wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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God hí geworhte wǽpnedman and wímman (wýfman, v.l., hiuu ł wífmon, Lind.: wifmenn, Rush.) masculum et feminam fecit eos Deus, Mk. Skt. 10, 6. Wépmen ge wífmen viri ac feminae, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 7. Wífmenn, Exon. Th. 460, 12; Hö. 16.
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híréd-wífmann
A female member of a household
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A female member of a household Ic geann eallum mínum hírédwífmannum I give to all the women of my household, Chart. Th. 531, 6
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wíf-myne
Love for a woman
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Love for a woman Drihten wearð Faraone yrre for wífmyne ( love for Sarah ), Cd. Th. 111, 25; Gen. 1861. Cf. wíf-lufu
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byrþ-þignenu
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Gif wífmen hwæt swylces derige, dó hyre man fram hyre byrþþínene þone sylfan lǽcedóm, Lch. i. 236, 4
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bet-boren
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Better-born, of higher-birth Gif æðelborenran (bett-, v. l.) wífmen þis gelimpe. Ll. Th. i. 70, 1
un-gerisene
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Add Ongunnon lǽcas hire secgan . . . ꝥ hire wolden beardas weaxan on þǽm andwlitan . . . and ꝥ þonne wǽre wífmen sceamu and ungerysnu eallum hire freóndum. Gr. D. 279, 12
ge-flítlíce
Contentiously ⬩ emulously ⬩ certātim
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Contentiously, emulously; certātim Ðæt ge wépned ge wífmen geflítlíce dydon quod vĭri et fēmĭnæ certātim făcĕre consuērunt, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 15
wǽpned-mann
a male ⬩ a man ⬩ a male
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B. wépnedmenn and wífmenn, Rush.) masculum et feminam fecit eos Deus, Mk. Skt. 10, 6. Heó eode tó ðære wǽpnedmanna stówe (ad locum virorum) Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 19.
æhte-mann
a serf
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Ðeówan wífmen. . . . Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreð . . ., Ll. Th. i. 436, 25-33. Ðá wearð gefullod fæder and sunu mid heora innhýrede and heora ǽhtemannum, Hml. S. 5, 308
winter-sufel
Provisions, other than bread, for the winter
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Provisions, other than bread, for the winter Ðeówan wífmen .i. sceáp oððe .iii. p̃. tó wintersufle (the Old Latin version has ad hiemale companagium), L. R. S. 9; Th. i. 436, 31
mægþ-hád
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Add: virginity as regards man or woman Mægdthád is sé þe wunað on clǽnnysse ǽfre fram cildháde ge wǽpmenn ge wífmenn. Hml. A. 20, 162. Ðás hálgan nǽron nǽfre mid wífum besmitene. Hí sindon mægðháde gehealdenre clǽnnysse ( virgines sunt; ), 19, 125.
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hwæg
Whey
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Ðeówan wífmen hwæig on sumera to a servant maid shall be given when in summer L. R.S S. 9; Th. i. 436, 32 Sceáphyrdes riht is ðæt hé hæbbe ... blede fulle hweges oððe syringe ealne sumor 14; Th. i. 438, 25
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sidefulness
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Wífmen ne beón bútan sidefulnysse. Homl. Skt. i. 13, 120
for-sewenlic
contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised
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deserving contempt, contemptible Forsewenlic biþ ꝥ werod ꝥ wífmenn feohtað that army is contemptible in which women fight, Hml. S. 31, 1097.
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ribb
A rib
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And geworhte ðæt ribb tó ánum wífmen, Gen. 2, 21-22. Hæfde fela ribba, Exon. Th. 415, 9; Rä. 33, 8. Rib reáfiaþ réðe wyrmas, 373, 21; Seel. 113. Hwílum cnysseþ ðæt sár on ða rib, Lchdm. ii. 258, 4
on-weg
Away, off.
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Away, off. with verbs of motion Óðer þing wiston ða wífmenn ðá hý onweg cyrdon when they went away (from the sepulchre ), Exon. Th. 460, 13; Hö. 16. Gif ðú onweg cymest if you come away (alive from the fight ), Beo. Th. 2769; B. 1382.
same
Similarly, in the same way
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Ðǽr wífmenn feohtaþ swá same swá wǽpnedmen. Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27
wǽpen-mann
A male ⬩ a man
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Wépmen (wǽpned-, v.l.) ge wífmen, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 7. Wǽpmen, Homl. Ass. 27, 73. xx M wífmanna and wǽpmanna (wǽpned-, v.l.), Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 30: Homl. Th i. 442, 1: Ælfc. Gr. 6; Zup. 24, 5.
Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann
for-cweþan
to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of
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Þa wífmen cwǽdon ꝥ hié þá burg werian wolden, gif þá wǽpnedmen ne dorsten ... Ac þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan swá hié þá wífmen ǽr forcwǽdon the consuls would not believe themselves such cowards as the women had called them.
earg
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Þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan swá hié þá wífmen forcwǽdon, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 15. Þá eargan mengo fugaces turmas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 48.