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wela

Grammar
wela, <b>. II.</b>
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Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan swíþe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ, þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on oferméttum weorðen quosdam remordet, ne longa felicitate luxurient, Bt. 39, II; F. 228, , 22. Add

ǽr-dæg

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Add Se cyning ne gemunde ðára monigra teónena ðe hiora ǽgðer óþrum on ǽrdagum dudum gedyde, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 23. Ðá burg, seó wæs on ǽrdagum heora ieldrena éðel urbem, auctorem originis suae, 4, 5; S. 168, 10

hát-heorte

(n.)
Grammar
hát-heorte, an; f.

Anger, fury, rage

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Anger, fury, rage Ic ðé bletsige forðon ðú mé ne forléte út gangan mid mínre hátheortan of ðisse ceastre I bless thee that thou didst not let me go out of this city in my anger, Blickl. Homl. 249, 15

Linked entry: heorte

spildan

(v.)
Grammar
spildan, p. de

To wastedestroymake away witheffundere, expendere

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To waste, destroy, make away with Ðeaf ne cymes búta ðætte [hé] spildeþ (perdat), Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 10. Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (perdet) hiá, 12, 25. Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568; An. 284

spilian

(v.)
Grammar
spilian, p. ode

To playsportwantonto play, danceludere, ludificare, lascivire

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To play, sport, wanton Hí lufiaþ ídele blisse . . . and ealne dæg fleardiaþ, spelliaþ and spiliaþ, and nǽnige note dreógaþ, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 25. Eówra leóda ðe spiliaþ and plegaþ and rǽdes ne hédaþ, Wulfst. 45, 24

Linked entries: on-spillend spilere

hinder-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
hinder-weard, adj.

Backward, slow

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Backward, slow Nis hé hinderweard swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 a; Th. 220, 2; Ph. 314

hláford-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-sócn, e; f.

The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection

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The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection Ne dominus libero homini hlafordsoknam interdicat si eum recte custodierit, L. Ath. ii. 4; Th. i. 216, 25: iii. 5; Th. i. 218, 25

Linked entry: sócn

áwyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
áwyrn, adv.

Before ?anteaolim ?anywherein any placealicubi

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Fox; Manning says, - perhaps for áhwǽr, anywhere, in any place; alicubi Ne hýrde ic guman áwyrn [gumena fyrn, Grn.] ǽnigne ǽr ǽfre bringan sélran láre I have not heard before any other man ever bring better lore, Menol. Fox 200

bern

(n.)
Grammar
bern, es; n.

A barnhorreum

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A barn; horreum Nabbaþ ða hrefnas héddern ne bern the ravens have not store-house nor barn[cellarium neque horreum] Lk. Bos. 12, 24 : 12, 18 : 3, 17 : Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. Bern horreum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 131

Linked entry: bærn

dyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
dyrnan, p. de ; pp. ed; v. a. [dyrne hidden, secret]

To hide, secrete, restrain occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre

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Ne mihte Iosep hyne leng dyrnan non se potĕrat ultra cohibēre Ioseph, Gen. 45, 1

Linked entries: be-dyrnan dirnan

forþian

(v.)
Grammar
forþian, p. ode; pp. od

To furtheraidassistadvanceperformpromŏvēre

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To further, aid, assist, advance, perform; promŏvēre He ne muge hit forþian he may not perform it, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 11: 1052; Erl. 182, 2. Ðæt he Godes circan forþige ut Dei ecclēsias promŏveat, L. I. P. 2; Wilk. 147, 34

Linked entries: forþ-dǽd ge-forþian

fréfrend

(n.)
Grammar
fréfrend, es; m.

A comforterconsolerconsōlātor

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Fréfrend ic sóhte, findan ic ne mihte consōlantem me quæsīvi, et non invēni, Ps. Th. 68, 21: 31, 8: Blickl. Homl. 135, 33: 131, 23

níd-þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
níd-þeówian, p. ode

To reduce to servitudeto compel service from

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To reduce to servitude, to compel service from Gif man cirican nýdþeówige (cf ǽnig man heonan forþ cirican ne þeówige, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 27 : vi. 15; Th. i. 318, 26), L. N. P. L. 21; Th. ii. 294, 1

Linked entry: þeówian

ge-weldan

(v.)

to rulerestrainregerecohibere

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to rule, restrain; regere, cohibere Ðæt he hit ðonne [ne, MS. Cot.] mǽge to his willan gewealdan [geweldan, MS. Cot.] so that he then cannot restrain it according to his will, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 17; Hat. MS. 24 a, 6

ge-fædere

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fædere, ge-federe, an; f.

A godmothercommatersusceptrix

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A godmother; commater, susceptrix Ǽfre ne geweorþe, ðæt Cristen man gewífige on his gefæderan let it never be that a Christian man marry with his godmother, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 17 : L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22

Linked entry: ge-federe

syn-wund

(n.)
Grammar
syn-wund, e; f.

A wound inflicted by sin

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A wound inflicted by sin Ne syndon náne swá yfele wunda swá syndon synwunda, forðam þurh ða forwyrð se man écan deáðe, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 17. Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde, forseón, Exon. Th. 47, 18; Cri. 757

Linked entry: syn-rust

þearlwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þearlwíslíce, adv.
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Ðý læs hié wyrðen ðearlwíslecor gedémede ne districtius puniantur, Past. 28; Swt. 191, 15

þurh-gangan

(v.)

to go over or throughperambulateto pierce

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Spl. 90, 6. to pierce Ne forhtast ðú ðé on dæge flán on lyfte, ðæt ðé þuruhgangan gáras on ðeóstrum, Ps. Th. 90, 6. [Goth. þairh-gaggan: O. H. Ger. durh-gangan.]

un-getýd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getýd, adj.

Untaughtunskilledrude

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Ðæt hié ne scolden forhyggean ðone geférscipe ðara synfulra and ðara ungetýdra, 16; Swt. 105, 15

Linked entry: ge-týd

un-midlod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-midlod, adj.

Unbridledunrestrained

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Swá ða ofermódan ne weorðen unmidlode ut superbis non crescat effrenatio, 60; Swt. 453, 21

Linked entry: un-gemidlod