wilm
that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion
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Kmbl. 903; An. 452. of mental emotion, fervour, ardour Hié wénaþ ðæt hiera unðeáw sié sumes ryhtwíslíces andan wielm his suum vitium quasi virtus fervens videtur. Past. 40; Swt. 289, 20. On ðæm welme ðære sóþan lufan Godes, Blickl. Homl. 29, 10.
ǽ-welm
A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons
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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10.
in-gangan
To enter ⬩ go in
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Ic on unscyldignyssa mínre ic ingange ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ingangeþ cyningc wuldres introibit Rex gloriæ, 23, 7. Óþ ðæt ic ingange on háligra godes donec intrem sanctuarium Dei, 72, 17.
mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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Him ðe feára sum mearclond gesæt (of Guthlac when he retired to his hermitage.
med-trum-ness
Infirmity ⬩ ill-health ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness
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Ðá gehǽldon hié sum wíf of micelre medtrumnesse, Shrn. 135, 16. Mettrumnesse, Ps. Th. 5, arg: 6, arg: 15, arg: Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 13. Ða lǽcas cunnon heora medtrumnesse ongitan, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 16. Mettrymnysse infirmitates, Ps. Spl.
nyt-weorð
Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ profitable
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Ðá stód ðǽr sum nytwyrðe hús, Blickl. Homl. 221, 7. Se biþ on eallum þingum nytwurðe, Lchdm. iii. 158, 6. Nytwyrðe, 188, 14. Se nytwyrða bróðor, R. Ben. 24, 18. Fleóþ ðonne ða nytwierðan (nyttwyrðan, Hatt.
GRINDAN
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Sume ðara munecena cómon to grindanne some of the nuns came to grind, Th. Chart. 447. 1
ge-mittan
To find, meet ⬩ invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre
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To find, meet; invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre On hwan mæg se iunga, on gódne weg, rihtan ne rǽdran rǽd gemittan in quo corrĭgit Jūnior viam suam? Ps. Th. 118, 9. Gif ðúðyslícne þegn gemittest if thou meetest such a man, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 8; Mód. 45.
swangorness
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Non autem dormire, sed dormitare, est quae quidem reprehenda sunt cognoscere, sed tamen propter mentis taedium dignis ea increpationibus non emendare, 28; Swt. 195, l-10
un-clǽne
unclean ⬩ foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ unclean ⬩ not fit for food ⬩ unclean ⬩ impure
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Wæs sum man unclǽne ( inmundum ) deófol hæbbende, Lk. Skt. 4, 33. Unclǽne ingeþoncas, Exon. Th. 80, 33; Cri. 1316. Unclǽnra inpudicarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 14
ysel
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Ic eom yslum and axum geanlícod assimilatus sum favillae et cineri (Job 30, 19), Homl. Th. ii. 456, 13. Bearwas wurdon tó axan and tó yslan, Cd. Th. 154, 9; Gen. 2553. Gebringeþ bán and yslan, ádes láfe, eft ætsomne, Exon.
eáþe-lic
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Th. i. 358, 28. inconsiderable, slight. of living things, weak, tender Swilce hé tótǽre sum eáðelic ticcen, Jud. 14, 6. Wyrta sind eáðelice gesceafta, and ðurh winterlicne cyle symle forseariað, Hml. Th. ii. 464, 6.
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eornost
in earnest ⬩ seriously ⬩ indeed
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Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost. Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe, Hml. A. 48, 582-4. Hé mid geleáfan clipode on his eornost tó Gode, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 11, 38.
láþ
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Sume men wyllað betǽcan heora láðostan ( least loved ) cild tó Godes láreówdóme. Ac hí ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame þe his leófran sunn tó láce geoffrode, Hml. A. 35, 265. unwilling, loath (?)
swín
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Þá semninga geféldon hí án swýn ( porcum ) yrnende hider and þider betwyh heora fótum, ꝥ sum ꝥ swýn heora hwylc gefélde ... sóhte ꝥ swín þá duru þǽre cyrcan ... and ne mihte hit nán man geseón, and swá þeáh hí hit mihton gefélan, Gr. D. 236, 1-6.
ǽg-hwanan
from all sides ⬩ on all sides ⬩ on all sides, in every respect, utterly
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H. 115, 15-17. fig. on all sides, in every respect, utterly Ic eom gehéned ǽghwonane humiliatus sum usquequaque, Past. 465, 29. Ne forlǽt ðú mé ǽghwanan usquequaque Ps. L. 118, 8. Ic mé ongite ǽghwonan scyldigne, Bt. 8; F. 24, 12.
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hát-heort
Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent ⬩ furiosus, iracundus, fervens
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Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ða óðre then was one of them fiercer and more furious than the others, Blickl. Homl. 223, 6
feaxede
Having long hair ⬩ long-haired ⬩ cŏmātus
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Having long hair, long-haired; cŏmātus Sume men cweðaþ ðæt cométa síe feaxede [fexede, Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10] steorra, forðæm ðǽr stent lang leóma of, hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe some men say that a comet is a long-haired star
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fyrd-færeld
A military expedition or service ⬩ mīlĭtāris expedītio
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Ðæt he þreó þing of his lande dó, fyrdfæreld, and burhbóte, and brycgeweorc ut ĭta făciat pro terra sua, scīlĭcet, expĕdītiōnem, burhbōtam, et brigbōtam, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2
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ge-ærnan
To run ⬩ currĕre ⬩ To run for ⬩ to gain by running ⬩ cursu certāre ⬩ propalma cursu contendĕre
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To run; currĕre Ðá geærndon hí sume þrage and efthwurfon then they ran for some time and returned, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 9. v. trans.