ealu-geweorc
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On þǽre byrig wæs ǽrest ealogeweorc ongunnen, for þon þe hié wín næfdon larga prius potione usi, non vini, cujus ferax is locus non est, sed succo tritici per artem confecto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 7
efen-éhþ
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32
efen-lang
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Licgað wilde móras wið eástan emnlange þǽm býnum lande, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 28. as long (as broad). v. efen*-*brád
Linked entry: lang
gedwol-þing
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(magical) delusion, sorcery Balzaman smyring wiþ scínláce and wiþ eallum gedwolþinge, Lch. ii. 288, 14. Wið ǽlces cynnes gedwolþing, 290, 16
pín-treów
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Wæs án píntreów wið ꝥ templ swíðe hálig geteald, Hml. S. 31, 390.
un-wíslíce
Unwisely ⬩ foolishly
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Ðá beseah Lothes wíf unwíslíce underbæc, Gen. 19, 26. Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg yþelíce gelácnian, and æfter unéð, gif hió bið unwíslíce tó lange forlǽten, Lchdm. ii. 232, 18
Linked entry: wíslíce
út-here
A foreign army
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Ða scipu sceoldan ðisne eard healdan wið ǽlcne úthere, 1009; Erl. 141. 25
út-lagian
To outlaw ⬩ banish ⬩ proscribe
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Wið ðam ðe hí ǽfre ǽlcne Denisc[n]e cyning útlagede of Englalande gecwǽdon, 1014; Erl. 150, 15
of-þænnan
to moisten
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to moisten Gegníd on wín, ofþæne wel, Lchdm. ii. 90, 7. Ofþæne mid ecede, 184, 15. Obðaenit madidum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 72. Ofðæned madefactus, 80, 48. Ofþænda and gesodena on ecede, Lchdm. ii. 180, 15.
Linked entry: þǽnan
trahtnere
An expositor ⬩ commentator
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Hieronimus se wísa trahtnere, Homl. Ass. 36, 296
wreþian
To prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ sustain
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Heora ǽlc winð wiþ óþer, and þeáh wræþeþ óþer, ðæt hié ne móton tóslúpan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 11. Hiora ǽghwilc wið óþer winð, and þeáh winnende wreþiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óþer, Met. ll, 34.
Linked entry: wræpian
snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Fród wita, snottor ár Exon. Th. 313, 18; Mód. 2. Swá cwæð snottor on móde, gesæt him sundor æt rúne 293, 4; Wand. 111. Rǽdum snottor, wís on gewitte Andr. Kmbl. 938; An. 469. Se wítga snottor searuþancum Elen. Kmbl. 2377; El. 1190. Se snotera Beo.
Linked entry: snytre
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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cf. wín-byrele caupo,21, 13; orbrytta? cf. wín-bryttum cauponibus) caupo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 81. Wǽtan heó ne swelgeþ, ne wiht iteþ, Exon. Th. 439, 27; Rä. 59, 10.
freónd-rǽden
A friend-condition ⬩ friendship ⬩ amīcĭtia
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B.] habban if a man will have full friendship, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 176, 2. God gefégþ mid freóndrǽdenne folc togædere God joins people together with friendship, Bt. 21; Fox 74. 37
HREDDAN
To RID ⬩ take away ⬩ save ⬩ liberate
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Bútan ðú úsic æt ðam leódsceaþan hreddan wille unless thou wilt save us from the destroyer, Exon. 11 b; Th. 17, 23; Cri. 274.
mæðel-stede
A place of assembly ⬩ place where a meeting is held ⬩ a place of hostile meeting ⬩ a battle-place
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On ðam meðelstede ( the place of the last judgment ), 169; Th. 212, 20; Exod. 542. a place of hostile meeting, a battle-place Hé ne meahte on ðæm meðelstede wið Hengeste wiht gefeohtan, Beo. Th. 2169; B. 1082
Linked entry: hleóðor-stede
ge-wilnung
A wish ⬩ desire ⬩ longing ⬩ seeking ⬩ appetite ⬩ will ⬩ vow ⬩ oncŭpiscentia ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ ambĭtus ⬩ appĕtītus ⬩ affectus ⬩ vōtum
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A wish, desire, longing, seeking, appetite, will, vow; oncŭpiscentia, desīdĕrium, ambĭtus, appĕtītus, affectus, vōtum Gewilnung ambĭtus, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 35, 10.
Linked entries: ge-willnung wilnung
ge-cneordlǽcan
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Ox. 1086. to study, apply oneself to learning Hé gecneordlǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum ( he studied according to the examples set by wise teachers ), and gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 18.
be-gitan
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Hine wíg begeat, B. 2872. Mec bigeat nearo nihtwaco, Seef. 6. Begeáte, B. 2130
drincan
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Syle drincan on wíne, i. 316, 5. Þú scealt ǽrest óðerne geseón drincan, Hml.