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wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, es; m.

movementa wavewaterthe wavesea

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Gewát se fugel earce sécan ofer wonne wǽg, 88, 8; Gen. 1462. Windas weóxon, wǽgas grundon, Andr. Kmbl. 746; An. 373: 911; An. 456: 3088; An. 1547. Hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas, 1496; An. 749. Wonne wǽgas, Cd. Th. 8, 4; Gen. 119.

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Se fugel ádráf ealle ðá óþre fuglas fram ðǽm líchoman, Shrn. 57, 3. Fram ádreofon abegerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 73. Ádríf hí fram ðé, Bt. 7. 2; F. 18, 9. Hí sýn fram ðínre handa ádrifene de manu tua expulsa sunt, Ps.

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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Gif ceorl geþeáh, ðæt he hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and cycenan [MS. ky-cenan ], bell-hús and burh-geat-setl, and sunder-note on cynges healle, ðonne wæs he ðonon-forþ þegen-rihtes weorþe if a free man thrived, so that he had fully

Linked entry: ciorl

hryre

(n.)
Grammar
hryre, es; m.

Falldownfallruindestructionperditiondecaydeclinedeath

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His hryre wæs micel fuit ruina ejus magna, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27. Hægles hryre fall of hail, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 26; Ph. 16. Ðæt ðæs folces sceolde micel hryre beón that there should be a great destruction among the Romans, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 45.

leahter

(n.)
Grammar
leahter, es; m.

a crimefaultoffencesinvicedisgracefulreproachopprobriumblamedisgracediseasedisorderhurtmalady

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Swá sceal wísdómes bodung healdan manna heortan wið brosnunge fúlra leahtra, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 21, Ic mé synnum and leahtrum þeódde vitiorum implicamentis solebam servire, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 30.

Linked entry: lehter

wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.
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Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ecclesiae crementis detrimento fuit, 2, 5 ; S. 506, 37.

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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Drince hé wearmes scene fulne, Lch. ii. 316, 16. Búton Jóhannes áttor drunce, Hml. Th. i. 72, 11. Hié him sealdon áttor drinccan, Bl. H. 229, 16. to swallow the contents of a cup Mage gyt drincan þone calic þe ic tó drincenne hæbbe?

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Ðeáh þú wǽre eallra monna fægrost, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 27. of the body and its parts Þæt feax áfealleð þe ǽr wæs fæger on híwe and on fulre wæstme, Wlfst. 148, 5. Þín se fægresta fæþm, Bl. H. 7, 25.

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, e; f. (but ofer ðínne mǽð,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 27.
  • )

measuredegreeproportionthe measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacydegreerankstatusconditiondue measurerightdue measure in regard to othershonourrespect

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Ger. 395, 58. due measure in regard to others, honour, respect (v. mǽþ-full) Hwílum wǽron heáfodstedas and heálíce hádas micelre mǽþe and munde wyrþe, and griþian mihton ða ðe ðæs beþorftan and ðǽrtó sóhtan aa be ðære mǽþe ðe ðǽrtó gebyrede formerly

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Hí sóhton óðer land (hell ): þæt wæs leóhtes leás and wæs líges full (cf. Milton's 'from those flames no light'), Gen. 333: Bl. H. 63, 2. Leóhtes hyrde God, Az. 121 : Dóm. 53. Þone þe leóht gescóp.

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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Hǽt [Cot. hát] fealdan ðæt segl gives order to furl the sail, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 14. Ðá héht hé Simon infeccan beforan hine then he ordered that Simon should be brought in before him, Blickl. Homl. 175, 1: Andr. Kmbl. 2459; An. 1231: Chart.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Beorht wǽron burgræced ... meodoheall monig mandreáma full óþ ðæt ðæt onwende wyrd seó swíðe until fate wrought disastrous change, Exon. Th. 477, 15; Ruin. 25. Drync unheórne, se onwende gewit wera, Andr. Kmbl. 69; An. 35.

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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Homl. 185, 13. where the circumstance, in which the splendour, etc., consists, is given Fugel feþrum wlonc the bird splendid of plumage, Exon. Th. 204, 19; Ph. 100. Draca on hlǽwe frætwum wlanc, Menol. Fox 513; Gn. C. 27.

Linked entry: wlencu

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Ic (the soul) ðé (the body) wunian sceolde, Soul Kmbl. 86; Seel. 43. in figurative expressions Se fugel wunaþ wyllestreámas (bathes), Exon. Th. 204, 29; Ph. 105. Wunian wælreste to lie dead, 184, 10; Gú. 1342: Beo.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

scín-lác

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lác, es; n.
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Næs his scínlác ne his hergiung on ða fremdan áne ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde ða ðe him wǽron mid farende nec minor ejus (Alexander) in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit , Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 130, 19.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Swá se fulfremeda wæstm biþ on fulre strencðe þeónde, ii. 76, 19. Se weard (the angel at the gate of Eden) hafaþ miht and strengðo, Cd. Th. 58, 22; Gen. 950. Ic ðíne strengþu (virtutem) singe, Ps. Th. 58, 16. Strengðe fortitudinem, Ps. Spl. 58, 18.

þus

(adv.)
Grammar
þus, adv.

Thusin this manner, degree

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Cucler fulne þus geworhtes drincan, Lchdm. ii. 182, 23. Lǽtaþ þus sinite usque huc, Lk. Skt. 22, 51. Grammar þus, with adjectives Ðis wíf wæs áfundyn on unrihton hǽmede. Moyses ús bebeád ðæt wé sceoldon þus geráde mid stánum oftorfian, Jn.

cwide

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Stæfcræfti(g)ra fulle cwydas (cwedas, Hpt. Gl. 473, 19) grammaticorum periodos, An. Ox. 2849. a (judicial) sentence Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten tó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ: 'Terra es, et in terrain ibis,' Bl. H. 123, 7. Se cwyde úre brosnunge, Hml.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Helle, morðorhúsa mǽst, fýres fulle, Cri. 1624. used personally Hell ongeat ꝥ se Scyppend cwóm, þá heó ꝥ weorud ágeaf, Cri. 1160. Nales hel (infernus) ondetteð ðé, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 185, 23

torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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Lífes leóhtfruma leng ne wolde torn þrowigean would not restrain his wrath, 146, 14; Gen. 2422. unrighteous anger, rage Wǽron teónsmiðas (the evil spirits) tornes fulle, cwǽdon ðæt him Gúðlác earfeþa mǽst ána gefremede, Exon. Th. 114, 22; Gú. 176.