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cwellere

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Aurelianus wæs wælhreáw cwellere crístenra manna, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 4. Hé ( St. Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, -hywian, -heowian, -hiowian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to formfashionmaketransformtransfigureformāreplasmārefingĕrefĭgūrāretransfĭgūrāreto seemappearpretendsĭmŭlāre

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Handa me ðíne geworhton and gehiwedan mănus tuæ fēcērunt me et plasmāvērunt me, 118, 73. He wæs gehiwod befóran him transfĭgūrātus est ante eos, Mt. Bos. 17, 2.

un-weorþung

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Add: dishonouring Unwurþung (inhonoratio ) góddra manna, unwurðung mága, Sunnandaga unwurþung, Chrd. 40, 29-31

and-wreþian

(v.)
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to support Stæf ꝥ hí mægen manna untrumnyssa and-wreðian (sustentent), Chrd. 62, 29

Linked entry: wreþian

ge-þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrowian, -þrowigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To suffer

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He æt ðǽm unlǽdum Iudéum manig bysmor geþrowade he suffered many contumelies at the hands of the wicked Jews, Blickl. Homl. 23, 31

beód-láf

(n.)
Grammar
beód-láf, e; f.
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Food remaining after a meal Sylle hé earmum mannum his beódláfa, Bl. H. 53, 13

Linked entry: láf

Gotisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Gotisc, adj.
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Of the Goths Þǽr æfter cóm Gotiscra manna here Gothis supervenientibus, Gr. D. 194, 14

riht-wísian

(v.)
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to justify:Add: Gé syndon þá þe eów sylfe rihtwísiað beforan mannum, Gr. D. 40, 9

weorold-camp

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-Gif hwilc preósthádes manna hine gebeóde silfne tó woroldcampe (militię seculari), Chrd. 97, 8. Add

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Ða tungelwítegan tócneówon Crist sóðne mann the astrologers discerned that Christ was really man, i. 106, 33 with a clause Gif wé gleáwlíce tócnáwaþ, ðæt se swymmenda arc getácnode Godes gelaðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 60, 2.

ge-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bindrestraintietie togethercoartarealligare

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Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna every man is bound with the ropes of his sins, Homl. Th. i. 208, 3: 456, 9: 462, 1

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Greediness, avarice, voracity, gluttony; aviditas, gula Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle to micel þicge mid oferflówendnysse ǽtes oððe wǽtes greediness is a man's eating before the time, or taking too much at his meal

Linked entry: giefernes

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Man hwylcne dǽl his hrægles tó untruman men bróhte, ðæt hé wearð hál geworden, Blickl. Homl. 223, 25. Untrume ealle wǽran infirmati sunt, Ps. Th. 106, 11.

hamer

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Þeáh ðǽra manna ǽghwylc hæfde ǽnne hamor on handa, and þeáh man . . . mid þám hameron beóte on þæt ísene þell . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þissum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre, Wlfst. 147, 3-8. Hameras sleánde mallei percutientes, Scint. 171, 14.

húru-þinga

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A. 141, 87. v. húru; 3 Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man ǽfre húruðinga ꝥ dón ?, Ll. Th. i. 334, 28

on-þracian

(v.)
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Þá begann se wer wépan anðracigende ðæs ungelimpes ( the untoward event (ungelimp) was the madness of the man's pious wife: the occasion of his fear on account of it is explained in Vit.

of-sleán

(v.)

to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slayto slay

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Ic on morgenne ofsleá mânes wyrhtan in matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Gif man mannan ofslæhþ, L. Eth. 21; Th. i. 8, 3. Ofsleahþ, 6; Th. i. 4, 6. Ofslehþ, 7; Th. i. 4, 9. Gif hwâ his cild ofslihþ tó deáþe, L. M. I.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

á-spyrian

(v.)

to trackreach by following the trackto investigateexamine so as to get knowledge of a subjectto find out

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Ðæt nǽre nǽnig manna ðæt mihte ðǽra twégra tweón áspyrian that there was no man could settle by his investigations the doubt about the two(subst. this for trans. in Dict.), Sal. 434. Tó áspyrienne ob indaganda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 64.

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps.

dǽlan

(v.)
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Þeáh úre Drihten þá eorþwæstmas mannum missenlíce dǽle, Bl. H. 39, 18. to spend Man gehylt ðæt hé hæfð, gif hé him ondrǽt ðæt hit him oðsceóte. Ðý mon dǽlð spærlíce, ðe mon nele ðæt hit forberste a man spends sparingly from fear of failing, Prov.