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wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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On dæge wræce in die ultionis, Scint. 178, 11. On dæge wræce (vindiele), 179, 6. Áhebban hine ofer ða scyldgan mid andan and mid wræce se peccantibus zelo ultionis anteferre. Past. 17; Swt. 115, 5.

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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Beraþ forþ scíre helmas in sceaþena gemong bear forth your bright helms into the press bf the foes, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 193. Héton æðeling lǽdan in wráðra geweald, Andr. Kmbl. 2547; An. 1275.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. wæg, pl. wǽgon; pp. wegen. <b>A.</b> trans.
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(Scip) wist in wigeþ, Exon. Th. 415, 14; Rä. 33,11. Ðone ( a dog ) on teón wigeþ feónd his feónde, 433, 28 ; Rä. 51, 3. Hám wegaþ advehunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 5. Hé ða frætwe wæg ofer ýða ful, Beo. Th. 2419 ; B. 1207.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Næs him se swég tó sorge ðon má ðe sunnan scíma the noise (of the flames) was not troublesome to them any more than sunshine, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 23; Dan. 264. Hié ðæs ne onmunden ðon má ðe eówre geféran, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 25.

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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</b> figurative :-- Ne næfð ǽnig bóh grénnysse gódes weorces, se ðe ná wunaþ on wyrtruman (radice ) sóðre lufe, Scint. 3, 19. Ða ðe heora heortan wyrtruman on ðisum andwerdum lífe plantiaþ, Homl.

Linked entry: -truma

ge-mengan

(v.)
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Loccas mid þisse eorðan synd gemengde, 243, 35. with case Hrím and snáw hagle gemenged, Wand. 48. (2 α) of non-material objects :-- Hlehter sáre byð gemincged risus dolori miscebitur, Scint. 171, 11. to prepare by putting various ingredients together

gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
gafol, tribute.
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Teóþunga gafelu ( tributa ) synd beþurfendra sáwla, Scint. 108, 15. interest on a loan Hé gýmð grǽdelíce his teolunge, his gafoles, Hml. Th. i. 66, 11. 'Ic wolde mín ágen ofgán mid ðám gafole.'

hund

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Hrýðeres belle and hundes hoppe ... ǽlc bið ánes sciłł. weorð, and ǽlc is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Be hundes slite. Gif hund mon tóslíte oþþe ábíte ... Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, 78, 1-6. Wiþ hundes slite, Lch. i. 148, 7.

ge-met

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.
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Gytsung gemet nát avarice knows no bounds, Scint. 25. Ðás miclan gemetu middan-geardes these great boundaries of middle-earth, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 1; Cri. 827: Andr. Kmbl. 617; An. 309.

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Paplinus genam Æðelburge Eádwines láfe and gewát on scipe tó Cent, 633; Erl. 25, 21. Ðá gewát Eádríc ... Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn then Eadric died ... Eadric left a widow but no child, Chart. Th. 272, 22

Linked entry: lǽf

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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Ús wæs swælc geswencnis becymen, 14, 31. to become, behove Gif ic scile ł becyme mec ꝥ ic efne gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me commori tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31

for-beran

to bearenduresustainto bear withtolerateto bear withput up withto do withoutto abstain fromdesist fromto abstainto restrain

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Gif hié eallunge forberan ne mægen . . . ðæt hié hit ne scíren Saul Dauid ferire metuit. . . subditorum mentes . . . praepositorum vitam nullo linguae gladio percutiunt. . . Qui siquando sese abstinere vix possunt, ut . . . loquantur, 199, 2-9.

Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran

ge-munan

(v.)
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Ðínra synna ne weorðe ic gemunende, ac gemun ðú hiora, Past. 413, 22. with clause Gif þú gemanst þæt bróþor þín hæfð ǽnig þincg ongeán þé, Scint. 23, 14. Gemunst, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 22.

ge-féra

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Hig bícnodon hyra geféran (sociis) þe on óðrum scipe wǽron, 7 : Coll.

ge-fón

(v.)
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Hí .ix. scipu geféngun, 851; P. 64, 15 : 897; P. 90, 26. Hó geféngun Praen and gebundenne hine on Mierce lǽddon, 796; P. 56, 8. Þǽr wearið Orithia gefangen ( capta ), Ors. 10 ; S. 48, I : 4, 11 ; S. 208, 18.

ídel

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Be ídelstum wordum de otiosis uerbis, Scint. 217, 2. <b>II a.

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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Th. 3, 15-19. to peruse without uttering in speech, to read to oneself Tó gefyllenne þe hé rǽd ad implendum quę legit, Scint. 219, 17. Manega ðǽra Iúdéa rǽddon (rédon, altered from réddon, L. réddun, R. legerunt) þiss gewrit, Jn. 19, 20.

heáh

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Þá scipu wǽron hiéran (heárran, v. l. ) þonne þá óðra, Chr. 897 ; P. 90, 17. of hills, high : — Of þám heóhan (heáhan, F. 14, 28) munte. Bt. 6 ; S. 14, 16. On ánre heáre dúne, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 142, 14. Ofer heánne (heáne, v. l. ) munt, Past. 81, 13.

Linked entry: dynt

gearo

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., ac ðá þá scipu gearwe wǽron ..., Chr. 999; P. 133, 4: El. 227. Rómáne scipa worhton ...

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan, dó ꝥ mid þæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse þe hé ǽr in his scíre folgode, 86, 3: 134, 3.