healf-weard
One who has a share of another's property or power
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One who has a share of another's property or power Hé sette hine on his húse to halfwearde ealra him his ǽhta anweald betǽhte constituit eum dominum domes suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ, Ps. Th. 104,17
godcundnys
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Mé þincþ ꝥ þú hwerfest ymbúton sume wunderlice sprǽce ymbe þá ánfealdnesse þáre godcundnesse an mirabilem quendam divinae simplicitatis orbem complicas?, F. 164, 18.
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Súð on gerihte andlang Wætlinga strǽt on ðone weg tó Weóduninga gemǽre (Weedon ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 7: iii. 421, 29. Ðis sint ða landgemǽro intó Stówe ( Stowe in Bucks ). Ǽrest of ðam hálgan wylles forda súð andlang Wætlinga strǽte, 443, 4.
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hwyrft
A turn ⬩ revolution ⬩ going ⬩ course ⬩ orbit ⬩ circuit ⬩ orb ⬩ circle
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Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban who does not wonder that some stars have a less orbit than others? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 18.
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á-bítan
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hé ábítt, sume hé tóstencð, Hml.
un-meaht
Weakness ⬩ lack of power
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MSS.) infirmitatis suae sunt conscii, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 8. Hú magan ða cyningas forhelan hiora unmihte, ðonne hí ne magan nǽnne weorþscipe forþbringan búton heora þegna fultume? Bt. 29, 1; Fox 104, 13. Óð unmihte, Ps. Th. 106, 17.
óleccan
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Hí þá sóna ólǽcende (óliciende, v. l.) ymb ꝥ seofiende adulando questi sunt, Gr. D. 34, 33. Add Hí God forsáwon and þám wiðersacan ólehtan (ólǽhtan, v. l.), Wlfst. 202, 3.
sunne
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Th. 184, 19; Exod. 109. used in phrases expressing exposure to the sun's heat or light, e. g. in or out of the sun Gelicge upweard wið hátre sunnan let him lie on his back with his face turned towards a hot sun, Lchdm. iii. 2, 10.
áwesc-nis
Disgrace ⬩ blushing for shame ⬩ reverence
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Surt. 34, 26
þǽr-rihtes
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Surt. 92, 37 : 113. 35
þurh-leóran
to pass through
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Surt. 76, 18
án-cyn
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Áncynne sunu unicum filium , Angl. ii. 358, 3. Add
cwild-bǽre
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Sumor cwældbǽre estas tempestuosa, Archiv cxx. 2971 11. Add
wearg-cwedolness
Cursing
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Surt. 108, 18
frǽ-wlitig
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Very beautiful Þá syndon freáwlitige deór isti formosi sunt, Nar. 38, 15
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ofer-leórness
Deviation from right, transgression
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Surt. 100, 3
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crápe
should creep
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should creep =creápe p. subj. of creópan. Chr. 1131; Erl. 260, 3
tóþ
A tooth ⬩ tusk
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Synfull tóþum torn þolaþ peccatos dentibus suis fremet, Ps. Th. 111, 9: Judth. Thw. 25, 21; Jud. 272. Toeð (téþ, Ps. Spl.) synfulra. Ps. Surt. 3, 8: ii. p. 194, 19. Téð, Deut. 32, 24. Tóð (téð, Ps. Spl.: tóðas, Ps. Th.), Ps. Surt. 57, 7.
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wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Nimaþ eówre wǽpn ponat vir gladium super femur suum, Ex. 32, 27. Gegríp (gefóh, Ps. Th.) wǽpn (wépen, Ps. Surt.) and scyld apprehende arma et scutum, Ps. Spl. 34, 2. Uoepeno, Rtl. 168, 1.
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wæter-seáþ
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Seó stów ofer þám stæþe sumes wæterseáðes (ofer sumes wæteres seáðes ófre, v.l.) (super laci ripam), Gr. D. 113, 21. Wæs gewinnful niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne hí sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add