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wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Madravingblasphemousmadragingfurious

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Skt. i. 6, 205. raving, blasphemous, Similar entries v. wodlíce, II, wódness, II, and cf. woffian Múð wódne sóðfæstnysse andsware genyþerian os blasphemum veritatis responsione dampnare, Scint. 9, II. of animals Wið wódes hundes slite, Lchdm. i. 4,

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Ðá seonde hé ðæt man sceolde ðá scipu tóheáwan; ac hí ábruðon, ðá ðe hé tó þóhte (those he looked to failed in their duty ), Chr. 1004; P. 135, 30. Hí sume æt ðǽre neóde ábruðon, and fram ðám cynge gecyrdon, 1101; P. 237, 6.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

ge-défe

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Behealde ic tó þám eádmódan and tó þám gedéfan (quietum), Scint. 18, 8. His gást wunað ofer ðone eádmódan and ofer þone gedéfan, Hml. A. 40, 394. Gedéfe mód tranquillam mentem, Wülck. 01. 252, 20. Þá gedéfan quietos, Hy. S. 3, 23.

greát

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Gif mon óðres wudu bærneð ... forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19

nigon

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add: inflected Mid nigonum þára níwena scipa, Chr. 897; P. 90, 23. (1 a) with a pronoun :-- Ðæt wé tellan á .x. men tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene, Ll.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.

a treea materialwoodtreesa woodroof-treesaddle-treea piece of wooda beamlogstakestaffcudgelgallows-treetree used of the cross

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Gif man óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne, forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70. 5. Óftost beóþ ða treówa getealde feminini generis, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Zup. 20, 14: Ps. Spl. 95, 12. Treówu, Scint. 56, 17: Ps. Th. 57, 8.

Linked entries: tréu trýw treó

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Ac hié hæfdon þá heora stemn gesetenne and hiora mete genotudne . . . fÞá se cyng wæs þiderweardes mid þǽre scíre þe mid him fierdedon . . . sió óþeru fierd wæs hámweardes, Chr. 894; P. 85, 22-86, 4. Seó fird, P. 88, 7, 20.

ge-bǽru

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Hí míne unsceamlican gebǽra geseónde mé on heora scip námon tó him, Hml. S. 23 b, 369-378. Þá deófla of þám geswenctum mannum mid wundorlicum gebǽrum ( with wonderful behaviour, behaving in a most extraordinary manner ) wurdon him fram, 31, 1212.

ge-dál

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Cf. ge-dǽlan; 1 On ǽgðre healfe þæs scipes wæs regnes storm, and in ꝥ ilce scip nán regnes dropa ne gefeóll . . . þis wundor þæs regnes gedáles ( hoc quod de diuisa pluuia factum miraculum), Gr. D. 196, 14. dissolution, destruction.

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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Gæst in deáþ-seledrence bifæsteþ scipu mid scealcum the guest commits ships and crews to the death-hall by drowning, Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 2; Wal. 30

Linked entry: drenge

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anythingan apertureorifice

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Gif án þyrl ( foramen ) open byð forlǽten, ðanon fram feóndum beó inn ágan, Scint. 140, 6. Ðæt wǽre ðyrel on middum ðæm hweóle, Shrn. 81, 13. Gerýme ðæt ðæt þyrel ( the aperture made by a lancet ) tó nearo ne sié, Lchdm. ii. 208, 25.

Linked entries: þirel þyrl

un-lust

(n.)
Grammar
un-lust, es; m.

absence of desiredisgustdisinclinationwant of appetitedisinclination to actionlistlessnesswant of pleasurejoylessnesswearinessan evil pleasurelust

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Unlusta voluptatum, Scint. 106, 10. Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 148, 27. Þurh unlustas libidinibus, L. Ecg. C. 5, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 15.

ríht

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Sé ꝥ gebéte his dryhtne .c. sciłł. an eald reht, Ll. Th. 38, 6. Add Méda beeástan ee swé ðér mid riahte tó ðém lande limpað, C. D. ii. 75, 20. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Gif ꝥ riht tó hefig sý, séce þá líhtinge tó þám cynge, Ll.

self

Grammar
self, <b>A. I</b> δ.
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</b> translating solus :-- Willa on him sylf oferprút ys uoluntas in eis sola superba est, Scint. 183, 11. For sylfre ídelre gylpincge pro sola inani gloria, 144, 11.

scealc

(n.)
Grammar
scealc, es; m.

a servanta man, soldier, sailor

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Scipu mid scealcum ships with their crews, Exon. Th. 362, 3; Wal. 31. Þer wes moni bald scalc(cniht, 2nd MS.), Laym. 19126. Heo wenden bi þen scelden þat hit heore scalkes (men, 2nd MS.)weoren, 4219. Schalk a knight, Gaw. 160

Linked entry: scilcen

á-dreógan

to bear offsuffer, endureto bear with, tolerateto pass, spend timeto carry out, perform

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Ádrogenum máne peracto flagitio, Scint. 236, 2

Linked entry: á-dreósan

leornian

(v.)
Grammar
leornian, p. ode

To learnstudyread

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Syle andgit ðæt ic ðíne gewitnesse wel leornige da mihi intellectum ut sciam testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 125. Ic hit for ðære hǽlo ðe hit leornige oððe gehýre áwrát ob salutem legendum, sive audientium narrandam esse putavi, Bd. 5, 13; S. 634, 2.

Linked entry: leornend

nebb

(n.)
Grammar
nebb, es; n.

a nebniba beaka beak-shaped thinga nosethe gristle of the nosethe facecountenance

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G.) of ásleá, gebéte him mid. lx. sciłł., L. Alf. Pol. 48; Th. i. 94, 8. the face, countenance Neb facies, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 51 : vultus, Hpt. Gl. 475. 6. Hys nebb ( facies ) wæs mid swátlíne gebunden, Jn. Skt. 11, 44. Neb, Met. 31, 23.

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, adv.
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</b> for time, in this world :-- Se ðe on ðisse worulde wel tídlíce (temporaliter ) wealdt, bútan ende on écnysse ríxaþ, Scint. 182, 1. conveniently, at a suitable time Hé sóhte ðætte tídlíce ðætte mæhte sellan hine (cf. hé sóhte hú hé eáðelícust

Linked entry: tímlíce

wyrt-wala

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-wala, an; m.: -walu, e; f.
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the root of a plant Swá fela bóga treówes of ánum wyrtwalan ( radice ) spryttaþ, Scint. 3, 17. Genim wegbrǽdan wyrtwalan, Lchdm. i. 82, 19: 90, 6, 23: 94, 19, 23. Wyrtwalan radices, Ps. Surt. 79, 10.