HWÍL
A WHILE
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A WHILE, space of time Wæs seó hwíl micel it was a great while, Beo. Th. 295; B. 146. Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495. Ǽr dæges hwíle before day-time, 4630; B. 2320
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Shadow, shade Sceadu umbra, Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 8 . a shadow (cast by an object) Seó sceadu byþ tó underne seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes the shadow (of the dial-gnomon) will be twenty-six and a half foot long at nine o'clock (on Christmas day) Lchdm
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óþer
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Add Wæs gehwæðer óðrum láð, B. 814. Ǽghwæðrum wæs bróga fram óðrum, 2565. Add Ósfriþ his sunu óþer . . . óþer his sunu Eádfrið unus filius eius Osfrid. . . alter Eadfrid, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 184, 10-13: Gen. 467-477. óþer. . . án Behýdd[e] se cnapa þone
swelgan
To swallow. ⬩ of taking food, etc., by living creatures ⬩ of absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorb ⬩ to take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom) ⬩ with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf ⬩ absorbere ⬩ glutire ⬩ to swallow.
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To swallow. in a physical sense, of taking food, etc., by living creatures Se draca hig swealh, and hig eft áspáw, L.E.I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 40. Hé geféng slǽpendne rinc, bát bánlocan, synsnǽdum swealh, Beo. Th. 1490; B. 743. Hé ( a book-moth ) ðám wordum
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ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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an OATH, a swearing; juramentum Ðú agyltst ðine áþes reddes juramenta tua, Mt. Bos. 5, 33. Ðá behét he mid áþe pollicitus est cum juramento, 14, 7. 9. He áþ swereþ þurh his selfes líf he sweareth an oath by his own life, Cd. 163; Th. 205, 5 ; Exod. 431
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wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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a wise man, one who has knowledge Hé is wítgan (cf.the epithets applied to Simon, eald ǽwita, 907 ; El. 455, guma gehðum fród, 1059; El. 531, and the whole passage in which these forms occur ) sunu, Elen. Kmbl. 1181; El. 592. Swá ús gefreogun gleáwe
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witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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appointed, ordained, assured, certain Him is unhyldo Waldendes witod, nú hié wordcwyde his forléton, Cd. Th. 45, 21; Gen. 730. Ðé is gedál witod líces and sáwle, 57, 19; Gen. 930: 252, 9; Dan. 576: Andr. Kmbl. 1777; An. 891. Ðonne bið ús seó méd æt Drihtene
ge-sprǽc
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Add: [<b>ge-spræc, ge-sprǽce</b> (v. god-gesprǽce), <b>ge-sprec, ge-spræc</b> (? cf. ge-spræcan = ge-sprecan, and cf. gebrec and ge-bræc). These forms are taken together as they cannot always be distinguished with certainty either
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Add: heavy, weighed down Hefitýme grauidum, Germ. 402, 53. weighty, of great importance, serious Ðence se abbod hú mycele byrðene and hú hefigtýme hé underféncg mid ðám háde abba cogitet quale onus suscepit, R. Ben. 118, 19. grave (offence, &c.)
lang
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Add: of space relations. great in measurement from end to end. of a line, way, journey, &c. Lang and stearc weg itiner Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 36. Rúmre racenteáge, langre línan, Sal. 294. Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554. Werod
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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the middle dwelling (between heaven and hell), the earth, world Middangeard chosmos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 36. Se læssa middangeard microchosmos, 56, 22. On Godes onwealde is eal ðes middangeard, and ðás windas and ðás regnas syndon ealle his, and ealle
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etan
to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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Add: of living creatures. to take food, take a meal Sé itt and drincð mid ðǽm synfullum, Past. 327, 3. Eatað ðearfan edent pauperes, Ps. Srt. 21, 27. Ðá þá se Godes wer æt (ætt, v. l.), se munuc stód him ætforan, Gr. D. 144, 1. Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra
ge-neahhe
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Add: abundantly, sufficiently Ic sylle geneahhe heora hungrium hláf tó fylle pauperes ejus saturabo panibus, Ps. Th. 131, 16. I a. in a vague sense as intensive, enough (cf. assez in French), fully, quite, very (much), with adj. or adv. Is mín feorh
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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positive, early Swýþe ǽr in dagunge primo diluculo, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 17. Swýþe ǽr on morgen, Ps. Th. 45, 5. expressing readiness, quickness, soon Sweord ǽr gebrǽd gúðcyning, B. 2562. Hé wel ǽr árás . . . Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise ðú
talian
to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate
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to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, where the object is a noun or pronoun Nó ic mé hnágran talige, ðonne Grendel hine, Beo. Th. 1359; B. 677. Ðæs ðe ic sóð talige, Andr. Kmbl. 3125; An. 1565. Talge, Exon. Th. 50, 3; Cri
beón
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Add: to be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. absolute, to exist, (of life) to last Ðú eart éce and á byst, Shrn. 199, 21. Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð, Cht. E. 230, 7. Gif ic lengc beó þonne heó, Shrn. 159, 27. ꝥ Án is þú woldest beón; óðer ꝥ þú
ge-sweotulian
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Add: to shew a material object to a person Ic ne mæg mé þé geswutelian . . . for þon ic eom wífhádes mann and wǽfelsum bereáfod, Hml. S. 23 b, 205. to manifest, make known, reveal. the object a person Ic geswutelige (manifestabo) him mé sylfne . . .
hogian
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Add: to think, have such and such thoughts Gif ne eáðmódlíce ic hogade si non humiliter sentiebam, Ps. Srt. 130, 2. <b>I a.</b> with an object, to hove as an object of thought :-- Gé on heortan hogedon inwit, Ps. Th. 57, 2. to be wise, prudent
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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yielding, not rigid, pliant, fluid Waac lentus, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 35. Wæter, wác and hnesce (cf. ðæt hnesce and flówende wæter, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 3), Met. 20, 93. Wác hreód ðe ǽlc hwiða windes mæg áwecggan, Past. 42; Swt. 306, 6. Gerd wácc ł bifiende
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Add: connecting two words or clauses, and alone Mannes heáfod ge þá sculdro magan in, Bl. H. 127, 9. Þæfian mid lufe ge mid láþe, 45, 8. Þæs bysceopes líf on bysceopháde ge ǽr bysceopháde cujus uiri et in episcopatu et ante episcopatum uita Bd. 4, 6;