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glǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
glǽdan, to cause to slip or totter. A compound form, á-glǽdan, seems to be concealed in the gloss
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Labefacare agleddęgo, Txts. 111, 9. Cf. O. Sax. biglédda labefactat, Gall. 23

Linked entry: á-glǽdan

bí-wist

(n.)

food, provision

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food, provision, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4: L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 12

Linked entry: big-wist

ofer-hyge

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Cf. ofer-méde for form and meaning

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

ge-fǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fǽge, (?), adj.
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Freóndum gefǽgra, B. 913. v. ge-feón, and for form cf. (?) ge-sprǽce

Linked entry: -fæge

ǽwisod

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ǽwisod, (?), ǽwiscod.
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For form cf. éwis-firinæ under ǽwisc-firen, and for meaning cf. the same word and thee

meornan

(v.)
Grammar
meornan, p. mearn, pl. murnon; pp. mornen

To care ⬩ feel anxiety ⬩ trouble one's self about anything ⬩ reck

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Wódon wælwulfas for wætere ne murnon ( cared nought for water ), Byrht. Th. 134, 39; By. 96

ende-byrdes

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Substitute for 'for order' in order, and for the second passage

ge-earnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-earnung, e; f.

Earning ⬩ desert ⬩ merit ⬩ meritum

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Earning, desert, merit; meritum For heora lífes geearnunge for their life's earning [desert]; præ merito virtutum, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 23.

Linked entries: earwunga ge-arnung

un-treów

(n.)
Grammar
un-treów, e; f.

Bad faith ⬩ faithlessness ⬩ perfidy ⬩ fraud

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Gif ðú heora untreówa onscunige, oferhoga hí, and ádríf hí fram ðé, for ðam hí spanaþ ðé tó ðínre unþearefe si perfidam perhorrescis, sperne atque abjice perniciosa ludentem, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 8.

wælhreówness

(n.)
Grammar
wælhreówness, e; f.

Cruelty

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Wé witon hwelce wælhriównessa Neron weorhte, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 1

Linked entry: hreów-ness

ǽ-spring

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-spring, ǽ-springe, ǽ-sprynge, es; n. [ǽ water, spring a spring]

A water-spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ aquæ fons ⬩ fons

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A water-spring, fountain; aquæ fons, fons Se æðela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ the noble fowl remains at the fountain, Exon. 57a; Th. 204, 28; Ph. 104. Ǽspringe útawealleþ of clife a fountain springs out of a cliff, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 23; Met. 5, 12.

Linked entries: á-spring spring springe

witan

(v.)
Grammar
witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl. wé witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew

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Ðæt ðú wisse (wistest, v.l.) hwæs ðú wundredest, Bt, 41, 4; Fox 252, 14. Ne wiste hé hwonne him fǽmnan tó brýde wǽron, Cd. Th. 157, 5; Gen. 2600. Ðæt wé wissen (wiston, v.l.) hwæt hé wǽre, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 2.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

deór-fald

(n.)
Grammar
deór-fald, es; m.

A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer ⬩ cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus

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A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer; cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: fald

-nihte

(suffix)
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For compounds of this form with numerals see Lch. iii. 160 : see also feówer-, eahta-nihte

wæter-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-leást, e; f.

Want of water

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Want of water Ðæt folc wearð geangsumod on móde for ðære wæterleáste, Homl. Ass. 108, 177

un-gewítnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewítnod, adj.

Unpunished

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yfel on ðisse worulde, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 28

Linked entry: un-wítnod

findan

to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish

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Wace beóð ðá hirdas funden þe nellað þá heorda . . bewerian, Wlfst. 191, 7. with the idea of search or effort. to discover or obtain by searching For þí ne fint ǽlc mon ꝥ hé sécþ, for ðý hé hit on riht ne sécþ.

Á

(adv.)
Grammar
Á, aa, aaa; adv.

Always ⬩ ever ⬩ for ever ⬩ ever ⬩ semper ⬩ unquam ⬩ usque

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.], to worulde búton ǽghwilcum ende now and ever, to a world without any end, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 15. Á world for ever, Ex. 21, 6. Á forþ ever forth, from thence, Bt. Tupr. 303, 31.

Linked entry: ÁWA

BEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓ, indecl. in s; pl. nom. acc. beón; gen. beóna; dat. beóum, beóm ; f.

A BEE ⬩ apis

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While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas, v. beó-ceorl] enjoyed their own privileges, they had to pay an especial tax for the keeping of bees Swá swá seó beó sceal losian as the bee shall perish Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26.

Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió

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