þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid ðwógan, 3, 11; S. 535, 33. Ðæt wæter wæs gedréfed, ðonne ðǽr micel folc hiera fét and honda on ðwógon, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 22. Þwógan, Blickl. Homl. 149, 6. Þwógon, Gen. 43, 24.
þreátend
A violent person ⬩ one using violence or compulsion
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A violent person, one using violence or compulsion Ðæm ðreátende violenti, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 12. Ðæm nédende ł ðæm ðreátende volenti (l. violenti ), 5, 42. Ðæm ðreáddende angarianti, p. 14, 17
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niþer-heald
Bent downwards
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Bent downwards Nis ðæt gedafenlíc, ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23
un-ágǽledlíce
Unremittedly
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Unremittedly Hié sceoldan mancynne bodian; swá ðæt cúþ gewearþ ðæt hié ðæt seoþþan dydon unágǽledlíce, Blickl. Homl. 121, 5
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mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Hwí is áwriten on ðære béc Genesis ðæt Abrahames cynn sceolde gecyrran ongeán fram Aegypta lande on ðære feórþan mǽgþe and seó óðer bóc Exodus sægþ ðæt hí férdon of Aegyptan lande on ðære fíftan mǽgþe? . .
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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Ðá slóg hé ánes monnes hors mid his sweorde, ðæt him wand ðæt heáfod of ad unum gladii ictum caput desecuisset Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 24. Slóh ides ðone hǽþenan hund, ðæt him ðæt heáfod wand forþ on ðá flóre, Judth. Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 110.
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óþer-geáre
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Next year Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna scyle beón óþergeáre on þisne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 16, 19
tó-slítan
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Ðurh ðæt wierð tóslieten (-sliten, Cott.
lystan
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Ðæt hié eác selfe ðæs ilcan lyste ut habere propria concupiscant, Past. 229, 14. Ðé ongan lystan úre, nas ús þín, Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, 1. acc. of thing desired ? Hé on ðǽm óðrum hæfde ðæt hine lyste, Past. 459, 3.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Ða ealdan Rómání on hǽðenum dagum ongunnon ðæs geáres ymbryne on ðysum dæge the old Romans, in heathen days, began the circuit of the year on this day, Homl.Th. i. 98, 20.
wlacu
Lukewarm ⬩ tepid
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Grammar wlacu, in a physical sense Gedó ðæt sió wyrt wlacu (blacu, MS.) sý, and þyge hý, Lchdm. i. 80, 13. Wlece hyt, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, and habbe on hys múþe swá wlac, iii. 106, 2-4.
þanan
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Hé sǽde ðæt ðæt land sié swíþe lang norþ þonan he said that from that point the country stretches very far to the north, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 4. Seó burh is west þonon from ðære stówe on ánre míle, Blickl.
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self
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Homl. 177, 24. standing alone Oft gebyreþ, ðonne se scrift ongit ðæs costunga ðe hé him ondetteþ, ðæt eác self biþ mid ðǽm ilcum gecostod, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 20.
unna
grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given
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Bútan hé ðæs abbodes unnan begite nisi ea abba jubeat, R. Ben. 94, 9. Hé eów sige forgeaf þurh unnan ðæs Ælmihtigan, Homl. Th. i. 506, 27: Homl.
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lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Ðonne is ðǽr geworht emb ða lástas... ðæt man mæg tó ðǽm lástum onhnígan and mænige men ða moldan neomaþ on ðǽm lástum the footsteps are built about, yet so that people can stoop down to the footsteps, and many men take the earth from the footsteps, Blickl
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regol
a rule ⬩ a rule, pattern, standard, norm ⬩ prescript, a canon ⬩ rule
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Wite se abbod, eal ðæt hé dó, ðæt hé hit dó mid gehealdsumnesse ðæs regoles, 16, 6. Munecas ðe under regole ( sub regula ) lifigeaþ, Bd. 4, 4;S. 571, 21. Intó Sanctus Benedictus regole, Chart. Th. 548, 4.
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sceadwung
An overshadowing
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Se fulla móna fǽrlíce fágettaþ ðonne hé ðæs sunlícan leóhtes bedǽled biþ þurh ðære eorþan sceadwunge (by the casting of the earth's shadow), Homl. Th. i. 610,1
a-swógan
To rush into ⬩ invade ⬩ overrun ⬩ choke ⬩ irruere ⬩ invadere ⬩ occupare ⬩ suffocare
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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land
cantic
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Ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide that I may be touched through the word of the canticle, 33; Sal. 17. Moises wrát ðone cantic and lǽrde Israéla folc scripsit Moyses canticum et docuit filios Israel, Deut. 31, 22: 31, 19: Salm.
lógian
To lodge ⬩ place ⬩ arrange ⬩ frame
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt man intó circan ǽnig þinga ne lógige ðæs ðe ðartó ungedafenlíc sí we enjoin that nothing be lodged in the church that is unsuitable for the place, L. Edg. c. 27; Th. ii. 250, 11