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tún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scír, e; f.
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Stewardship Ágyf ðíne scíre ne miht ðú lencg tún-scíre bewitan . . . Ðonne ic bescired beó fram túnscíre redde rationen uilicationis tuae, jam enim non poteris uilicare . . . Cum amotus fuero a uilicatione, Lk. Skt. 16, 2-4

treppan

(v.)
Grammar
treppan, p. te.
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Halliwell's Dict. trap to tramp: Du. trappen to tread, trample: O. Frs. Ger. treppe a step.] to trap Hió [tr]e[p]te inretivit, Kent. Gl. 211

Linked entry: træppan

un-gedæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedæftlíce, -gedæftelíce; adv.

Unseasonablyunsuitably

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Unseasonably, unsuitably 'Ðæt ðú lǽre ǽgðer ge gedæftlíce ge ungedæftlíce (-dæfte-, Cott. MSS.).'Ðeáh hé cuǽde un[ge]dæftelíce, hé cuæð ðeáh ǽr gedæftelíce ' insta opportune, importune.' Dicturus importune praemisit opportune, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 16

Linked entry: un-dæftelíce

wlæclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wlæclíce, adv.

Lukewarmly

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For hwon segdes ðú Æcgbrihte swá gémeleáslíce and swá wlæclíce (tam negligenter ac tepide) ða ðing, ðe ic bebeád him tó secganne, Bd. 5, 9; M. 410, 33

eftgian

(v.)
Grammar
eftgian, p. ode
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To repeat, iterate Hit is áwriten: 'Ne eftga ðú ðín word on ðínum gebede.' Ðæt is ðæt mon eftgige his word scriptum est: 'Ne iteres verbum in oratione tua.' Verbum iterare est, Past. 421, 11, 12

ge-scearfan

(v.)
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Gescearfa ðú succides, Lk. L. 13, 9

ge-wǽcan

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Ne ðú beó gewǽht þonne hé ðé þreáð neque fatigeris dum ab eo argueris, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 22. Þæt bearn ne wurdon gewǽhte ðurh wácmódnysse ( that children should not get spoiled by the weakness of parents ) ...

miltsiend

(n.)
Grammar
miltsiend, mildsiend, es; m.

One who takes pity

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One who takes pity Ðú nǽre miltsiend ofer heora cild, Blickl. Homl. 249, 6. Mildheort and mildsiend miserator et misericors, Ps. Spl. 102, 8. Mildsiend miserator, Ps. Lamb. 85, 15. Milsend, Rtl. 69, 7: 170, 9

Linked entry: miltsian

ge-reónung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reónung, e; f.

A conspiracy, confederacyconjuratio

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A conspiracy, confederacy; conjuratio Ne understenst ðú ðisra twegra manna gereónunge ongeán me dost thou not understand the plot of these two men against me? Homl. Th. i. 380, 7. Gereónung fictio, mendacium, Hpt. Gl. 459

Linked entry: reónung

ele-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ele-fæt, es; n.

An oil-vat, cruise or potemĭcădium

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Du Cange, vol. ii. 238], Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 79; Wrt. Voc. 25, 19. Stǽnen elefæt ălăbastrum, 24; Som. 60, 40; Wrt. Voc. 24, 40

syge

(n.)
Grammar
syge, (better (?) sige), es; m.
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Scyppend hafa ðé tó hyhte and á sóð tó syge ðonne ðú secge hwæt have God as your hope, and ever truth as your aim, when you say anything, Exon. Th. 304, 2; Fä. 64

Linked entry: sige

þreótan

(v.)
Grammar
þreótan, p. þreát; pp. þroten

To weary

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To weary Ic ðé bydde ðæt ðé ne ðreóte, ne ðú ða spréce ðǽr ne forléte I pray thee that it may not weary thee, and that thou do not leave the conversation there, Shrn. 188, 20

un-rihtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rihtness, e; f.

Iniquityinjusticewrong

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Ðú heardeste strǽl tó ǽghwilcre unrihtnesse, Blickl. Homl. 241, 4. Ða ðe wyrcaþ unrihtnesse ( injustitiam ), Ps. Lamb. 93, 4. Unrehtnisse iniquitatem, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 27

un-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
un-lísan, p. de.

to unlooseundoto release

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to unloose, undo Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú mé unlýse ða insæglunge, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 537. to release Hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 38

Linked entry: lísan

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, (
Similar entries
v. wíse, and cf. þeáw-fæst
); adj.

Perfect

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Perfect Gif ðú wilt wísfæst (perfectus)wosa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. Rush. 19, 21. Wísfæst éghwelc bið perfectus omnis erit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 40. Folc wísfæst plebem perfectum, I. 17. Wísfæsto (perfecti) wossað gié. Rtl. 13, 19

á-célan

(v.)
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Ácéle ðú wealhát ísen, Lch. ii. 256, 14. Ðæt ic beó ácéled ut refrigerer Ps. L. 38, 14. Ðæs þearfan ne bið þurst ácéled, Met. 7, 17

hǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽlig, adj.

Slippery, easily moved, fickle, inconstantlevisslipperylubricus, caducus

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Slippery, easily moved, fickle, inconstant; levis Ðam ungestæþþegan and ðam hǽlgan ðú miht secggan ðæt hé biþ winde gelícra oððe unstillum fugelum levis, atque inconstans studio permutat? nihil ab avibus differt, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 23

beald-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
beald-wyrde, adj.

Bold in speechsaucy

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Bold in speech, saucy Se biscop him andwyrde: 'Ðú earming, . . .' 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

Linked entry: -wyrde

under-delfan

(v.)

to dig underunderminedig outsuffocare

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Æt dura hé under-delfeþ ( suffodiet ) fótwylmas ðíne, Scint. 196, 8. Ðú beswice oððe underdulfe ( supplantasti ) onárísende on mé under mé, Ps, Lamb. 17, 40. Seáþ hé geopnode and hé underdealf ðæne lacum aperuit et effodit eum, 7, 16.

ge-neósung

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Th. i. 410, 28. a being visited Ðú ne oncneówe ðone tíman ðínre geneósunge, Hml. Th. i. 404, 21