ilding
Delay ⬩ putting off ⬩ deferring ⬩ prolonging ⬩ connivance
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Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding ðæs deáþes what else is the life of this world but a little deferring of death? Blickl. Homl. 59, 27.
neósian
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry or inspection ⬩ to inspect ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to visit with calamity, disease
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to search out, find out by enquiry or inspection, to inspect Wolde neósian Nergend, hwæt his bearn dyde, Cd. Th. 53, 2; Gen. 855.
un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
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implying greatness, beyond the powers of language to describe, unspeakable, indescribable, ineffable Hwæt wundor is, gif se ælmihtiga God is unásecgendlíc? Homl. Th. i. 286, 26: 322, 9: ii. 232, 5: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 33: Elen. Kmbl. 929; E1. 466.
á-lǽdan
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Ox. 3335. to bear off; carry off an object Swá hwæt swá hí ( two ravens ) mihton gegrípan, hí þæt woldon onweg álǽdan, Guth. 50, 24. Ealle þá scipu þe hié álǽdan ne mehton hié tóbrǽcon, Chr. 896; P. 89, 20.
cúþ
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Hwæt is cúðost mannum tó witanne? Nis nǽnigum men nánwiht swá cúð swá hé sceal deáð þrowian, Sal. K. 188, 3-5. Be ongytenesse þǽre cúþan eástortíde de agnitione certa temporis paschalis, Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 684, 20. Cúþum experto, Wrt.
eáster-dæg
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Aprł lóca hwǽr þú finde .xiiii. nihta ealdne mónan, ofer ꝥ se niésta Sunnandæg bið Eástordæg, Lch. iii. 226, 20. Nǽfre ne sý se hálga Eásterdæg gemǽrsod ǽr þám þe seó lenctenlice emniht sý ágán, 256, 11: Angl. viii. 309, 37.
ge-líca
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Add: the like of another (gen. or possessive pronoun), one that has the same characteristics as another. of persons Hwæt wǽron hí búton fearra gelícan, þá ðá hí heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon?, Hml. Th. i. 522, 24.
wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Swá hwæt swá wilddeór ábiton, Gen. 31, 39: 37, 20. Wildeór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 16 : Ex. 22, 13. Wildeór bestiae agri, 23, II. Ealra wuda wildeór omnes ferae sylvarum Ps. Th. 49, Ii : 103, 19. Wilddeóra ferarum Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 32.
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wana
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Hwæt ys mé gyt wana (gwona, Lind. : woen, Rush.) ? quid mihi deest? Mt. Kmbl. 19, 20. Ðæt ic wite hwæt wana (wone, Ps. Surt.) sý mé, Ps. Spl. 38, 6 : Bt. 33, 3; Fox 126, 20. Ðam biþ anweald wana (anwaldes wana, Cott. MS. ), 36, 3; Fox 176, 13.
magan
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Hé wæs smeágende hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme. Ll.
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Oft gehwá gesihþ fægre stafas áwritene, ðonne heraþ hé ðone wrítere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ, Homl. Th. i. 186, 1-3: Lchdm. iii. 290, 13. Ne cúðe hé bóclíce stafas ... hé nǽnne stæf ne cúðe, Homl.
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HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe on ðás world ástág who came down to this world as their salvation and help, Blickl. Homl. 105, 32.
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hrepian
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Heora handa ástífedon, swá hwá swá hreopode þá róde mid handum, Hml. Th. i. 598, 12. to touch, make use of, have to do with Ic þé swá geheóld, þæt þú hig ne hrepodest, Gen. 20, 6.
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Hwá rít intó ðam porte quis equitat in civitatem? Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 52. Ðín cyning rít uppan tamre assene, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5.
wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Gif hwá his wæccan (vigilias) æt ǽnigum wylle hæbbe, oððe æt ǽnigre óðre gesceafte, búton æt Godes cyricean, L. Ecg. P. iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11. a division of the night, a watch Drihten com tó his leorningcnihtum on ðære feórðan wæccan.
hof
A house ⬩ hall, ⬩ dwelling, ⬩ building ⬩ ædes, ⬩ domus
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Gif hwá hwylce hefige yfelnysse on his hofe geseó genime mandragoran on middan ðam huse swá mycel swá hé ðonne hæbbe ealle yfelu hé út ánýdeþ if any one see some grievous evil in his home, let him take mandragora into the middle of the house, as much
FEÓWER
FOUR ⬩ quătuor
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Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas what are the four ropes of the doomed man? Salm. Kmbl. 663; Sal. 331: 667; Sal. 333.
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Hwæt niwes oððe ealdes what of new or old, Exon. 115a; Th. 441, 24; Kl. 4. Se ealda the old one [Satan ], Frag. Kmbl. 61; Leás. 32.
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irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Hwæt sægest ðú Yrþlingc quid dicis tu, Arator? Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 11. Hwilce ðé geþuht betwux woroldcræftas heoldan ealdordóm? Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Hwæt mæg ic leng dón ultra quid faciam? Gen. 27, 37. Hwider mæg ic nú leng fleón quo enim nunc fuciam? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. Swaðer uncer leng wǽre [lifede, 38] which of us two lived the longer, Chart. Th. 485, 29.