swilce
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ðæm wætre wǽron swylce twelf míla, Blickl. Homl. 211, 3
Linked entry: swálíce
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Romulus and ealle Rómware óþerum folcum unweorðe wǽron, Ors. 2, 2; Swt: 66, 16. ignominious, dishonouring Mid ealre ðare unwurð[r]este scame beó hé gescænt ignominiosissima confusione subsannetur, Chart. Th. 318, 34
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Heofenas and eorðan (terrae) wǽron geworhte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 263, 13. Ymbhwrft eorðana orbis terrarum, Ps. L. 97, 7.
Linked entry: eorþ-lic
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Hí wǽron geþyldige and ǽlcne hosp hí forbǽron for þæs Hǽlendes naman . . . wé nellað forberan án bysmorlic word, Hml. S. 28, 131, 136. Gif on gebeórscipe hié gecíden, and óðer hiora mid geþylde hit forbere, Ll.
Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Twegen ðe hæfdon deófolseócnesse wǽron swíðe réðe ( ;saevi nimis; ), Mt. Bos. 8, 28. Ealle swíðe erre-wǽron. Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ðá óðre, Blickl.
Linked entry: hréðe
úte
Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Hé genam hine æt eówde úte be sceápum, 77, 69. out, from home on service Hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 18.
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þegnung
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Ass. 110, 269. in a personal sense, a following, retinue, train, cf. folgaþ Seó hell and se ðeáð and heora árleásan þénunga wǽron áforhtode, Nic. 28; Thw. 16, 10
Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þéning þénung
wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Se cyng ond his biscopas ond his aldormenn ond alle ða wioton ðisse ðióde ðǽr gesomnade wǽron, Chart. Th. 70, 15. Cynewulf benam Sigebryht his ríces and West-Seaxna wiotan, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 19.
for-gildan
To pay for ⬩ make good ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ recompense ⬩ reward ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ exsolvĕre ⬩ compensāre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre
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Him wǽron eft forgoldene feówertyne þúsend sceápa fourteen thousand sheep were repaid him, Job Thw. 168, 19
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hrýman
To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur
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Wih. 28; Th. i. 42, 24, Ðá ongunnon ða hrýman ðe þurh ðæs dracan blǽde áléfode wǽron, Homl. Th. ii. 294, 30. Wé sceolon hrýman swiðor and swíðor tó ðam Hǽlende, i. 156, 22. Ðá begann hé tó hrýmenne and cwæþ, 152, 15.
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leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Ða ðe león wǽron ongunnon rýnan, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 165; Met. 26, 68. Tólýseþ leóna mægen molas leonum confringet, Ps. Th. 57, 5. Hwelpas leóna catuli leonum, Ps. Spl. 103, 22.
seóþan
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Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. (2 a) to reduce by pain or disease :-- Heó swá swýðe mid ða untrumnysse soden wæs ðæt ða bán án tó láfe wǽron in tantum ea infirmitate decocta est, ut vix ossibus haereret, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 15. to prepare food for the mind, to make
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wrixlan
to change ⬩ vary ⬩ alter ⬩ to change ⬩ alternate ⬩ to exchange ⬩ deal ⬩ conversation ⬩ intercourse ⬩ to lend ⬩ of what is lent ⬩ of words ⬩ to speak
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Ða wrixliende on twá halfe gesewene wǽron worpene beón vicissim hinc inde videbantur jactari, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 39 note. of reciprocal, mutual action, to exchange, deal Hé cwæð, ðæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre ðæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden (that they should
dwelian
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Hié on hǽðnum þeáwum dwelgende wǽron, Bl. H. 201, 20. Dryhten, þú gecyrst ðá dweliendan, Hml. S. 30, 68. trans. To lead astray. physical Ðá genipu hit dweliað, Sal. K. 148, 5. moral Hý dwelode deófol, Wlfst. 11, 8: 156, 8.
ge-ortríwan
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.), ꝥ on úre yldo ꝥ beón mihte nec diffidendum est nostra aetate fieri potuisse, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 441, 7. with clause Hé geortreóweð hweþer hí sóðe sýn, for þon þe hé nǽfre ne cúþe þurh gewisse áfandunge . . . hí geortreówdon hwæðer hí sóðe wǽron þe nǽron
Linked entries: or-trýwan ge-ortrúwian
hírsumian
to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God
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.), Past. 3, 6. of a people, to be subject to another: Þæt Crécisce and þæt Affricanisce wǽron swá swá hié him hiérsumedon and him underþiéded wǽre, Ors. 2, 1; S. 60, 8. to obey a thing. an order, injunction Gebudon him Perse þæt hié hæfden iii winter
samnian
to collect, assemble, bring together, gather ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to get materials together for a poem to compose ⬩ to collect, assemble, come together ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to glean
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Spl. 30, 17. to draw together, join, unite Ðá weóxon ða fýr swýðe and hí tógædere þeóddon and samnedon óþ ðæt ðe hí wǽron on ǽnne unmǽtne lége geánede and gesomnade crescentes vero ignes usque ad invicem sese extenderunt, atque in inmensam adunati sunt
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ǽg-þer
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Ǽgðer ge ðone cyning, ge his sunu, ge ealle ðá ðe cynecynnes wǽron, 36: Chr. 897; P. 90, 16. Ǽgðer be ðám sǽriman on Eást-Seaxum, and on Centlande, and on Súð-Seaxum, and on Hamtúnscíre, 994; P. 129, 7
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on-drǽdan
to dread, fear ⬩ timeo ⬩ to be afraid
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Ðæt hig hine ondrédon, swá swá hig ondrédon Moysen, Jo1. 4, 14. with the prep. from Swá egefull wæs Alexander ðá ðá hé wæs on eásteweardum ðissum middangearde, ðætte ða from him ondrédan ðe wǽron on westeweardum, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 7.
or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Wit begra ǽr wǽron orsorge we before were safe from both (hunger and thirst). Cd. Th. 50, 5 ; Gen. 804. Wé beóþ for eów and eów orsorge gedóþ (cf. wé gedóþ eów sorhleáse securos vos faciemus; we will secure you, Mt.