un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Ne syle ðú unscyldigra sáwla deórum ðe ðé andettaþ ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, Ps. Th. 73, 18.
beón
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Forgefen bíðon (beóþun, R.) ðé synno dimittantur tibi peccata, Mk. L. 2, 9. Tóstrogden biáð scíp dispargentur oves, Mt. L. 26, 31. Rím wintra hine hæbbende beón se numerum annorum fuisse habiturum.
níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Ðæt gé mé ne forseón on ðisse mycclan nédþearfe tíde, Blickl. Homl. 151, 23. Gedó ðæt ðú mé gefriðie æt mínre nýdþearfe de necessitatibus meis eripe me, Ps. Th. 24, 15. Fylston eów æt nýdþearfe in necessitate vos protegant, Deut. 32, 38.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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In the title of the MS. in St. John's College, Oxford, we read, — 'Hanc sententiam Latini sermonis olim Ælfricus abbas composuit, qui meus fuit magister, sed tamen ego Ælfric Bata multas postea huic addidi appendices,' Wanl.
yfel
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He wile gesceáwian wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610. Hé áraþ ða gódan, and hé wítnaþ ða yfelan, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 20. of things, bad, not good of its kind Sió yfele gillestre and ðæt yfele blód, Lchdm. ii. 148, 6.
sceamian
to feel shame, be ashamed ⬩ to cause shame
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Ðonne fægniaþ hí ðæs ðe hí sceamian sceolde, Bt. 30, tit.; Fox xvi,6. Ðonne mæg hine scamian ðære brǽdinge his hlísan, 19; Fox 68, 24: Met. 10, 13. Ne þearf ðé ðæs eaforan sceomigan, Cd. Th. 140, 14; Gen. 2327
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Wot no mon þe time wanne he sal(cf. Wot no mon þe time wanne he sal henne rimen, O. E. Misc. 113, 170), Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 171, 9. Se óðer rýmþ him setl, Homl. Th. i. 248, 17. Rúmaþ, steppaþ cedunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 19 : 87, 64.
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síþ-fæt
a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time
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Spl. 24, 4. course of time (?) Ðá wæs æfter síþfate ðæt mægen on him weóx in course of time it came to pass that strength grew in him, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 25
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brýce
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Th. 547, 18 : 545, 17. enjoyment Seó sáwul is on sibbe wunigende on hire dæge, þonne heó on gewítendlicere tíde blissað, and on hwílwendlicum bricum bið ungefóh, Hml. Th. i. 408, 15. Similar entries v. níd-bryce
crísten-dóm
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Th. ii. 350, 32. time when or place where Christianity prevails Þá þe secgað þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre . . . Hwǽr is nú on ǽnigan crístendóme betuh him sylfum ꝥ mon him þurfe swilc ondrǽdan?
ge-scildan
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Gescilded fram ðǽre tíde his deáþes ab articulo mortis retentus, 20. Fram þǽre deádlicnesse gescylde beón a mortalitate defendi, 3, 30; Sch. 331, 20. with wiþ, and dat. Hé ús gescildað wið earhfarum, Cri. 761.
hǽþen-scipe
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Wlfst. 73, 17. a time when (or place where) heathendom prevails Þá þe secgaþ þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 25
on-ufan
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Lege spic onufan þone nægl, Lch. ii. 150, 6. of time xv niht onufan Eástran, Ll. Th. i. 262, 18: 306, 31. Onufan ꝥ ne eóde hé ná in ꝥ hús domum ulterius non intravit, Gr. D. 185, 14. cf.
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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Th. 22, 12. in order to do something, to make or get time for a purpose, devote oneself to ꝥ hé hine geǽmtogode (-émtigode, -ǽmetgode, v. ll.) Gode tó þeówianne, Gr. D. 52, 8. Hé hine geǽmtigode tó þám weorce, 329, 12.
on-bryrdan
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction
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Hit nis git se tíma ðæt ic þé heálícor mǽge onbryrdan firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 14. Onbryrdendum instigante feónde ealra goda, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 14. Onbryrd compunctus mid lufan ðæs upplícan ríces, 4, 12; S. 580, 36.
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spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Ða of his leáfum and of his flýse ðæs treówes spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 18. of the action of the tide on the sand Sand sǽcir span (Grein would read spán) the ebb hath
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treówian
to trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to be true to a person ⬩ to prove one's self true ⬩ clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct
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Similar entries v. treów, to prove one's self true, clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct Gif hwá óðerne tión wille . . . gif he hine treówian wille, in . xii. ciricum dó hé ðæt, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 8.
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týnan
To teen ⬩ tine ⬩ close ⬩ to fence ⬩ enclose ⬩ to close ⬩ shut a door ⬩ book ⬩ to close a place ⬩ prevent entrance into a place ⬩ shut up ⬩ to prevent a person granting access to others (?) ⬩ render a person inaccessible ⬩ to close ⬩ conclude ⬩ ⬩ bring to an end
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To teen, tine (v. Halliw. Dict.), close. to fence, enclose Me mæig on sumera týnan, Anglia ix. 261, 11. Gif ceotlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne oþþe óðer gedálland tó týnanne, and hæbben sume getýned hiora dǽl, sume næbben, L.
seax
a knife ⬩ an instrument for cutting ⬩ a short sword ⬩ dagger
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Wirc ðé stǽnene sex fac tibi cultros lapideos, Jos. 5, 2. as a weapon, a short sword, dagger Ðǽr gebrægd ðara hǽðenra manna sum his seaxe; ðá hé hineðá stingan mynte, ðá nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ðæt seax com, Blickl. Homl. 223, 16.
þancung
Thanking, ⬩ thanks, ⬩ thanksgiving
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Ðé ic sylle þancunga tibi reddo gratias, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 15.