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wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Se wilda fugel ( the Phenix ), Exon. Th. 211, 21; Ph. 201. Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian, wulf sceal on bearowe, Menol. Fox 495 ; Gn. C. 18. Sió wilde beó. Met. 18, 5. Seó leó ge-monð ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 12.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Wihta gehwylce, deóra and fugla, 61, 10; Cri. 982. Cynna gehwylc cucra wuhta, ðara ðe lyft and flód fédaþ, feoh and fuglas, Cd. Th. 78, 23; Gen. 1297. Dreám cwicra wihta, Exon. Th. 411, 5 ; Rä. 29, 8.

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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Quindĕcim cŭbĭtis altior fuit aqua super montes, quæ operuĕrat, Gen. 7, 19, 20. He gehleápeþ heá dúne he shall leap the high downs, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 10; Cri. 717.

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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Ðonne hí mid fulle gesceáde ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelnes ðæt hí ǽr heóldon cum certo judicio deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 19. Sebastianus cwæþ ðis is swutol gedwyld and leás ýdelnyss, Homl. Skt. 5, 274.

Linked entry: ídel-gild

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lionlioness

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Griffus fiðerfóte fugel, leóne gelíc on wæstme, Wrt. Voc. 78, 2. Hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan ðonne rýnde hió she turned into a lioness, and when it ought to have spoken, then she roared, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 33.

Linked entries: leá león leóna

wrixlan

(v.)
Grammar
wrixlan, wrixlian; p. ede.

to changevaryalterto changealternateto exchangedealconversationintercourseto lendof what is lentof wordsto speak

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Se fugel swinsaþ and singeji swegle tógeánes . . . wrixleþ wóðcræfte beorhtan reorde incipit ilia sacri modulamina fundere cantus, et mira lucem voce ciere novam, 206, 15 ; Ph. 127. Bleóm wrixleþ changes colour, Elen.

Linked entries: wrislan wrixlung

hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight to lade, draw [water]; haurire

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Hlade ðonne mid ðære ylcan hand ðæs wæteres múþ fulne let him then take up with the same hand a mouthful of the water, Lchdm. iii. 68, 15; 74, 16. Wæter tó hladanne ad hauriendam aquam, Ex. 2, 16.

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

FINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.

To FINDinventimaginedevisecontriveorderdisposearrangedetermineinvĕnīredispōnĕreconsŭlĕre

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Ðǽr hí fulle dagas findaþ sóna dies plēni invĕnientur in eis, Ps. Th. 72, 8: 64, 10. Se cyning to nytnysse fand his leódum rex ūtĭlĭtāli suæ gentis consŭluit, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 3.

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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Sang se wanna fugel hrǽs on wénan the dusky fowl sang hoping for carrion, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 25; Gen. 1985. Furseus ðá beseah tó his líchaman swilce tó uncúþum hreáwe. Homl. Th. ii. 346, 7.

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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Cærenes gódne bollan fulne, and ecedes medmicelne, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 20. Midmycle (other MS. medmycle), Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34, Medmiclu and miclu pusilla et magna, Blickl. Gl.

gífre

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Voc. ii. 40, 29. of animals Swá swá fleógende fugel, ðonne hé gífre ( avidus ) bið, hé gesihð ðæt ǽs, and ðonne for ðǽm luste ðæs metes hé forgiet ðæt grín, Past. 331, 17. Ðæs gífran dopfugeles voracis mer[g]ule Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 6.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Gewát se wilda fugel earce sécan, wérig sígan tó handa hálgum rince, 88, 9 ; Gen. 1462. Sígende preceps, Germ. 399, 460. [Þe kinge sah to grunde (deide, 2nd MS.), Laym. 10255. Scal þi saule siȝen to helle 14589.] <b>Ia.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Th. i. 158, 26. dignity, nobleness Seó wlitige, weorðmynda full, heáh and hálig heofuncund þrýnes, Exon. Th. 24, 2 ; Cri. 378. Ára mé for hire wuldres weorþmyndum, Blickl. Homl. 89, 22.

Linked entry: wirþu

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Beád Swegen full gild and metsunga tó his here ðone winter, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 3: Exon. Th. 306, 29 ; Seef. 15. Wintras hiemes, Germ. 388, 26.

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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Kmbl. 1119 ; El. 561. of other living creatures Se fugel singeþ, Exon. Th. 206, 9 ; Ph. 124 : Salm. Kmbl. 539 ; Sal. 269. Fugelas singaþ, gylleþ grǽghama, Fins. Th. 9 ; Fin. 5. Se hana sóna hlúdswége sang immediately the cock crew, Homl.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Brimwudu láde fús the ship swift in its course, 52 a; Th. 182, 6; Gú. 1306. Ne lǽt ðú ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgende monn do not thou let living man divert thee from thy journey, hinder thee from thy way, 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24: Beo.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Steorran hié ætiéwdon ful neáh healfe tíd ofer undern, Chr. 540; Erl. 16, 4. Áne tíd dæges, 879; Erl. 80, 30. Hú ne synt twelf tída ðæs dæges? Jn. Skt. 11, 9. Feówer and twentig tída. . . ðæt is án dæg and án niht, Lchdm. iii. 254, 13: 260, 13-15.

Linked entry: týd

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Fíftig þurh fleám onweg losedon quinquaginta fuga lapsos esse, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 6. Dý læs ðe ðú losige ne tu pereas, Gen. 19, 15. Gif hé losige and hine mon eft gefó if he escape and be caught a second time, L.

Linked entry: lorian

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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B. 8, 574) takes it to be connected with þicgan (but see, þecgan); but, perhaps, the verb may be the same here as in the previous instances, and used with much the same force as wrap in n Byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel ( the phenix ) mid neste ... þonne

Linked entry: þacian

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Hé bebeád ðæt mon lóhannes gebróhte on Bothmose on wræcsíþe from óþrum cristenum monnum Ioannes in Paimum relegatnr fuit. Ors. 6, 9; Swt. 264, 11. Ðá ásende hé hine on wræcsíð tó ánum ígeoðe. Homl. Th. i. 58, 31 : 560, 20.