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tó-slítan

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Add Þú tóslite sæc mínne concidisti saccum meum, Ps. L. 29, 12. Add Tóslíton discerpere, i. dilaniare, An. Ox. 729. <b>III a.</b> to make a wound by biting :-- On þá wunda þe se wurm tóslát, Hml.

wedd

Grammar
wedd, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðonne cwið se éca cyning tó ánra gehwylcum : '. . . Hwet gedydest þú? Syle wedd be þissum eallum þe ic for þé dyde and for þe þrowade.' Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda).

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain

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A well, spring, fountain Se wylle fluvius, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hé is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . .

Linked entries: welle willa

ǽht-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽht-spédig, adj.

Wealthyrichlocuplesopulentus

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Wealthy, rich; locuples, opulentus Se is betra ðonne ðú, ǽhtspédigra feoh-gestreóna he is better than thou, richer in money-treasures Exon. 67a; Th. 248, 26; Jul. 101

Linked entry: spédig

æt-gebrengan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gebrengan, p. -gebrohte; pp. -gebroht; v. trans.

To bring or lead toadducere

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To bring or lead to; adducere He ætgebrenge, Se him sealde -let him bring the person who sold it him, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8

axiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
axiendlíc, axigendlíc; adj.

Interrogativeinquiringinquisitiveinterrogativus

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ðon biþ se [hwá quis] interrogativum, ðæt is axigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27

belcentan

(v.)

to uttergive forthbelcheructateeructare

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to utter, give forth, belch, eructate; eructare Se lǽcecræft biþ swíðe swéte belcentan the medicine is very sweet to eructate Bt. 22, 1, Bodl; Fox 76, note 17

for-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þingian, p. ode; pp. od

To plead for anyoneintercedeintercēdĕre

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To plead for anyone, intercede; intercēdĕre Búton se hláford ðone wer forþingian wille unless the lord will intercede for the man, L. Alf. pol. 21: Wilk. 39, 34

for-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen

To killinterficere

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To kill; interficere Ðæt se an foldan læg forwegen mid his wǽpne that he lay slain on the field with his weapon, Byrht. Th. 138, 30; By. 228

in-geþeóde

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþeóde, pl.

Peoplesnations

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MS. inca þeode.] se heáhsta excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, Ps. Th. 112, 4: Cd. 163; Th. 205, 30; Exod. 443

Linked entries: ge-þeód ge-þeóde

ge-hwilc

Grammar
ge-hwilc, <b>;
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</b> add In gehwylcum men ( in vivente quolibet ) þá hwíle þe hé leofað se gǽst byþ hæfd on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 303, 23

ge-costnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-costnes, -ness, e; f. [costnes a temptation]

A temptationtrialprovingprobātio

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A temptation, trial, proving; probātio Se wæs of dæghwamlícre gecostnesse ðæs mynstres becom to áncerlífe qui de monastērii probātiōne ad heremītĭcam pervĕnĕrat vitam, Bd. 3,19; S. 549, 42

under-bregdan

(v.)

to spread under

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to spread under Óþer eáre hí him on niht under-brédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð unam aurem sibi noctem substernunt, de alia se cooperiunt, Nar. 37, 12

weorold-gewritu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gewritu, pl, n.
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Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 11. Ðá lǽrde se hyne godcunde gewritu ; ðá forlét hé ða woruldgewrytu, Shrn. 152, 20

Linked entry: ge-writ

carcern-weard

(n.)
Grammar
carcern-weard, es; m.
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. , and æfter twelf dagum cóm se carcernweard, Shrn. 54, 13, 16. Sc̃s Arthemius wæs ǽr carcernweard, 89, 23, 27

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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Fiercely, cruelly [v. deór; adj. ] Deáð se bitera swá deóre (deórne?; but cf. þone deóran síð = death, Sal. 361) genam ǽþelne of eorðan, Chr. 1065 ; P. 194, 14

ed-leániend

(n.)
Grammar
ed-leániend, es; m.
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One who rewards, recompenses, remunerates Se ordfruma and edleániend þæs écan lífes auctor ac retributor vitae, Gr. D. 286, 6. Edleáni[ende] remuneratore, i. largitore, An. Ox. 2549

Linked entry: -leániend

fearr-hríþer

(n.)
Grammar
fearr-hríþer, es; n.

A bull

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A bull Sum fearhrýþer (cf. se fear, 6) þæs óþræs ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, Bl. H. 199, 4. Gif him þince ꝥ hé hæbbe ferrhrýðer, Lch. iii. 174, 21

feoh-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gehát, es; n.
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A promise of money Cantware him feoh gehéton (behéton, v. l.). . . and under þám feohgeháte (-beháte, v. l.) se here hiene úp bestæl, Chr. 865; P. 68, 10

Linked entries: ge-hát feoh-behát

ge-ecgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ecgan, p. ge-egede
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To harrow Se lyðra þe ǽgðer ge sǽwð ge lasor ge coccul on manna æceron, and syððan hit grymlíce geegð mid sace and wrace, Angl. viii. 300, 25

Linked entry: ecgan