wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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Wiþerward wind ástígeþ ... ástigon wiþerwarde windas, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 33, 39. of hostility or conflict, adverse, hostile; used substantively, an adversary, enemy, opponent, a fiend Ǽlc hús ðe byð wiðerweard ongeán hyt sylf omnis domus divisa contra
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
FORMA
The first ⬩ earliest ⬩ prīmus
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Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld was ðises middangeardes how happy was the first age of this world, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 7; Met. 8, 4: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 8. Ðis wæs ðæt forme tácn this was the first miracle, Jn. Bos. 2, 11.
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hwæt
Quick ⬩ active ⬩ vigorous ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ brave
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Ne scyle se hwata esne ymb ðæt gnornian hú oft hé feohtan scule virum fortem non decet indignari, quoties increpuit bellicus tumultus, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 10: Beo. Th. 6048; B. 3028. Hwatum Heorowearde, 4328; B. 2161.
limpan
To befall ⬩ happen ⬩ pertain ⬩ belong ⬩ affect ⬩ concern
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Hú lomp eów on láde what hap was yours by the way? Beo. Th. 3978; B. 1987. Twegra sceopa ðǽrtó ðe limpende beóþ of two ships that are thereto pertaining, Chart. Th. 28, 26
mis-
wanting in likeness or unity ⬩ unlike ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ diverging from the usual course ⬩ erratic
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Hú ne sǽdon wé ðæt ðis andweaede líf nǽre nó ðæt héhste gód, forðam hit wǽre mistlíc (MS. Cott. mislíc), Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 17. Mistlíc promiscuum, mixtum, Hpt. Gl. 497, 5. Mistlíc bleó discolor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 35.
BÓT
help, assistance, remedy, cure ⬩ auxilium, remedium, emendatio, sanatio ⬩ a BOOT, compensation due to an injured person as damages for the wrong sustained, redressing, recompense, an amends, a satisfaction, correction, reparation, restoring, renewing, repentance, an offering ⬩ compensatio, emendatio, reparatio, oblatio ⬩ to-boot, with advantage, moreover, besides
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help, assistance, remedy, cure; auxilium, remedium, emendatio, sanatio Hér ys seó bót, hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan here is the remedy, how thou mayest improve thy fields, Lchdm. i. 398, 1.
ge-cynd
nature ⬩ kind ⬩ manner ⬩ condition ⬩ gender ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium ⬩ proprietas ⬩ modus ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ genus ⬩ generation ⬩ nakedness ⬩ generatio ⬩ natales ⬩ partes ⬩ genitales ⬩ verenda ⬩ offspring ⬩ proles
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Hú his gecynde biþ what its nature [sex] is, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 8; Ph. 356. Wæstma gecyndu kinds of fruits, 33 a; Th. 104, 30; Gú. 15. Cristes gecyndo the natures of Christ, Salm. Kmbl. 819; Sat. 409. On feówer gecynd in four kinds, 996; Sat. 499.
ofer-cuman
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Ne mihte hé geþencan hú hé hí mid ǽnige cræfte ofercuman sceolde, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 24. (1 a) to overcome in argument :-- Ofercuóm conuincit (Judaeos de baptismo Johannis interrogando ), Mk. p. 4, 19. of some physical or mental force or influence, to
sárlíce
sorely, painfully ⬩ sorely, grievously, lamentably ⬩ sorely, bitterly, heavily
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Hé sóhte hú hé sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon. Th. 276, 25; Jul. 571. in a manner that causes mental pain, sorely, grievously, lamentably Ðæt mín fót ful sárlíce ásliden wǽre, Ps. Th. 93, 17.
ǽn-lic
only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,
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Hú beorht, mire, ǽnlic O preclara, i. splendida, An. Ox. 1266. Ǽnlic aurea, 1461: Hy. S. 24, 7. Sum swíðe ǽnlic wer and foremǽre quidam spectabilis vir, Gr. D. 307, 1. Adrianus wæs geong and ǽnlic, Shrn. 59, 28. Fæger on ansýne and ǽnlic, 88, 13.
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ge-teón
To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód how the world was wondrously framed, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 28; Dan. 111. Se ðe geteód hæfde qui decrēvĕrat, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 12: Blickl. Homl. 19, 35. Geteód to ðǽm écan wítum destined to eternal torments, 37, 4: 31, 22.
ge-þreán
To reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ corripere ⬩ increpare ⬩ arguere ⬩ cogere ⬩ affligere ⬩ coartare ⬩ urgere ⬩ vexare
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Hú beó ic geþreád quomodo coarctor, Lk. 12, 50. Ic wæs geþreád ðæt ic ðé sóhte I was compelled to seek thee, Exon, 70 b; Th. 263, 3; Jul. 344.
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scyndan
To hurry ⬩ hasten ⬩ To cause to hasten ⬩ to hurry ⬩ to urge ⬩ incite ⬩ exhort
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Hú mon monige scyndan scyle (de exhortatione multis exhibenda) tó ðæm ðætte his gódan dǽda ne weorðen tó yflum dǽdum, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 6
á-stellan
To set up, ⬩ to set an example ⬩ to do something first ⬩ to found a place ⬩ institute an office ⬩ to establish a practice ⬩ doctrine, ⬩ to establish ⬩ confirm
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Hú bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde, Wlfst. 176, 6. to establish a practice, doctrine, Hé ástealde ealle gifa and ealle sóðfæstnyssa, Hml. Th. i. 198, 2. Ðá láre þe hé ástealde, ii. 586, 3:Hml. S. 25, 704.
á-spendan
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Hú þes freólsdæg beó áspend mid lofe, i. 436, 29. with the object of expenditure also given Þeáh ðe ic áspende míne ǽhta on ðearfena bigleofan, Hml. i. 54, 2. Hé þás fíf andgitu áspent on unnyt, ii. 374, 2 : Hml. S. 12, 135.
lange
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hú geornor, Gú. 109. Lenge swiðor áwa usquequaque Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 18. Á hú lenge swíður, Ps. Srt. 118, 8, 43, 51, 10. Swá leng swá má magis magisque An. Ox. 3594. Ióhannes leofode heora lengst, Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 43.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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Hú mæg ic þæt findan, þæt swá fyrn gewearð wintra gangum?, El. 633.
sél
Good ⬩ good ⬩ worthy ⬩ having excellent qualities or properties ⬩ good of its kind ⬩ possessing the excellences of a class ⬩ excellent ⬩ well-qualified ⬩ skilful ⬩ efficient ⬩ good ⬩ advantageous ⬩ to one's interest ⬩ advisable ⬩ good ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ proper ⬩ of value ⬩ precious ⬩ good ⬩ happy ⬩ pleasant
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Ðeáh hine se dysiga dó tó cyninge, hú mæg gesceádwís scealc gereccan, ðæt hé him ðý sélra sié oððe þince, Met. 15, 15. Nǽnig sélra nǽre rondhæbbendra ríces wyrðra no warrior was worthier, more deserving of rule, Beo. Th. 1725; B. 860.
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hundred
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Heora man áhéng fifte healf hundred (hund, v. l. ), Ors. 5, 3; Th. 442, 34. Hundrað (hundteóntig, R. hund, W. S.) scípa centum oves, Mt. L. 18, 12. Hundrað (hundred, R., hund, W. S.) scillinga centum denarios, 18, 28. Hundreð, Lk. R. 15, 4.
ge-reord
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Gyf hig hwylc hýrédes fæder tó his húse gelaðige, sé þe wyle . . . æt him onfón þá gereord gástlicre láre, and him syllan líchamlice gereordo, Ll.