hwurful-ness
Changeableness ⬩ mutability
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Changeableness, mutability Ða twigu ðære hwurfulnesse genimina mutabilitatis, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 1. Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurffulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíðe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 34
leódan
To spring ⬩ grow
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Of ðam twige ludon réðe wæstme from that branch sprang dire fruits, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 29; Gen. 989
Linked entry: lídeþ
hél-spure
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hwearf
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29
wiþo-winde
Withy-wind ⬩ with-wind ⬩ convolvulus
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Genim wiþowindan twigu, Lchdm. ii. 34, 17. Wiþowindan leáf, 52, 6. Wiþewindan, 122, 18
Linked entries: wiþe-winde wiþ-winde
twifealdness
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doubleness, doubling, v. twi-feald, Geedlǽcend twyfealdnys iterata dupplicatio Anglia viii. 331, 23, irresolution, v. twi-ftald, Of ðære leóhtmódnesse cymþ sió twiefealdnes and sió unbieldo inconstantia ex levitate generatur Past. 42 ; Swt. 307, 3.
hrepian
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Add: to touch with the hand, come in contact with Ꝥ wíf wearð gehǽled þá ðá heó hrepode (æthrán, Mt. 9, 20) þæs Hǽlendes reáf, Hml. S. 9, 13. Wearð án líc gebróht tó ðæs hálgan byrgene . . . þá árás se deáda mid ðám þe hé hrepode þá byrgene, 18, 307.
ge-strod
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confiscation Gestrod proscriptionem (cf. fordéminge, rýpincge ǽhta proscriptionem, i. fraudationem rerum, i. possessionum, An. Ox. 3149 : in both cases Ald. 43, 19 is glossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 67. robbery, rapine Scottas ne sǽtincge ne gestrodu (-
GYRD
A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata
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A staff, rod, twig, as a measure of distance, a yard as a measure of area, the fourth part of a hide; virga, virgata Gyrd virga, Wrt. Voc. 80, 3. Ðín gyrd and ðín stæf virga tua et baculus tuus, Ps. Th. 22, 5.
tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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swínen
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Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínen byrst. Lchdm. i. 156, 2
líf-getwinnan
Twins
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Twins, Salm. Kmbl. 284; Sal. 141
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ge-wrǽstan
to writhe ⬩ twist ⬩ join ⬩ intorquere
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to writhe, twist, join; intorquere, Cot. 4
hwirflung
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Ðæt gér byð áwend mid twi six hwyrfolunga, and hyt hæfð twá and fíftig wucan, Angl. viii. 301, 36
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telgra
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A shoot, branch, twig; sucker of a root Telgra virgultum, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 4. Telgra ramus (fici), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 32. Dó on ánne telgran (morbeámes), Lchdm. i. 332, 22. Of ánum stelan manega telgran weaxaþ, 276, 22.
martyr-dóm
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On ðá tiid . . . suá huelc sua biscephád under-féng, hé underféng martyrdóme . . . nán twió næs ðæt hé sceolde cuman tó hefegum martyrdóme illo in tempore quo quisquis plebibus praeerat, primus ad martyrii tormenta ducebatur. . . quemque dubium non erat
for-berstan
exhausted ⬩ to fail ⬩ break down
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Ðonne ðá twigo forburston, þonne gewitan þá sáula niðer þá þe on ðǽm twigum hangodan, Bl. H. 211, 3.
feówertyne
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and add: substantival Twia seofon beóð feówertýne, Angl. viii. 302, 45. From feówertiénum oþ hundnigontig quinquies bilustris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 44. adjectival Feówerténe (-téno, L.) kneórisse, Mt. R. 1, 17.
endleofan
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3
þweran
To twirl ⬩ stir
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To twirl, stir