wéning
supposition ⬩ doubtful thought ⬩ doubt ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ chance
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supposition, doubtful thought, doubt Se Godes man ne sceolde be ðan morgendæge þencean, ðý læs ðæt wǽre, ðæt hé þurh ðæt ǽnig ðara góda forylde, ðe hé ðonne ðý dæge gedón mihte, and (þurh) ða wéninge hweðer hé eft ðæs mergendæges gebídan móste the man
offrian
To offer, bring a sacrifice or gift in honour of another
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Hé offrude lác Gode his fæder mactatis victimis Deo patris sui, Gen. 46, 1. Offrode, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 34. [Hé offrede hit (the body of St. Florentine) Crist and sce Peter,] [Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 21.]
tó-sáwan
To sow broadcast, ⬩ scatter seed ⬩ to spread abroad, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ to disseminate opinions ⬩ distribute favours ⬩ sow dissension
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Ða fyrmestan bydelas ðe Godes láre geond ðás land tóseówon, Homl. Ass. 56, 143. Seó leáse gesetnys ðe þurh gedwolmen wíde tósáwen is, Homl. Th. i. 438, 1
dreórig
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Gewitan him þá Norðmen, dreórig daraða láf, Chr. 937; P. 109, 12. Sceal þes dreórga heáp þrowian, Sat. 394. Dreórigne hyge, Gú. 1112: Wand. 17: Met. 22, 33. Hig wurdon swíðe dreórige and cyrdon eft illi scissis vestibus reversi sunt, Gen. 44, 13.
wíd-gil
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Ðæt is suíðe rúm weg and wídgille lata et spatiosa via est, Past. 18 ; Swt. 133, 20. Ðæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum wídgille and lang þurh*-*wunaþ on norðsǽ, Guthl. 3 ; Gdwin. 20, 8. Sió wídgille passivus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 55.
wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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[Laym. Orm. A. R. Ayenb. wod : Chauc. wood : Prompt. Parv. wood, coen : Goth. wóds: O. H. Ger. wuce: Icel. óðr.] Similar entries v. ellen-, tung-wód; wéde
á-breóþan
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[Si lage swið abreað this law degenerated very much, O. E. Hml. i. 235, 29.]
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útera
Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man
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Þeáh ðe ic næbbe ða úttran lác, ic geméte on mé sylfum hwæt ic lecge on weófode ðínre herunge, Homl. Th. i. 584, 15
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beadu-rinc
A soldier ⬩ bellicosus vir ⬩ miles
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A soldier; bellicosus vir, miles Beadurincum wæs Róm gerýmed Rome was laid open by the soldiers, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 36; Met. 1, 18
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clepian
To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare
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Lamb. 16, 6
mis-tídan
To turn out badly
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To turn out badly Gif æt láde mistíde if the attempt at exculpation prove a failure, L. C. S. 57: Th. i. 406, 27
gebundennes
A binding ⬩ an obligation ⬩ oblĭgātio
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Lamb. 124, 5
gers
Grass ⬩ herba
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Lamb. 146, 8: Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 28
wunden-mǽl
Having curved markings
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.), ðæt hit on eorðan læg, stíð and stýlecg, Beo. Th. 3066; B. 1531
be-genga
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Begængum, 34. v. eard-, land-begenga in Dict., and bí-genga
bytt
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a butt, piece of land ? Innan Scrowes bytt, of Scrowes bytt betweox .ii. beorgas, C. D. iii. 85, 11. [v. N. E. D. butt .]
ed-lesung
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Substitute: Relation Hwylc getácnað þreó ðingc . . . relationem, þæt is, edlesunge (-læs-, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 116, 10. Edlesunge (-lys-, v. l. ), 117, 5
heáfod-haga
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A fence running at the head (v. heáfod; 2 a) of a piece of land (?) On ðone ealdan heáfodhagan, C. D. vi. 64, 7
æf-geréfa
exactor
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glosses exactor Ðý lǽs se doemere seleð ðec ðǽm æf-groefe (exactori) and se æfgroefa (exactor) sendað ðec in carcern, Lk. L. 12, 58
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hæftnian
To seize, capture
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Lamb. 93, 21. Hæftned lǽdde ða on hæftnéde lange lifdon capitivam duxit captivitatem, Ps. Th. 67, 18