un-weorþian
to dishonour ⬩ disgrace ⬩ to become dishonoured
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Seó cwén, ðe ðín word forseah, ne unwurðode ðé ǽnne, ac ealle ðíne ealdormenn non solum regem laesit regina, sed et omnes principes (Esther 1, 16), Homl. Ass. 93, 53. Gé unworðadun mec uos inhonoratis me, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 49.
wánung
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Se lǽce cyrfð oððe bærnð, and se untruma hrýmð, þeáhhwæðere ne miltsaþ hé ðæs óðres wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 472, 16. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12. Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽni*-*ende, Mk. Skt.
ge-sibsum
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Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him sunt reliquiae homini pacifico, Ps. Th. 36, 36. Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume þæt hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 27. Gesibsume pacatos. Wrt.
gylden
Golden ⬩ aureus
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Gylden læfr bractea, 58; Som. 67, 111; Wrt. Voc. 38, 34. Gylden fel bractea, Cot. 27, Lye. Gyldena vel gegylde fatu crisendeta, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 97; Wrt. Voc. 41, 48. Ðá stód ðǽr gyldenu onlícnes then stood there a golden image, Shrn. 88, 22.
DEÁD
DEAD ⬩ mortuus
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Lǽt deáde bebyrigean hyra deádnn let the dead bury their dead, Mt. Bos. 8, 22. Ne húru wundur wyrceaþ deáde numquid mortuis facies mirabĭlia? Ps. Th. 87, 10
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ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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Ne ðú ðé ǽfre ne lǽt wlenca gerǽcan never do thou let pride lay hold on thee, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 61; Met. 5, 31. Ðæs landes mǽre gerǽcan to obtain more of the land, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 21.
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wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Reste hé hiue sófte, and wreó hine wearme: . . . lǽt drincan . . . and wreóh hirie wearme, Lchdm. ii. 292, 6-14. Swá ðú worulddeáde wrige mid foldan as you would cover the dead with earth, Ps. Th. 140, 4.
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lufian
To love
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Lufiaþ mid lácum ða ðe læs águn shew their love with gifts to those that have less, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 32; Gú. 50. Hé ágsode hý, hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽdenne beón ðe hé wǽre, and ðæt lufian ðæt hé lufode, L. Edg. 4; Th. i. 162, 6.
ge-grípan
To gripe ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ capere ⬩ rapere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere
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Ðí læs áhwænne gegrípe swá swá leó sáwle míne ne quando rapiat ut leo animam meam, Ps. Spl. 7, 2. Ðá wæs he fram deófle gegripen then he was seized by a devil, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 13 : Ps. Spl. 17, 31.
strǽt
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a road Læg án dríe strǽt þurh ða sǽ. And ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte, Ex. 14, 21-22. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159 ; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt ; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30.
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stycce
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Hit (the veil of the temple) on eorþan læg on twám styccum, Exon. Th. 70, 15; Cri. 1139. Hig curfon ðone ram eall tó sticceon (in frusta), Lev. 8, 20. Tó sticcon, 1, 6: Ex. 29, 17. Tó sticcum, Jud. 14, 6.
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ufera
upper ⬩ higher ⬩ upmost ⬩ highest ⬩ later ⬩ after
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Ðý læs hit mono uferan dógore wrǽce ne quis eum umquam ulcisci meditaretur, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 6. Gif eówre bearn eów befrínaþ eft on uferum dagum quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras, Jos. 4, 6. On uferan dagum, Wulfst. 88, 20: Chart.
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Swealt Ósgod fǽringa swá swá hé on his reste læg, Chr. 1054; P. 184, 21: Jul. 477. without premeditation Sume ic lárum geteáh tó geflite . . . þæt hý fǽringa ealde æfþoncan edníwedan, Jul. 484. soon, at once, without delay, early Hé cwæþ : " Cuman nú
hwǽte
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Þe lǽs gé þone hwǽte ( triticum ) áwurtwalion, 29. gathered Gadriaþ þone hwǽte (hwéte, R., hwætte, L.), 33. as part of the plant, the grain with the husk Heó ábæd án hrídder tó feormianne sumne dǽl hwǽtes ( triticum ). Gr. D. 97, 3.
weás
By chance, by accident, fortuitously
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Ic his wundrode micle ðý læs, gif ic wiste ðæt hit weás gebyrede búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse minus mirarer, si misceri omnia fortuitis casibus crederem, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 32: 214, 6: 39, 3; Fox 216, 3: Met. 28, 72.
wefan
to weave a web ⬩ to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive
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Ðus ic fród wordcræft wæf and wundrum læs, Elen. Kmbl. 2473 ; El. 1238. Ic wef intexui (funibus lectulum meum, Prov. 7, 16), Kent. Gl. 199. Wefan contexere (coronam), Hpt. Gl. 439, 68. Wefan texuisse (oraculorum seriem), 442, 39.
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg the armour [lit. war-garment] joined together lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552: 3100; B. 1548. Byrhtnóþ bræd bill of scéðe Byrhtnoth drew his battle-axe from its sheath, Byrht. Th. 136, 36; By. 162.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte, Chart. Th. 173, 5. Onsite sǽnacan, Exon. Th. 474, 7; Bo. 26. to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) For ðám heardum weorcum ðe him onsæt, Ex. 6, 9.
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreosan let not thy strength sink, Wald. 10; Vald. 1, 6: Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 7; Hö. 66: Apstls. Kmbl. 6; Ap. 3. Ellen fremman to do a deed of valour, Andr. Kmbl. 2418; An. 1210: Beo. Th. 6 ; B. 3.
tídre
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Is ðæm lǽce tó giémanne ðæt hé swá líðne lǽcedóm selle ðæm seócan swá se týdra líchoma ( corpus debile ) mǽge ástandan, Past. 61; Swt: 455, 30. Gewǽht, tidder fessa, fatigata, Hpt.