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hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Ðá wæs ágangen geára hwyrftum then had passed in course of years, Elen. Kmbl. 2; El. 1

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ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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Twuga on geáre ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre tó rípe twice a-year, once at hay-time and the other at harvest, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 30. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoþe, v. 162, 28. Huíto sint tó hrippe ( ad messem ), Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 35.

Linked entry: ripa

teóða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
teóða, teogeða; ord. num.
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Ðý ilcan geáre gebócude Æþelwulf cyning teóþan dǽl his londes ofer al his ríce Gode tó lofe and him selfum tó écere hǽlo, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 25: Ex. 29, 40. Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóðan sceat Abraham sealde Godes bisceope, Cd. Th. 128, 5; Gen. 2122.

Linked entries: teigða téþa

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Lch. i. 70, 3. to protect from a feeling of (superstitious) reverence, where sanctity is attributed to a place or object, v. friþ-geard, -splott Wæs án píntreów wið ꝥ templ gefriðed, swíde hálig geteald on þá hǽþenan wísan, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

ge-rídan

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Heó ealle þá þá landgemǽre geridan, eal swá heó man on fruman þám bisceope lǽdde, iv. 235, 3. to obtain by riding, ride and get, take possession of Ðá gerád Æðelwald þone hám æt Winburnan bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe . . . and hæfde ealle ðá geatu forworht

weald

(adv.)
Grammar
weald, adv. conj.

perhaps may be in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case

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Man sceal wacigean and warnian symle, ðæt man geara weorde tó ðam dóme, weald hwænne hé us tó cyme; wé witan mid gewisse, ðæt hit ðǽrtó neálǽcð people ought to watch and be ever on guard so that they may get ready for the judgement, in case any time it

CLIF

(n.)
Grammar
CLIF, clyf, cleof, es; n.

A CLIFF, rock, steep descentpromon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium

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Ðæt hie Geáta clifu ongitan meahton that they might perceive the cliffs of the Gauts, Beo. Th. 3826; B. 1911. Ofer cald cleofu over the cold cliffs, Andr. Kmbl. 619; An. 310: Exon. 101b; Th. 384, 15; Rä. 4, 28.

Linked entries: cleof cliof clyf

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Beó ðú on tíd gearu ne mæg ðæs ǽrendes ylding wyrðan be thou at the time ready, the errand may not brook delay, Andr. Kmbl. 430; An. 215. Ðá bæd hé hine yldinge and fyrstes petens inducias, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 7.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

wraþu

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
wraþu, e; f.

A propstaysupportsupportassistance

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Ðǽr bið á gearu wraðu wannhálum wíta gehwylces, Eten. Kmbl. 2057; El. 1030. Wéne ic mé wraðe tó ðé ego in te sperabo, Ps. Th. 55, 3. Wyrta ðú geworhtest tó wraðe manna producens herbam servituti hominum, 103, 13. Se mé wraþe healdeþ, Exon.

be-witan

watch over

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Se munuc þe þæs mynstres geat bewiste, 23 b, 66. Hé ungeorne bewiste hwæt he dyde he managed his business carelessly. Bl. H. 183, 23. Hí gesettan him x consulas, tó þon ꝥ hié hiera ǽ bewisten (constituendarum legum gratia), Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 19.

Linked entry: be-witian

of

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Bebeád ic eów þæt gé bróðor míne árétten of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf, Cri. 1502. Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíra cynnes fíf þúsendo, An. 589.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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Æðelbriht] rícsode v gear here, A. D. 860, king Æthelbald died, and Ethelbert succeeded to all the kingdom [Wessex] of his brother, and Ethelbert reigned five years. Chr. 860; Erl. 71, 3-10

Linked entry: Berhte

un-gesǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlig, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateunhappysufferingmisfortunecalamitysuffering want of moral goodcausing unhappinessunfortunatecalamitousunprofitableevil

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Gl. 716. of things, unfortunate, calamitous Ðis ungesǽlige geár infaustus ille annus, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 32. unprofitable, evil Se ungesǽliga gewuna beláf of hǽðenra manna biggenge, Homl. Ass. 146, 47.

Linked entries: ge-sǽlig un-sǽlig

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Ic geann Eédríce ðæs swurdes ðe seó hand is on gemearcod, C. D. iii. 363, 21. to mark, seal Gemearcod signatus (fons), An. Ox. 3899. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on Se apostol his eágan gemearcode mid þǽre hálgan róde, Hml.

helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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Bibeád ic eów ꝥ gé of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf earmra hulpen, Cri. 1603. used absolutely: Gif limlǽweo lama þe forworht wǽre weorðe forlǽten, and hé æfter þám þreó niht áibbe, siþþan man mót hylpan, sé þe wyllen beorgan sáre and sáule, Ll.

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Ic geann mínum hláforde syxti mancusa goldes I give to my lord sixty mancuses of gold, Chart. Th. 516, 32. Úrum hláforde holde loyal to our lord, L. C. E. 20; Th. i. 372, 8.

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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Wæs hé beforan ær þá þreó gear gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 35. Swá Antecríst ǽr beforan dyde, 95, 3. Eal hé ꝥ ǽr beforan on onlíc weorc áteáh, 215, 5

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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Se snáw gebryceþ burga geatu, reáfaþ swíðor mycle ðonne se swíðra níð, Salm. Kmbl. 65; Sal. 307. Reáfiaþ hine ( the vineyard ) ealle ða farende, Ps. Spl. 79, 13 : Blickl. Gl.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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On ðam geáre synd getealde twá and fíftig wucena, Lchdm. iii. 246, 12. Hié fela wucena sǽton on twá healfe ðære é, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 25. vi. wicum (wucan, v.l. ) ǽr hé forþférde, 887; Erl. 84, 35. Wucum, 901; Erl. 98, 6: Bd. 5, 4 ; S. 617, 7.

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan