cweþan
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Se mon bið, þæs þe swá tó cweþanne sié ( so to say ), ǽghwæþer ge gehæfted ge freó, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 17. to call, name Þone tún mon his naman cweðeþ cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl.
D
to cut
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ends in ed, od, but when the letters t, p, c, h, x, and s, after another consonant, go before the infinitive an, the vowel before the terminating d is not only rejected, but d is changed into t; as from dyppan to dip would be regularly formed dypped
deád
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Voc. i. 283, 79: ii. 16, 57. fig. dead to, insensible to Heó bið deád ǽlcere duguðe and gesǽlðe, and bið gehealden tó ðám écan deáðe, Hml. Th. i. 160, 15
sceáwere
an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor
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Leáse sceáweras, Beo. Th. 511; B. 253. Moises sende twelf sceáweras, Num. 13, 4: Jos. 2, l. a watch-tower (?) Sceáwere(the word occurs in a list of military terms), speculia Wrt.
Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc
æf-ést
zeal
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Add: in a bad sense Se dierna æfst. Past. 79, 13. Be ðám is áwriten ðætte ðis fiǽsclice líf sié ǽfesð invidia 235, 13. For ðæs æfstes scylde per livoris vitium 237, i. Æfestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 12. Mid ðǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Godes þeówas ðe be gódra manna ælmessan libbaþ God's servants who live by the alms of good men, Wulfst. 120, 4. Hié be úrum lárum libbaþ they live according to our instructions, Blickl. Homl. 75, 15. Eal his líf hé lifde búton synnum, 33, 16.
ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Heora dýre gold ne biþ náhte wurð wið ða foresǽdan mádmas their precious gold will be worth nothing in comparison with the aforesaid treasures, Glostr. Frg. 2, 29. Tó náhte ad nihilum, Ps. Spl. 14, 5 : Ps. Th. 59, 11.
feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, Bl. H. 43, 13: Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 27-21, 4. For feós lufon, Bl. H. 63, 7, 8. Godes feós ðeófð sacrilegium, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 31.
módigian
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His wuldor is wyrms and meox; nú tó dæg hé módegað, and tó-mergen hé ne bið ( his glory shall be dung and worms; to-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall not be found, l Macc. 2, 63), Hml. S. 25, 262.
FRUMA
a beginning ⬩ commencement ⬩ origin ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmordium ⬩ exordium ⬩ an originator ⬩ author ⬩ founder ⬩ inventor ⬩ auctor ⬩ inventor ⬩ a chief ⬩ prince ⬩ ruler ⬩ king ⬩ prŏcer ⬩ princeps ⬩ rex
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Spl. 118, 160: Cd. 1; Th. 1. 10; Gen. 5: Exon. 44 b; Th. 151, 15; Gú. 795: Beo. Th. 4608; B. 2309. Ðú eart ealra þinga fruma and ende thou [God] art the beginning and end of all things, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 36: Bt. Met.
hǽlend
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Úre Drihten Hǽlend Críst, Bl. H. 11. 21. v. hǽlan ; <b>II. 2.</b> ¶
wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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Bt. 7.4; Fox 22, 33. to act with violence, be furious, rage, of persons Ðonne se deófol ðús wétt, Wulfst. 198, 5. Hé wét swíðe and wynð on ða Cristenan, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 225.
Linked entry: a-wédan
idig
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Perhaps for to þas idge should be read tóþas grǽdige. If idge be an independent word the vowel should be long
fúl
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Se líchoma on þone heardestan stenc and on þone fúlostan bið gecyrred, Bl. H. 59, 13. Þǽm fúlæstum putentissimis (nidoribus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 4. <b>I a.</b> of disease :-- Fúlre ádle feda peste, Txts. 181, 50.
fóre-tácen
A FORE-TOKEN ⬩ presage ⬩ sign ⬩ wonder ⬩ præsāgium ⬩ prodĭgium
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Ðæt biþ fóretácna mæst that shall be the greatest of fore-tokens, Exon. 21 a; Th. 55, 34; Cri. 893. He sette on him word tácna heora and fóretácna pŏsuit in eis verba signōrum suōrum et prodigiōrum. Ps. Spl. 104, 25.
nídinga
By force ⬩ against a person's will
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Ðá tugon heó hine nýdinga of ðam mynstre illum invitum monasterio duxerunt, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 22. Gif hwá mǽden nýdinga nimþ si quis puellam invitam ceperit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 130; Th. ii. 186, 20
Linked entry: neádunga (-inga)
ge-wǽgan
to affect ⬩ weigh down ⬩ oppress ⬩ afficere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ vexare ⬩ to frustrate ⬩ frustrari ⬩ irritum facere
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to affect, weigh down, oppress; afficere, deprimere, vexare Wíne gewǽged affected by wine, Exon. 84 a; Th. 315, 34; Mód. 41. Wópe gewǽged oppressed with weeping, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 5; Met. 2, 3.
Linked entries: ge-wǽgnian wǽgan
un-weaxen
Not grown up ⬩ young
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Not grown up, young Him be healfe stód hyse unweaxen, cniht on gecampe, Byrht. Th. 136, 17; By. 152. Cild unweaxen, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 5. Ðus mé fæder mín unweaxenne ( when a boy ) wordum lǽrde, Elen. Kmbl. 1055; El. 529.
wiþer-sacian
to blaspheme ⬩ to be apostate
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to blaspheme Ðam ðe wiðersacaþ ongén háligne gást, ne bið dam forgyfen eí, qui in spiritum sanctum blasphemauerit, non remittetur, Lk. Skt. 12, 10. Swá hwylc man swá wyþersacaþ (blasphemes, v.