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wudu-bend

(n.)

wood-bine

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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man capparis and óþrum naman wudubend hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 302, 11. Wuduhunig ðæt wæxeþ on wudebendum, Mk. Skt. Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend

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dæg-fæsten

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Gif man wylle his dægfæsten álýsan mid ælmessan, gesylle twám mannum oððe þrým dægswǽsendo si aliquis jejunium suum eleemosynis redimere velit, duobus vel tribus hominibus det cibum unius diei, Ll. Th. ii. 220, 29. Add

gydig

(adj.)
Grammar
gydig, adj.
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Possessed by an evil spirit, mad Þæne gidian limphaticum, s. Saul (gy[digne], þæne gidigan limphaticum, i. vecordem, Hpt. Gl. 520, 63: cf. limphaticum wódan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 56), An. Ox. 5009. Cf. god

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náwihtlíce

(adv.)
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Add: ignobly Ongeán þæs módes strengðe se mánfulla deófol forgifð ábroðennysse, þæt se man ábreóðe on ǽlcere neóde náhtlíce ǽfre, and eác þæt hé híwige hine sylfne mihtigne, Wlfst. 59, 13: Angl. xi. 109, 54

á-weceness

(n.)
Grammar
á-weceness, e; f.

Incitement

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Incitement Hwylc man ne áwundrað swylce wundru þára deádra þá beóð gedóne fore áwæcenesse (-wec-,v. l.) and láre þára lifigendra (quae fiunt pro exercitatione (the translator has read excitatione ?) viventium), Gr. D. 199, 7

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béd-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
béd-ríp, l. bed-ríp, es; n. , and add
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Aelc man in Sc̃e Eádmundes byri húsfast on his ówe land sal gifen tó þe hálegenes biderípe ón peni, Cht. Th. 438, 7. [v. N. E. D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Ðár beó án mann stande there shall be a man standing, Chr. 1031; Ing. 206, 5; Erl. 162, 7. Ðá stód ðár án Iudeisc wer, ðæs nama wæs Nichodémus then stood there a Jewish man, whose name was Nicodemus, Nicod. 11; Thw. 5, 38.

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Th. i. 340, 5. where knowledge comes without search, etc., to become or be made aware of something Gif man áfindeð his ǽhte, syððan hé hit gebohte hæfeð, unhál if a person's cattle turns out, after he has bought it, to be unsound , Ll.

HELP

(n.)
Grammar
HELP, e; f: also es; m.

HELPaidsuccour

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Ðám burgwarum com mára fultum tó útan tó helpe more aid came from without to the citizens to help them, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 19. Rúmlícum helpe benigno favore, Rtl. 17, 35.

Linked entry: hylp

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Gif man æt unlagum man bewǽpnige... and gif hine man gebinde, forgilde be healfan were, L. C.

folc-bealo

(n.)
Grammar
folc-bealo, gen. -bealowes; n.

Folk-tormenttorment by manya great tormentingens mălumcrŭciātus

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Folk-torment, torment by many, a great torment; ingens mălum vel crŭciātus Petrus and Paulus þrówedon on Róme folcbealo þreálíc Peter and Paul suffered grievous torment by the people at Rome, Menol. Fox 248; Men. 125

metian

(v.)

to supply with food

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to supply with food Ðá beád hé ðæt man sceolde his here metian (MS. C. mettian) and horsian he ordered that his army should be supplied with food and with horses, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 3

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neáhness

(n.)
Grammar
neáhness, e; f.

Nearnessneighbourhood

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Nearness, neighbourhood Hwylc tóweard yfel ðú ðé on neáhnysse forhtast quae ventura tibi in proximo mala formidas, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1. On néhnesse his cytan in vicinia cellae illius, 5, 12; S. 630, 42

regn-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
regn-þeóf, -es; m.

An arch-thief

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Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlaþ (cf. regintheoƀos farstelad (Mat. vi. 19). Hel. 1646), Cd. Th. 212, 12;Exod. 538

stott

(n.)
Grammar
stott, es; m.
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An inferior kind of horse Hér on stent gewriten hwæt man funde æt Eggemere syððan Cole hit lét. Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7

wæter-búc

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-búc, es; m.

A pitcher

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A pitcher Án man mid wæterbúce homo am-phoram aquae portans, Lk. Skt. 22, 10. Gedeon hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne ǽmtigne sester oððe ǽnne wæterbúc Gedeon dedit in manibus eorum lagenas vacuas, Jud. 7, 16

wine-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wine-treów, e ; f.

Faith between friends

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Ðæt hé (the man) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50

hǽðenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽðenisc, adj.

Heathenish, pagangentilis

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Heathenish, pagan Heora biscepas sǽdon ðæt heora godas bǽdon ðæt him man worhte anfiteatra ðæt mon mehte ðone hǽðeniscan plegan ðǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 12

of-hnítan

(v.)

to kill by butting, to gore to death

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to kill by butting, to gore to death Gif se oxa wer oððe wíf ofhnít if an ox gore a man or woman, that they die. Ex. 21, 29: L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 27

hleápung

(n.)
Grammar
hleápung, e; f.

Leaping, dancing

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Leaping, dancing Herodias swá mǽres mannes deáþ to gife hire déhter hleápunge underféng Herodias received as a gift for her daughter's dancing the death of so illustrious a man, Homl. Th. i. 488, 3: 480, 35