furðra
FURTHER ⬩ greater ⬩ superior ⬩ ultĕrior ⬩ mājor ⬩ prior
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Monast. Th. 30, 13
ge-litlian
To diminish ⬩ lessen ⬩ mĭnōrāre
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Ic beóde mínum erfeweardum ðæt heo nǽfre ðis feoh gelitlian I enjoin my heirs that they never diminish this money, Th. Chart. 168, 22
sǽ-cocc
A cockle
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Monast. Th. 24, 11. a farthing-worth of muscles were a feste for suche folke, oþer so fele Cockes (cokkys, MS. G. : cokeles, MS. I.), Piers P. C text x. 95
ge-sceádwísness
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Th. ii. 132, 29. a reckoning Hér æfter synt ámearkode þá feówer gesceádwýsnyssa ymbe þæne forman mónoð, and ymbe þæne termen, and ymbe þæne Eásterdæg and þæs dæges mónan, Angl. viii. 324, 28. reason, the reasoning faculty Ús segð ǽlc gesceádwísnes ꝥ
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ge-bringan
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Add: to bring to or from a place. where the object is animate Gif mon cierliscne mon on hengenne álecgge (gebringe, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 84, 4. Gif mon þeóf on carcerne gebringe . . . forgyldan hý hine oþþe hine eft þǽrinne gebringan, 198, 21-26.
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sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Th. 408, 2; Rä. 27, 6. to cut as a surgeon does, to lance or to amputate Mon sníð ða bearneácnan wíf secuerunt praegnantes Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 14.
ge-feohtan
of fighting between champions :-- ⬩ to fight in a quarrel, ⬩ to struggle, strive for supremacy ⬩ to gain by fighting ⬩ to maintain a charge by fighting
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Gif mǽgleás mon gefeohte and mon ofsleá, 78, 20. fig.to struggle, strive for supremacy Efne þǽm gelícost swylce ðá gesceafta ( wind and flame ) twá him betweónan gefeohtan sceoldan, Bl.
hwatung
Divination
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Nis ná sóðlíce álýfed nánum cristenum men ðæt hé ídele hwatunga; begá swá hǽðene men dóþ ðæt is ðæt hig gelýfon on sunnan and on mónan and on steorrena ryne and sécon tída hwatunga hyra þing tó begynnanne homini christiano certe non est permissum vana
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inweard-líce
Inwardly ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ heartily ⬩ earnestly
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Se ðe æfter rihte mid gerece wille inweardlíce æfterspyrian swá deóplíce ðæt hit tódrífan ne mæg monna ǽnig quisquis profunda mente vestigat verum, cupitque nullis ille deviis falli, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 3 ; Met. 22, 2.
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un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, ǽfre unstaþolfæste ( numquam stabiles ) and woriende, R.
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wrǽtlíce
wondrously ⬩ curiously ⬩ wondrously ⬩ excellently ⬩ beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ nobly
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Swá wrǽtlíce weoroda God monna craftas sceóp and scyrede, 332, 30; Vy. 93. Mé on gescyldrum scínan mótan ful wrǽtlíce wundtie loccas, 428, 6; Rä. 41, 104. Ða ðe wrǽtlícost wyrcan cúðon stángefógum, Elen. Kmbl. 2037; 1020
bóc-cræft
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Þes mónan oferhlýp wyxst wundorlíce æfter bóc*-*cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 25. On þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, þá synd on Lýden figure gecíged, 331, 2. Men þe wǽron geswincfulleste on bóccræfte men that studied most laboriously, Ll.
sceát
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</b> add :-- Se munt tóbrǽddum his sceáte onféng and hæfde þis ilce cæster mons distenso sinu hoc idem castrum recepit, Gr. D. 121, 15. Add Áþenedum his sceáte extenso vestimento, Gr. D. 65, 9.
tellan
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Add Gif þú nelt hine tellan eác tó þám mónan swá swá tó þǽre sunnan, þonne áwǽst þú þone eástorlican regol, Lch. iii. 264, 15
heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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Hit gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for recceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron quam multos clarissimos suis temporibus viros scriptorum inops delevit oblivio
cwic
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Heora godas bǽdan þæt him mon sealde ǽnne cucne (cucenne, Th. 330, 23) mon, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 28. Hé nánne ne lét cucne (cucune, Th. 472, 27), 6, 2; S. 256, 1. Hine cucene þe deádne, Shrn. 47, 3. Cucenne hine forbærnan, Hml. Th. i. 372, 10.
swilc
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</b> of abstract things :-- Ðæt is ðonne suelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge to rush on another openly with blame is as much as to thrust with the point; ex mucrone quippe percutere est impetu apertae
þegnest
Service
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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)
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reáde
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Ðá wearþ beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen reáde and þicce, Exon. Th. 72, 22; Cri. 1176. Ic eom reáde bewǽfed I am clothed in red, 484, 2; Rä. 70, 1
sǽ-rinc
A sea-man,
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A sea-man, one who journeys by sea (used of the Scandinavians, cf. sǽ-mann) Hine ymb monig snellícsǽrinc (of Beowulf and his companions), Beo. Th. 1384; B. 690. Sende se sǽrinc(one of the Danes attacking Byrhtnoth) súþerne gár, Byrht.