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ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Healde gehwá his ǽwe þá hwíle þe heó libbe, 300, 26

ná-hwæþer

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ys swá gelfigod ꝥ náðron ne derað, ne Februario ne Martio, Angl. viii. 307, 20. wæs mid þám sáre geswenced þæt náðer þára ne gesittan ne standan mihte ( ut sedere out stare nequivisset ), Guth. 153. 14

gearo

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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý lǽssan cræft ðonne cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát, ǽr cume; for ðǽm gesihð ðá gearwe ðé wénde ðæt sceolde ungearwe findan.

swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, es; m.
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</b> outcome, event, issue :-- þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince unforcúþ biþ ðæs óþer swice ðonne ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he thinks that his ways appear respectable; their event will be different when he observes the result of the fraud.

Linked entry: swicc

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Ðet hio him néren méran ondeta ðon hit árǽded wæs on Aeðelbaldes dæge . . . hió mósten mid áðe gecýðan ðet hit suá wǽre árǽden on Aeðelbaldes dæge, 279, 2-7. Ne cymst þú on þínne éþel for þon ðín éþel (?

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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him ábolgen wurðeþ, Cd. Th. 28, 4; Gen. 430. wurþ elles gelǽred how else shall he get taught? Bd. pref.; S. 471, 18. weorþaþ bereáfode ǽlcre áre, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 16.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Th. 12, 6. by other living creatures Geseah scealfran . . . éhtende þǽra fixa . . . þá bebeád þám scealfrum ꝥ geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml.

ge-beorgan

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Gyf for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen, 440, 16 : Dan. 436. to protect an object (acc.) from (wiþ ) wið cyle and wið hǽton sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 420.

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

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

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Rýmaþ him ( cease to oppose him ) ðæt mé leng ne swence, Homl. Th. i. 534, 17

Linked entry: rúmaþ

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Homl. 13, 91. fricgaþ þurh fyrwet, Exon.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Eode in mid áne his preósta, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 4. His hand mid ðý earme ðe of his líchoman áslegen wæs hét tó áhón, 3, 12; S. 537, 34.

Linked entry: mið

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, 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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Ðæt ne forleóse his weorces wlite 97, 9; Cri. 1588. getrymede heora geleáfan mid ðon heofonlícon weorce. Blickl. Homl. 17, 8. Ðis is wæstm wíses and goodes ðe his sóðfæst weorc symble lǽste Ps.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

ge-nerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nerian, -nergan, -nerigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defendservare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere

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sind fram graman generode they are saved from wrath, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 35

Linked entry: nerian

fleógan

to flyto fleeto avoid

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eóde tó þǽre burge wealle, and fleáh út ofer (he threw himself over), þæt eall tóbærst, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 3. Flugon þá légetu swylce fýrene strǽlas, Bl. H. 203, 9. Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá . . . gif hió healf onweg fleóge, LI.

ge-wǽcan

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Ongan sworettan swá swá eallunga gewǽced, on þám oreðe belocen, Hml. S. 23 b, 234. synt mid untrumnyssum gewǽhte, Hml. A. 146, 57.

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

To look with wonder, be amazed,to wonder at, be amazed at

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Hwá is ðæt ne wafige (cf. hwá ne wundraþ ðæs, ðæt . . . Bt. 39, 3;Fox 214, 25) . . . 28, 31

Linked entries: wæfre wæfþ webbung

hírsum-ness

obedienceobediencehumilityservice

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., and add: obedience (Peter) eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geðafode he refused to allow Jesus to humble himself by the washing of feet, and yet in order that he might be obedient he consented, Hml.

geócor

(adj.)
Grammar
geócor, [or geocor? cf. geocsa]; adj.

Strong, fierce, harsh, dire, sadstrife, anger

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Wiste his fingra geweald on grames grápum ðæt he wæs geócor he [Grendel] knew that his fingers' power was in the gripe of the fierce one, so that he was sad, Beo. Th. 1535. Similar entries v. B. 765 for a different reading.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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B. ),, heó oferswið ealle strenðe ðæs áttres, 114, 13-15. Ne mæg man ǽfre for his strengðe ðysne wyrttrnman syllan þicgean on sundrum, 260, 18. sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs ða strengþe ðyssæ lácnunge ongite, 300, 21

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Þá gefæstnode þisne rǽd wið þæt werod ... Ðá ðá ealle hæfdon þisne rǽd betwux him gefæstnod, Hml. Th. i. 10, 26-29. gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þæs dæges þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian, Hml.