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wiþer-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cirr, es; m.

A going against ⬩ resistance

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A going against, resistance Ic gehýned eom, fáh and freóndleás; ic findan ne can wiðercyrr wið ðan of ðam wearhtreafum I am humiliated, proscribed and friendless; against this I can devise no resistance from hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1849; El. 926

clæppettan

(v.)
Grammar
clæppettan, to throb.
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Wið þæt þæs mannes heáfod clæppitað, Lch. iii. 92, 10. Clæppette and sprangette palpit(r)avit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 26. Brogdetende vel cleppetende (printed depp-; but see Corp. Gl. H. P. 29) campus, 103, 27. v. preceding word. Add

ge-þoftian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þoftian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To associate ⬩ join ⬩ to enter into an agreement ⬩ assŏciāre ⬩ societātem inīre

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To associate, join, to enter into an agreement; assŏciāre, societātem inīre Geþoftade he wið Ptholomeus he joined with Ptolemy, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 26.

Linked entry: -þoftian

towettan

(v.)
Grammar
towettan, p. te

To associate with

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To associate with Riht is ðæt mynecena ne towettan woruldmannum ne ǽnige sundorcýððe tó heorn habban ealles to swíðe (the other reading is nǽfre wið worldmen ǽnige gemánan worldlícre cýððe habban tó swíðe), L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 33

frásian

(v.)

to question ⬩ interrogate

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Add: to question, interrogate Ne gebelg þú þé wið mé, þeáh ic þé frásige and ðín fandige, Solil. H. 35, 7. Ne gidarste ǽnig monn frásiga ( interrogare ) hine, Jn. L. 21, 12. Ðǽm frásendum Judéum interrogantibus Judaeis, p. 3, 4

þeór-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-ádl, e; f.

Some disease

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Similar entries v. preceding word Wiþ þeórádle on eágum ðe mon gefigo hǽt, Lchdm. ii. 38, 5. Lǽcedómas wið þeórádlum ... Drenc wiþ þeórádle, 116, 1, 13: 118, 1, 18: 172, 30. Drencas and sealfa wiþ þeórádlum, 12, 1, 3

Linked entries: þeór þeór-drenc

be-búgan

(v.)

to avoid.

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Hé bebeáh hí and warnode hine wiþ hí swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2. Ongan hé his freónd and his geféran bebúgan amicos coepit et familiares deserere, 181, 1. Add

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht .

to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil

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Wið his hláford forworht, Past. 143, 3. Gif hé náne gewitnysse hæbbe ꝥ hé forworht sig ( eum malefactorem fuisse ), Ll. Th. ii. 182, 30. Sum forworht wíf dón on carcern, Wlfst. 2, 19.

ǽw-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-bryce, es; m.

A breaking of the marriage vow ⬩ adultery ⬩ adulterium

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A breaking of the marriage vow, adultery; adulterium Wið ǽghwylcne ǽwbryce against all kind of adultery, L. C. E. 34; Th. i. 374, 10: L. C. S. 51; Th. i. 404, 20: L. Edna. S; Th. i. 246, 8

Linked entry: éw-bryce

bearn-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
bearn-gestreón, es; n.

Child procreation ⬩ liberorum procreatio

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Child procreation; liberorum procreatio Ðæt ic þolian sceal bearngestreóna : ic wið brýde ne mót hǽmed habban that I shall lack child-procreation : with a bride I may not have intercourse, Exon. 105 b; Th. 402, 9; Rä. 21, 27

ealgian

(v.)
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Hí ealle on andwyrdnysse stódon, ðá ðá se án ðé týnde, and noldon ðé ealgian wið heora bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 13: B. 796. Add

fleóge

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Ðæt hí wið-bleówen ðǽre fleógan (culicem), Past. 439, 25. Flégan hundlice muscam caninam, Ps. Srt. 77, 45. Lytle fugelas ofsleáð sum ðing, húru ðás fleógan, Hml. Th. ii. 46, 17. Add

burg-waran

(n.)
Grammar
burg-waran, burh-waran, gen.-warena; pl. m.

Inhabitants of a city, citizens ⬩ urbis incolæ, cives

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Burgwarena fruma the chief of the citizens, Scóp Th. 182; Wíd. 90

Linked entry: burh-waran

wiþer-rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽdness, e; f.

Contrariety ⬩ opposition ⬩ hostility ⬩ ill-will ⬩ unfavourableness ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ oppositeness of nature

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Gr. 47; Zup. 275, 7. hostility, ill-will, Similar entries v. wiþer-rǽde, I Wið hunda réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse; se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lchdm. i. 372, 3. unfavourableness, disadvantage, Similar entries v.

Linked entry: wiþer-rǽde

ymb-windan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-windan, p. -wand.
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to wind (intrans.) round, encompass Rápas synfulra ymbwundon mé funes peccatorum complexi sunt me, Ps. Spl. T. 118, 61. to wind (trans.) about, wind round Ymbuundun circumponentes Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 29

á-cennan

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Ox. 2316. of things Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð, Lch. iii. 276, 7.

Linked entry: on-cennan

níten

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Wið nýten, Ex. 22, 19. Bletsien þec deór and nýten ( wild beasts and cattle ), Az. 145. Be niétena misdǽdum. Gif neát mon gewundige, 78, 8. Gif sió ádl nétnum sié; and gif sió ádl wyrde mannan, Lch. ii. 14, 11. Add

denu

(n.)
Grammar
denu, e; f : dene,an ; f : dene,es ; m.

A plain, vale, dale, valley ⬩ vallis, convallis

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Ðá becóme wit to ánre dene, seó wæs ormǽtlíce deóp and wíd, and forneán on lenge unge-endod we two then came to a valley, which was immensely deep and wide, and in length almost endless, Homl.

Linked entries: dænu dene dene dene

efor

(n.)
Grammar
efor, es; m.

A wild boar ⬩ ăper

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A wild boar; ăper Hiene ofslóg án efor a wild boar slew him, Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 34. Surne sceoldan bión eforas some should be wild boars, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 34

ed-lǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
ed-lǽcung, e; f.

A repetition ⬩ repetĭtio

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A repetition; repetĭtio He sceal God biddan ðæt he hyne gehealde wið dara ǽrgedónra yfla edlǽcunge he shall pray to God to preserve him against a repetition of the evils before committed, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 42

Linked entry: -lǽcung