windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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intrans. of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start Sió æcs wint of ðam hielfe and eác ús of ðære handa ... Sió æs wient of ðæm hielfe securis manu fugit ... Ferrum de manubrio prosilit, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 7-9.
Linked entry: winde
súþerne
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Súðerne wudu aprotanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 6. Súþerne wuda. Ðeós wyrt ðe man abrotanum and óðrum naman súðerne wuda nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 250, 16-18: iii. 12, 15: 40, 5. Næglæs (cunæglæsse) hátte wyrt súþerno, ii. 106, 9.
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eald-gecynd
Old or original nature ⬩ antīqua nātūra
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Old or original nature; antīqua nātūra vel indōles Wudu-fuglas on treówum ealdgecynde wuniaþ the wood-birds live in the trees in their old nature. Bt. Met. Fox 13, 79; Met. 13, 40: 25, 114; Met. 25, 57: Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 26; Az. 127
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feld
plain ⬩ field
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Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 15.
bærnet
a combustion ⬩ burning up ⬩ combustio ⬩ arson ⬩ incendium
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a combustion, burning up; combustio He wudu gelogode to his sunu bærnytte he laid in order the wood for the burning of his son, Gen. 22, 9. arson; incendium Húsbryce and bærnet ... is bótleás bootless is ... house-breaking and arson, L.C.S. 65; Th.
be-weaxan
to overgrow
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Wæs se mere eall mid wudu beweaxen stagnum erat circumdatum habun*-*danti silva, Nar. 12, 8. to overgrow, cover with a growth Sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe seó ród mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37
þýfel
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Hí eódon þá sécende tó þám wuda, sécende gehwǽr geond þýfelas and brémelas, Hml. S. 32, 143. Add
on-médan
(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)
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to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon.
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stuðan-sceaft
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Tó ðam ilcan wuda ðár ic ðás stuðansceaftas cearf, 14
hlifian
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Add: of position Þæt treów þe wexeð on þám wudu-bearwe þæt hit hlifað úp ofer eall þá óðre treówu . . . bið hit swíðlícor geweged þonne se óðer wudu. Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 5-11.
west-lang
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With the length measured in a westerly direction Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang the length of the wood measuring east and west is one hundred and twenty miles Chr. 893 ; Erl. 88, 28.
eorþ-burh
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Ðone wudu æt ðǽre eorðbyrig, iii. 4, 11. Anlang hrycges tó ðǽre eorðburh middeweardre, 411, 23. On lythlan eorðbeorg; of ðǽre byrig, 48, 26. Dele 'or burying-place; humatio,' and add:
míl
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Wæs se mere mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo erat circumdatum silua mille passus tum patens, 12, 8. For unfriðe man mót freólsǽfenan nýde fulfaran betweónan Eferwíc and six míla gemeta, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 27. Add
byrnan
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To burn; urere, comburere Swá fýr wudu byrneþ sicut ignis comburit sylvas, Ps. Th. 82, 10
brǽd
breadth
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Mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo circumdatum silua mille passus. Nar. 12, 8. Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra brǽde tó axan geburnen flamma quinque agri jugera in cinerem extorruit, Ors. 4, 2; S. 160, 25. Add
eást-ende
The east-end ⬩ pars orientālis
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The east-end; pars orientālis Æt ðæs wuda eást-ende at the east-end of the wood, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 28
hund-twelftig
A hundred and twenty
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Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra from east to west the wood is a hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893: Erl. 88, 28
Linked entry: twelftig
brómig
Broomy
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Broomy Se cnoll is styccemǽlum mid brómige (printed hsomige) wuda oferwexen the knoll was overgrown with patches of broom, Bl. H. 207, 27
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Work; opus. work, operative action, operation Godes willa is weorc God's will is operative Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 24. Ðæt Godes weorc (uoerc, Lind.: were, Rush.) wǽre geswutelod on him Jn. Skt. 9, 3. Gesweotula þurh searocræft ðín sylfes weorc, and sona
ceder-treów
A cedar-tree ⬩ cedrus = κέδρος
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A cedar-tree; cedrus = κέδρος Ic geseah árleásne geuferodne swá swá cedertrýw ðæs wuda oððe cederbeámas ðæs holtes vidi impium elevatum sicut cedros Libani, Ps. Lamb. 36, 35