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cwidian

(v.)
Grammar
cwidian, cwiddigan, cwydian , cwyddian; p. ode; pp. od [cwide, cwyde a saying]

o speak, say dicere

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o speak, sayT; dicere Ongan hine hyspan and hearm cwiddigan [cwidian, Cot.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33

Linked entries: cwyddian cwydian

ge-stence

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-stence, -stænce; adj.

Fragrantodorous

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Fragrant, odorous He hafaþ hwítne wyrtruman and swýðe gestencne [-stæncne, MS. B.] it has a white and very fragrant root, Herb. 156, 1; Lchdm. i. 282, 19

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dwelian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to go astray, literal on ðám holte dwelode ( wandered ), oð þæt hine wulfas tótǽron, Hml. Th. i. 384, 10. án (sceáp), þe ðǽr losode and dwelede, sóhte, R. Ben. 51, 19. Heó began faran ... swilce heó dweliende þyder cóme ...

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness sălus, asȳlum

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Grn. corrected ed monne into edniowne renewed :-- Ða he hine [égor-here] upp forlét edniowne [acc. referring to hine = égor-here] streámum stígan when he allowed it [the water-flood-'host'] renewed to mount up in streams, Gen. 1405

on-winnan

(v.)
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Þæt gé eówerne eard bewerian mid wǽpnum wið onwinnendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 18: Hml. S. 25, 818. Hí weredon hí cénlíce wið þone onwinnendan here, 589: 719. gefeaht wið heora onwinnendan he fought with their assailants, 687.

clǽnnes

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnnes, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e ; f.

CLEANNESS, chastity, purity, modestypuritas, castimonia

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Ðæt he healdan wille his clǽnnisse that he will keep his chastity, L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 8. Þurh ða heálícan clǽnnysse through exalted purity, Homl. Th. i. 346, 1: L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 16: Ps. Spl. 17, 22, 26

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.
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( Fursetis ) férde geond eal Ýrrland and Scotland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 29

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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Gif æt ðam þriddan cyrre náh riht næbbe, ðonne fare feórþan síðe tó scírgemðte, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14. Hǽbbe man tuwa on geáre scírgemðt, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3. Habbe man twá scírgemót on geáre, L. C. S. 18; Th. .i. 386, 5.

ge-gifan

(v.)
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D. 16, 1. to give as a present Hig noldon him ágyfan nán þingc þæs þe se cyng heom gegyfen (geunnen, v. l. ) hæfde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 19. hæfð gegyfen þǽ gegyldhealle, Cht. Th 605, 6.

Linked entry: gifan

hǽlþ

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(good) health of body cwæit þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, and eal hire híwisc hǽlðe brúcan, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 19.

cweþan

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cweþan, <b>. I.</b>
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add: (1 a) where the words or sounds to be spoken are given Se biscop hine hét stafa naman cweðan: 'Cweð nú á'; ðá cwæð á, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. 'Hwí ðú úre goda biggencgas forseó' ...

wǽpen-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-þracu, gen. -þræce; f.

Force of arms

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héht wígend weccan and wǽpenþræce, Elen. Kmbl. 212; El. 106

un-fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽle, adj.

Evilillbad

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Ȝef heo is atbroide þenne heo is unfele and forbrode, O. and N. 1381.] applied to inanimate objects Ofet unfǽle ( the forbidden fruit ), Cd. Th. 45, 7; Gen. 723. Unfǽle dira (the passage is: dira vinculorum ligamina, Ald. 44), Anglia xiii. 34, 178

folc-leásung

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Slander, as affecting an individual, which entailed the same penalty as that for folk-leásung, is treated in the following Sé þe óðerne mid wóge forsecgan wille, ꝥ áðor oþþe feó oþþe freme þe wyrsa sý . . . sý his tungan scyldig, Ll.

ge-girnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-girnung, e; f.
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A desire, request Ðis ys Ælfgyfæ gegurning tó híræ cinehláfordæ . . . heó hyne bitt for Godæs lufun þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðæ, Cht. Th. 552, 27

Linked entry: girning

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Spl. 12, 3. with preps. physical Beseó upp tó þǽre nǽddran, and leofað, swá besihð on hig, Num. 21, 8. Swá ðá eágan on besióð, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 13. Of heofenum beseah Drihten Dominus de coelo prospexit, Ps.

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Heó ða þýstre ðysses andweardan middangeardes oferstáh praesentis ntundi tenebras transiens, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 3. on ánre diégelre stówe ðone munt oferstág. Ors. 4,6; Swt. 172, 21.

ge-smyltan

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Add: to calm Þeós wyrt áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse, and gyf þú hý on scyp áhéhst, tó þám wundorlic heó is, ꝥ heó ǽlce hreóhnysse gesmylteþ, Lch. i. 308, 17

ge-þreát

(n.)
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violence Heó wearð geleaht and tó þám hǽðenan temple getogen mid geðreáte ꝥ heó þǽre gydenan Diane godes wurðmynt gebude (cf. se geréfa hí nídde ꝥ heó Críste wiðsóce, Shrn. 31, 18), Hml. S. 2, 384.

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Hér Ida féng tó ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cynecyn onwóc, Chr. 547; Erl. 16, 8. Him onwóc heáh Healfdene, Beo. Th. 112; B. 56. Beornas onwócan, cynn æfter cynne cende wǽron, Ps. Th. 104, 11. Hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan, Cd. Th. 58, 2; Gen. 940.

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan