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wiþer-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cwide, es; m.

Resistanceoppositioncontest

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Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht gewyrce, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 8. Ðǽr hí wiðercwyde wæteres hæfdon ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Th. 105, 25. Ic on unriht lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8

be-seowian

(v.)
Grammar
be-seowian, (-siwian)

to besewsew up

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Bisiuuidi (-siudi) uuerci opere plumario, Txts. 80, 699. Besiwed feðergeweorc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 45. Besiwodon suto, Germ. 399, 470

Linked entry: be-siwian

grund-leás

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Þreá on helle, þæt syndon þýstro and hǽto grimme, grundleáse, Gen. 390. of immaterial things, boundless, insatiable Ne mæg se wéla þá grundleásan gítsunga gefyllan nec opes inexpletam restinguere avaritiam queunt, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 2, 16

bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, bógung, bðung, e; f.

Ostentationarroganceboasting

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Swýðor begýman on bóunge ídeles gylpes þonne on árfæstum weorke ostentationi potius intendisse quam operi, Gr.

rúm-mód

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</b> of things, liberal, abundant :-- Heó dǽlde þearfendum mannum manigfealde and rúmmóde gife ælmessan larga indigentibus eleemosynarum opera impendit, Gr. D. 279, 24

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Ðú scealt biddan ðæt móte beón open and onwrigen hwæt hé sý, Blickl. Homl. 185, 4: Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 32. Is onwrigen wyrda bigang, Elen.

scapulare

(n.)
Grammar
scapulare, es; n. : <b>scapularie,</b> an; f.
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I. 91, 17) scapulare propter opera, R. Ben. 89. 13

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Sceal se man wacyan ealle ða niht, ðe ðone drenc drincan wille, Lchdm. iii. 6, 4. of the eye, to be freed from obstruction, to open Gif eágan forsetene beóð, genim hræfnes geallan ... drýp on ðæt eáge ... ðonne wacaþ ðæt eáge (the eye opens again), Lchdm

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

hǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To stone

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To stone For hwylcum ðæra weorca wylle gé mé hǽnan . . . ne hǽne wé ðé for gódum weorce propter quod eorum opus me lapidatis . .. de bono opere non lapidamus te, Jn. Skt. 10, 32, 33 : 11, 8. Ðú ðe ða wítegan hǽnst quæ prophetas lapidas, Lk.

Linked entry: ge-hǽnan

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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Biþ ǽlc gód weorc gód, sié swá open swá dégle, swæðer hit sié, 59; Swt. 451, 14. Wyl wermód swá drígne swá grénne swaþer hé hæbbe boil wormwood, either dry or green, whichever he have, Lchdm. ii. 296, 14.

Linked entry: swaðor

ár-full

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Hé dyde manegu árfull weorc ( pia opera ), Gr. D. 331, 27

sacu

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</b> rebuke, chiding :-- Mid openre sace beón gehǽled aperta objurgatione sanari, Scint. 115, 16

un-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-dǽd, e; f.

An ill deedevil actiona crimemisdeed

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Yflo uerco ł undédo mala opera, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 19. Scyldig and mánful mid undǽdum eall gesýmed sceleratis impius actis, Dóm. L. 58. Man deófol georne forbúge and his undǽda ealle oferhogie, Wulfst. 68, 12

ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht, e; f. [ǽhte = áhte had; p. of ágan to own, possess]

possessionspropertylandsgoodsrichescattleopessubstantiapossessiogregespossessionpowerpossessiopotestas

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possessions, property, lands, goods, riches, cattle; opes, substantia, possessio, greges He hæfde mycele ǽhta erat habens multas possessions, Mk. Bos. 10, 22.

óþ-wítan

(v.)
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Ðæt wé him sume opene scylde óþwiéten, 32, 1 ; Swt. 209, 22. Ðæt hé mé ðæt ne ótwíte ut non hoc nobis imputet, Bd. pref. ; S. 472, 32.

ge-lǽte

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Substitute: A place where roads meet, where one road opens into another. Cf. ge-lætan; Biuium twégra wega gelǽte, triuium þreóra wega gelǽtu, competum fela gelǽtu, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 31, 5-7. In twéga wega gelǽte in bino (= biuio, Mk. 11, 4), Wrt.

á-sláwian

(v.)

to become dull of hearingto become torpidsluggish inert

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Ðý lǽs hé óðre áwecce mid his wordum and himself ásláwige gódra weorca ne in semetipsis torpentes opere alias excitent voce, Past. 461, 15. Ásláwien torpescant, 415, 10. Ðæt ðá ídlan ne ásláwien ut otiosis non fiat torpor 453, 24

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Opene weorþaþ monna dǽde men's deeds shall be open, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 34; Cri. 1047.

Linked entry: dyd

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anythingan apertureorifice

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Gif án þyrl ( foramen ) open byð forlǽten, ðanon fram feóndum beó inn ágan, Scint. 140, 6. Ðæt wǽre ðyrel on middum ðæm hweóle, Shrn. 81, 13. Gerýme ðæt ðæt þyrel ( the aperture made by a lancet ) tó nearo ne sié, Lchdm. ii. 208, 25.

Linked entries: þirel þyrl

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Debet habere quinque acras ad perhabendum, plus si consuetudo sit ibi, et parum nimis est si minus sit quod deservit, quia sæpius est operi illius.