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wǽta

Grammar
wǽta, wǽte;
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Add Gif hié cumað of biterum and yfelum wǽtum, Lch. ii. 178, 13. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Sume men of hiora scome þá wǽtan for þǽm nýde þigdon vidimus plerosque pudore amisso suam urinam uexatos ultimis necessitafibus haurientes, Nar. 9, 22

wæter-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-gesceaft, e; f.
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The watery element Swá ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican, efne swylce seó wætergesceaft (wæteres gesceaft) wǽre onwænded in fæstes wáges staðolfæstnesse sic stans aqua ecclesiae januam clausit, ac si illud elementum liquidum in soliditatem

gædeling

A kinsman, relative

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For 'A companion . . . Dan. 422' substitute: A kinsman, relative Geaduling fratuelis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 15: patruelis, 116, 26. His gædelinges (uncle's)gúðgewǽdu, B. 2617. Gewát him se góda mid his gædelingum, B. 2949. Geþenc . . . hwá þá gyfe sealde

gád

(n.)

a goad.

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a goad. Gaad stiga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 43. Gád cuspis, 17, 4. Derigendlic bið ðé þæt þú spurne ongeán þá gáde (durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare ). Gif se oxa spyrnð ongeán ðá gád, hit dereð him sylfum, Hml. Th. i. 390, 9: 386, 9. Add

á-screopan

Grammar
á-screopan, l. á-screpan,

to clear off

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and add: to clear off Þonne áscrypð hió ꝥ áter áweg, Lch. ii. 144, 17. Áscrep þá greátan rinde of, 270, 17. Áscrepan (-screfan, Erf.) egerere, áscrepen (-aen,Erf.; -anWrt. Voc. ii. 39, 17) egesta, Txts. 59, 730-1: Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 16: 142, 68

bealo

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; adj.
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Swá inc se balewa hét handþegen helle, Sat. 484. Uton gescyldan ús wið þá bealewan synne, Wlfst. 145, 18. Ic bealuwara weorc gebiden hæbbe, sárra sorga, Kr. 79. Hine sár hafað befongen balwon bendum (cf. bealo-bend), B. 977. Sé inc forgeaf balewe geþóhtas

un-fægere

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fægere, adv.

Unpleasantly ⬩ ungently ⬩ terribly ⬩ cruelly

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Unpleasantly, ungently, terribly, cruelly Hé ðæt unfægere wera cneórissum gewrecan þóhte, Cd. Th. 77, 11; Gen. 1273. Gripon unfægre under sceát werum scearpe gáras, 124, 16; Gen. 2063. Sampson hewis doun of þa hirdis, hurtis þam unfaire, Alex. (Sk.)

á-feohtan

(v.)
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Add: trans. To fight against Áfeht ðú ( expugna ) ðá onfehtendo mé, Rtl. 167, 39. intrans. To Fight one's way, make one's way by fighting Þæt sume þurh ealle þá truman út áfuhten, gif hié mehten, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 21

brǽc

(n.)
Grammar
brǽc, e; f.

Breach ⬩ breaking ⬩ destruction

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Breach, breaking, destruction His sunu cwæþ ꝥ hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (an astronomical instrument) tócwýsan sceolde, bútan man þá hálgan wurpe on háte ofnas, gif his fæder nǽre hǽled æfter þǽre brǽce, Hml. S. 5, 292

byd

Grammar
byd, byd-incel ?
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Andlang bróces on Bydincel, of Bydincele . . . of thám forda on thá ealdan byd, andlang byd . . . of thám hamme on Byd, andlang Byd, C. D. B. iii. 44, 24-38. On bydyncel . . . ðæt on byd, C. D. iii. 81, 5-7

Linked entry: bydincel

ele-tredde

(n.)
Grammar
ele-tredde, an; f.
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2

fæst-land

(n.)
Grammar
fæst-land, es; n.
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Land adapted to resist attack, that is hard to invade Fóran wé þurh ðá fæstlond and þurh þá ungeférenlican eorþan we marched through country which could easily have been defended and over ground that was almost impassable, Nar. 17, 6

fódnóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fódnóþ, fódnoþ, es; m.

sustenance ⬩ support ⬩ food ⬩ annona

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Substitute: sustenance, support, food Þá land beón ðám gebróðran tó fódnoðe and tó scrúde, Cht. Th. 370, 27. a stock of provisions; annona Fódnaðas annonas (printed fodraðus annonus; but see Bd. Sch. 42, 36, the passage here glossed), Txts. 180, 20

ge-líman

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Add:, ge-límian Hé ( the conjunction) gelímað þá word, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 258, 12. Gelímed conglutinata. Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 69: 133, 36. Tósomne gelímed glutinatum, 40, 26. Fugellíme gelímedne visco glutinatam, 81, 57: An. Ox. 3016. Gelímedre conglutinatae

Linked entries: LÍM límian

ge-bréman

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Substitute for the passage Drihten wolde gebréman and geweorðian þá ludéiscan æfter þǽre wísan þe on ðǽre ealdan ǽbeboden wæs, Hml. A. 152, 18. Nónsanges on ðǽre endebyrdnesse sí gebrémod gebed none eo ordine celebretur oratio, R. Ben. 1. 47, 11

ge-wyrdelic

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Add: fortuitous Gewyrdelicumgelimpe fortuitu casu An. Ox. 3792. Þá gewyrdelican áwendennessa fortuitas permuta-tiones 190. of narrative, recording events, historical, v. ge-wyrd; Fram gewyrdelicere race ab istorica relatione An. 3028. Hyra óðer áwrát

Linked entry: -wyrde-lic

gnirran

(v.)
Grammar
gnirran, to snarl, gnash or
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29. Hlihhan oððe gnyrende gesihð unrótnyssa getácnað ridere aut stridentes uiderit tristitiam significat

Linked entry: gnyran

hyse-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-rinc, es; m.
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A young man Adam wæs swíðe weorðlic hise-rinc þá hine God ǽrest gehíwad hæfde tó mænniscum gesceape on þrý-tiges wintres ylde, Angl. xi. 2, 25. Wæs sum hysering ( adolescens ) in þám mynstre . . . Þysum cnihte seócendum, Gr. D. 338, 22

pic

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Hét hé ꝥ man ealle þá wínfatu mid pice geondgute, Gr. D. 57, 28. Hé hét mid pice hí besprencgan, Hml. S. 9, 118. Sé þe æthrínð pic byð besmiten, Scint. 83, 5. Ꝥ weallende pic, Hml. A. 174, 165. Add

restan

Grammar
restan, <b>I a</b> 3.
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Add Ǽlíg . . . þér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, C. D. iii. 274, 14.Þá hálgan stówæ þæ míne yldran on restaþ, 273, 17. 2. Add List ðú and rest þé and Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml. S. 31, 1152