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wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake

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Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ (cf. fiscas and fuglas, ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 18; Az. 141), Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violently ⬩ to move, disturb, agitate ⬩ of emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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Fiscas ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 19; Az. 141. Eorþan ðú onhrérdest commovisti terram, Ps. Th. 59, 2. Onhrérdan, 76, 15. Ðonne hine mon drincan welle, onhrére eft, Lchdm. ii. 270, 13. Ne mæg him se flǽschoma hond onhréran, Exon.

Linked entry: hréran

mann-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cwealm, es; m.

Death of men ⬩ pestilence ⬩ mortality ⬩ slaughter

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Mec ongan hreówan ðæt moncynnes tuddor sceolde mancwealm seón, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 33; Cri. 1417. Hú monege missenlíce moncwealmas gewurdon quantae clades gentium fuere, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 11. Manncwealmas ( pestilentiæ ) beóþ, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7

hlúd

noisy ⬩ talkative ⬩ clamorous ⬩ a blow ⬩ a crash

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Sió hlúde ýð on ðǽ;re hreón sǽ, 437, 16. Ýþa hlúde, Ps. Th. 64, 7. of material or instrument with which sound is made Þǽr bið hlúd wudu, Rä. 4, 24. Hlúdum argutis (fidibus) An. Ox. 8, 309.

Linked entry: hlúde

hýd

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Bið se líchoma hreóf ðonne se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð tó ðǽre hýde ( ad cutem ), Past. 71, 6. Sindon ðá loccas tó sparienne ðǽm sácerde ðæt hí ðá hýd behelien ( ut cutem cooperiant ), 141, 9. <b>II a.

rówan

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Hí hreówan (reówon, v. l. ) tó Grantanceastre, 20, 78. ' Swá se hrefen þurh þá fennas upp áflígeð, swá þú him æfter rów'. . . Hé tó scipe eóde . . . Mid þý hé þurh þá fenland reów, Guth. Gr. 141, 12-16. Hé ágan rówan oð ꝥ hé becóm tó Antiochiam, Ap.

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious

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Skt. ii. 26, 206. of things, mad, raging, furious Heom on becom swiðe hreóh weder, and seó wóde sǽ and se stranga wind hí on ðæt land áwearp, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 23. Wóð effera (fluctuum ferocitas,Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 60.

Linked entries: wódlíce wódness wéde

hár

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Add: grey-haired with age, old Wæs fród cyning, hár hilderinc, on hreón móde, B. 1307: By. 169: Chr. 937; P. 108, 20. Ic ( a plough) geonge swá mé wísað hár holtes feónd (the grey-haired ploughman ?

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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Gód scipstýra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe . . . warenaþ hé hine wiþ ðæt weder, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 17

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Næs him hreó sefa, Beo. Th. 4367 ; B. 2180. Gif ðín hige wǽre, sefa swá searogrim, swá ðú self talast, 1192 ; B. 594. Him wæs leóht sefa, hyge untyddre, Andr. Kmbl. 2504 ; An. 1253 : Exon. Th. 164, 33 ; Gú. 1021.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

In ⬩ within

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Hreóh wæter tó mínum feore inn flóweþ and gangeþ introierunt aquæ usque ad animam meam, Ps. Th. 68, 1. Ðá mé gerýmed wæs síð inn under eorþweall when a road was cleared for me in under the earthwall, Beo. Th. 6171; B. 3090

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es ; m.
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On ðære hreón sǽ and on ðǽm miclan stormum, Past. 9 ; Swt. 59, 3. Gescyrped mid ðære rinde wið ða stearcan stormas, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 150, 8. Seó lyft ábyrþ ealle wolcna and stormas, Lchdm. iii. 274, 10. <b>Ia.

Linked entry: stearm

sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)
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Mere sweoðerade ( the sea subsided ), ýða ongin eft oncyrde, hreóh holmþracu, Andr. Kmbl. 930; An. 465. Dryhten forlét dægcandelle scíre scínan, sceadu sweðe*-*rodon, 1672; An. 838. Sweþredon, Exon. Th. 179, 16; Gú. 1262. Swiðredon, Cd.

Linked entries: swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian ge-sweðerian

ǽlc

all ⬩ any

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Búton ǽlcre hreówe, 2, 1; S. 64, 7: Past. 37, 2. Búton ǽlcere méder . . . búton ǽlcum eorðlicum fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 6, 5-7. On ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum, Chr. 891; P. 82, 19.

grund

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the earth Mon tówearp þone weal niþer oþ þone grund muros everti aequarique solo imperavit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 13. the earth as contrasted with heaven Wé men cweðað hér on grunde, Hy. 9, 39. with sea Þone þe grund and sund, heofon and eorðan and hreó

ge-beorg

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Besceáwige hé á his ágene týdder-nesse and þurh þæt gebeorh sý ne forbrýte hé ná þæt tócnysede hreód let him ever consider his own weakness and by that means let there be protection (let him be saved) from crushing the bruised reed (the Latin is : Suam

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

an-gin

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Ox. 7, 241: 8, 180. action, proceedings, behaviour, treatment Þá hé ðæs cáseres myclan hreówsunga geseah, him ꝥ hreów and his ꝥ sárlice anginn ( his piteous proceedings ). Hml. S. 23, 402.

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just

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Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid sóþre hreówe, Blickl. Homl. 25, 17: 171, 12. Tó ðon sóþan andgite geeyrran, 107, 15. Ðæt wé sóþe sibbe heóldan, 109, 15.

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Ðone ðe grund and sund, eorðan and hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas ámearcode, Andr. Kmbl. 1494; An. 748. Hwá ðam sǽflotan sund wísode whoacted as pilot for the vessel, 762; An. 381: 976; An. 488

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