swefecung
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Sleep, slumber Se hopa þæs tóweardan ǽrystes, þonne þá rihtwýsan swylce of slǽpes swæfcunge (a sopore somni ) árísað, Chrd. 26, 25. Ic ne sylle swefcunge ( somnum ) mínum eágum, 31, 4. See preceding word
swilige
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A pit(?) Of mǽrdíc on ðá wæterswylian; of ðǽre swylian on mǽrðom, C.D. vi. 220, 23
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telgestre
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A dyer Manige þára tælgestrena (-eona, MS.) þe hér eardiað tinctorum, qui hic habitant, plurimi, Gr. D. 342, 3. Cf. bæcestre for the suffix
tending
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Burning Hé hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylede on þǽra þorna ordum and on þǽra netela tendingum (tænd-lengum, tendlincgum, v.ll.) nudum se in illis spinarum aculeis et urticarum incendiis projecit, Gr. D. 101, 17
Tifer
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Tie Tiber Hé cwæð ꝥ hit gelumpe on Rómebyrig, ꝥ Tifre streám wæs upp gangende and swá swíðe gangende, oð ꝥ hyre wæter and ýða fleówen ofer þá weallas dicens, quia apud hanc Romanam urbem alveum suum Tiberis egressus est, tantum crescens ut ejus unda
tó-cnáwness
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Knowledge In þǽre tócnáwnesse (on-, v.l.) ǽgðres gedáles weaxeþ se éca þæs edleánes in qua cognitione utriusque partis cumulus retributionis excrescit, Gr. D. 311, 11
tó-sceádedness
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Separation Þæt wé sién gemyndige ... þǽre tósceádednesse úre sáwle, þonne hió of ðám líchoman gelǽdd bið (cf. þæs gedáles líchoman and sáule, Wlfst. 225, 15), Verc. Först. 101, 1
tó-setedness
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Disposition On tósetetnesse heortan in dispositionem cordis, Ps. Rdr. 72, 7
turf-hacce
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A turf-hoe, implement for cutting turf Ligones, ferrum fossorium (fusorium, MS.) tyrfahga (turfhacce? v. N.E.D. hack an implement for breaking or chopping up, mattock, hoe, &c. ), Txts. 112, 43
þeófung
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Thieving Sumu ( one of the devil's arrows is made ) of reáfláce ... sumu of þeófunga, Nap. 46, 22
þrǽstness
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Contrition Hé oð þone dæg his deáðes on micelre þrǽstnesse wunode usque ad diem mortis in conlritione duravit, Ed. 5, 12 ; Sch. 615, 3
þurh-wuneness
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Perseverance Seó þurhwunenes heó is mægen þæs gódan weorces virtus boni operis perseverantia est, Archiv cxxii. 260, 9
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un-gearowitolness
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus
un-gelustfullung
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Evil pleasure On gewilnunge and ungelustfullunge (on gelustfullunge ?) unclǽnre in concupiscentia et in delectaíione inmunda, Angl. xi. 116, 12
un-gewitness
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False knowledge (?), folly (?) Þám fét hé wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and hé þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood
fréfer
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Consolation, soothing Wrixla frefra onmang egsungum miscens terroribus blandimenta, Chrd. 18, 5
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á
A law ⬩ lex
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A law; lex Dryhtnes á the Lord's law Andr. Recd. 2387; An. 1196
ǽ
A river ⬩ stream ⬩ rivus ⬩ torrens
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A river, stream; rivus, torrens On ðære ǽ ðú hý drencst thou shalt give them to drink of the stream; torrente potabis eos, Ps. Th. 35, 8
ǽg-moran
Eye-roots ⬩ nervi quibus oculus cum cerebro connectitur
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Eye-roots; nervi quibus oculus cum cerebro connectitur Ðe beóþ on ðan ǽgmoran sára which are sores in the eye-roots, Lchdm. iii. 98, 5
be-fæsting
An entrusting
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An entrusting