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wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 28.

wiþ-habban

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Úðwitan sǽdan ꝥ heó feólle . . . gif þá dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfdon (-hæfton, v.l.) rueret, ut sapientes dixerunt, si non planetarum occursu moderaretur, Angl. vii. 12, 112.

ofer-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-fylgan, -fylgean; p. de

To pursue, persecute, attack

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Ðonne ða iersigendan menn óðrum monnum oferfylgeaþ tó ðon suíðe ðæt hit mon forberan ne mæg cum ita iracundi alios impetunt, ut declinari non possint, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 10.

weorold-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cempa, an; m.
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A warrior of this world, an earthly (not a spiritual) soldier Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna ongeán his gelícan, ac ðú habban scealt ða gástlícan wǽpna ongeán ðone gástlícan feónd, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 34, 31. Woruldcempa, 36, 17.

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 15. Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ, Blickl.

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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ðý fǽgra wæs that was not the more fated, Cd. 162; Th, 203, 6; Exod. 399. dead, killed, slain; mortuus, occīsus Todǽlan werum to wiste fǽges flǽschoman to distribute the flesh of the slain to the men for food, Andr. Kmbl. 307; An. 154.

hwerf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwerf-líc, adj.

Changeableshifting

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Changeable, shifting, not enduring Hú hwerflíce ðás woruldsǽlþa sint quam sit mortalium rerum misera beatitudo, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 37

Linked entry: hwurf-líc

græft-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
græft-geweorc, es; n.
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Carved or graven work, a graven image Ne wirce ðú græftgeweorc thou shalt not make any graven image, Deut. 5, 8

sin-freá

(n.)
Grammar
sin-freá, an ; m.
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A perpetual lord, a husband Nǽnig nefne sinfreá none but her wedded lord, Beo. Th. 3873 ; B. 1934. Cf. sin-híwan

un-ádwæsced

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádwæsced, adj.

Unquenchedunextinguishednever extinguished

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Unquenched, unextinguished, never extinguished Þár bið unádwæsced fýr there shall be fire that is not quenched, Homl. Ass. 168, 115, 129

fore-cnyll

(n.)
Grammar
fore-cnyll, es; m.
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The first signal given by a bell Gewordenum forecnyll þǽre nóntíde facto primo signo hore none, R. Ben. I. 82, 12

Linked entry: cnyll

mengung

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Add: a crowd of people Wé þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Ur. D. 209, 13

un-sadelod

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Add: not saddled, without a saddle Hé geann his hláforde feówer horsa, twá gesadelode and twá unsadelode, Cht. Crw. 23. 5

ǽngan-cundes

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽngan-cundes, adv.

In a way that is unique

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Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25

á-wiht

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht; adv.

At allby any meansomninoullo modo

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At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19.

irfe-stól

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-stól, es; m.

An hereditary seat

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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary seat for any descendant of mine. .. thou hast not given me a son, 99; Th. 131, 14; Gen. 2176

un-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ríce, adj.

Not rich or not powerfulpoorhumble

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Not rich or not powerful, poor, humble Ða ðe unríce synd and hafenleáse þearfan pauperiores, R. Ben. 104, 7. Mín geréfa oþþe ǽnig óðer man ríccre oþþe unríccre, L. Edg. S. 13; Th. i. 276, 26.

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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not related, strange Hé bið fremede Freán ælmihtigum, englum ungelíc (ungesibb, MS. B.) ána hwearfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 69; Sal. 35. Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon.

un-witende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-witende, adj.

Unwittingnot knowingnot aware of what is doneunconscious

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Unwitting, not knowing, not aware of what is done, unconscious Hé monig tácen self gedyde, þéh hé hié unwitende dyde, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 14. He oft unwitende slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 12.

hoppetan

(v.)
Grammar
hoppetan, p. te

To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound]

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To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound] Swá benne ne burnon ne burston ne hoppetan so that the wounds should neither burn nor burst nor throb, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 352, 1.