slǽwþ
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Slǽwþum torporibus, Hymn. Surt. 4, 10
for-slæhþ
breaks
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breaks, L. Ethb. 50; Th. i. 16, 1;
un-slǽwð
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Past. 45; Swt. 341, 4
for-slǽwan
hinder ⬩ impede
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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4
Linked entry: for-sláwian
á-slǽwan
to make slow or dull
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to make slow or dull Áslǽwe obtundo, An. Ox. 18b, 65
un-sláw
Not slow ⬩ not sluggish ⬩ active ⬩ ready ⬩ quick
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Not slow, not sluggish, active, ready, quick Unslǽw impiger vel praepes, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 34. Unsleáw inpiger, 74, 34. Hé hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm æscróf, unsláw, Elen. Kmbl. 403; El. 202. Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican
un-writen
Unwritten
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Hí for heora slǽwþe forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas and heora dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34
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slápolness
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Ic syngede þurh slǽwþe and þurh slápelnesse per accidiam et somnolentiam, Confess. Peccat
réceleást
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas ðe on heora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34.
lustbǽr-ness
Desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ pleasantness
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Wé ðonne ne beóþ onǽlde mid ðære lustbǽrnesse úres módes ðonne bistilþ sió slǽwþ on ús óþ ðæt heó ús áwyrtwalaþ from ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo fervore non accenditur, a bonorum desiderio funditus convalescente
á-tyhtan
to stretch ⬩ tendere ⬩ attendere ⬩ extendere ⬩ in-tendere ⬩ to persuade ⬩ incite
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Add: to stretch; tendere, attendere, extendere, in-tendere Hí átiht (adtendit) fram slǽwþe, Scint. 67, 2. Átiht (extende) þá só; ðan lufe gynd ealne embehwyrft, 2, 16. Þænne geþanc ná tó bebodum só;ðre lufe byð átiht (tenditur), 53, 7.
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heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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Hit gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for recceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron quam multos clarissimos suis temporibus viros scriptorum inops delevit oblivio
swangorness
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Heaviness, torpor, sloth, indolence, sluggishness Ic wát ðæt swongorness hí ofsit and hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 33.
ofer-cuman
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39, 4; F. 216, 24. (1 a) to overcome in argument :-- Ofercuóm conuincit (Judaeos de baptismo Johannis interrogando ), Mk. p. 4, 19. of some physical or mental force or influence, to overpower, exhaust, render helpless Swongornes hí ofsit and hí mid slǽwþe
slǽp
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Sió slǽwþ him giét on ðone slǽp, Past. 39; Swt. 283. 8. Ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp. Homl. Th. i. 602, 15. Slǽpa sluman. Exon. Th. 122, 31; Gú. 314. The sleep of death :-- ' Ic wille áwreccan hyne of slǽpe'. . . Se Hǽlend hit cwæþ be his deáþe. Jn.
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of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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Swongornes hí ofsit, and hí mid slǽwþe ofer-cymþ, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 33. Godes fýnd ðe ða earman ofsittaþ, Jud. Thw. 156, 5. Ðú wilt cweþan ðæt ungemetfæstnes hí ofsitte, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 2.
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wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe forléton un-writen ðara monna þeáwas and hiora dǽda, ðe foremǽroste wǽron, Fox 64, 33. a scribe in the Biblical sense Esdras se wrítere áwrát áne bóc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 37.
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