wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ne beóð winter ðín wiht ðe sǽmran anni tui non deficient Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hwæt wilt ðú cweþan, gif hwá wuht nylle wiþwinnan, ac mid fullan willan forlǽt ǽlc gód and fulgǽþ ðam yfele, Bt. 36, 6 ; Fox 182, 6.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
a-rísan
To ARISE ⬩ rise ⬩ rise up ⬩ rise again ⬩ to come forth ⬩ originate ⬩ surgere ⬩ exsurgere ⬩ resurgere ⬩ provenire ⬩ oriri
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Ðý þryddan dæge arísen tertia die resurgere, Mt. Bos. 16, 21: Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 2 ; Cri. 1031. Ýdel is eów ǽr leóhte arísan vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere, Ps. Spl. 126, 3. He arás sóna surrexit, Gen. 19, 1.
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dearnunga
Secretly, privately, clandestinely ⬩ clam, occulte, clandestīno
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Gif ðín bróðor ðé lǽre dearnunga si tibi voluĕrit persuadĕre frater tuus clam, Deut. 13, 6: Jn. Bos. 19, 38. Oððe eáwunga oððe dearnunga either publicly or privately, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 5: L. Ath. v. § 1, 2; Th. i. 228, 21.
stefn
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33
Tenet
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 232, 22. Inntó Raculfe on Tænett, iii. 429, 16. The following. forms occur in Latin charters Tenid, i. 21, 1. Tenaet, 129, 18. Tanet, 118, 1. Tanat, vi. 189, 31. Tanatos insulam, iv. 237, 20. Insula Tanatorum, iii. 347, 15.
teóðung-land
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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 135, 2-6. As may be seen from another charter, the land at Liddiard was in the hands of the bishop of Winchester, v. 144; and several names besides will be found common to the two charters.
þanécan
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ðonécan þe hit wǽre swá some swá ða wríteras dydon and eác ða þe hí ymbe writon though they indeed had written all their life, yet would not the writings have become antiquated and have perished, as soon as ever it was done, in the same way as the writers did
wara
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Dip. B. i. 295, 5, Cant-ware, Wiht-ware, Sodom-ware, Syr-ware: see? also Up-ware. Cf. the Icelandic
Linked entry: -waru
cyne-scipe
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Gyf ðín cynescipe swá cwyð, hit geworden bið sóna ꝥ . . ., Hml. S. 23, 281-292. Ic gréte þé, leóf, and ic bidde þínne þrymfullan cynescype, 794
hínþ
misery ⬩ poverty ⬩ hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ destruction
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Ðiós of hénðum ł unspo d (hénðum ł unspoedum, R.) hire sende haec de penuria sua misit, Mk. L. 12, 44. hurt, injury, destruction: Hié fæstor tósomne beóð gefégde tó gódra monna hiénðe in bonorum gravius nece glomerantur. Past. 361, 21.
Linked entry: hýnþ
wacen
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement
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Cwæþ hé: 'Ic wát ðæt mé ðæs is micel ðearf, ðæt ic hálwendum weacenum ætfeole,' Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 1-3. a watch, a division of the night Ðiú feórða waccen (feórþe ðære wacone, Rush.) quarta vigilia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 25.
Wiltún-scír
Wiltshire
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 352, 18. Ða gegaderode man swíðe mycele fyrde of Wiltúnscíre, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 5: 1011; Erl. 144, 29: 1015; Erl. 152, 12. On ðam ylcan geáre forðférde Ælfstán bisceop on Wiltúnscíre, 981; Erl. 128, 18.
Bederices weorþ
Bederic's worth or town ⬩ Eádmundes burh ⬩ St. Edmund's bury
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Diplm. A. D. 970; 517, 26. At an earlier date, in A. D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place, Th. Diplm. 506, 12
be-yrnan
To run by, to come in, occur, incur ⬩ percurrere
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Án wundor me nú on mód be-arn one wonder now [runs by me into the mind] occurs to me, Dial. 1, 20. He ne be-arn on leásunga synne he incurred not the sin of [leasing] lying, Dial. 1, 2: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 1; Lchdm. iii. 244, 20
ge-boned
Polished ⬩ burnished ⬩ pŏlītus
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Diplm. A. D. 1050-1073; 429, 11-18. Ic gean Sc̃e Eádmunde twegea gebonedra horna I give to St. Edmund two polished horns, Th. Diplm. A. D. 1046; 564, 12
ge-leáflíc
To be believed ⬩ credible ⬩ faithful ⬩ crēdĭbĭlis
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Ðíne gecýðnyssa sindon swíðe geleáflíce thy testimonies are very faithful, Homl. Th. ii. 43, 15. Ðíne gecýdnyssa [MS. -kyðnyssa] geleáflíce gewordene synt swíðe testĭmōnia tua crēdĭbĭlia facta sunt nimis, Ps. Lamb. 92, 5
cýp-strǽt
A street or place for merchandise, cheap street ⬩ vicus mercatorius
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Dipl. 1291; A. D. 996; Kmbl. vi. 135, 17
grafet
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Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 33: 195, 5, 7. Leo takes the word as a diminutive of 'gráf.'
síd-land
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A broad, spacious land Sceal fromcynne folde ðíne, sídland manig, geseted wurðan, Cd. Th. 133, 3 ; Gen. 2205. Sǽs and sídland, 148, 3 ; Gen. 2451. Cf. wíd-land
tæppa
A tap
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A tap Ðonne ðú wín habban wille, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum twám fingrum swilce ðú tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Techm. ii. 120, 10. Tæppan teón, 12