fúl
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Of þára múðe út eóde ꝥ fúluste fýr, ꝥ ic ná áræfnian ne mihte, Gr. D. 89, 24. Se líchoma on þone heardestan stenc and on þone fúlostan bið gecyrred, Bl. H. 59, 13. Þǽm fúlæstum putentissimis (nidoribus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 4. <b>I a.
ge-leáfa
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Ne gelýfe ic nó ꝥ hit geweorþan mihte . . . and ic nó ne wearþ of þám sóþan geleáfan nec umquam fuerit dies, qui me ab hac sententiae ueritate depellat, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 6. Hé wolde þone Xp̃es geleáfan (-lǽfan, v. l. ) geryhtan, Chr. 680; P. 38, 9.
heofone
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Nán man Godes mihte ne forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oððe eorðan oþþe sǽ ðriddan (nec judicium superni Gubernatoris uspiam effugere queo, Vit. Cuth. c. 24), Hml. Th. ii. 146, 31.
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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máran leáf and fǽtte Lchdm. i. 264, 18. narrow, not broad Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard, hé cwæð, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, ðæt hit mihte
þanan
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Th. 205, 15 : Ph. 113. referring to source or origin Ðæt sum gestreón mé ic begyte þanon ic mé áféde ut aliquod lucrum mihi adquiram, unde me pascam, Coll. Monast.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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Ðære fǽmnan líchoma brosnian ne mihte fēmĭnæ căro corrumpi non pŏtuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 36. Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life, Menol.
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LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Ic geseó ðis hús mid swá mycele leóhte gefylled ðætte ðæt eówer blácern and leóht mé is eallinga þýstre gesewen domum hanc tanta luce impletam esse perspicio, ut vestra illa lucerna mihi omnimodis esse videatur obscura, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 3.
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þeón
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Ðás wanunge getácnaþ se wanigenda dæg his ( John's) gebyrdtíde, and se ðeónda (increasing, lengthening ) dæg ðæs Hǽlendes ácennednysse gebícnaþ his ðeóndan mihte, 358, 4. Betweox óðrum mægenum bið ðeónde (ðiónde, Hatt.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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Seó cyrice is ufan open ... and þeáh ðe ðæt hús ufan open sý, hweþre hit biþ á þurh Godes gife ufan wiþ ǽghwilc ungewidro gescylded,... and nǽfre nǽnig man ða lǽstas ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte, Blickl. Homl. 125, 24-35: 19, 27: Exon.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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wrack, misery, suffering Ðæt cúþ is ðæt ðæt mid Drihtnes mihte gestihtad wæs, ðæt yfell wræc cóme ofer ða wiþcorenan quod Domini nutu dispositum esse constat, ut veniret contra improbos malum, Bd. I. 14; S. 482, 41.
wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Spl.) si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, Ps. Th. 54, 11. Se ðe wyrigð (woerges, Lind.: wærge, Rush.) hys fæder, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 4; Homl. Th. ii. 36, 10. Hé ðé on ansýne wyrigd he will curse thee to thy face, 448, 33.
áscian
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Hé ácsode hiom hwæs tácen ꝥ bión mihte, H. R. 5, 13. to ask, enquire about, with gen. Ic secge hwæs ic áscian wylle aperiam propositionem meam, Ps. Th. 48, 4. Gif þeós cwén þises áxian wylle, H. R. 9, 7. Ꝥ ic móte ánes þinges áxian, Hml.
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eard
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Eard gesécan to return to their country, 2, 4; S. 70, 15. of a more limited area, the place where a person lives, habitation, dwelling, home Hé leng on þám lande gewunian ne mihte, ac of his cýððe gewát and of his earde, Bl. H. 113, 12.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Feól tó foldan swurd, ne mihte hé gehealdan méce, By. 166. Þá locu feóllon. Hö. 39.
ge-leornian
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Bonifatius láreówdóme hé geleornode Crístes feówer béc, and getæl rihtra Eástrena, and monige óðre, ðá de belumpon tó ciriclicum þeódscipum, ðe hé on his ðeódscype geleornian ne mihte, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 660, 11-17.
ge-siht
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Hé ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe, Hml. S. 31, 824. Þ nǽron gewemmede Martines gesihþa on óðra manna deáðe, 127. Þ ic þíne anlícnysse sceáwige mid swá mænigfealdum besmitenum gesihþum ( with eyes in so many ways defiled), 23 b, 435.
ge-sprǽc
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Th. ii. 402, 38. a speaking to or with, colloquy, dialogue, conversation Mé simle is swýþe leóf ealldra manna gespræc (sprǽc, gespræca, v. ll.) mihi senum collocutio esse semper amabilis solet, Gr. D. 79, 18.
ge-weaxan
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Alle ðá ðe gewæxen sint mé omnia quae nata sunt mihi, Lk.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Be hefigtýmum gyltum de gravioribus culpis, 49, 12, 14. of persons, oppressive, annoying, troublesome Hefigtýme hig wǽron mé molesti erant mihi. Ps.
bismer
infamy ⬩ shame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy ⬩ humiliation ⬩ scorn ⬩ contumely ⬩ insult ⬩ blasphemy
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Hí wrohten ǽlc þǽra harme and bismere þæs cynges, mannan ... hú hí mihton þæs cynges bismer áwrecan and ealles þeódscipes, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 1-8. Hé sǽde þá sár and ðá bysmra þe hé ádreógan wolde, Bl.
Linked entry: bismer-sprecan