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wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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Seó slápolnys byð gescrýdd mid wácum tætticum dormitatio vestitur pannis, Hml. A. 9, 238. Add

hoh-mód

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ðe wǽre hohmód, weorðe glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. Add

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Th. 10, 21 ; Gen. 160. a place in a series Onféngon hí ða teóþan stówe on ehtnysse Godes cyrcena æfter Nerone, Bd. 1, 6 ; S. 476, 22. place, room, stead Se ðe lifigende wǽre ðæs hádes hæfde mihte óþerne biscop his stówe tó hálgianne ðér se óðer forþférde

for-spillan

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D. vi. 190, 17, Þæt ísen befeóll on ðone seáð ... forspilledum (-lorenum, v. l., perdito ) þám ísene, Gr. D. 114, 2

fandung

(n.)
Grammar
fandung, e ; f.

A temptation, trial, proof tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio

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A temptation, trial, proof ; tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio Óðer is seó fandung ðe Iacob se apostol embe spræc the other is the temptation of which the apostle James spoke, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 8.

Linked entry: a-fandung

swíðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðrian, p. ode.
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Skt. 23, 23. to avail Seó hálwende onsægedness[e] tó écre álýsnesse swíþrade and fromade sacrificium salutare ad redemptionem valeret, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 28. Swíþrian valere, swíþrigende valens, Hymn. Surt. 70, 3, 5

Linked entry: a-swýðerian

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From aboveAbovebesides

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From above Se ðe ufenan com qui desursum uenit, Jn. Skt. 3, 31. Hé déð ðæt fýr cymð ufenon, Wulfst. 97, 21 note. Seó landfyrd com ufenon and trymedon big be ðam strande, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 24. Grammar ufenan, prep. with acc.

deóre

Grammar
deóre, diére, dýre.
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Add: beloved Se deóra þegn the beloved disciple, Bl. H. 67, 22. Sunu mín leaf ł diora filius meus dilectus, Mt. L. 17, 5. of great value He ús swá dýran cépe gebohte, Angl. xii. 517, 35.

ge-þingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingan, to determine.
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D. 206, 15. to fix a time Se kalendus cymeð geþincged on þám ylcan dæge ús tó túne, Men. 7. Þæs ymbe þreó niht ... þætte hálig mónð hæleðum geþinged féreð tó folce, 164

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Þ se dæg fullíce gefrætwod sý ( be equipped) mid feówer and twéntig tídum, Angl. viii. 306, 13. Onginneþ seó feórþe bóc gefrætwedu and áwritenu mid wíslicum wordum and on gesprǽcum witena, Gr. D. 259, 22. Gefrætwadne compturum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 29.

hana

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Seó leó þone lytlan hanan hyre ondrǽt, gif heó him on besyhð, and ealra swíðost gif se hana hwít bið, Hml. A. 63, 282. ¶ The word is given by runes contained in the text of Rä. 43, which has a cock for part of its subject. Add: —

grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
grǽfe, an; f.: grǽfa, an; m. (? v. mearc-grǽfa.)
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Brémes graefan, 227, 32. brushwood Sixtiga fóðra wuda, and twælf fóður grǽfan, and sex fóður gearda, Chr. 852; P. 65, 25

Linked entry: grǽf

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, witherwallow = to fade away

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See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]

ádl

(n.)
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Ne seó ádl ðám deáðe ne forestæpð, ac se sylfa deáð ðǽre ádle yldinge forhradað, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 10. Ádle tabo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 55. Hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 2.

hand-seten

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seten, e: f.

The setting of one's hand to a deed, etc., a signature, sign manual

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Hér is seó hondseten. Ego Óswald archiepiscopus, etc. here are the signatures. I Oswald archbishop, etc., iii. 260, 13. Ælfréd cing Ósulfe his hondsetene sealde king Alfred gave his sign manual to Osulf, ii. 133, 22

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

Ore, metal in an unreduced state

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Seolfor ðe byþ seofon síðon ámered syððan se óra ádolfen byþ, Ps. Th. 11, 7. Gedolfene óran effossa rudera, Germ. 396, 190.

ǽ-fyllende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ǽ-fyllende, adj. [ǽ = law, fyllende part, of fyllan to fill, fulfil]

Following the lawfaithfullegem exsequens

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Following the law, faithful; legem exsequens Seó circe ǽfyllendra the church of the faithful, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 17; Cri. 704

beácen-stán

(n.)
Grammar
beácen-stán, es; m.

A stone whereon the beacon fire was madea stone or tower whereon to set the beacon firespeculapharus

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A stone whereon the beacon fire was made, a stone or tower whereon to set the beacon fire; specula, pharus;Cot. 88

bǽr-man

(n.)
Grammar
bǽr-man, -mann, es; nom. pl. bǽrmenn; d. bǽrmannum; m.

A man who bearsa bearercarrierporterbajulus

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A man who bears, a bearer, carrier, porter; bajulus Ða bǽrmenn gesetton heora fótlǽst the porters set their footstep, Jos. 3, 15

cwert-ern

(n.)
Grammar
cwert-ern, es; n.

A prison

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A prison Ðe-læs ðú sý on cwertern send ne forte in carcerem mittaris, Mt. Bos. 5, 25: Lk. Bos. 12, 58