hlystan
To list, ⬩ listen to, ⬩ hear, ⬩ hearken
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Hig hlyston hím audiant illos, Lk. Skt. 16, 29. Hé sceal bóclárum hlystan swyðe georne he must pay diligent attention to the teaching of books, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 306, 8. Hig fundon hine hlystende they found him listening, Lk.
teóðung-mann
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one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum constitui eos decanos, Deut. 1, 15.
un-snotor
Unwise ⬩ foolish
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Ðæt biþ swíþe dysig man and unsnottor on his lífe, se þe lufaþ ðás eorþlícan welan and ne lufaþ God ðe hit him eal sealde, Blickl. Homl. 195, 24. Ðú dysega man and ðú unsnottra, 49, 35. Unsnotterra insipientum, Rtl. 86, 14.
for-sewenlic
contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised
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Voc. ii. 140, 63. exciting contempt, abject, despised Hé wæs swá forsewenlic (ita despectus), þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man ... ongén cóme, and sé wǽre gegréted, ꝥ hé forhogode tógénes grétan, Gr. D. 34, 2.
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á-bígan
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to deflect, turn away Hé ná ne áflýmde ne ne ábýgde fram him sylfum ðone ege his módes ( the verbs here seem a mistranslation of divulgavit in the original ), Gr. D. 107, 16. Ne mihton hí ðone streám ábýgan ( deflectere ), 192, 24.
glig
Glee ⬩ music ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ jesting ⬩ sport ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ ludibrium
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Hí hæfdon him to glige his hálwende mynegunge habebant inter se ludibrio salutarem ejus admonitionem, Basil. admn. 9; Norm. 54, 20
reáf-lác
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Þe king his ræflac makede (his land al forverde, 2nd MS.), Laym. 9939. Ðeft and reflac ðhugte him no same, Gen. and Ex. 436.] what is taken, spoil, booty, plunder Reáflác preda, Wrt. Voc. i. 35. 39 : ii. 146, 33.
for-leósan
to lose ⬩ to destroy
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Ic þám leánum forloren hæfde, B. 2145, Sý his spǽce forloren his case shall be lost, Ll.
cyne-wirþe
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Se king áwearp his cynewurðe reáf him of, Verc. Först. 141. Add
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Ge ꝥ hié him selfum heora synna bebeorgaþ, ge eác óþre syngiende rihtaþ, 63, 24. and Hí hit eall álugon, ge wed, and eác áþas, Chr. 947 ; P. 112, 25.
á-gifan
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Add: to give back what has been taken, to restore Gif þú wed nime æt bínum nǽhstan, ágif ( reddes ) him his reáf ǽr sunnan setlgange, Ex. 22, 26. Hé háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl. H. 21, 30.
hræding
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Hí hæfdon árǽred on hrædincge áne cyrcan, Hml. S. 15, 43. Hí bebyrigdon hine swá swá hí sélost mihton on swylcere hrædinge, 32, 168. Add
of-gán
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Ðá tíþode se ealdorman him, and se abbod sealde him ðá án hund mancosa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 547, 6
þæt
That ⬩ that, ⬩ in order that ⬩ that ... not, ⬩ lest ⬩ that, so that, so as (with infin.)
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Swelc wæs þeáw hira þæt hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse Andr. Kmbl. 51; An. 26. Swá is þære menigo þeáw, þæt . . . 355; An. 178.
un-gemet
immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very
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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,
tweó
uncertainty ⬩ hesitation ⬩ delay ⬩ a doubtful state of things ⬩ state of indecision
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Kmbl. p. 4, 4. a doubtful state of things, state of indecision On ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon ðá becom him Antigonus mid firde on in this state of indecision, in which they carried out his will so reluctantly, Antigonus fell upon
sígan
to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter
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Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe wundorlíce . . . nánwuht eorþlíces hí ne healt, ðæt hió ne síge, and nis hire éðre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 37. Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan, Met. 20, 165.
be-sǽtian
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To lie in ambush for Hé forsǽtade hié ðǽrðǽr hió geþóht hæfdon p hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 11
efen-byrde
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Of equal birth Hé genam him gemeccan efenbyrde his cynne he took a wife of as good family as his own, Hml. S. 33, 3
scipe
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Add Hé nán þing him sylfum of his campdómes scipe on his seóde ne heóld, Hml. S. 31, 55. [v. N. E. D. shipe.] add:
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