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wéden-heort

(n.)
Grammar
wéden-heort, es; n.

Madness, frenzy, fury

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Madness, frenzy, fury Lǽcedómas wið feónd-seócum men . . . and wiþ bræcseócum men, and wiþ wédenheorte, Lchdm. ii. 14, 7: 138, 14. Drenc wiþ wédenheorte, 356, 4: 304, 15. Ðæt hrýðer him þúte on wédenheorte the beast seemed to him mad, Blickl.

Linked entry: -heort

a-ídlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ídlian, -igan; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To make uselessvainto emptyannulprofaneirritum facerefrustrariexinanirecassareprofanare

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Seó untrumnys byþ a-ídlud the infirmity will be annulled, Herb. 121, 2; Lchdm, i. 234, 8. Ðæt Cristes geleáfan a-ídlad wǽre fidem profanatam esse, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 7

Linked entry: a-ýdlian

andetnes

(n.)
Grammar
andetnes, -ness; andetnys, -nyss, e; f.

A confessionacknowledgmentprofessiongiving of thanks or praisepraisehonourgloryconfessio

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Seó andetnes ðe we Gode andettaþ the confession that we confess to God, L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 33. Ðe his naman neóde sealdon him andetnes ǽghwǽr habban ad confitendum nomini tuo, Ps. Th. 121, 4.

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. dat. e; acc. e, u; f.
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Wearþ eall seó burhwaru onstyred commota est universa civitas, Mt. Bos. 21, 10: Chr. 1013; Th. 271, 28, col. 1. Wæs mycel menegu ðære burhware mid hyre erat turba civitatis multa cum illa, Lk. Bos. 7, 12.

fór-standan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand before or againstwithstandopposehinderresistĕreimpĕdīre

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To stand before or against, withstand, oppose, hinder; resistĕre, impĕdīre Ne meahte seó weáláf wíge fórstandan the miserable remnant could not withstand in battle, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 44; Met. 1, 22.

Linked entry: fór-stondan

fót-sceamel

(n.)
Grammar
fót-sceamel, -sceamol, -scamel, -scamul, es; m.

A footstoolpĕdum scăbellumsubpĕdāneum

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Seó eorþe ys Godes fótscamul terra scabellum est pĕdum Dei, Mt. Bos. 5, 35. Fótscamul scabellum vel subpĕdāneum, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 79; Wrt. Voc. 41, 33

Linked entry: sceamol

hel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hel-líc, adj.

Hellishinfernal

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Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt hí ǽfre útábrecon the fastening of the enclosure of hell does not permit them ever to break out, i. 332, 20: ii. 80, 6.

Linked entry: helle-líc

neowolness

(n.)
Grammar
neowolness, e; f.

A deep placean abyss

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Seó neólnes cliopaþ tó ðære neólnesse abyssus abyssum invocat, Ps. Th. 41, 8. Ealle wyllspringas ðære micelan niwelnesse, Gen. 7, 11 : 1, 2. Of neowelnesse de abyssis terrae, Ps. Th. 70, 19. In neólnesse, in súsla grund, Elen.

grundleás

(adj.)
Grammar
grundleás, adj.
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Wurdon grundleáse Geátes frige ðæt him seó sorglufu slǽp binom Geat's loves were boundless so that anxious love took from him sleep, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 12; Deór. 15

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothedunmarried

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Mǽden seó ðe unbeweddud ys uirgo quae innupta est (1 Cor. 7, 34), Scint. 69, 3. Gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, ðonne wolde ðæt folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Homl. Th. i. 196, 11

Linked entry: be-weddian

un-áræfnedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfnedlíc, adj.

Intolerableimpossible to bear

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Seó unáræfnedlíce byrþen synna, Blickl. Homl. 75, 9. Se freódóm ðæs unáræfnedlícan þeówdómes, 137, 13. Mid unárefnedlíce þurste geswencte, Nar. 9, 17: 8, 21. Wæter unárefnedlíc aquam intolerabilem, Ps. Lamb. 123, 5.

dim

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Voc. ii. 138, 55. dark-coloured. v. dim-híw Seó byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stánum and yfellicum, Shrn. 66, 24. wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy Of dimre, earmre calamitosa (fames atrocitate ), An. Ox. 3853. Dymre, 2, 261.

fiþere

a winga wing

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Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26. Hé hæfde fiþru swylce þyrnen besma, Shrn. 120, 26. a wing to be eaten Þú scealt sellan wel meltende mettas, . . . hǽnne flǽsc and góse fiþru, Lch. ii. 196, 22

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagaciousforeknowingpresagingprophetic

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Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre yrmðe forewittig wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 404, 33. Basilius wearð gebróht on legere tó his forðsíðe, forewittig swá þeáh, Hml.

for-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweorcan, to grow dark.
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Gl. 185, and add Seó sunne forswyrcð sóna on morgen Titan tenebrescit in ortu, Dóm. L. 108: Wlfst. 137, 11. Ásweartad, forsworcen fuscatus, i. denigratus, obnubilatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 (cf. An. Ox. 2, 369 infra).

ge-gada

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Seó myltestre began faran tó hire gegadan, Hml. A. 195, 21. Hét se cásere his gegadan tó faran and beódon þám crístenum ꝥ hí cómon him tó, Hml. S. 28, 41

ge-sceran

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Ox. 56, 12. to cut the wool off sheep Sceáp gesihð gescorene hýnðe getácnað, Lch. iii. 208, 26. to cut through. of a person's action Hé him on heáfde helm gescer, þæt hé blóde fáh búgan sceolde, B. 2973. of the operation of a weapon Seó ecg geswác

ge-scrépe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrépe, ge-scroepe, ge-scrǽpe, ge-screópe; adj.
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Seó þrfih wæs swá gescreópe (-scrépe, v.l.) þǽre fǽmnan líchaman geméted ita aptum corpori uirginis sarcofagum inuentum est, 4, 19; Sch. 451, 14. Gehýþlic, þæslic vel gescrǽpe commodus, i. congruus, utilis, aptus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 81.

ge-scrýdan

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Seó slápolnys byð gescrýdd mid tætticum dormitatio vestietur pannis, Hml. A. 9, 237. Mid hǽran gescrýd tó hire líce, 108, 207. Gescríd mid goldum and mid gimmum, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 9. Hé gelǽdde Mardocheum mǽrlíce gescrýdne, Hml. A. 99, 241

ge-týd

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On Godes ǽ seó getýdeste fǽmne, 135, 655. Béda, gumena se getyddusta, Angl. viii. 301, 47: 319, 46. Getiddusta, 308, 37. Getyddestum peritissimo, doctissimo, Hpt. Gl. 405, 2