wilm
that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion
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that which wells, v. weallan. of fluid, a fount, stream, water that surges or boils, that moves in waves Wæs ðære burnan wælm heaðofýrum hát the burn's surging stream was hot with fierce fires, Beo. Th. 5086; B. 2546. Fisca welm, wildeóra holt the fishes
self
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self, very, own. with a noun which it immediately follows Ðam ðe se þeóden self sceóp nihte naman, Cd. Th. 9, 10; Gen. 139. Drihten sylf. Blickl. Homl. 41, 4:51, 6. God selfa cuman wille, 1153, 31. Hé, Drihten selfa, cwæð, 165, 2. Drihten sylfa, 39,
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Add: trans. Ꝥ sý fang[e]n ut reprehendatur. An. Ox. 27. 21 to take, catch Hwæt féhst þú on sǽ? . . . wilt þú fón sumne hwæl?. Coll. M. 24, 7, 15. Swá swá man deór oððe fugelas féht, Solil. H. 46, 11. Hý fóð þá wildan hránas mid, Ors. 1; S. 18, 12. Þonne
Babilón
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This celebrated city of antiquity, in Mesopotamia, was built on both banks of the Euphrates. Its foundation by Nimrod is mentioned immediately after the Deluge, Gen. 10, 9, 10: 11, 9 Nimrod [MS. Membrað], se ent, ongan ǽrest timbrian Babilónia; and Ninus
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FOLC
The FOLK ⬩ people ⬩ common people ⬩ multitude ⬩ a people ⬩ tribe ⬩ family ⬩ pŏpŭlus ⬩ gens ⬩ nātio ⬩ vulgus ⬩ plebs ⬩ cīves ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ multĭtūdo
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The FOLK, people, common people, multitude, a people, tribe, family; pŏpŭlus, gens, nātio, vulgus, plebs, cīves, hŏmĭnes, exercĭtus, multĭtūdo Twá folc beóþ todǽled, and ðæt folc oferswíþ ðæt óðer folc two nations shall be divided, and the one folk shall
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Little, few [but the word occurs for the most part only in the neuter acc. with a substantive or adverbial force = a little] Dó huniges hwón tó put a little honey to it, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 15. Hwón buteran, 8; Lchdm. ii. 54, 3. Hwón buteran and
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scín-lác
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magic, necromancy, sorcery Scýnláce necro-mantia , Hpt. Gl. 482, 74. Se mec gescyldeþ wið ðínum scínláce, Exon. Th. 255, 15; Jul. 214. Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire scínláce (cf. mid hire drýcræft. Bt. 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 30) beornas forbrédan and
wulf
a wolf ⬩ used in reference to outlaws
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a wolf Wulf lupus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 32 : i. 77, 77: licos, 22, 61: lupa, ii. 51, 29. Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge somed ábregde, Cd. Th. 137, 20; Gen. 2276. Wulf sceal on bearowe, Menol. Fox 496; Gn. C. 18. Sceal hine wulf etan
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dreógan
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Add: to do, perform; commit, perpetrate Se þe déð ǽnig unnyt, hé drýhð deófles willan, Wlfst. 279, 2. Wá eów þe ofer*-*drenc dreógað, 46, 15. On gedwimerum þe men on dreógað fela þæs þe hí ná ne sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 7. Ne dreáh ic náne óþre dǽda
eáþe
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Add: of action, easily. as being well within one's power Ðæt wé gedón, swǽ wé swíðe eáðe magon mid Godes fultume, ðætte . . ., Past. 7, 9. Þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20. Eáðe beþencan, Wlfst. 165, 21: Gen. 48: Cri. 173: Mód. 9
ge-rihtlǽcan
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Add: pp. -laced. to make straight (lit. or fig. ) Hé (John) Crístes wegas gerihtlǽhte mid wordum, Hml. S. 16, 96. Sceal gehwá gerihtlǽcan þæt þæt hé ǽr tó woge gebígde, Hml. Th. i. 8, 14. via iustorum recta facto est, þæt is þǽra rihtwísra wæg is gerihtlǽced
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ge-timbran
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Add: to build Getimberdon aedificabant, Lk. L. 17, 38. construct a building Hé getimberde hús his on sonde aedificavit domum suam supra arenam, Mt. L. 7, 26. Hé getimberde torr, 21, 33. Tor of mycclum beámum getimbrian, Bl. H. 183, 3. (1 a) used of
ge-wislíce
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Add: where there is certainty as to a fact, certainly, without doubt, unquestionably Hé swór ꝥ þá wǽpnu wǽron gewyslíce þǽr on ǽfen, Hml. S. 3, 259. Ꝥ án ús is gewislíce andweard ꝥte þonne biþ, Bt. 42; F. 256, 26. 'Ic wolde witan . . . hwæþer þú wisse
ge-wunelic
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Add Gewunelic weorc consuetam opem, gewunelican consuetudinariis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 5, 6. usual, of frequent occurrence Þá unlaga þe ǽr þisan wǽran tó gewunelice, Ll. Th. i. 312, 14. in accordance with practice. of a person, habitual Þá trymede hé
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Beautiful, comely, fair Wlitig speciosus vel decorus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 17: formosa, ii. 33, 57. Elegans, i. speciosus, gratus, pulcher wynsum, wlitig praecipuus, magnus, 142, 81. Wlitigre formosior, 34. 59. of beauty that appeals to the senses, appearance
be-healdan
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Add: to hold, occupy, a place Þá wíc beheóld hálig gást, hreðer weardode, El. 1144. Seó þe flóda begong beheóld hund missera, B. 1498. an office Þegn nytte beheóld, B. 494. Seleweard sundornytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, 667. to hold, contain Bihaldne
ge-dréfan
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Add Gedréfaþ perturbant, Wülck. Gl. 252, 7. in a physical sense, to disturb, move violently, stir up, trouble water, make turbid Se súþerna wind miclum storme gedréfeþ þá sǽ mare volvens turbidus auster, Bt. 6; F. 14, 24 : Met. 5, 8. Se gást hine ge-dréfde
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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A powerful ruler or king; præpotens rex. It is affirmed [Kmbl. Sax. Eng. ii. 21, and note i] that the true meaning of brýten-walda, compounded of walda a ruler, and the adj. brýten, is totally unconnected with Brettas or Bretwalas, the name of the British
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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To slit, tear, rend in the following glosses: Sclát carpebat Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 51. Bítende and slítende mordax 57, 52. Slítende mordens Kent. Gl. 580: corrumpens Hpt. Gl. 454, 68. Ic beó sliten carpor Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 40. Wǽran slitene carpebantur
a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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to go, come, step, proceed, climb; ire, venire, gradi, procedere, scandere Hwider sceal ðæs monnes mód astígan thither shall the mind of man go, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 21; Cri. 1691. Egsa astígeþ dread shall come, 102 a; Th. 385, 24; Rä. 4, 49. Word-hleóðor