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ofer-willan

(v.)

to boil so that a liquid is reduced in quantity ⬩ to overboil, boil too much

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to boil so that a liquid is reduced in quantity Oferwylle óþ ðone þriddan dǽle, Lchdm. ii. 216, 3, 4: 228, 18: 238, 10. to overboil, boil too much Nim ðæt wæter ðe pyosan wǽran on gesodene oferwilleda, 286, 29

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel ⬩ sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Sume men secgen ðæt seó eá síe eást irnende on ðæt sond, and ðonne besince eft on ðæt sand, and ðǽr néh síe eft flówende up of ðám sande, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 12, 20-23.

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition, ⬩ besides ⬩ In addition to, ⬩ besides

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In addition, besides Hé bǽd his þegnum, ðæt hig lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc and fórmete tóeácan (datis supra cibariis in viam), Gen. 42; 25. Ðú hæfst tóeácan eall ðæt ic ðé ǽr tealde, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 37.

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.

to consent to, ⬩ agree with, ⬩ approve of, ⬩ assent to, ⬩ allow, ⬩ permit ⬩ to submit to, ⬩ bear, ⬩ suffer, ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear with, ⬩ tolerate

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Þafa ðæt ic út ádó ðæt mot of ðínum eágan sine eiciam festucam de oculo tuo, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 4. Ða eorlas þafigan ne woldon ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów Andr.

un-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
un-georne, adv.

unwillingly ⬩ reluctantly ⬩ without diligence ⬩ negligently

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unwillingly, reluctantly Ðá on ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors 3, 11; Swt. 146, 24. without diligence, negligently Ðæt hé tó ungeorne bewiste hwæt hé on þeóstrum dyde, Blickl

weorold-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wrenc, es; m.
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A worldly wile, a trick of this world Ða ðe woruldmonnum ðynceaþ dysige, ða geciésð Dryhten, for ðæm ðæt hé ða lytegan, ðe mid ðissum woroldwrencium bióð upáhæfene, gescende quae stulta sunt mundi, elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes, Past. 30; Swt.

on-sǽgan

(v.)

to cause to sink down, to prostrate

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Hú hí ( hell ) bútan ende éce stondeþ, ðæm ðe ðǽr for his synnum onsǽgd weorþeþ, 446, 27; Dóm. 28. Selegesceotu synd onsǽgd (?), Ps. Th. 82, 6

Linked entry: sǽgan

ge-þoftscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þoftscipe, es; m.

Companionship ⬩ society ⬩ consortium

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Companionship, society; consortium Ðýlæs he sié innan asliten from ðæm geþoftscipe ðæs incundan déman lest he be inwardly cut off from the society of the internal judge, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 24; Hat. MS. 67 a, 16, 20: Swt. 353, 3

Linked entry: þoftscipe

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.

Connexion, ⬩ association, ⬩ fellowship.

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Similar entries v. þeód-ness, þeódan Uton witan hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðe hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte. Ic wát gere, ðæt hé ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23.

wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.

a making less ⬩ diminution ⬩ a growing less ⬩ a lack ⬩ want ⬩ defect

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Gyf him þince ðæt hé hæbbe rúh líc, ðæt byð his góda wanung, Lchdm. iii. 170, 24. Góda wanigend (wanung, MS. T. ), 172, 29. Wanunge dispendio Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 37.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Wǽre ðǽr hé wǽre, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 9, 10: Elen. Kmbl. 317; El. 159. Gelimplíc wæs ðæt ða ætgædere wǽron on écre stówe, Blickl. Homl. 133, 24. Ðæt hié ongieton mín mægen on ðé wesan, 241, 15.

sticung

(n.)
Grammar
sticung, e; f.
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Gýme eác swán ðæt hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 12-16

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, caedentes ligna et aquas comportantes. Jos. 9, 27. Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

Linked entries: wudere wudung

neoþera

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Hit wirð gewundod mid ðǽm hungre ðæs nyðemestan and dæs fúlestan geðóhtes cupiditatis infimae fame sauciatur, Past. 283, 17

dim-lic

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Se beorhta dæg tódrǽfð þá dimlican þeóstru ðǽre sweartan nihte, Hml. Th. i. 604, 1: Hml. S. 5, 108. Add

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, <b>;
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</b> add Hé his gelaþunge ðæs ful tídlíce of ðǽra gedwolmanna gedreccednysse áhredde, Hml. S. 23, 407

þunor

Grammar
þunor, <b>. I.</b>
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Seó líget ðæt deófol bærneð . . . and se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid dǽre fýrenan æcxe, Sal. K. 148, 4-6. Add

ge-healdsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia

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Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse with abstinence, i. 318, 8

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.

Into that place,

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Ic wille ðæt se cyng beó hláford ðæs mynstres and ðære landára ðe ic þyderinn becweden hæbbe (that I have bequeathed to the monastery) 547, 32. His béc ealle hé cwæð þyderin, 550, 23. Ósaníg gange þyderin, 550, 19

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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Hindehlíp occurs as a local name: Landes snmne dǽl, ðæt synd .iii. hída ðe fram cúðum mannum Hindehlép is geháten, C.

Linked entry: hlípe-burna