tácn
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Add Ic wát ꝥ hé hæfde áne dolhswaðe on his hneccan . . . gýman wé nú hwæder hé ꝥ tácen þǽre wunde hæbbe, Hml. S. 30, 269. Add Þás tácnu ( signa ) fyliað þám þe gelýfað, Mk. 16, 17
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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To fade, wither (Halliwell gives wallow = to fade away, as a Somerset word) Hæfð se Ælmihtiga ðæt gewrixle geset, ðe nú wunian sceal, wyrta grówan, leáf grénian, ðæt on hærfest eft hrést and wealuwaþ (cf. fealwaþ, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23), Met. 11, 58.
Linked entries: walwian wealowigan wealowigan
heáf
Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing
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Nis hér nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred there is no weeping nor wailing heard here, Blickl. Homl. 85, 28: 115, 15: 219, 9: Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 32; Gú. 1020: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 28.
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hord-gestreón
Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord'
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Næs him hyht tó hordgestreónum no hope had they in hoarded wealth, Andr. Kmbl. 2229; An. 1116
spátl
Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, screa, saliva,
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Se ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe ðara triówleásena monna spátl, Past. 36; Swt. 261, 9: Exon. Th. 88, 7; Cri. 1436. Spádl, Elen. Kmbl. 600; El. 300. Spáðl, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 30. Ða spǽtlu áþwógon úre sweartan gyltas, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 26.
minsian
To lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ become small
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Ne mæg ǽnig man Godes mihta ne his mǽrþa geminsian, Wulfst. 35, 3
Linked entry: min
þanan-weard
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Moving thence Bebeád hé him, ðæt hé geara wiste, ðæt hé hine nǽfre underbæc ne besáwe, siþþan hé þononweard wǽre lex dona coerceat, ne dum Tartara liquerit, fas sit lumina flectere, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9
ofer-módian
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to be proud Þæt þurh eádmódnysse ná ofermódige ut per humilitatem non superbiat, Scint. 19, 20. Náteshwón framað on héhnysse eádmódnysse leornian sé þe on neowlum gesett ná geswícð ofermódian (superbire ), 84, 8. Ofermódigende superbiendo, 230, 3
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beald-wyrde
Bold in speech ⬩ saucy
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Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda (this saticy priest) biscop ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2
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be-cnáwe
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4
oððe
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Nú ðonne óðer twega, oððe ðara nán nis, oððe hí nánne weorþscipe nabbaþ, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 16. Gif onfunden biþ ðæt héáðer oððe... oððe..., L. E. I. 16; Th. ii. 412, 11
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feórþa
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Eall moncynn and ealle nétenu ne notigað náwer neáh feórþan dǽles ðisse eorþan þæs þe men gefaran magon . . . Dó nú of ðám feórþan dǽle . . . hujus in mundo regionis quarta fere portio est, . . . quae a nobis cognitis animantibus incolatur.
ge-hefigian
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Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówre heortan mid oferǽte and oferdrynce, 129, 19. to make oppressive Gehefegad is ofer mé hond ðín gravata est super me manus tua Ps.
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Hwæþer ðæt nú sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt ðætte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga? num imbecillum, ac sine viribus aestimandum est, quod omnibus rebus constal esse praestantius? Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 16.
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fylstan
to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help
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Ne scylan hyg ǽnig unriht geþafian ac tó ǽlcan rihte geornlíce fylstan, ii. 310, 19
ge-nemnan
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Ne sint þæt þreó Godas þriwa genemned, Hy. 10, 44. Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.
ge-tǽlan
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Sé ðe óðerne tǽlan wille . . . beðence hé hwæðer hine ne mæge ǽnig man getǽlan, Wlfst. 233, 23.
sprǽc
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Ná gýta nǽron wordlácu ne sprǽcu (loquelae neque sermones) þára þe ne wǽron gehérde stefna heora, Ps. L. 18, 4. add Ðá cóm hé tó þǽre spǽce þæs hálgan weres ad colloquium sancti viri pervenit, Guth. Gr. 159, 7.
afor
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Gedó tó þám hunige emfela ecedes þæs ne sié swíþe áfor ne swíðe swéte . . . and ne sié on bergnesse tó sweotol þæs ecedes áfre scearpnes. Lch. ii. 224, 17-22.
pening
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Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling, ne pænig ne pæniges weord, Ll. Th. i. 182, 10. Þæt mon ne sparige nǽnne þeóf þe æt hæbbendre handa gefangen sý ofer eahta peningas (penegas, v. l. ), 198, 18.