wisse
Certainly
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Certainly Sculan wé wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, ðæt . . ., Menol. Fox 140; Men. 70
in-heald
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Substitute: Sloping inwards, worked in low relief Inheald interrasilem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 24
steórleás-lic
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Undisciplined In gýmeleáslicum wordum be steórleáslicu cildru gewuniað tó sprecanne, Gr. D. 289, 10
wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe mé áfeódon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus est, 54, 12.
Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn
cýþan
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Add: to make known in words, to tell a matter, with acc. Se cyng sende and kýdde heom ꝥ ilce, Chr. 1064; P. 192, 3. Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe nemo palam pronunciet, Nar. 28, 30.
frymþ
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A. 152, 21. the beginning. referring to eternity On frymðe wæs word, Hml. Th. i. 40, 8. Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him on frymðe se heofonlica Fæder gemynte, ii. 218, 18.
lah-slit
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According to its component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte
Linked entry: slite
súsl
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Torment, where the word is certainly neuter Se seáð ðæs sing[alan] súsles, Nar. 50, 23. Súsles þegnum, Exon. Th. 275, 30: Jul. 558: 304, 18; Fä. 72. Hié ðæt súsl þrowiende wǽron, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 26. In ðæt swearte súsl ( hell ), Exon.
Linked entry: helle-súsl
fela-feald
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Ðeós woruld is gemæncged mid mænigfealdan máne and mid felafealdan fácne, Wlfst. 82, 6. Add
hlýdig
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Wordig gehlýd oððe hlýdig gewyrd uerbosa garru-litas aut garrula uerbositas, An. Ox. 1418. Add
ǽht-spédig
having great possessions
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Add: having great possessions Sum ríce man and for worlde ǽhtspédig, Bl. H. 197, 27
fracoþ-lic
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Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1. For fraceðlecum (fracoðlicum, v.l.) gestreónum turpis lucri gratia, Past. 137, 21
ge-weorp
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Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat was close to land, cf. in ceól stigon ellenrófe, 349, so that the words
scyndan
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Add Þeós world is scyndende and heononweard, Bl. H. 115, 19. 1. Add Þǽr ne wǽre scynde þá dagas . . . ah beóþ scynde þá dagas nisi breviati fuissent dies illi. . . sed breviabuntur dies illi, Mt.
út-síþ
A going out ⬩ excessus ⬩ exitium
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Gǽst útsíþes georn the spirit eager for departure from this world, Exon.Th. 178, 9; Gú. 1241. Nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre ða ðǽr in cumaþ those who come in there never have have return or escape, never egress, 364, 31; Wal. 79
wær-líc
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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Wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra, and witan snyttro, se ðære æðelan sceal andwyrde gifan, Elen. Kmbl. 1083; El. 544
geond-leccan
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to moisten thoroughly, irrigate Gif hé hine of flódum Godes wordes gindlecþ ( inriget ), Chrd. 108, 26
teld-wyrhta
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A tent-maker Paulus se ðe wæs on woruld-cræfte teldwyrhta, Homl. Th. i. 392, 21
frófor-lic
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Consolatory, of consolation Hé cwæð fróferlicum wordum tó ús eallum: 'Conuertimini, filii, reuertentes,' Wlfst. 49, 16
ge-bǽtan
To bit ⬩ bridle ⬩ curb ⬩ frēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕre ⬩ frēnāre
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He gebǽtte his ágen weorc he curbed his own work, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 152; Met. 11, 76. Hæfþ se Alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his bridle the Almighty has restrained all creatures with his bridle, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 45; Met. 11, 23