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a-wyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyllan, -willan, -wellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To cause to bubble ⬩ to boil ⬩ facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat ⬩ coquere ⬩ decoquere

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Awylled wín defrutum, Lye

Linked entries: a-willan ge-wyllan

ge-byrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-byrian, <b>;
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</b> add: with mid Hwæt gebyraðþe mid wífum? quid tibi cum feminis ?, Chrd. 68, 1. Add Ðá hammas ða ðér mid rihte tó gebyriað, C.D. v. 383, 18

Linked entries: ge-berian ge-byreþ

níwian

(v.)
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Add: to repeat Wið foredum lime, lege þás sealfe on ꝥ forode lira, and forlege mid elmrinde, dó spilc tó; eft simle níwa oþ ꝥ gehálod sié, Lch. ii. 66, 23

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to

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Heó týmende ná leng beón ne mæg, Wulfst. 305, 29. referring to a male, to beget, have intercourse with (wið) a woman Godes bearn týmdon wið manna dohtra and hig cendon ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum illaeque genuerunt, Gen. 6, 4.

gífer-nes

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Scyldað eów wið gítsunga and wið gífornessa . . . Scyldað eów wið gálscipas. . . and wið oferfylle beorgað eów, Wlfst. 40, 6-13. ¶ In Bl. H. 163, 12 2

þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
þeódan, þiédan, þídan, þýdan; p. de

To join ⬩ attach

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.), attach Be ðám ðe wið ða dǽdbétendan ðeódaþ de is qui junguntur excommunicatis, R. Ben. 50, 9. Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne dum adulantur partibus, 125, 2.

Linked entries: þídan þiédan

celendre

(n.)
Grammar
celendre, cellendre, an; f: celender, cellender, es; n.

The herb coriander ⬩ coriandrum = κορίαννον , coriandrum sativum, Lin

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Cellendres sǽd gedó on scearp wín put seed of coriander into sour wine, 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 236, 30. Mid cellendre with coriander, 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 6

þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
þráwan, p. þreów; pp. þráwen

To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl

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To twist, turn round, to take a different direction Se líg sóna ðreów ðwyres wið ðæs windes the flame at once turned round in a contrary direction towards the wind, Homl.

wódness

(n.)
Grammar
wódness, e; f.

madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy

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Ðæt wíf wearð mid máran wódnysse(with greater fury) ástyrod. Homl. Th. ii. 30, 15 : Homl. Ass. 72, 170. His sáwul is ðurh deófol gedreht; him is neód ðæt hé his ágene wódnysse tócnáwe, Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29.

be-leán

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Him sí belagen ðæt hí dóð sunt destruenda ea, in quibus nequiter versant, 441, 7. to charge with (? v. be-hlígan) Wídgongel wíf mon wommum bilihð, Gn. Ex. 65

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere

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Friþ niman wið to make peace with, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 17 : 868; Erl. 72, 29 (often in the Chronicle). Geleáfan niman to believe, Cd. Th. 41; 2; Gen. 650. Geþeódrǽdene nimán wið to associate with.

Linked entry: bi-nom

EARM

(n.)
Grammar
EARM, es; m.

ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand ⬩ brachium ⬩ ocean, etc ⬩ sĭnus, rāmus

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Ánra gehwylc wið earm gesæt, hleonade wið handa each one rested on his arm, leaned on his hand. Cd. 223; Th. 291, 18; Sat. 432: Beo. Th. 1503; B. 749. Ǽghwæðer óðerne earme beþehte each embraced the other with his arm, Andr.

Linked entries: ærm arm

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.

Together. ⬩ and, both . . . and, also, too

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Th. i. 86, 5. marking association of similar objects or circumstances, with nearly the force of and, both . . . and, also, too Somod jamque, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 31. Weras wíf samod men and women, Andr. Kmbl. 3330; An. 1668. Weras, heora wíf somed Cd.

ge-winful

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Add: laborious, troublesome. v. ge-win; 2 Þám bróþrum wæs swýðe gewinnful and uneáðe niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe valde erat fratribus laboriosum ad lacum descendere, Gr. D. 112, 17.

bán-brice

(n.)
Grammar
bán-brice, -bryce, es; m.

A BONE-BREAKING ⬩ fracture of a bone ⬩ ossis fractura

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A BONE-BREAKING or fracture of a bone; ossis fractura Wið bánbryce genim ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman for fracture of a bone take roots of this same plant, Herb. 15, 3; Lchdm. i. 108, 9

eár-wicga

(n.)
Grammar
eár-wicga, eór-wicga,an ; m.

EARWIG or worm ⬩ vermis vel forfĭcfŭla aurĭcŭlāris

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An EARWIG or worm; vermis vel forfĭcfŭla aurĭcŭlāris Wið eárwicgan against earwigs, L. M. cont. I. 3; Lchdm. ii. 2, 14: L. M. I. 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, I: I, 3; Lchdm. ii. 44, 4

feorh-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feorh-berende, part.

Life-bearing ⬩ living ⬩ vītam fĕrens ⬩ vīvens

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Life-bearing, living; vītam fĕrens, vīvens Heó wile gesécan ǽghwylcne feorhberendra it will seek each of those bearing life, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 19; Rä. 40, 6: Cd. 92; Th. 117, 17; Gen. 1955

midde-winter

(n.)
Grammar
midde-winter, es; m.

Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas

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Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter (meddewinter, MS. Bod.), Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32

Linked entry: midde-sumor

dimmian

(v.)
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Wið dymgendum eágum, 178, 4

ge-unárian

(v.)
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Saul hine bealg wið Samuel ...; and ðá hé him from wolde, ðá geféng hé hine, and tóslát his hrægl, and hine geunárode, Past. 35, 20. Hét hé hig ( Eulalia ) nacode geunárian, Shrn. 154. 6. Add