smeáþancolness
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Exactness, strictness Ðeáh wé witon hú fela gód oððe hú micele wé gefremodon nyte wé ðeáh mid hwylcere smeáþancelnysse se upplíca Déma ða áfandaþ. Homl. Th. ii. 80, 34
reócan
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Reócendne (reccendne, MS.) weg, Cd. Th. 177, 19; Gen. 2932. Reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 7; Jud. 314. Hreócendum fumigabundis, Hpt. Gl. 516, 29
hetol
malignant ⬩ ferocious ⬩ severe
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Add: applied to persons. of disposition, malignant Se (Jove) wearð hetol feónd (hetol and þrymlic, Sal. K. p. 121, 24). Hé ýflýmde his ágene fæder, . . . and wolde hine forfaran georne, Wlfst. 106. 9. Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194.
Linked entry: hetollíce
ge-feaxe
Having hair ⬩ cŏmātus
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Having hair; cŏmātus Wǽron men æðelíce gefeaxe the men had beautiful hair [lit. the men were beautifully haired ], Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 8
Linked entry: gylden-feaxa
mis-tǽcan
to teach wrongly
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to teach wrongly Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ, ðonne beóþ hí gehealdene; gif hí mistǽcaþ, hí forpǽraþ hí sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 4
orleg-hwíl
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Battle-time, time of war Nú is leódum wén orleg-hwíle, Beo. Th. 5814; B. 2911. Fela ic gúþrǽsa genæs, orleghwíla, 4845; B. 2427
un-geférlíce
In civil war
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In civil war Hé .v. gefeoht ungeférlíce (wel cynelíce gefeaht and, MS. C.) þurhteáh bella civilia quinque gessit, Ors. 5, 13; Swt, 244, 25
bed
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a prayer Hé fylgede þám hálgan were mid gemáglicum bedum (bénum, v. l. ) ꝥ him wǽre álýfed út tó farenne, Gr. D. 156, 2
áþ-gehát
A promise on oath ⬩ sacred pledge ⬩ an oath ⬩ sacramentum
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A promise on oath, sacred pledge, an oath; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl.13 ; Som. 57, 119 ; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56
brýd-ealoþ
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A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast; nuptiale convivium Hiî wǽron æt ðam brýdealoþ they were at the marriage feast, Chr. 1075 ; Erl. 214, 15
ceorf-æx
A cutting axe, executioner's axe ⬩ securis
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A cutting axe, executioner's axe; securis Wǽran ða heáfda mid ceorfæxum ofacorfena their heads were cut off with axes, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 7
Linked entry: æx
ge-men
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-manna Men Wǽron ðǽrin gemanna hand twelftig ðúsenda there were therein a hundred and twenty thousand men, Salm. and Sat. Kmbl. 186, 1
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mód-swíð
Strong of mind or soul
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Strong of mind or soul Wec ðú in mé módswíðne geþanc crea in me spiritum rectum, Ps. C. 50, 89; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 89
of-slítan
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to wound by the bite (of a snake, dog, etc. ) Ða ðe ofslitene wǽron ( the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents), Num. 21, 9
wullian
To wipe with wool
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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24
linian
to leave
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greater than all other kings that ever were in the world, Nar. 33, 2
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ge-sceppan
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Nǽron náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene ne on Denisc they were formed neither, on a Frisian nor on a Danish model, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15. Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene when they were created, Gen. 2, 4.
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bí-swícol
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Deceitful; dolosus We sculon geþencean ðæt ðís líf, ðæt we nú onlibbaþ, is bíswícol eallum ðǽm ðe hit lufiaþ we ought to think that this life, in which we now live, is deceitful to all those who love it, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 16
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réceleást
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Ðonne wé hwæthwugu steórweorðes ongietað . . . and wé gebǽrað for úre réceliésðe (reccelíste, v. l.) swelce wé hit nyten cum cogitationes nostrae ea, quae . . . arguenda cognoscunt, pigredine deprimente dissimulant, Past. 195, 4. Add
cum-líþe
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Wé sýn gemingode ꝥ wé cumlíðe beón instruimur in colligendis hospitibus, Chrd. 51, 6. Add