wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
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madness, fury, frenzy, rage Wódnys rabies, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 71: 75, 58, Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, hú se apostol hine fram ðære wódnysse áhredde, Homl. Th. i. 458, 9.
wreccan
to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to rouse
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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps.
Linked entries: a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend
á-weallan
to well out ⬩ to spring ⬩ proceed from a source ⬩ to swarm, ⬩ to exist in large numbers ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ to be hot ⬩ to burn ⬩ rage
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Voc. ii. 111, 69. of the heat of disease:-- Wiþ þá ádle þe Grécas frenesis nemnaþ, ꝥ byþ ðonne ꝥ heáfod áweallen byþ, Lch. i. 210, 2. of violent passion, to burn, rage:-- Sé ábarn and áweóll mid þý bryne wælhreównesse ongǽn þá ǽfestan weras, (exarsit
hád
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</b> in a personal sense, those belonging to an order or rank :-- Cwæð ǽlc hád ciricean þǽre mǽgðe ánmódlíce (cf. cum consilio omnium ecclesiasticorum graduum, C. D. i. 45, 12), Ll. Th. i. 36, 10.
GEARO
YARE ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ complete ⬩ promptus ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ perfectus
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Geofum biþ gearora with gifts is more prepared, Exon. 128 b; Th. 493, 15; Rä. 81, 31
Linked entries: án-wíg-gearo gare gearu gearuwe
leóht
Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy
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Leóhtre ic eom micle ðonne ðes lytla wyrm I am much lighter than this little worm, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 19; Rä. 41, 76. Líhtre tolerabilius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 15.
be-scerian
To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare
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Mec bescyrede Scyppend eallum the Creator deprived me of all, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 34; Rä. 41, 101. He wæs eallra his lima þénunge bescyred he was deprived of the use of all his limbs, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38.
Linked entries: be-scirian be-scyrian be-scyrigan bi-scerian
be-týnan
to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up ⬩ sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere ⬩ to end, finish, conclude ⬩ finire
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Ðæs heán biscopes leoma on ðysse byrigenne syndon betýnde [MS. betyned] pontificis summi hoc clauduntur membra sepulchro, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 22: Exon. 110 b; Th. 422, 25; Rä. 41, 11.
síðian
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Th. 434, 17 ; Rä. 52, 2. Up siðian, Hy. 3, 56. Síðigean, Andr. Kmbl. 1657 ; An. 831. Ic eom engel Godes ufan síðende, Exon.
sinc
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Th. 401, 11 ; Rä. 21, 10. Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, 478, 4 ; Ruin. 36. Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ, ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene . . . ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, Byrht. Th. 133, 33 ; By. 59.
stíg
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Th. 397, 24; Rä. 16, 24. Steáp stánhliðo, stíge nearwe, enge ánpaðas, Beo. Th. 2823; B. 1409
Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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and add: of animals or human beings, in a well-fed condition, plump Hine oxa ne teáh, ne fǽt hengest, Rä. 23, 14. Þæt þæt gé fǽt sáwon (þæt gé fǽttas gesáwon, R.
ge-mang
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. ¶ on (in) gemange (following a dative) among (used still in poetry after the noun) :-- Wiht wæs nó werum on gemonge, Rá. 32, 4:11. Bið áweaxen wyrtum in gemonge fugel alitur mediis in odoribus ales, Ph. 265. Mágum in gemonge.
ge-miclian
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Gl. the object a thing Mægen bið gemiclad, meaht gesweotlad, wlite bið geweorðad, Rá. 81, 18
ge-reord
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of sumes bósme, hwílum ic gereordum rincas laðige tó wíne, hwilum sceat stefne mínre flýman feóndsceaðan when I must swallow wind from somebody's lungs, sometimes with my notes I summon men to the feast, sometimes with my voice I put foes to flight, Rä
scip
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Scip sceal genægled (cf. naca nægledbord, Rä. 59, 5), Gn. Ex. 94. Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip on ancre fæst, B. 302. On bearm scipes, 35: 896: Exod. 375.
hǽr
Hair, a hair
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Ic beleás hérum ðám ðe ic hæfde I lost the hairs that I had, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 36; Rä. 27, 5
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HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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Ic wiht geseah wundorlíce horna ábitweónum húþe lǽdan I saw a creature [the moon] wondrously bringing spoil between its horns, Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 19; Rä. 30, 2. Heorot hornum trum the hart firm-antlered, Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369.
Linked entries: hyrne horn-geáp horn-reced
FEÐER
FEATHER ⬩ penna ⬩ plūma ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ ⬩ what is made of a feather ⬩ A pen ⬩ penna ⬩ călămus
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Fox 24, 10; Met. 24, 5. in the pl. sometimes used for Wings; ālæ, pennæ Mec wǽgun feðre on lifte wings bore me in air, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 20; Rä. 28, 4.
FÓN
To grasp ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ to seize with hostile intention ⬩ take ⬩ undertake ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ mănu comprehendĕre ⬩ captāre ⬩ căpĕre ⬩ accĭpĕre
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Se ðe mec féhþ ongeán he who is hostile towards me, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 1; Rä. 28, 9: Beo. Th. 3515; B. 1755. We fóþ nú on ða axunga ðǽr we hí ǽr forléton we will now take up the questions where we before left them, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 44.