ofer-geswincfull
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Excessively laborious or troublesome Þis wæs on eallon þingan swíðe hefigtýme geár, and ofergeswincfull on ungewederan, þá man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1098 ; P. 234, 2
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oft-síþ
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Unárímedlíce oft (oftsíðum, Bos. 104, 44), Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 39. Þý ilcan geáre wæs gesewen blódig wolcen on oftsíðas on fýres gelícnysse, Chr. 979; P. 122, 24. Add
stán-weall
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Þæt wæter stód him on twá healfa swilce óðer stánweall, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22. Úp oð ðone ealdan stánweall . . . on stánwealles bróc, C. D. iii. 416, 12-22. Add
súþ
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Add: cpve. sýþera On ðone sýðeran steð; ðonne andlang steðes . . . on ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 20. ¶ :-- Ósréd wærð ofslagen be-súðan gemǽre, Chr. 716; P. 43, 8
wín-treów
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On þám wíngearde on feáwum wíntreówum (vitibus) uneáðe tó láfe wunodon swíðe litle and swíðe feáwa clistru þára wínbergena, Gr. D. 57, 7. 'Wíntre[ówum] palmitibus, An. Ox. 2838. Add
ofer-micel
Over-much, excessive ⬩ nimius
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Over-much, excessive: On ðære tíde wæs sió ofer-mycelo hǽlo on ealre worulde, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 40, 3. Bútan hý ouer-micel geswinc habben, R. Ben. 65, 17
fúhtiende
To become moist
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To become moist Þá ðá þurh híwunge beóð swá hole swá hreód . . ., and þá ðe fúhtigende beóð on fúlre gálnesse, on swylcum se deófol macað his wnnunge, Nap. 26. Substitute:
syn-bót
Amends for sin, penance
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Amends for sin, penance Bisceopum gebyreþ ðǽt hí ne beón tó feohgeorne æt synbóte, ne on ǽnige wísan on unriht ne strýnan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 32
eár-plǽttan
To strike on the ear, to box the ear ⬩ cŏlăphum incŭtĕre
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To strike on the ear, to box the ear; cŏlăphum incŭtĕre Se byrle ðone apostol eár-plætte the cup-bearer struck the apostle on the ear, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 12
lætsum
Slow ⬩ late
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Slow, late Wæs swíðe lætsum geár on corne and on ǽlces cynnes wæstmum it was a very late year for corn and crops of every kind, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 18
ge-mearcod
Marked ⬩ signatus
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Marked; signatus On ða gemearcodan lindan on the marked linden or lime tree, Cod. Dipl. 1317; A. D. 1033; Kmbl. vi. 182, 2 : 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 114
þrýþ-word
A brave word ⬩ noble speech
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A brave word, noble speech Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr (cf. word wǽron wynsume, 1228; B. 612) inne on healle þrýðword sprecen, ðeód on sǽlum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1290; 643
un-lytel
No small amount ⬩ much
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No small amount, much Eft wearð folces unlytel, Wulfst. 10, 17. Hé lǽfde þære wudewan unlytel on feó and on óðrum ǽhtum, Homl. Ass. 108, 200: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14
bisceop-setl
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Landfranc wæs geháded on his ágenurn bisc̃setle, Chr. 1070; P. 204, 4. Se apostol gesæt biscepsetl in Antiochia, 35; P. 6, 15. Þæt biscepsetl on Hrofesceastre, 633; P. 24, 21. Add
ge-legerod
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confined to bed by sickness Hé on ðám lande ðá gelegered wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 23. Binnon feówertig geára fæce næs nán man gelegerod on eallum ðám folce, 196, 13
irgþ
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On yrhþe ł on fyrhto formidinem, Ps. L. 88, 41. Hwí wolde geðafian hé þæt his ðegen ( St. Peter) hine for yrcðe swá oft wiðsóce?, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 3. Add
úrig-lást
Making a dewy track ⬩ walking the wet earth
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Making a dewy track, walking the wet earth Sum sceal on féþe on feorwegas nýde gongan, and his nest beran, tredan úriglást elþeódigra frécne foldan, Exon. Th. 329, 4; Vy. 29
weax-æppel
A wax apple, a ball of wax
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A wax apple, a ball of wax Se Pater Noster mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðære swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 33
Brádan-relic
an island, broad island ⬩ Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn
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Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn Sǽton hie úte on ðam íglande, æt Brǽdanrelice they sat outward on an island, Flat Holme, Chr. 918;Ing. 132, 19
geþanc-metian
To deliberate ⬩ consider ⬩ consĭdĕrāre
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To deliberate, consider; consĭdĕrāre Geþancmeta ðíne móde, on hwilce healfe ðú wille hwyrft dón deliberate in thy mind on which side thou wilt depart, Cd. 91; Th. 115, 9; Gen. 1917