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wín-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wín-burh, f.

a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers,a chief towna walled vineyard

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wealdeþ his wínbyrig call, ðæt on wege færð ut quid deposuisti maceriam ejus; et vindemiant eam omnes, qui transeunt viam? Ps. Th. 79, 12

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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Se ofersprǽcea wer vir linguosus, 38, 8; Swt. 279, 21. Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58.

ge-þrístlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrístlǽcan, p. -lǽhte, -lǽcte

To darepresumeexciteprovocare

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We geþrístlǽcton provocavimus, Cot. 154

Linked entries: læþ þríst-lǽcan

full-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
full-getreów, adj.

Full truealtogether truepĕnĭtus vērax

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Full true, altogether true; pĕnĭtus vērax We synd fullgetreówe sŭmus pĕnĭtus vērāces, Gen. 42, 31

un-sceádwíslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceádwíslíc, adj.

Unreasonableirrational

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Unreasonable, irrational Gif ða unsceádwíslícan styrunga on stæððignysse áwendaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 210, 30

Linked entry: un-gesceádwíslíc

on-sund

Grammar
on-sund, <b>. I.</b>
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Swâ mid mîne werode onsunde in Patriacen ꝥ lond becwôman, Nar. 17, 15. Add

palm-dæg

(n.)
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Palm Sunday On þám symbeldæge þe palmdæg gewunelíce nemnað, Hml. S. 23 b, 140

twislung

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Add: differentiation nellað náne twislunge habban nánes hádes reclusa personarum acceptione, Chrd. 13, 24

smeáþanclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþanclíce, adv.

Exactly, at large subtiliter

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Exactly, at large; subtiliter Swá hér bufan smeáþanclíce áwriten habbaþ Anglia viii. 309, 22

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wondera circumstanceact that excites astonishmenta circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature,a prodigyportenta wondermiraclea miraclea wonderful objectwondrous thingwonderfulmiraculous powerwonderadmiration

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Wundor wearð on wege; wæter wearð tó báne, 483, 9; Rä. 68, 3. Ðæt is wundres dǽl, ðam ðe swylc ne conn, hú..., 472, 3; Rä. 61, 10. Ic ðæt wundor gefrægn, ðæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes, 432, 7; Rä. 48, 2.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

ge-dón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dón, ic -dó, ðú -dést, he -déþ, pl. -dóþ; p. -dyde, pl. -dydon; pp. dén, -dón

To domakeputcauseeffectreach a placefacere

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We syndon niwe to ðissum geleáfan gedón we are newly turned to this faith, 24, 9. Streównesse him under gedón to put litter under him, Blickl. Homl. 227, 12. On cweartern gedón to put in prison, Jn. Bos. 3, 24.

a-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dǽlan, p. ede; pp. ed,

To partdivideseparatepartiridividereseparare

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Ða wǽron adǽlede ealle of ánum these were parted all from one, 12; Th. 14, 13; Gen. 218; Ps. Th. 54, 20

a-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To be immersedextinguishedquenched by waterto be drownedimmergiexstinguiaquis suffocari

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Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere many more of mankind were drowned in the water, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 36

Linked entries: a-dronc a-druncen

be-lendan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lendan, be-lændan; p. de; pp. ed

To deprive of landterris privare

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Wearþ Eoda eorl and manege óðre belende earl Eudes and many others were deprived of their lands 1096; Th. 362, 36

Linked entries: be-landian ge-lend

béna

(n.)
Grammar
béna, an; m.

A petitionerdemanderrogatorsupplex

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Hý béna wǽron they were demanders, or they demanded Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 36. Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107; Th. 142, 6; Gen. 2357

éðel-riht

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-riht, -rieht, es ; n.

A land or country's right patrium jus

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A land or country's right; patrium jus Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes they were hopeless of country's right, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 8; Exod. 211.

gold-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fáh, adj.
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Goldfág scinon web æfter wagum the hangings along the walls shone interwoven with gold, 1993; B. 994

ge-beterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beterian, -betrian; p. ode; pp. od [ge-, beterian to make better, betera better]

To bettermake bettermeliōrāreemendāre

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To better, make better; meliōrāre, emendāre Ðe mid ðære láre gebeterode wǽron who were bettered by that instruction, Homl. Th. i. 406, 32. Ða scamfæstan beóþ oft mid gemetlícre láre gebetrode the modest are often improved with moderate instruction.

Linked entry: beterian

þeód-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-herpaþ, (æþ, -oþ), es; m.
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On ðone þeódherpað west on herpað, Chart. Erl. 330, 5. [Cf. O. H. Ger. diet-uuec via publica, Grff i. 669: Icel. þjóð-braut, -gata, -leið, -vegr a high road.] Cf. þeód-weg

Linked entry: folc-herpaþ

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Ðæt gé (maidens) wislíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode beón ... ná tó ungehealtsume (-heald-, in one MS. ), Homl. Ass. 47, 575