for-liger
an adulteress
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.), ne þín ǽwe ne brece, Hml. A. 6, 155. Forligeres prostitutae, An. Ox. 5292. Forligre, 8, 363. Forligras cwylmiað mid forligrum, Hml. Th. i. 132, 22. Forlíra luparum, An. Ox. 7, 350. Forligrena, 8, 331. Forligrum scortis, 18, 18.
nídþearf-ness
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Add Gif hwilc man on micelre neádþearfnesse, biþ þín gemyndig . . . ic gefremme þæs mannes nédþearfnesse, Shrn. 77, 6-9
meltan
to melt ⬩ become liquid ⬩ be consumed, dissolved ⬩ to digest
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Ða scearpan þing unýþelíce meltaþ, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii.212, 2. Wið ðon ðe men mete untela melte. 2, 29; Lchm. ii. 226, 5. Ða ðe on ðære uferan wambe gewuniap and ne mágon meltan, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 17. Myltan, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 18.
ge-frédan
To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre
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Se líchama awent eorþan and anbídaþ æristes, and on ðam fyrste nán þing ne gefrét the body turns to earth and awaits the resurrection, and in that space feels nothing, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 25. Stánas ne gefrédaþ stones have not sense, i. 302, 14, 18.
under-gitan
To understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know
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A.) ( cognouerunt ) hys leorningcnihtas ðás þing ǽrest, 12, 16. Gif hwam gelustfullaþ tó witanne hwæt sý quadrans ðonne undergite hé ðæt quadrans byð se feórða dǽl, Anglia viii. 298, 10. Understandan capere, intelligere, undergite capiat, Hpt.
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Th. 120, 5; Gen. 1990. where one thing takes the place of another, place, stead Ðonne sculon hié gadrian óðer ierfe on ðæs wrixle (wriexle,Hatt. MS.) ðe hé ǽr sealdon, Past. 45 ; Swt. 340, 18.
á-cuman
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Hé ǽlc þing dó and ácume, R. Ben. 113, 10. Hé wítu ácóme, Hml. S. 23, 119. Ðæt hí ðone cyle ácóman, 11, 221. Ácuman (impetum) ferre, perferre, Kent. Gl. 1014: An. Ox. 7, 314. Ácuman costnunge, ceáste, módleáste, graman, Hml. Th. i. 4, 8: Hml.
be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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(gen. or æt) of thing Þone gelpscaðan ríce berǽdan (cf. áfyrran, Bt. 16, 4 ; F. 58, 13), Met. 9, 50. to take by treachery : Se deófol á sǽtaþ hwǽr hé mæge unware men beswícan, and hé nǽfre tó þæs feala berǽdeð þæt hé ǽfre ful sié daemones insidiantur
hæft-níd
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. ¶ with gen. of person or thing by which one is held captive Hé mancynn of deófles hæftnýde álýsde, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 6. Of deófles onwalde and of helle hæftnéde, Bl. H. 87, 13.
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windig
windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent
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Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 3
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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Gl. 525. of things, plump, full-bodied, substantial Ðá beóð fulle of fǽttum leáfum and wel wósigum, Lch. i. 258, 3. Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 20.
ge-met
Fit, meet, proper ⬩ aptus, congruus, conveniens
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Kmbl. 2358 ; An. 1180, Swá him gemet þince as to him may seem fit, Beo. Th. 1379; B. 687: 6107; B. 3057. Ðæt hit gemet wǽre that it were fit, Ps. Th. 143, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 86; Met. 29, 42
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and-speornan
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to strike against Þy lés ðú andspurne æt stáne þínum fótum ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Mt. R. 4, 6.
dol
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Voc. ii. 85, 6, and add Tó dol þú wǽre and tó gedyrstig þá þú wéndest þæt þínra feohgestreóna ende ne gewurde, Wlfst. 260, 21. Dysig ł dole (ðú ídle ł unwís) fatue, Mt. R. 5, 22. Gelíc were dysig ł dolum similis viro stulto, 7, 26.
ge-wǽgnian
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Be þám ꝥ man nánne preóst mid eáðelicum þingum ne mage gewǽgnian, 24. to deceive, frustrate Gewǽgnian frustrari, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 25
sceand
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Add Ne wuldra þú on teónan fæder þínes, nys þé wulðor ac sceand (confusio), Scint. 174, 8.
sam-mǽle
Agreed, come to an agreement
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Agreed, come to an agreement Gif hý ðonne ǽlces þinges sammǽle beón if they then be agreed in everything, L. Edm. B. 6 ; Th. i. 254, 19. Ðæt dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón, L. Eth. iii. 13 ; Th. i. 298, 3.
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un-gebét
unamended ⬩ uncorrected ⬩ not amended through the penance prescribed by the church ⬩ unatoned because 'bót' has not been made
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of things, unamended, uncorrected; in reference to sin, not amended through the penance prescribed by the church Scylde ðe an hiera ealra gewitnesse gedón wæs and ðágiett ungebétt (-bét, Hatt.
un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
eorcnan-stán
a jewel ⬩ topaz ⬩ pearl
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H. 149, 3. of things Ne geweorpaþ ercnanstánas (margaritas) eówre beforan swínum, Mt. R. 7, 6. [See Grmm. D. M. (trans.) p. 1217.]