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wynsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wynsumlíce, adv.

pleasantlyagreeablypleasantlygraciouslygladlyjoyously

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Áwend ðíne nosu fram unálýfedum stencum, ðæt ðú mæge wynsumlíce cweðan: 'Sýn wé æðele stencas beforan Godes gesihðe,' Wulfst. 246, 13

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.
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Gyf hé ( the 29th of February) byð forlǽten unteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eall ðæs geáres ymbryn[e] (-rene, v. l. ) þwyres, Lchdm. iii. 264, 12. Emrynes lustrationis, circuli, curriculo annorum, Hpt. Gl. 455, 6.

á-hón

(v.)
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Sié áwegen oððe áhangen expendatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 33. to hang on a gallows or cross Ðonne hine man on gealgan áhéhð quando appensus fuerit in patibulo, Deut. 21, 22. Áhéngon infurcarunt, áhongen infurcatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 40, 41.

wír

(n.)
Grammar
wír, es; m.

Wiremetal thread

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Ic eom fægerre frætwum goldes, þeáh hit mon áwerge wírum útan, 424, 31; Rä. 41, 47. Wírum bewunden, Beo. Th. 2066; B. 1031. Hygeróf gebond weallwalan wírum wundrum tógædre, Exon. Th. 477, 7; Ruin. 21

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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C.) áweg cóman turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque pestilentia dimiserit, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 10. Ríc heofna uneáðe geðolas regnum caelorum vim patitur, Mt. Kmbl.

ge-fadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To set in orderdisposearrangeregulateordĭnāredispōnĕre

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To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplifyto clear a wayyield, give place

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Seó sealf wile ǽrest ða dolh rýman, and ðæt deáde flǽsc of etan, Lchdm. ii. 332, 24. to make room by removing one's self, yield, give place Ic fare áweg oððe ic rýme (rume, MS. W.: hryme, hnime, other MSS.)caedo (cf.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle (a surgeon's knife) dæt hále líc gewierden, ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg áceorfan, Past. 48; Swt. 365, 11. Gif ðú ðin tól (cultrum) áhefst ofer hyt if thou lift up thy tool upon it (A. V.), Ex. 20, 25.

Linked entry: tohl

meox

(n.)
Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Ðone hláf ðe biþ tó meoxe áwend, i. 258, 2. Tó meohxe, Ps. Th. 82, 8. Meoxe (meoxene?) sterquilinio, Hpt. Gl. 488, 21. Mixe, horwe ceno, i. luto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 70. Of myxe dustes de fece pulveris, Hy. Surt. 136, 1. Meoxa stercorum, 484, 22

Linked entry: mix

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, ge-líffæstian; p. ge-líffæste, ge-líffæstade; pp. ge-líffæst, ge-líffæsted.
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to make alive. of physical life Se Fæder áwecð þá deádan and gelíffæst, Jn. 5, 21. Þurh þone gást syndon gelíffæste ealle þá gesceafta þe se Fæder gesceóp, Hml. A. 2, 20. of spiritual life Þú gelíffæst mé viuificabis me, Ps. L. 137, 7: 142, II.

hreóh-nes

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Wearð ðáre sǽ smiltnesse áwænd fǽringa and wearð micel reównes áweht, swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla, Ap. Th. 10, 26. Ýstendre (wealcendre) sǽ (reóhnesse) flódas feruentis (i. furentis) oceani flustra, An. Ox. 2475.

Linked entry: hreóh

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Sum óðer hine wolde slán on his heáfde mid heardum ísene, ac ꝥ wǽpen wand áweg mid þám slege of þæs réðan handum þe hine hýnan wolde. Hml.

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

ge-neahhe

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Hreósað geneahhe tóbrocene burgweallas the ruined city walls fall to the ground, Cri. 977. often, frequently Þá henna hire áfyrrde án fox, sé cóm geneahhe (-neahche, v. l.) náht feorran (þá henna gelómlíce áweg bær án fox cumende of þám neáhlande, v.l

wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung, e; f.

Punishmenttormentpain

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Áwend nú fram mé ðíne wítnunga (plagas tuas), Ps. Th. 38, 11

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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Þá óþre ealle endemes (-mest, v. l.) férdon áweg, Hml. S. 5, 345: Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 10. Hí ealle eódon endemes tó cyrcan, Hml. S. 21, 226. Hí forléton ealle endemes þone sang, 234. Eall seó meniu endemes weóp sóna, Num. 14, 1: Hml. Th. ii. 516, 18.

sceamian

(v.)
Grammar
sceamian, ode.

to feel shame, be ashamed to cause shame

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Ða deóflu wendon sceamigende áweg, Wulfst. 236, 26. Hý ( Beowulf's followers who had failed him in his need ) scamiende scyldas bǽron, ðǽr se gomela læg, Beo.

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
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Se ðe for sleápe áwéd frenticus (cf. slǽpleást), Wrt. Voc. I. 45, 72. Mid slǽpe swundon omnes somno torpent inerti , Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 11. Ic sóftum alǽpe mé reste, Homl. Th. I. 566, 22.

Linked entry: sláp

wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.
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Ða word habbaþ hwílon sincopam, ðæt ys, wanunge: amauisti vel amasti, hér ys se ui áwege, 25 ; Zup. 146, 17. abatement, reduction, checking. v. wanian, I. Hwæt getácnaþ ðæs fyl*-*menes ofcyrf on ðam gesceape búton gálnysse wanunge ? Homl.

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISHAnglĭcus

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Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned [translated] into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30.

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

ge-frédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded

To feelperceiveknowbe sensible ofsentīre

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Se líchama awent eorþan and anbídaþ æristes, and on ðam fyrste nán þing ne gefrét the body turns to earth and awaits the resurrection, and in that space feels nothing, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 25. Stánas ne gefrédaþ stones have not sense, i. 302, 14, 18.