rǽde
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rǽdran rǽd gemittan ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde in quo corrigit junior viam sitam? in custodiendo sermones tuos, Ps. Th. 118, 9. Rǽdan (?) biionges exercitationis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 59
gleáw-hýdig
Wise of thought ⬩ heedful ⬩ prudent ⬩ sagacious
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Glæd man gleáwhýdig seteþ sóðne dóm þurh his sylfes word jucundus homo disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Th. 111, 5
stefna
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-stefn, and next word
swegel-dreám
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Heavenly joy Ufancundes engles of swegl-dreámum word, Exon. Th. 169, 21 ; Gú. 1098. Cheruphim and Seraphim on swegeldreámum, Andr. Kmbl. 1439; An. 720. Swáse swegl-dreámas gé ( the good at the day of judgment ) geseón mósten, Exon.
swíþ-from
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Mín geswíþfroma ( addressing the Deity ), Anglia xii. 508, 1. v. next word
cócnunga
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Sume of rigenum melwe wyrceað bríwas and cócnunga mid sealte, 236, 10. v. next word
fulla
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The full, the highest stage reached by anything, the perfection, perfect specimen of a kind or class Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gif þæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres? oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104
milite
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of-tredan
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sceam-full
Modest, chaste
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Chaucer uses the word in its modern sense ignominious As shamful deeth as herte may deusye Come to these Juges, C. T. Group C. 290
wælt
apparently some part of the thigh ⬩ a sinew
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As regards the form of the word, it might be compared with O.H.Ger. walza decipula, pedica.)
irmen
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A word occurring mostly as a prefix with the idea of greatness, universality. In the following passages it occurs independently Faraþ geond ealne yrmenne grund go through the whole earth, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 18; Cri. 481.
Linked entry: eormen
tígan
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Th. i. 432, 33. figurative Nú ðú miht gehýran, hú ðes dǽl ( the conjunction ) tígþ ða word tógædere, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 258, 10
wrencan
to tarn ⬩ twist ⬩ to practise wiles ⬩ use tricks
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to tarn, twist (intrans. ) Is ðæs horderes tácen, ðæt mon wrænce mid his hande, swilce hé wille loc unlúcan, Techm. ii. 118, 12. to practise wiles, use tricks, Similar entries v. wrenc Biþ óþer swice, . . . wrenceþ hé and blenceþ, worn geþenceþ hinderhóca
for-trúwodnes
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Word fortrúgadnisse verba praecipitationis, Ps. Srt. 51, 6. Ðá ðe for hira fortrúwodnesse and for hira hrædwilnesse beóð tó (ðǽre láre) gescofene quos praecipitatio impellit, Past. 375, 20.
ge-sceatwyrpan
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A. 332) manumissio seems to shew that the word is connected with sceatt not sceát, though the phrase in sceát álecgan (v. sceát; ) desponsare might seem to point to sceát.] Cf. be-sceatwyrpan
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ge-wyrdelíce
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