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á-spíwan

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Se hund wille etan ðæt ǽr áspáw. Past. 419, 27:Hml. Th. ii. 602, 26. Heó ꝥ réðe áttor út áspáw, Hml. S. 2, 138. (la) used reflexively:-- sceal gán and hyne styrian ǽr ðám ðe hyne áspíwe.

Linked entry: spíwan

un-ábeden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ábeden, adj.

Unbiddenunasked

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Unbidden, unasked God beád mancynne ðæt hine biddan sceoldon, and wile syllan unábeden ðæt ðæt wé ús ne wéndon þurh úre béne, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 16: L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 28

Linked entry: á-biddan

á-hredding

(n.)
Grammar
á-hredding, e; f.
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Saving, rescue, deliverance Heó bæd God ꝥ hire gewissode his folce tó áhreddinge on þǽre frecednysse, Hml. A. 111, 281. Ús tó fullan fultume and tó áhreddingge gyf ús neód byð, Cht. E. 230, 11

Linked entry: hredding

wacol

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Beóð wacole vigilate, Hml. Th. i. 188, 31. bǽdon þæt bude ðá byrgene besettan mid wacelum weardum, ii. 262, 8. Ús gedafenað ꝥ wé mid wacelum eágum þás ðreó gemetu behealdon, 564, 8. Add

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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dyde ðæt án ǽren nædre styrede, Wulfst. 98, 22. Ða stánas styredon for ðam swége, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 1.

Linked entry: stirian

ge-anbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbyrdan, ge-onbyrdan; p. de; pp. ed

To strive againstresistrepugnāreresistĕre

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To strive against, resist; repugnāre, resistĕre Gif he gewyrce ðæt man hine afylle þurh ðæt ðe be ongeán riht geanbyrde if he act so that he be killed because he strove against right, L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 13

Linked entries: an-byrdnys ge-onbyrdan

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.
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Separation, dismission, rejection Gif swá biþ ðæt ne sý wyrðe ðære scyrunge (scirunge, MS. T. : ðæt wurðe ne beó, ðæt beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag. ) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

cwide

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cwide, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add Þá geceás Laurentium ... and þurhwunode in his cwide ( sententia ), Gr. D. 329, 18. an agreement ná tó him hwearf æfter heora cwyde (gecwide, v.l. condictum ) ... wæs gemyndig heora cwydes, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 329, 18

stúpian

(v.)
Grammar
stúpian, p. ode
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.

wánian

(v.)
Grammar
wánian, p. ode
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him wæs wániende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces ipse nunc suam, nune publicam infelicitatem deflet, Ors. 4, 5 ; Swt. 166, 20. a clause him wæs swíþe wániende ðæt to him cucan ne com, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 4

ge-bisnung

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Beón eádmóde æfter his gebysnunge (-bisnunge, v. l.), Hml. A. 10, 258. Crístes gebysnunge geefenlǽhte, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 15. Eall ꝥ gegearwode ús on gebysnunge gódes weorces hoc nobis in exemplum actionis praebuit, Gr. D. 60, 23.

ge-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hogian, p. ode; pp. od.
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H. 35, 14. þæt on his móde gehogode (-hogod, v. l.) and geteód hæfde (decreuerat), þæt he wolde his þeóde fordón, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 6.

Linked entry: ge-hycgan

móna

Grammar
móna, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo for þan þe yrnð ealra tungla niðemest and þǽre eorðan gehendost . . . þis is þæs mónan geár; ac his mónað is máre, ꝥ is þonne gecyrð níwe fram þǽre sunnan oð ꝥ eft cume hyre forne ágeán . . . and eft þurh beó

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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He ðonne bútan fácne fédeþ syððan pāvit eos sĭne mălĭtia cordis sui, Ps. Th. 77, 71: 93. 22. He ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ ðæt he ðæt fácen mid worhte let him clear the hand therewith with which he is charged to have wrought the fraud, L.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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In his preface, he thus speaks of his book and of his other occupations Ælfréd, Cyning [MS.

tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
tirgan, tirwian, tirigan, tirian; p. tirgde, tirwede, tirigde

To vex,irritate,provokeexasperate

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tyride exacerbavit, i. provocavit, adflixit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 56. Tyrgide exacerbavit, Hpt. Gl. 527, 51. Ðæt wíf cwæð, ðæt heó wolde ðone sunu ðe tirigde awyrian, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 9. tyrgdon(tyrigdon, Ps.

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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Ðá befrán , woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . . wolde ádwæscan ðone leásan wénan dweligendra manna Homl. Th. i. 366, 8. Wénena suspicionum Hpt.

Linked entry: wén

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Ac se ðe rihtlíce his wæccan healdan wylle, ... wacie and gebidde hine georne, ðonne fremaþ him seó wæcce, Wulfst. 279, 11-17.

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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Ðæt gefriðie heora sáwla fram deáþe, and féde on hungres tíde, Ps.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te
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To wish. with gen. to wish for, desire helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðelríces, Salm. Kmbl. 212; Sal. 105. ðæs betran lífes wýscaþ and wénaþ, Exon. Th. 106, 26; Gú. 47. Wíscaþ, 115, 24; Gú. 194. Hié his tócymes wýscton, Blickl.

Linked entry: wíscan