítga song, gearo-wyrdig guma ðæt gyd awræc the prophet sang, the eloquent man recited the lay, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 19; Mód. 51
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Indisc
Indian
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Indian Ðone gársecg mon hǽt Indisc e qua oceanus Indicus vocari incipit, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 8. On indisc sprecende indice loquentes. Nar. 25, 16. Indisce mýs mures indici, 16, 5. Indiscum wordum indico sermone, 29, 8
ge-líðewǽcan
To soften ⬩ calm ⬩ appease ⬩ lēnīre
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His afyrhte mód swíðe fægerlíce mid his frófre he gelíðewǽhte he gently appeased his troubled mind with his comfort, Ælfc. T. 37, 24
ge-nǽtan
To afflict, trouble ⬩ to maltreat
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To afflict, trouble Ða underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hie elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed illos ne subjectio conterat, Past. 28, 1; Swt. 189, 16; Hat. MS. Ðonne genǽt he hine humiliabit eum, Ps. Th. 9, 30
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un-feormigende
inexpiable
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inexpiable Ðá onhrán mín mód hǽlo andgit mid mé sylfre þencende ðæt mé ðone ingang belucen ða onfeormeganda mínra misdǽda the inexpiable circumstances of my misdeeds had closed the entrance for me, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 426
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dol-líce
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Oft mon rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, and wénað men ðæt hit sié for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia putatur, Past. 149, 12. Seó beó dollíce hyre cynesetl gestíhð, Angl. viii. 324, 15. Add
eáþ
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More easily Þæt hé þe eáð (iéð, S. 68, 14) mihte winnan, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 6: An. 368. Þæt mæg engel þín eáð geféran, 194
hwósta
A cough
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Wið hwóstan hú hé missenlíce on mon becume and hú his mon tilian scyle for cough, in what different ways it comes on a man and how it must be treated, 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 13
be-teón
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Grammar be-teón, crime stated in a clause Ðonne mon monnan betýhð ꝥ hé ceáp forstele, Ll. Th. i. 130, 12 : 132, 8. Sum wer wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale, Hml. S. 21, 265
for-bærnan
burn ⬩ scald
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Gif mon sié mid fýre áne forbærned. . . . Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned, ii. 324, 12-14
meolc
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Wyl on eówe meolce, 144, 22,, Sceal mon lácnian mid cú meolcum oððe gáte . . . Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 21-24.
óþ-cirran
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to turn away, be perverted Gif sóðfæstra þurh myrrelsan mód ne óþcyrreþ (neod cyrreþ, MS. ) if by seduction the mind the mind of the righteous is not perverted Exon. Th. 262, 26; Jul. 338. Cf. on-cirran; intrans
ge-feðeran
To feather ⬩ give wings to ⬩ ālas addĕre
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To feather, give wings to; ālas addĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefeðeran I shall first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31, MS. Cot. Gefeðran, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 8; Met. 24, 4
blód-dryncas
Blood-drinking
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Blood-drinking, draught of blood Þǽr wæs gesiéne þæt seó eorþbeofung tácnade þá miclan blóddryncas þe hiere mon on þǽre tíde tó forlét . . . merito dicatur tantum humanum sanguinem susceptura terra tremuisse, Ors. 4, 2; S. 162, 3. Substitute:
dwǽs-nys
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Ic wénde ꝥ þú sceoldest ðín mód fram dwǽsnysse áwendan ... Dyslic bið þæt man hine sylfne tó tintregum ásende, Hml. Th. i. 592, 25. Add
leax
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Him mon þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax and þá fixas þá þe late meltan. Lch. ii. 176, 23. Add
mynster-clúse
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A cloister, monastery, convent His gemæccean mynecyna mynsterclúsan swá unearges mid gewunan hyrdes heó bewerude swýþe wǽrlíce hé (Edgar) bebeád coniugi suę sanctimonialium mandras [mandra monasterium, Migne] ut impauidi more custodis defenderet cautissime
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