þwang
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a strip of skin Befleh ǽnne þwang ( corrigiam ) þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh, Gr. D. 198, 4. a shoelace 'Cum and unscó mé' . . Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan, Gr. D. 221, 22
weorold
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Þá gebróðra áhton mycele feohspéda for worulde multas pecunias in hoc mundo possederant, Gr. D. 273, 2. Wæs Tilman mǽre wer and for worulde (weorulde, v.l.) eác swylce æþelra gebyrda vir inlustris et ad saeculum nobilis, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 604, 12.
weá-dǽd
A deed of woe ⬩ an ill-deed
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Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Acts 7, 60), Elen. Kmbl. 987; El. 495. Árísaþ weádǽda, Fins. Th. 15 ; Fin. 8
Linked entry: weá
brosnung
Corruption, decay ⬩ corruptio, defectio
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Lamb. 29, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 206, 2: 268, 35: 536, 20. Wæs ne wélan brosnung there was no decay of wealth, Exon. 44 b; Th. 151, 25; Gú. 800
hálettung
Greeting, salutation
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Homl. 7, 16. Hálettunge, 3, 21. Hǽlettungæ salutations, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 7
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hearm-cwidol
Given to speak evil, calumnious
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Ðá wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige and hearmcwydole in consequence of noble birth they were haughty and given to speak contemptuously of others, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 8
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ofer-slype
An over-garment, surplice
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He is ymbscrýd mid hwítum oferslype he is clad in a white upper garment, Homl. Th. i. 456, 19
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on-bígan
To cause to bend, to subdue
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Homl. 119, 21
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on-sǽlan
to untie, unfasten
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Homl. 69, 36. Onsaelid desolutus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 80. Hæft wæs onsǽled, Cd. Th. 215, 15; Exod. 583
ge-somnian
To assemble ⬩ collect ⬩ congregare ⬩ colligere
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Homl. 139, 31. Gesomna cúe mesa collect cow's dung, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 5
ge-stíðian
To become hard ⬩ strong ⬩ indurare
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Ðá ðá he gestíðod wæs when he was grown up, Homl. Th. ii. 38, 3
hlúde
Loudly
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Homl. 149, 30: 217, 33. Ðæs cocces þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on uhtan ðonne on dægréd gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet, Past. 63; Swt. 461, 2
segn-bora
A standard-bearer
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Homl. 163, 22. Segnbora draconarius (draconarius vexillifer, qui fert vexillum ubi est draco depictus), i. vexillarius, signifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 5. Segnboran, tácnboran draconarii vel vexillarii vel signiferi, i. 21, 66
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ge-wyrþan
To be ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri
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To be, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mihte ðæt gewyrþan how might that happen? Andr. Kmbl. 1145; An. 573. Cúþ ðæt gewyrþeþ it shall be known, Elen. Kmbl. 2381; El. 1192: 2548; El. 1275. Hú gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34
ymb-wlátung
Contemplation, look, regard
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Spiritus gást belimpð tó ðære sáwle ymbwlátunge, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 182. Emwlátunge spectaculum, Hpt. Gl. 435, 49. Wídgille emwlátunge passivos oculorum obtutus, 405, 64
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burg-waran
Inhabitants of a city, citizens ⬩ urbis incolæ, cives
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Inhabitants of a city, citizens; urbis incolæ, cives Ealle burgwaran all the city-inhabitants, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 6; Hö. 134: 120b; Th. 462, 23; Hö. 56. Burgwarena fruma the chief of the citizens, Scóp Th. 182; Wíd. 90
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hwílwend-líc
Temporary
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Þreó þing synd on middanearde án is hwílwendlíc ... óðer þing is éce ... þridde þing is éce, Homl. Swt. 1, 25. Manna freóndscipe biþ swiðe hwílwendlíc the friendship of men lasts but a very short time, Blickl. Homl. 195, 26.
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un-forht
Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid
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Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 33: Homl. Skt. i. 18, 262: Cd. Th. 199, 7; Exod. 335: Exon. Th. 278, 21; Jul. 601: Rood Kmbl. 218; Kr 110. Se Hǽlend unforht áxode, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 13: Exon. Th. 255, 5; Jul. 209. On wicge sæt ombeht unforht, Beo.
weg-férende
Wayfaring ⬩ a wayfarer, traveller. ⬩ travelling, ⬩ going a way, passing by
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Se wegférenda man, se ðe nimð ðone sméðan weg, ðe hine mislǽt, Homl. Th. i. 164, 7. Ánes wegférendes mannes nýten gehǽled wæs jumentum cujusdam viantis curatum est, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 3. Wé sind hér swilce wegférende menn, Homl. Th. i. 248, 15.
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ge-þrowian
To suffer
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Homl. 23, 31