un-weorþlíce
unworthily ⬩ in an unsuitable manner ⬩ with indignity ⬩ with contempt ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ with indignation
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unworthily, in an unsuitable manner Him is micel ðearf ðæt hié geornlíce geðencen ðæt hié tó unweorþlíce ne dǽlen ðæt him befæsð bið necesse est, ut sollicite perpendant, ne commissa indigne distribuant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 14. Unwurðlíce, Cd.
á-lǽnan
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Ðæt land eóde eft intó ðǽre stówe ðe hit út álǽned wæs, iv. 267, 6
be-warenian
avoid ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard
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D. 209, 8. ꝥ hí hí sylfe bewarnian, ꝥ hí ne þurfan cuman ne ipsi veniant, 310, 21. to ward off from one's self þá óþre geseóð þi yfel, tó þon ꝥ hí heom bewarnian þá, and þás beóð þe má wítnode þe hí noldon heom bewarnian þá hellewítu ut isti videant
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clif
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Ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, 207, 20. On ðǽm sǽs clife, Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 31. Abies ꝥ treówcyn þý clyfe weóx, Nar. 8, 22. Ofer clif per preceps (v. Mt. 8, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 35.
ge-hírsumian
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Th. i. 86, 34. to obey a master, serve, be a servant to te huæd úsum gihérsumaiað hérnise ut quid nostro ministratur officio, Rtl. 106, 22. God sylf behét his hálgum þénum þe on clǽnum mægðháde him gehýrsumiað on his heofenlican húse, Hml.
in-fær
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Þæt hé preósta gatu ... lúce and unlúce, ꝥ man næbbe infær bútan leáfe ( ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus pateat intrandi ), Chrd. 20, 10
práfost
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Ðá cwæð se hálga wer, 'Wurp út nú þín net,' Hml. S. 31, 1268
strengþu
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L. 89, 10. of military or political power Swilce eác Scotland hé him underþǽdde for his micele strengþe, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25. in a moral or spiritual sense Ꝥ wé magan ongytan hwilc his seó circlice strengþ (strencgeoð, v. l.) sý ut quis sit ecclesiasticus
þreágan
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IV. to press, urge :-- Hé ongan his geféran swíðe þreágan (urgere ) ꝥ hí scoldon on þá tíd út faran, Gr. D. 38, 12. Gif hí synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14
ǽg-hwæþer
(and) both . . . and
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Ǽghwæþer óþerne oftrædlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; P. 80, 28. Fæder ðára æðelinga ǽghwæðres, Rä. 47, 5. Ǽghwæðres . . . worda and weorca, B. 287. Ǽghwæðrum wæs bróga fram óðrum, 2564. Hæfde ǽghwæþre (-hwæþer?, but for pl. cf.
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á-drúgian
To dry up,
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Ðeáh wé treówu for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón ne mægen for grénnesse ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien tamen non repente in fabrica ponitur lignum, ut prius vitiosa ejus viriditas exsiccetur, Past. 445, 2.
ǽr
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Hit long first wæs ǽr hé út wolde faran tó gefeohte, ǽr him mon sǽde ðæt hié wolden faran tó Italiam, Ors. 5, 8; S. 232, 4. with subjunctive Hé hét átimbran ðá burg, ǽr hé ðonan fóre, Chr. 919; S. 100, 14.
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swígan
to be silent ⬩ to become silent from astonishment ⬩ stupere ⬩ silere, reticere
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Stiórdon him menigo ðætte hé suígde ( ut taceret) Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 48. Ðú bist suígende (swígende, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 20. Geót swígende ðæt blód on yrnende wæter, Lchdm. ii. 76, 14: 140, 26: 290, 26: 292, 25.
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þoden
A violent wind ⬩ a whirlwind ⬩ a whirlpool ⬩ turbo
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Cumendum swá þoden tó tóstæncanne mé venientibus ut turbo ad dispergendum me, Cant. Ab. 14.
wíf-líc
womanly ⬩ of a woman ⬩ female ⬩ feminine ⬩ wifely ⬩ matronly
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Ðæt hé ne forðon wíflíce háde árede ut ne sexui quidem muliebri parceret, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 24. Áwyrp mé hyder ðínne scyccels, ðæt ic mæge ða wíflícan týddernysse oferwreón, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 211.
ge-dreog
a dressing, something used in preparing material for use ⬩ seemly, orderly behaviour, gravity
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Mid ofoste sí becumen; mid gedreóge þeáhhwæðere ꝥ ne gehigeleás méte tender cum festinatione curratur: cum gravitate tamen, ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, 17.
fór-hradian
To hasten before ⬩ anticipate ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ præoccŭpāre
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To hasten before, anticipate, prevent; prævĕnīre, præoccŭpāre Utan fórhradian his ansýne on andetnesse præoccŭpēmus făciem ejus in confessiōne. Ps. Lamb. 94, 2.
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trahtnung
Exposition ⬩ explanation ⬩ comment
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Exposition, explanation, comment Uton nú fón on ðæs godspelles trahtnunge ðǽr wé hit forléton let its resume the exposition of the gospel, where we left it, Homl. Th. i. 114, 35: ii. 72, 22.
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Hí slépon úte on triówa sceadum umbras dabat altissima pinus, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 12. a shady place, shade, arbour Scadu scena (cf. geteld scena vel tabernaculum, i. 37, 15) Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 80.
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