un-wénunga
Unexpectedly
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Unexpectedly Men cwǽdon ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebyrede, ðæt ðæt wǽre weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4
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fore-witol
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Se forewitola Scyppend wiste on ǽr hwæt hé of hyre gedón habban wolde, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Add
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gǽstlíce
Spiritually ⬩ spirĭtālĭter
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Spiritually; spirĭtālĭter Ðeáh he gódes hwæt onginne gǽstlíce though he attempt aught of good spiritually, Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 15; Jul. 398
þyrelung
Perforation ⬩ piercing through
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Hwæt is sió ðyrelung ðæs wáges 'fode parietem.' ... Quid est parietem fodere? Past. 21; Swt. 153, 25
wann
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Add Hí wundrodon hwæt ꝥ þing wǽre ꝥ hé swá tóswollen heáfod and swá wanne andwlitan (lividam faciem) hæfde, Gr. D. 22, 20
sceorpan
To scrape, to irritate
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To scrape, to irritate Gif man [hwæt ?] sceorpe on ðone innaþ if anything irritate a man in the insides, Lchdm. iii. 44, 27
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huntung
Hunting
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Hwæt ðést ðú be ðínre huntunge? Ic sylle cync swá hwæt swá ic gefó quid facis de tua vexatione? Ego do regi quicquid capio, 25-7. Of huntungum de venationibus, Rtl. 118, 39
drencan
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</b> to intoxicate Swá hwæt swá drence quicquid inebriat, Chrd. 74, 7
ídel-lic
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Idle, vain, useless Hwæt is swá ídellic oððe swá untrumlic swá swá ꝥ man fordéme þone sóþan déman ?, Nap. 40
sang-dreám
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Vocal music, singing Lóce hwæt tó sangdreáme þǽre nihte gebyrige quicquid ad cantilenam illius noctis pertinet, Angl. xiii. 410, 638
weax-gescot
A contribution of wax,
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A contribution of wax, due to a church Swá hwæt swá witan tó ðearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, Wulfst. 171, 1
mǽnan
To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose
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Geleornian hwæt fulluht mǽne. Wulfst. 123, 4. Understandan hwæt ða twá word mǽnan, abrenuntio and credo, 38, 8
sǽlan
To happen, betide, fortune
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To happen, betide, fortune (e. g. in Spenser) Gif hié ærfeweard ne gestriónen, oðða him sylfum ælles hwæt sǽle . . . Gif him elles hwæt sǽleþ, Chart. Th. 471, 30-472, 1.
on-cýðan
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to make known, announce Ðá ðá ic on eard com ic oncýððe ealle folce hwæt ic on Róme gedón hæfde, Chart. Th. 117, 1
rúmed-líc
Ample, large, liberal
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Ample, large, liberal Hwæt rúmedlíces oððe micellíces oððe weorðfullíces hæfþ se eówer gilp? Bt. 18,1; Fox 62, 21. Mid rúmedlícum ælmessum, Shrn. 80, 10
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wíte-swinge
A stroke given as a punishment ⬩ chastisement
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A stroke given as a punishment, chastisement Ongæt gumena aldor hwæt him Waldend wræc wíteswingum, Cd. Th. 112, 2 ; Gen. 1864
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morþ-cræft
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deadly art Hwæt is seó micele miht þínre morð-cræfte, ꝥ þú þyllic gefremast þurh feóndlicne drýcræft, Hml. S. 35, 173. (?)
ofer-médla
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Hwǽr is démera dómstów? hwǽr is heora ofermédla, bútan mid moldan beðeaht and in wítum gewrecen, Wlfst. 263, 17. Add
wróht-sáwere
A sower of strife
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A sower of strife Gehíren ða wróhtsáweras (jurgiorum seminatores) hwæt áwriten is on ðærn godspelle : ' Eádige beói ða gesibsurnan, ' Past. 47; Swt. 359, 9, 18