un-swícende
Not failing in duty to others ⬩ faithful ⬩ loyal
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Hig áþas swóron and gíslas saldan ðæm cynge and ðæm eorle, ðæt heó him on allum þingum unswícende beón woldon, Chr. 1063; Erl. 195, 17
Linked entry: swícan
un-tímende
Not productive ⬩ barren
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Not productive, barren Sarai wæs untýmende ( sterilis ); næfde heó nán bearn, Gen. 11, 30: Jud. 13, 2: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 22.
be-heáfdung
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Add: decapitation Heó mid beheáfdunge hine ácwealde, Hml. Th. i. 488, 2: Hml. S. 19, 83. Tó beheáfdunge gelǽd, Ap. Th. 3, 17. Beheáfdinge, Shrn. 154, 8. Lǽded tó þǽre beheáf-dunge, 72, 34. Ðá áræfnode hé þá beheáfdunge, 129, II.
burna
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On sumere stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna ... þá sceát heó inn on þone burnan, Hml. S. 23 b, 197: 740.
mǽg-lic
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Ðes ðegen bæd for his þeówan hǽlðe mid sóðre lufe, for ðan ðe heó ne tóscǽt nǽnne be mǽglicere sibbe ( true love does not make distinction of person in accordance with relationship ), Hml. Th. i. 128, 2.
pliht
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Lóce hwá þás bóc áwríte, wríte hig be þǽre bysne and for Godes lufon hí gerihte, þæt heó tó leás ne beó þám wrítere tó plihte and mé tó tále, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 40.
bútan
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</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e
wæl-fill
Slaughter ⬩ carnage
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Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 154, 29; Gen. 2563
Linked entry: wæl-feall
sealt-stán
rock salt ⬩ a stone formed of salt ⬩ a pillar of salt
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rock salt Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe: genim geoluwne stán (ochre) and saltstán, Lchdm. i. 374, 14. a stone formed of salt, a pillar of salt Heó on sealtstánes sóna wurde anlícnesse ǽfre siððan, Cd. Th. 154, 31; Gen. 2564.
bacu
backs
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backs; Hí me towendon heora bacu they turned their backs on me, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 29; Met. 2, 15
frætewung
An ornament ⬩ ornāmentum
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An ornament; ornāmentum Heofonas and eorþe and eall heora frætewung cœli et terra et omnis ornātus eōrum, Gen. 2, 1
med-sǽlþ
Bad fortune ⬩ ill success
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Bad fortune, ill success Ðæt hié mósten gefandian hweðer hié heora medsélþa oferswíðan mehte, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 28
mete-seax
A meat-knife ⬩ knife used in cutting food ⬩ dagger
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A meat-knife, knife used in cutting food, dagger Hiene mid heora metseacsum ofsticedon, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 18
Linked entry: met-seax
mylen-hweogul
A mill-wheel
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A mill-wheel Seó heofon ǽfre tyrnþ onbútan ús swiftre ðonne Snig mylenhweól (-hweowul, MS. P. ), Lchdm. iii. 232, 19
be-siftan
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To sift over, cover by sifting, sprinkle with dust Ealle heora heáfda wǽron mid duste besyfte, Homl. S. 23, 155
cniht-þeáw
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Boyish habit Placidus þágyt heóld his cniht-þeáwas and gebǽru Placidus puerilis adhuc indolis gerebat annos, Gr. D. 111, 9
gneáþ
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Hí cwǽdon ꝥ him gneáðe wǽre heora wist and scrúd, Hml. S. 31, 1296. v. gníþe, and two following words
hand-gemaca
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A close companion Þá hyrdecnapan mid heora handgemacan ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 421. Cf. hand-gesella, hand-gestealla
Linked entry: ge-maca
þurh-wunian
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Se wela and se anweald náuht þurhwuni-endes heora wealdendum sellan ná magon, Bt. 27, 4. F. 100, 22. Add
cirpsian
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Sume preóstas sýn þe gýmað . . . . . . ꝥ heora loccas mid (nǽdle?) tyrninge cyrpsion (crines calamistri uestigio rotantur), Chrd. 64, 34. Add