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láðettan

(v.)
Grammar
láðettan, p. te

odious ⬩ hateful ⬩ be hated ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to abominate ⬩ hate

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To be odious or hateful, be hated, be hostile, to abominate, hate Láðetteþ detestantur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 8. Man láðette tó swýðe ðæt man scolde lufian people hated too much what they ought to love, Wulfst. 168, 13. Uncer láðette ǽgðer óðer ðeáh ðe hé

agén-gehweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
agén-gehweorfan, p. -gehwearf, pl. -gehwurfon; pp. -gehworfen

To change again ⬩ to return ⬩ redire

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To change again, to return; redire Ðá híg agén-gehwurfon cum redirent. Lk. Bos. 2, 43

circe-wíca

(n.)
Grammar
circe-wíca, an; m.

A church-dwelling, sacristy ⬩ sacrarium

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A church-dwelling, sacristy; sacrarium To ðe circewícan to the sacristy, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 13

be-helman

(v.)
Grammar
be-helman, p. ede; pp. ed

To cover over ⬩ to cover ⬩ cooperire

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To cover over, to cover; cooperire Heolstre behelmed covered with darkness Salm. Kmbl. 209; Sal. 104

Linked entry: bi-helmian

éd-módian

(v.)
Grammar
éd-módian, -módigan; p. ode; pp. od

To be humble, to obey ⬩ obēdīre

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To be humble, to obey; obēdīre Hi édmódigaþ him obēdiunt ei. Mk. Lind. War. 1. 27

wiþerweardian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerweardian, p. ode

To oppose ⬩ be adverse to

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To oppose, be adverse to Ða ðe wiþerweardiaþ mé qui adversantur mihi, Ps. Spl. 34, 22

Linked entry: wiþerwirdan

wiþerwirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerwirdan, p. de

To oppose ⬩ be adverse to

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To oppose, be adverse to Ealle ða ðé wiþerwyrdaþ omnes qui tibi aduersantur, Scint. 165, 4

wrang

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wrang, es; n.

Wrong

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Wrong Unrihtdérnan, ðe wendaþ wrang tó rihte and riht tó wrange, Wulfst. 203, 26: 298, 20

Linked entry: wrong

dúnig

(adj.)
Grammar
dúnig, (?); adj.
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Down, mountain Tó dúnian mere to the mere on the downs (?), C. D. v. 245, 22

ge-frettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frettan, p. te
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To devour Tó flégendum ðá ðe gefrettað ðá ad volatilia quae comedunt messes, Rtl. 147, 9

slápol

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Ne scealt þú nǽfre beón ne tó slápol ne tó sláw, Angl. xii. 516, 33. Add

smeortan

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Add:(?) : to burn Tó smorcenne (smeortenne? Cf. O. H. Ger. smerzan cremare) arsuros, An. Ox. 1431

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
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Add: to hope, intrans. to hope, trust in Wé gehyhtað on þé. Ps. Th. 32, 18. Gehihtaþ ł hopiaþ, Ps. L. 32, 22. On þone gé gehyhtað (gihyhtas, R.), Jn. 5, 45. Þá þe on þé gehihtað, Hml. S. 30, 236 : Gr. D. 70, 19, Þá þe gehihtiaþ on his mildheortnysse

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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to imitate Gelíccetton simulare (gestit simulare sui perpendicula patris, Ald. 158, 4), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 66. to make a thing appear like something better than it is, to give an appearance of goodness to a thing Ðonne hwá on ðá leásunga beféhð, ðonne

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

ge-lǽððe

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Tó Indeum aldre gelǽððe Bartholameus, Ap. 43. In the second edition of Grein's Bibliothek the reading of the MS. is taken to be gelædde. Perhaps genéðde should be substituted; the phrase aldre genéðde occurs in ll. 17, 50, and the construction with tó

ge-liþewácian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþewácian, p. ode.
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to render gentle, soften a person Hié wǽron tó sybbe geliðewácede and gefeohtan ne meahton they were brought to the gentleness of peace and could not fight, Nap. 15, 28. to mitigate, soften the rigour of misery, pain, & c. Geliðewáca þisne unlíðan

Linked entry: leoþuwácian

ge-rówan

(v.)
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to row, sail Hrówundum t mið ðý gehrówun nauigantibus, Lk. L. 8, 23. to reach by rowing (sailing, & c. ), sail to a place Dona gehréwun enauigauerunt, Lk. L. 8, 26. to traverse in a vessel, row along a boundary Ða ic sylf stundum gerád, stundum

Linked entry: rówan

ge-wrixlung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlung, e; f.
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Changing from one thing to another. v. gewrixl; Þrý mónðas wyrcað þryfeald[e?] gewrixlunge þǽra feówer tíman . . . ꝥ ǽlc heora hæfð þrý mónðas three changes of season, spring to summer, summer to autumn, autumn to winter, occur at intervals of three

Linked entry: wrixlung

webbian

(v.)
Grammar
webbian, p. ode

To weave, contrive

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To weave, contrive Hé wróht webbade, Andr. Kmbl. 1343; An. 672. Gé inwitþancum wróht webbedon, Elen. Kmbl. 617; El. 309. Ne beó inwit tó leóf, ne wróhtas tó webgenne, ne searo to rénigenne, Blickl. Homl. 109, 29. [Webbon̄ or webbe clothe of lynnyne linifico

Linked entries: webbung webgian

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Loss ⬩ destruction

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Loss, destruction Ðæt tó lore weorþe án ðíne lioma ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 29: 9, 17: l0, 6. Ðæt nǽniges mannes feorh tó lore wearð for ðam ofslægenan cyninges bréðer ut nullius anima hominis pro interfecto reges fratre daretur

Linked entries: los lyre