winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Worhte Ælfréd cyning lytle werede geweorc æt Æþelinga eigge, and of ðam geweorce wæs winnende wiþ ðone here, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 6. of the action of inanimate objects Se winterlíca wind wan mid ðam forste the winter wind warred along with the frost, Homl
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BRINGAN
To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry ⬩ ferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre
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Winter bringeþ weder ungemetcald winter brings weather excessively cold, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 117; Met. 11, 59: 11, 125; Met. 11, 63. Regn wolcen brincgeþ a cloud brings rain, Ps. Th. 67, 10.
must
Must ⬩ new wine
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Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter, ðeáh ðé wel lyste wearmes mustes, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32. Ðás men sindon mid muste fordrencte ( 'these men are full of new wine,' Acts 2, 13), Homl. Th. i. 314, 21
hund-nigontig
Ninety
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Se winter hæfaþ tú and hundnigontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33; 146, 7. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham and his gebedda hundnigontig Abraham was a hundred years old and his consort ninety, Homl. Th. i. 92, 21. Nigon and hundnigontig nonaginta novem, Lk.
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BÓSG
An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis
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An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties.
weallan
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</b> of natural forces Man dráf út his módor bútan ǽlcre mildheortnesse ongeán þone weallendan winter, Chr. 1037; P. 160, 16
wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter. Bt. 5,2; Fox 10, 31. Tó wringen[n]e ad exprimendos, Hpt. Gl. 468, 32. [O. H. Ger. ringan rixari, luctari.]
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set
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D. i. 315, 31. v. hring-, sunn-, winter-set
GRIM
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Wæs se winter to ðæs grim ðæt manig man his feorh for cýle gesealde the winter was so severe that many a man lost his life with the cold, Blickl. Homl. 213, 31: Chr. 1005; Erl. 139, 37. Mid grimmun gefeohte with severe fighting, 5, 3: Byrht.
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sam
Whether, or
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Hý gedóþ ðæt ǽgðer fætels biþ oferfroren sam hit sý sumor, sam winter, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 21, 17. Sam hý fæsten sam hý ne fæsten omni tempore siue jejunii siue prandii, R. Ben. 66, 14.
weþer
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Is nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga winter lǽfæd hæfð nigon eald hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþæra, 163, 4. Weðera vervecum Hpt. Gl. 524, 17. His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . hundteóntig weðera ( centum arietes 1 Kings 4, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 576, 33.
geár-getal
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Cf. winter-getæl
a-yrnan
To run over ⬩ to pass or go over ⬩ pass ⬩ go ⬩ præterire ⬩ decurrere
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Swá neáh wæs þúsend wintra a-urnen so near was a thousand winters gone, Chr. 973; Th. 226, 5, col. 1; Edg. 16: Cd. 79; Th. 98, 6; Gen. 1626. A-urnenre tíde in or at a declining time, the time being far spent or gone.
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on-bídan
to abide, wait, remain ⬩ to wait for, expect, ⬩ to wait on, attend upon
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Gif wífes wer sig on hæftnýde gelǽded, onbýde expectet heo his .vi. winter, L. Ecg. C. 26; Th. ii. 152, 4. Wé sculon óðres onbídan, Lk. Skt. 7, 20. Willaþ gé mín onbídan? Blickl.
sumer
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Sumer and winter; on sumera hit biþ wearm and on wintra ceald, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Gé witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind. Rush.) ys gehende, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32.
Dere
The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber ⬩ Deīri
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He wæs vii winter Dera cyning he was king of the Deirians seven years, 3, 14; S. 539, 32.
lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
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Gif middes wintres messedeg biþ on sunnandeg, ðonne biþ gód winter and lengten windi, Lchdm. iii. 162, 26. Winter biþ cealdost, lencten hrímigost, Menol. Fox 471; Gn. C. 6. Wæs ðá lencten ágán bútan vi. nihtum ǽr sumeres cyme on Maias Kł., Elen.
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ge-beódan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ summon ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ to offer ⬩ propose ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbēre
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Gebudon him Perse ðæt hí hæfdon iii winter sibbe wið hí the Persians proposed that they should have peace with them for three years, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 52, 27
Domuc
Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich ⬩ loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma
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Felix se bisceop, se com of Burgundana ríces dǽlum, onféng biscopsetl on Dommocceastre, and mid ðý he seofontyne winter on bisceoplícum gerece fóre wæs, ðǽr he on sibbe his líf ge-endode Felix episcŏpus, qui de Burgundiōrum partĭbus venit, accēpit sedem
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blót-mónaþ
November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is thus described
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[blót a sacrifice, mónaþ month] November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed.
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