swéte
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Mín se swétesta sunnan scíma, Iuliana, Exon. Th. 252, 20; Jul. 166. Dohtor mín seó dýreste and seó swéteste, 248, 11; Jul. 94
tweó
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., Scint. 48, 10. Mid ðý sumum monnum com on tweón hwæðer hit swá wǽre cum hoc an ita esset quibusdam venisset in dubium, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 26. hesitation, delay Búta tuiá ðú onfindes sine mora reperies, Mt.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Homl. 99, 21. eating, feasting Nelle ðú grǽdig beón on ealre wiste (epulatione), Scint. 169, 17. Hí on druncennysse and on wiste hiora wombe þeówiaþ, L. E. I. 45; Th. ii. 442, 1. Wunaþ hé on wiste, Beo. Th. 3474; B. 1735.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Hé ða scíre gesealde ánum wræccean of Ahténa (Atheniensem virum, qui apud Cyprum exsulabat), Ors. 3, l ; Swt. 96, 24. Wræccan extorrem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 64. Wreccan advenam, Ps. Spl. 93, 6 : Blickl. Gl. Wraeccan extorres, Wrt.
ge-stíran
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II. to restrain a person (dat.) from action (gen. or clause) by (mid. or inst. ) certain means, with dat. of person only Forstond þú mec and gestýr him (devils), Hy. 4, 58. with dat. of person and means used Gif him Scipia ne gestirde . . . mid þǽm
tó
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Hé gebohte Édwíges docter ... tó .x. sciłł., Cht. Th. 631, 25. add: ꝥ hé sceolde on his mynstre þone sang lǽran tó twelf mónþum quatenus in monasterio suo cursum canendi annuum edoceret, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 437, 4.
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Blóstme fægerust raþe tó leohtnm forscrincþ wedere flos pulcherrimus cito ad leuem marcescit auram, Scint. 70, 3. Wedre ge*-*somnad, Exon. Th. 412, 19; Rä. 31, 2. In wedr in auram, Blickl. Gl. Weder, Ps. Surt. 106, 29.
reccan
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[Swa sone swa heo mihten ut of scipe heo rehten, Laym. 25646.] to unfold a tale, to narrate, recite, tell, say Recceo alligeo (allego), Txts. 39, 139. Ic recce ( narrabo ) ealle wundra ðíne, Ps. Spl. 9, 1.
Linked entries: and-reccan be-reccan ge-reccan
tó-geagnes
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Ða scipu fóran tógénes him, 911; Erl. 100, 21. where there is motion of the object governed by the word; without idea of opposition, in the way of, to meet the approach of, in readiness for, against the coming of Biþ hit eft him tógeánes gehealden it
ge-þencan
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Fácen on heortan geþencendra yfelu, Scint. 138, 8.
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Hwæt is se ealdordoom bú an ðæs módes storm, sé simle bið cnyssende dæt scip ðǽre heortan mid ðára geóóhta ýstum, Past. 59, 5. Gé tǽlde hyra heortan (heartes, L.) heard-nesse, for ðám ðe hí ne gelýfdon, Mk. 16, 14. Heortan cræftas, Dan. 394.
self
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Ðæt ða sylfan ýþa wǽron áhofene ofer ðæt scip, Blickl. Homl. 235, 6.
þeóf
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S. 29; Th. i. 392, 17: while a reward was given to him who seized a thief: Se ðe þeóf geféhþ, hé áh .x. sciłł., L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 5. To let a thief go, when caught, was a crime, L.
Linked entry: þeáf
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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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.
hád
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Gif preóst út of scíre hád begite . . . and diácon . . . þolian his hádes búton scíre biscop heom hádes geunne, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 13-15. Mín fulwiht and mín[n]e hád . . . ic swíðe unmeodomlíce gehealdan hsebbe, Angl. xi. 99, 57.
wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Similar entries v. ǽ-, burh-, folc-, fyrn-, ge-, láh-, lár-, leód-, rǽd-, rún-, scír-, stíg-, un-, úþ-, þeód-, weorold-wita
má
More ⬩ rather ⬩ further
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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
- 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.
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ge-mengan
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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
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.