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hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter

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Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan Adam's mind changed, and his heart began to turn to her desire, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 28; Gen. 716.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support

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Se líchoma hine him (the devil) underðiéd mid ðære lustfulnesse ... Swá swá sió nædre lǽrde Euan on wóh and Eue hí hire underðiód[d]e mid lustfulnesse, swá swá líchoma caro se delectatione subjicit ...

ge-weorþan

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Hié ealle gewearð him betweónum þæt hié wolden Rómánum geswícan cum defectionem meditarentur, 5, 10; S. 234, 13.

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Ǽlc þing cymþ of sumum ðingum, for ðý hit ne biþ weás gebyred; ac þǽr hit of náuhte ne cóme, þonne wǽre hit weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 28-30. with hit as subject, and a clause following the verb Gif hit ǽfre gebyreþ ꝥ heó blódes onbirigð, Bt. 25

heard-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
heard-sǽlþ, e; f.

A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct

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Ic wolde gewýscan gif ic mihte ðæt hí næfdon ða heardsǽlþa ðæt hí mihton yfel dón uti hoc infortunio cito careant, patrandi sceleris possibilitate deserti, vehementer exopto, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 4.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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Him an gefór swíðlíc wafung on swá wuldorfæstan wuldre, ii. 23b, 691. Ðá arn ðæt folc tó for wafunge, i. 12, 206. Hit hí mid swá mycelre fyrhto and wafunge ( tanto stupore) geslóh, Bd. 4, 7 ; S. 575, 7.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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single, alone, solitary, by one's self, not combined with anything else Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11.

wiþ-cwedenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-cwedenness, e; f.

Gainsaying ⬩ contradiction ⬩ opposition

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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32.

Linked entry: cwedenness

á-sécan

to seek out ⬩ search for ⬩ to search through ⬩ explore

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Add: to seek out, search for Ácsa hine his wísena and áséc his dǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 260, 21. Ðæt seó sáwel dysi forbúge and wísdóm áséce, Hex. 40, 1. to search through, explore Hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásóhte, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2 note

Linked entry: on-sécan

un-gemenged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemenged, adj.

Unmixed ⬩ unmingled

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Unmixed, unmingled Hit is gecynd ðære godcundnesse ðæt hió mæg beón ungemenged wið óþre gesceafta búton óþerra gesceafta fultume ea est divinae forma substantiae, ut neque in externa dilabatur, nec in se externum aliquid ipsa suscipiat, Bt. 35, 5; Fox

Linked entries: ge-menged un-menged

mynster-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-stede, es; m.
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr.

beddian

(v.)
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Þá woldon ðá préóstas him wurðlíce beddian, and bǽron micel streáw tó his beddinga, Hml. S. 31, 848. Dó hyne on wearme húse, and bedde hys bed myd mórsecge, Lch. iii. 140, 25. He lette hine baðien and beddien feire, Laym. 6658. Add

be-seón

(v.)
Grammar
be-seón, -sión, bi-seón; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; impert. -sih; pp. -sewen; [be by, near, about; seón to see]

to look about or around ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ to see, look, behold ⬩ videre, aspicere ⬩ to go to see, visit ⬩ visere, visitare

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to look about or around; circumspicere Sóna ðá hí besáwon hí, nánne hí mid him ne gesáwon suddenly when they looked about them, they saw no one with him, Mk. Bos. 9, 8.

pǽca

(n.)
Grammar
pǽca, an; m.
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A deceiver Se ðe sægþ ðæt hé lufie God, and his beboda ne healdeþ, hé biþ ðonne him sylf leás, and biþ his ágen pǽca, Basil admn. 4 ; Norm. 40, 21

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person

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Þe deuel mid his hinderworde bicherde Adam, ii. 59, 19. Hii wolleþ us bicheorre (biwiȝelien, 1st MS.) þorh hire wise craftes, Laym. 969. Herkne nu, we nelleþ þe nouht bicherre, Misc. 46, 324

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

hyht

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Ðæt hí heora hiht ne besetton on ðám swicelum welum, Hml. Th. ii. 326, 35. Ic in mínne fæder hyht staðelie, Jul. 437 : El. 798. Ðá ðe hiht on hine habbað fæste, Ps. Th. 129, 7: 143, 3.

nán-wiht

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán-wiht, nán-uht.

nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit

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Bibeód him ðæt nǽniht (ne ǽniht, Lind.) hiǽ gilǽdde on woeg praecepit ne quid tollerent in via, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 8. Náneht ł ne óht (nǽniht ł nóht, Rush.) nullam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 22.

Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Fægen voti compos, 124, 11. with cause of gladness given, in genitive Hilarius nine underféng, fagen his cymes, Hml. Th. ii. 504, 19. Fægen (fagen, v. l.) his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon ; pp. -sp[r]ecen .

to speak against ⬩ speak ill of ⬩ denounce ⬩ to misrepresent a case, ⬩ state wrongly ⬩ to lose that which is the subject of a suit ⬩ to speak to no purpose ⬩ waste one's words

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to speak against, speak ill of denounce Forsprecað hí foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá hí becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað hí,' Hml.

tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict

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Se kásere hine tintregode mid unásecgendlícum wítum, Shrn. 116, 1. Ða ðe tintergedon ðone hálgan wer, 73, 1. Hí tintregodon hine and forléton hine sámcucene plagis impositis abierunt semivivo reticto, Lk. Skt. 10, 30.

Linked entry: tregian