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wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Ath. v. l, 5 ; Th. i. 230, 12, Ne mæg wé ðæs wrace gefremman, Cd. Th. 25, 14; Gen. 393. Ðæs hé wræce leornode he learnt how to take revenge for the wrong, Beo. Th. 4660; B. 2336.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Ic ne can for hwam se streám ne mót stillan nihtes I know not why the stream cannot rest at night, Salm. Kmbl. 795; Sal. 397.

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Ebréi healdaþ heora geáres annginn on lenctenlícre emnihte the Hebrews keep the beginning of their year at the spring equinox, Lchdm. iii. 246, 17.

CWEÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWEÐAN, to cweðanne; part. cweðende ; ic cweðe, ðú cweðest, cweðst, cwæðst, cwiðst, cwyðst, cwíst, cwýst, he cweðeþ; cweþ, cwiþ, cwyþ, pl. cweðaþ ; p. ic, he cwæþ, ðú cwǽde , pl. cwǽdon; impert. ¨ cweþ, cweðe , pl. cweðaþ, cweðe; subj. cweðe, pl. cweðen; p. cwǽde, pl. cwǽden ; pp. cweden

To say, speak, call, proclaim dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere

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On ðære stówe ðe is cweden Ægeles þrep at the place which is called Aylesthorpe, Chr. 455; Erl. 13, 23: Exon. 11a; Th. 13, 32; Cri. 211. v. intrans Hwæt mágon we cweðan ongén úrne hláford what can we say to our lord?

Linked entries: a-cweðan cwýst ðú

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Forðæm gif ða unryhtwísan hiera yfel mid sibbe gefæstnigaþ and tósomne gemengaþ ðonne biþ geíced hiera mægen at contra admonendi sunt pacifici, ne tantae actionis pondus levigent, si, inter quos fundare pacem debeant, ignorent.

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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</b> service, obedience, suit and service :-- Ðæt selfe wæter þegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum the very water showed itself to be at his command by retreating before his feet (cf. him gearu sóna þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, symble wæs drýge

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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The early use of hús-bunda, -bonda would at once indicate that it was not likely to be of Norse or Icelandic origin. It could not be derived from the Norse búa to dwell; part. búandi, bóandi dwelling; nor even from the A.

Linked entry: bonda

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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Wiþ þon þe mon þicge átor, Lchdm. ii. 110, 24. Ðæt hí móston onfón and ðicgean ða foresetenysse hláfas ut panes propositionis acciperent, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 14: 5, 4; S. 617, 14. Nolde ic mid þæm men mínne mete ðicgean cum hoc simul non edebam, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

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obscurum hoc atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 29. Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20. Unwurð scop tragicus vel comicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 9.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Wíf ácenþ bearn and þrowaþ micel earfoþu æfter þám ðe heó ǽr micelne lust þurhteáh, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 2. work, labour Geseón on him selfum synne genóge, atol earfoða ǽrgedénra, Cri. 1266. what is difficult, the difficult v. next word Þám synfullum

flǽsc

Grammar
flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

fleshanimalshuman beings

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Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron þonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce, and nelle his gesceád-wísan sáule voluptariam vitam degas; sed quis non spernat atque abjiciat vilissimae rei, corporis, servum ?, Bt. 32, I; F. 114, 20-24.

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To sufferto suffer as opposed to to actto suffer what is painfulto suffer martyrdomto make to sufferto crucifyto suffer for somethingpay foratone for

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Grammar þrowian, with gen. of instrument inflicting death : -- Hé sceolde deófolgeldum geldan, oððe sweordes þrowian suffer death by the sword, Shrn. 129, 3. to suffer for something, pay for, atone for Ic ðrounio persolvio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 16.

Linked entry: a-þrówian

hund

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<b>I. b</b> Þone réþan þe biþ þweórtéme þú scealt hátan hund, nallas mann ferox atque inquies linguam litigiis exercet? cani comparabis, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 16.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Ðæt hé wǽre heora munuc æt fruman and hí woldon hine habban swá deádne that he had been their monk at first, and they would have him so (their monk) when dead, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 23.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

ge-mǽne

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</b> in an ecclesiastical sense, catholic :-- Geleáfa se gemǽna fides calholica, Ath. Crd. 42. that stands in the same relation to two or more objects, common as in common enemy Him bið wind gemǽne, Gn. Ex. 54.

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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Th. 2914-33; B. 1455-64; at a later period it is with 'Nægling . . . gomol and grǽgmmǽl' that he fights, 5354; B. 2680. See, too, Wald. 4; Vald. 1, 3. And elsewhere the same point may be noted, e. g. in the Nibelungenlied. 'daz Nibelunges swert. . .

Linked entry: swyrd

þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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Eác wé gelýfaþ ðæt Drihten sylf hire tógeánes cóme all the heavenly host would rejoice at her advent. We believe, too, that the Lord himself would come to meet her, Homl. Th. i. 442, 13.

Linked entry: þrym

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Hé eal ꝥ se ar̃ƀ at him crafede eádmédlíce gefylde, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 18. Ǽr þan mé gefylle Wealdend willan mínne, El. 1084. Ðá ofergesettan óðerra monna giémenne gefyllen, Past. 191, 22. Þá ǽ gefyllan legem adimplere, Mt. 5, 17.

ge-weald

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Ágan heofon tó gewalde to have heaven at command, Sat. 415. Here bróhte Israéla gestreón in his ǽhte geweald, Dan. 757. ¶ with gen. of thing, place :-- Sum man áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes, Hml. S. 23, 415.

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Earle's note, p. 468, on manumission at four cross-roads), Chart. Erl. 255, 20 : 254, 29. Ungerydu beóð on sméde wegas (woegum Lind.), Lk. Skt. 3, 5. Gódige he folces fær mid bricgum ofer deópe wæteru, and ofer fúle wegas, L. Edg.