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þreá

(n.)
Grammar
þreá, þrawu; gen. þreá; pl. þreá; f.: þreá; gen. þreán, also þreás(?); m.; also neuter.

rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction

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Ðǽm scamleásan ne wyrð nó gestiéred bútan micelre tǽlinge and miclum ðreán impudentes ab impudentiae vitio non nisi increpatio dura compescit, Past. 31; Swt. 205, 23.

Linked entry: bróh-þreá

ofer-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].

pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia

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qua praeditus est, sapientia, non dignum putare?

un-lyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-lyt, n.

No little ⬩ much

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No little, much Gé mánes unlyt wyrceaþ, Ps. Th. 61, 9

Linked entry: lyt

weorþ-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-leás, adj.
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Worthless, of no value Wurðleás depretiatus Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 59

deópian

(v.)
Grammar
deópian, p. ode
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To get deep Swá dolh ne deópian, Lch. ii. 352, 2

Linked entry: ge-deópian

drysnan

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Ne drysnes non extinguet (linum fumigans ), Mt. L. 12, 20. Add

hearm-cwedelian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwedelian, hearm-ewidelian, hearm-cweodelian
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Þætte ne hearmcwideligen (-cweodelien, Ps. V. ), Ps. Vos. 118, 122. Add:

næs

Grammar
næs, was not.
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Hit nas (næs, v. l. ) ná gecweden, Past. 108, 10. Add

clifrian

(v.)
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Seó culfre ná mid cláwum clyfrað (lacerat), Chrd. 62, 16. Add

cild-geong

Grammar
cild-geong, In 1. 2 dele '. Mon . . , 49',
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and add Ne sceal hine mon cildgeongne forcweðan, Gn. Ex. 49

á-winnan

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Gié ne wunnon, óðero áwunnon (laboraverunt), Jn. R. 4, 38. Add

Linked entry: winnan

ge-efenlǽcan

to imitate, ⬩ To act as another has done ⬩ to do what another has done ⬩ to act in accordance with a rule followed by another ⬩ to be like, resemble ⬩ to put on a level with, compare

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Ne ðú ne geefenléc nec imiteris (vias ejus ), Kent. Gl. 59. Se abbod geefenlǽce þá bysene þæs árfæstan hyrdes pastoris boni piunt imitetur exemplum, R.

and-leán

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Heó þolian ne wolde yfel and ondleán, Gen. 2264. Add

for-sewen

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewen, for-sewenn, e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt Forsǽwennesse ł forsewenne despectio[ne], Ps. L. 122, 4

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, sweogian, sweowian, swugian, swuwian, sugian, suwian; p. ode.

to be silent ⬩ of that which has voice ⬩ of that which has not voice, not to make a noise ⬩ to be silent from astonishment, be amazed ⬩ with an object (gen. or acc.) to be silent about something, to refrain from the mention of something

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Ne swiga (swuga, Th.: suwa, Lamb.) ðú ne sileas, Ps. Spl. Surt. 38, 17. Ne swiga (swyga, Spl.) ðú ne taceas, Ps. Th. Surt. 82, 1. Ne swiga (swyga, Spl.: swuga, Th.). . . ne suga ne sileas . . . ne taceas, Ps. Lamb. 27, 1. Ne swuga, Ps. Spl. 34, 25.

bregdan

(v.)

to pluck ⬩ pull ⬩ draw ⬩ drag ⬩ to bind ⬩ knot ⬩ to change ⬩ to change ⬩ to move ⬩ be pulled ⬩ to flash

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Ne bréde gé nó ðá stengeas of ðǽm hringum, Past. 172, 10. to move quickly to and fro Brǽd ꝥ heáfod hider and geond ofer ꝥ fýr, Lch. ii. 38, 3. to bind, knot Þá brúdon hig rápas on hyre hancla and on hyre fét.

ge-sceádwísness

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. ¶ as a personification :-- Ðá cwæþ seó Gesceádwísnes, Bt. 5, 3 ; F. 12, l. a reason, an argument Lóca nú hwæþer ðú wille ꝥ wit spyrigen æfter ǽnigre gesceádwísnesse furþor, nú wit ꝥ áfunden habbaþ ꝥ wit ǽr sóhton sed visne rationes ipsas invicem collidamus

Linked entry: sceádwísness

un-biscopod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biscopod, un-bisceopod; adj.

Unconfirmed

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Ne nǽnne man man ne lǽte unbisceopod tó lange ... And witan ða ðe cildes onfón æt fulluhte oððe æt bisceopes handum, ðæt hí hit on rihtum geleáfan gebringan, 300, 16-30

Linked entry: an-biscopod

áwðer

(adj.)
Grammar
áwðer, = á-hwæðer; adj. pron.

Either ⬩ each ⬩ one or other ⬩ alter ⬩ alteruter

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Either, each, one or other; alter, alteruter Ne uncer áwðer not either of us; neuter [ne-uter ] nostrum, Exon. 129 b; Th.496, 29; Rä. 85, 22.

ge-stincan

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We oft gestincað mid úrum nosum ðæt wé mid úrum eágum gesión ne magon rem, quam oculis non cernimus, plerumque odore praevidemus, Past. 433, 20.