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mid-weg

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Þá þá hé wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe hé tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

Súþ-Dene

(n.)
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Ic wæs mid Súð-Denum, Víd. 58. Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre mó, Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

hǽðen-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-nes, se; f.

Heathenism, paganismgentilitas

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Hé tó hǽðennysse wæs gehwyrfed ad apostasiam conversus est, 3, 30; S. 561, 39

riht-hǽmed

(n.)
Grammar
riht-hǽmed, es; n.

Legitimate matrimony

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Æfter ðon wǽre on rihthǽmed (riht hǽmed?) geþeóded postea in matrimonio jungatur, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 2

on-cýð

(n.)
Grammar
on-cýð, on-cýðð, e; f.

Grief, distress

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Grief, distress Denum eallum wæs weorce on móde, oncýð eorla gehwæm, syððan Æscheres hafelan métton, Beo. Th. 2844; B. 1420. Hæfde Eást-Denum gilp gelǽsted, swylce oncýððe ealle gebétte, 1664; B. 830

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Hí on fruman tó Godes híwunga gesceapene wǽron, Bl.

full

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 410, 11. containing abundance of. of material objects Wæs wæter wǽpna ful, Exod. 450.

hund

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, 22. iiii hund wintrum æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs anna ab Urbe condita cccc, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 14.

a-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gangan, pp. -gangen; -gongen

To go or pass by or overto happenbefalpræterireevenire

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Wæs ðæs mǽles mearc agongen the limit of the time was passed. Cd. 83; Th. 103, 17; Gen. 1719: Exon. 39b; Th. 130, 20; Gú. 441

Linked entry: a-gongen

glædlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
glædlíce, adv.

Gladlypleasantlykindlycheerfully

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Gladly, pleasantly, kindly, cheerfully He glædlíce fram heom eallum onfangem wæs he was gladly received by them all, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 17. He frǽfrode hig and spræc glædlíce he comforted them and spake kindly [unto them], Gen. 50, 21.

cwellere

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Aurelianus wæs wælhreáw cwellere crístenra manna, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 4. Hé ( St. Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12.

ge-hnǽgan

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Hiora ríce wæs gehnǽged inclinata sunt regna, 45, 5. Fleáh fǽgegást, folc wæs geh[n]ǽged, Exod. 169

a-creópian

(v.)
Grammar
a-creópian, p. ede; pp. ed

To creepserperescatere

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To creep; serpere, scatere Ðá lǽfdon híg hit [Manhu] sume, óþ hit morgen wæs, and hit wearþ wyrmum acreóped dimiserunt quidam ex eis usque mane, et scatere cæpit vermibus, Ex. 16, 20

æðel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
æðel-líce, æðel-íce; adv.

Noblynobiliter

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Nobly; nobiliter Wæs se wer on hálgum gewritum æðellíce gelǽred vir erat sacris litteris nobiliter instructus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 17: 4, 26; S. 603, 9: 2, 1; S. 501, 8

Linked entry: æðel-íce

be-hýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hýpan, p. -hýpte; pp. -hýped [hýpe a heap]

To heap or cover oversurroundencompasscontegerecircumsepirecircumdare

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To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28

hund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
hund-wintre, adj.

A hundred years old

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A hundred years old Hé sylf wæs ðá hundwintre cum centum esset annorum, Gen. 21, 5. Wénst ðú lá ðæt sunu beó ácenned of hundwintrum men putasne centenario nascetur filius? 17, 17

ge-gæncg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gæncg, es; m.

A societymeetingan assemblycœtus

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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23

þǽr-ymbútan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ymbútan, adv.
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Thereabouts Hé ( the Roman name ) com tó Parþum ... hé wæs ðǽrymbútan manegum folce swíþe egefull, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 13. On gehwylce healfe ðǽrymbútan circumquaque, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 26

Linked entry: ymb-útan

be-swica

(n.)
Grammar
be-swica, (big-, bí-, bi-), an; m.

A deceiver

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Hé sægde ꝥ Petrus bigswica wǽre, Bl. H. 173, 21. Heó gebær þone biswican, 149, 36. Git sindon bigswicon, 187, 30

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