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un-hwearfiende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwearfiende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Unchanging ⬩ immutable

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Unchanging, immutable Nánwuht woruldlíces fæstes and unhwearfiendes beón ne mæg, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11

weorold-willa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-willa, an; m.
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A worldly good Monige habbaþ ǽlces woroldwillan genóg, Bt. 11, 1 ; Fox 30, 30 note

fyxe

(n.)
Grammar
fyxe, an; f.

A she-fox, vixen

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A she-fox, vixen Ðǽr fyxan díc tó bróce gæð, C. D. ii. 29, 1

heáfod-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.

A head-ring, crown

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A head-ring, crown Heáfodbeáh gyldenne a golden crown, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 8

ofer-hyge

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Cf. ofer-méde for form and meaning

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

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

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Bt. 39, 3;Fox 214, 25)hú . . . 28, 31

Linked entries: wæfre wæfþ webbung

ge-þrowian

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

To suffer

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He swá mycel for úre lufan geþrowode he has suffered so much for love of us, Blickl. Homl. 25, 3: 91, 12. Geþrowade, Elen. Kmbl. 1035; El. 519. Deáþ he geþrowode for us he suffered death for us, Blickl. Homl. 85, 2: Cd. 228; Th. 306, 18; Sat. 666.

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

un-nytlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nytlíce, adv.

uselessly ⬩ vainly ⬩ to no purpose ⬩ to ill purpose

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Ðý læs hié unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hié sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne praecipitatione hoc, quod tribuunt, inutiliter spargant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 17: 15; Swt. 95, 24.

Linked entry: nytlíce

ge-metgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metgian, -metegian, -metigian; p. ode; pp. od.

To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari

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Á sceal ðæt wiðerwearde ðæt óðer wiðerwearde gemetgian ever must the contrary moderate the other contrary, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 19: 40, 3; Fox 238, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 107; Met. 11, 54.

Linked entries: metgian ge-metegian

sweotole

(adv.)
Grammar
sweotole, adv.
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Sweotolor, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 3: 11, 1; Fox 30, 29: Met. 12, 23: Shrn. 188, 31. Hwæðer ðú hit á sweotolor ( any more clearly ) ongiton mǽge, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 16. Swá hé hit sweotolost and andgitfullícost gereccan mihte, Bt. proœm.; Fox viii, 4

Linked entries: swetole swotole

clyf-wyrt

(n.)

clivers, fox-glove

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clivers, fox-glove, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 91; Wrt. Voc. 30, 41: 79, 41

Linked entry: clif-wyrt

cyld

(n.)
Grammar
cyld, es; n.

A child

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A child, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 6: Mt. Jun. 2, 13, in the title

fægn

(adj.)

glad, joyful

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glad, joyful Ic bió fægn I shall be glad, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 25

mis-cirran

(v.)

to pervert

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Fox 2, 15; Met. 2, 8

Nefrod

(n.)
Grammar
Nefrod, es; m.

Nimrod

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Nimrod Nefrod se gigant; se Nefrod wæs Chuses sunu, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 17

Linked entry: Nebrond

ge-týdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-týdan, p.de; pp. ed

To happen ⬩ contingĕre

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., Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 34

GESE

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
GESE, gise, gyse [ge+se = geá+sí]; adv.

YES ⬩ immo, etiam

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YES; immo, etiam Gise, lá gese, yes, oh yes, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 15

Linked entries: gise gyse

ge-fǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fǽge, (?), adj.
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Freóndum gefǽgra, B. 913. v. ge-feón, and for form cf. (?) ge-sprǽce

Linked entry: -fæge

ǽwisod

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ǽwisod, (?), ǽwiscod.
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For form cf. éwis-firinæ under ǽwisc-firen, and for meaning cf. the same word and thee

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