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þweorian

(v.)
Grammar
þweorian, þwyrian; p. ode

To be opposedadverseto be at variance

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Oððe his fét gesóhton, him and Gode gehýrsumigende, oððe gif heora hwylc ðwyrode ( if any one of them was adverse ), hé his andweardnysse forfleáh, 560, 10. Ða heáfodmen wiðcwǽdon and symle ðwyrodon ever proved adverse, ii. 260, 2.

Linked entry: þweorh

ge-neát

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Hé héht his geneát, Ecgláf hátte, rídan mid ceastersétna preóste, Wulfhún hátte, and hé hine gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽra . . and se ceastersétna preóst hit gerád and se Æðelwaldes geneát mid hine . . . Ðus him gewísede se Æðelwaldes mon ðá gemǽru, C.

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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Com a modi clarc, to mi douter his love beed, . . . he ne miȝtte his wille have . . . Thenne bigon the clerc to wiche, An. Lit. 11, 3-8), L. Ecg. P, iv. 18; Th. ii. 208, 31 : L. M. I. P. 39; Th. ii. 274, 31

ge-yflian

(v.)
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on þám óðran wolde, ac hine geyflade (sed infirmatits est), Cht.

múl

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Absalon rád on his múle . . . þá geféng hine án treów be ðám fexe . . . and se múl am forð fram þám árleásan hláforde, Hml. S. 19, 222. Him cóm ongǽn se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne, Gr. D. 161, I.

ge-temprian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-temprian, p. ode; pp. od

To tempermoderategoverncuretemperare

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Mót se ðe wile mid sóþum lǽcecræfte his líchaman getemprian he who will may cure his body with true leechcraft, 474, 35

Linked entry: temprian

ge-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed.

to accustomto accustom any one to one's selfassuefacereto weanto separateablactarea lacte depelleredepellereseducere

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Se deófol wolde hine fram Gode gewenian the devil would wean him from God, Job. Thw. 165, 11

Linked entry: ge-wænian

ciric-weard

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Hé ábæd him ingang fram þám cyricweardum þæt him wǽre ágifen leáf him tó gebidenne ingressus ecclesiam a custodibus pettit, ut sibi licentiam concederetur orandi, Gr. D. 200, 3

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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On eallum ðingum gehýrsum, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 17. (12) a condition :-- Hié bǽdon friðes, ac hit Scipia nolde him áliéfan wið nánum óþrum þinge bútan hié him ealle hiera wǽpeno ágeáfen, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 210, 20. (13) a way, means, wise; mostly in phrases

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Ðæt mánfulle wuht wolde ðæt hé (Christ) hine weorþode . . .hine (Christ) ealle hálige weorþiaþ . . . Swá wé sceolan hine mid wordum weorþian, Blickl. Homl. 31, I-II. Hig mé weorðiaþ (wurðiaþ, v.l.) colunt me, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 9.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

wordlian

(v.)
Grammar
wordlian, wurdlian; p. ode

To talkdiscourse

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Se sceop in gebringþ ððre hádas, ðe wið hine wurdlion swylce hig him andswarion, 330, 43. Uton nú on Englisc ymbe ðys be dǽle wurdlian, 303, 14. [Gewurdlud vel gesprecen, 320, 16.] Wordlian sermocinari, Hpt. Gl. 461, 38

þrág-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þrág-mǽlum, adv.

From time to timeat timesat intervals

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Ne meahton hió word forðbringan, ac hió þrágmǽlum þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Hit on wolcnum oft þearle þunraþ, þrágmǽlum eft ánforlǽteþ (cf. hit hwílum þunraþ, hwílum ná ne onginþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 34), 28, 55. Ðrágmǽlum, Andr.

floterian

(v.)

to flutter

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cómon mid floteriendum eágum for ðǽre micclan angsumnysse, 23, 153

of-tredan

(v.)

to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading

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Th. ii. 388, 18-22. lii hit oftræd and hié tó loman gerénode duos et .l. calcatos inutiles fecit, Nar. 15, 25. Ða hors (Jezabel) oftrǽdan huxlíce under fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 347. Oftredan ðæt gærs and ofsittan, Homl. Th. i. 188, 25.

Linked entry: of-steppan

feón

(v.)
Grammar
feón, he feóþ; p. feóde, pl. feódon

To hateōdisse

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To hate; ōdisse He feóþ sáwle his ōdit ănĭmam suam, Ps. Spl. C. 10, 6: Cd. 43; Th. 56, 13; Gen. 911: Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 31; Cri. 1599. Ic unrihta gehwylc feóde inīquĭtātem ŏdio hăbui, Ps. Th. 118, 163. Hie ðé feódon they hated thee, Elen.

Linked entries: feóþ feógaþ feowung

wiþ-feohtend

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-feohtend, es; m.

An adversaryopponentenemya rebel

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An adversary, opponent, enemy, a rebel Hió self fieht wið hié selfe tó fultome ðæm wiðfeohtende, (adversario) Past. 38; Swt. 279, 1. Ðone mángengan and ðone wiþfeohtend rebellem et sacrilegum, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 18.

wundor-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-geweorc, es; n.

A wonderful worka miracle

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hié tó heofona ríce laþode þurh his wundorgeweorc, Blickl. Homl. 7, 10

Linked entry: wundor-weorc

tǽl-wirþe

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Án þing wæs ꝥ gesewen wæs on him tǽlwyrðe ( reprehensibile ) beón, Gr. D. 203, 21. Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16.

háwere

(n.)
Grammar
háwere, es; m.

An observer, a spectatorspies

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An observer, a spectator Ðýlæs hie síen tó óðerra monna gefeohte holde háweras, and dón him selfe náwuht lest they be friendly spectators of other men's struggle, and themselves do nothing; ne, si in hoc præsentis vitæ stadio ad certamen alienum devoti

a-wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wéstan, p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste]

To wastelay wastedepopulateravagedestroyvastaredevastaredesertum faceredesolare

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Wiðútan awést híg sweord swerd with outforth schal waaste [destroy] hem, Wyc; foris vastabit eos gladius, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 a, 25. His stede oððe stówe híg awéston locum ejus desolaverunt, Ps. Lamb. 78, 7