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wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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Weala wín crudum vinum, . . . hláforda wín honorarium vinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 55, 57. Genam Abimelech wealas and wylna (servos et ancillas), Gen. 20, 14.

gid

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Wes þú giedda wís, . . . worda hyrde be wise of speech, keep watch on your words Fä. 41. a maxim, sentence, proverb, wise speech Gydda proverbiorum Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 42. Gleáwe men sceolon gieddum wrixlan, Gn.

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

halla stone buildingcalx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

stíþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-mód, adj.
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Cyning stíðmód sý wið yfele, L. I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 26.

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Se apostol áwrát be eáwfæstum werum: 'Lufiað, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe,' Hml. Th. ii. 322, 25. Ic manode ǽwfæste wíf, i. 378, 27

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

To finddetectfeelexperienceinveniredeprehendereexperirisentire

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Ðis wíf wæs afúnden on unrihton hǽmede hæc mulier deprehensa est in adulterio, Jn. Bos. 8, 4: Bt. 35, 5 ; Fox 162, 31

Linked entry: a-fúnden

searu-net

(n.)
Grammar
searu-net, searu-nett, es; n.
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.), a snare, wile Mé elþeódige inwitwrásne, searonet seóþaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 127; An. 64. Searonettum beseted beset with snares, 1885; An. 945

ge-dyn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dyn, es; m.

A dinnoisefrăgorclangor

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Gedyne micle with a great din, Exon. 102 a; Th. 385, 16; Rä. 4. 45

un-gestroden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gestroden, adj.

Not subjected to forfeiture or confiscation of goods

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Wih. 4; Th. i. 38, 3

Linked entry: ge-strúdan

wordlung

(n.)
Grammar
wordlung, e; f.

discourseconversationidle talkbabblingchattering

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Gl. 61. in a bad sense, idle talk, babbling, chattering Ðæt sidefulle wíf wordlunge ne lufaþ (cf. idele weord ne luuað, III. 21), O. E. Homl. i. 301, 2. Ásolcennys ácenð ídelnysse, gemágnysse and wordlunge, Homl.Th. ii. 220, 26

Linked entry: wordlian

fold-ræst

(n.)
Grammar
fold-ræst, fold-rest, e; f.

a grave

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A resting-place in the earth, a grave; or rest in the earth (of the buried dead) Þonne eall Adames cynn onfehð flǽsce, weorðed foldræste, eardes æt ende then (at the resurrection) all the race of Adam shall receive flesh, it will be at end with the grave

ge-sárgian

(v.)
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Add: to wound, of physical injury Wið liþa sáre, gyf hý of hwylcum belimpe gesárgude beoð if they are injured by any accident, Lch. i. 312, 2.

ge-drycnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drycnan, pp. ed
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To dry up, emaciate with disease Án wind cóm, and se wól mid þǽm winde.

Linked entry: -drycnan

plantian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá swá treów ꝥ planted ( plantatum ) is wið ryne wætera, Ps. Rdr. 1, 3. figurative Þín hand plantade (plantavit) úre foregengan, Ps. Th. 43, 3.

trymming

Grammar
trymming, <b>II b.</b>
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Ox. 1421. protection Feohte se cempa on fyrdlicum truman, and wíf hí gehealde binnan wealle trymmincge, Hml. S. 31, 1099. Trymminge (trymniige, MS., trymunge, Lch. iii. 206, 19) tutamento, Archiv cxxv. 59, 381.

weald

Grammar
weald, power.
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Rdr. 31, 9. the groin, v. ge-weald ; Wið cyrnlu þe on wealde (v. gewealde, 106, 13) weaxeþ, Lch. i. 12, 9

Saracene

(n.)
Grammar
Saracene, Sarocine, Sarcine ; pl.

Saracens

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Wit urnon for Sarcina hergunge, 42, 9. Se hefegosta wól Sarcina þeóde Gallia ríce forhergedon gravissima Sarracenorum lues Gallias vastabat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 31. On India Saraccua in India Saracenorum, Rtl. 196, 35

Linked entries: Sarcine Sarocine

wæl-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-rǽs, es; m.

A deadly attackan attack in which men are slain

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Mé ðone wælrǽs wine Scyldinga leánode, 4208; B. 2101

gang-setl

A stool

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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt

ge-tweógan

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L. 28, 17. where there is want of faith, confidence, &amp;c. with impersonal construction Þá hí him neálǽhtan, þá getweóde hié hwæðer hié wið him mæhten cum desistendum certamine propter metum periculi arbitrarentur, Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 31. with subject