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wǽt

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽt, adj.

wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisturewet, moist, having moisturewet, rainy

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Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne, 210, 27: 246, 3. referring to the humours or juices of bodies –Ðonne sió wamb swíðe wǽtre gecyndo biþ, ne þrowaþ seó þurst ne hefignesse metta, and gefihð wǽtum mettum Lchdm. ii. 220, 19-21.

on-sacan

(v.)

to attack, strive againstto, resist, refuse to comply with a demandto declare that one has no knowledge of a personto refuse a person what he wantsto refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a chargeto make excuseto sacrifice

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a person what he wants Gif huá wil æfter meh gecyme onsæcæ (andsæce, Rush.) hine seolfne abneget semetipsum, 16, 24. to refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a charge Ne onsace ic náuht, ðæt seó

Linked entries: an-sacan sacan on-sacan

snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.

Prudent, wise, sagacious prudens

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Seó snotere mægð Judth. Thw. 23, 17; Jud. 125. Snottrum men snǽd óðglídeþ Salm. Kmbl. 803; Sal. 401. Háligne wer and snotorne virum sanctum et sapientem Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 9. Ðú mé snoterne gedydest prudentem me fecisti Ps. Th. 118, 98.

Linked entry: snytre

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattleliving animalspĕcusjūmentaMoneyvaluepricehirestipendFEErewardpĕcūniamercesGoodspropertyricheswealthbŏnadīvĭtiæŏpes

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Wiht seó ðæt feoh fédeþ a thing which feeds the cattle, Exon. 109 a; Th. 416, 21; Rä. 35, 2.

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

for-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bærnan, -bearnan, to -bærnenne; part. -bærnende; p. -bærnde, pl. -bærndon; pp. -bærned, -bærnd; v. trans.

To burn upconsumeŭrĕrecombūrĕre

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Ðæt seó sunne mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes wæstmas forbærne that the sun with her heat burn up the fruits of the earth, Wrt. popl. science 9, 6; Lchdm. iii. 250, 17.

Linked entries: for-bearnan for-bernan

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Seó forme declinatio macaþ hire genitivum on ae, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 4 : 24; Som. 24, 24. Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt hit eall swá mehtiglíce macaþ that is the highest good, which does everything so mightily, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 1.

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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Ðǽrrihte férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse niwel on sǽ ecce impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 32. Neól ic fére, Exon. Th. 403, 2; Rä. 22, 1. Hít swá niowul ( prostrate ) up árǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 26.

gram

(adj.)
Grammar
gram, grom; adj. [grama anger]
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Seó eádge biseah ongeán gramum the blessed maid looked on the fierce one [the devil], Exon. 75 a; Th. 280, 12; Jul. 628: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 35; Gen. 582.

Linked entry: grom

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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Seó deóre scolu the heavenly host, 235, 21; Ph. 235. Árleásra sceolu, Elen. Kmbl. 2600; El. 1301 : 1523; El. 763. Éce fýr wæs Satane and his gesíðum mid, deófle, gegearwad, and ðære deorcan scole, Exon. Th. 93, 9; Cri. 1523.

Linked entries: scól sceolu

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Ne ðearf ic ðésecgan hú hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna, for ðám ðú hit hafast áfunden be þé selfum. Bt. 31, i; F. 112, 19. to find, discover, meet with a person, lit. Hí forléton hine tó ánum treówe gebun-denne.

earfoþe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþe, adj.
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Seó Godcundnys gefylde þysne earfoðan cwyde ðurh ðá ánnysse Crístes hádes, Hml. Th. ii. 386, 20. Earfoðu difficilia, Kent. Gl. 1093. Wæter and eorþe sint swíþe earfoþe tó geseónne on fýre, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 27: 34, 11; F. 150, 24.

Linked entry: earfeðe

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra þǽra ǽhta; þonne seó notu on gebróðra gewrixle bið, sý þæt gewis á mid þám abbode, þæt hé wite hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt underfangen ex quibus abbas brevem teneat, ut dum sibi in ipsa assignata fratres vicissim succedunt

hearm

evilan evilinjurya calamitygriefafflictioncalumnya calumny

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Seó dǽd wearð Rómánum tó ðǽm mǽstan hearme þæt him nán folc ne getrúwode the deed was the cause of this very great injury to the Romans, that no people trusted them, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 11.

Linked entry: hearm-fullic

heáh-nes

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Add: in a physical sense. height Ǽr þon þe seó heáhnes ( altitudo ) þæs wealles gefylled wǽre, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 19. Egeslicere heáhnysse (heánnesse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 48) (turrem) minaci proceritate, An. Ox. 4436.

Linked entry: heá-nes

hord

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Swithin ) ꝥ heora dýre gold ne bið náhte wurð wið þá foresǽdan máðmas, Hml. 8. 21, 54. a valuable article Bið seó móddor hordum gehroden, Rä. 81, 17. of non-material things, that are valued Hýdeþ eów hord in heofonum, Mt. R. 6, 20.

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy rough, untrimmed, uncultivatedrough, knottyrough, undressed

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Seó clǽne beó blósman gegrét swá lange ðæt hyre ða rúwan þeóh wurþaþ swýðe gehefegode, Anglia viii. 324,13. Rúwe hirta, Germ. 398, 258. Hrúhe wulla hirsutas lanas, Hpt. 524, 13. rough, untrimmed, uncultivated Rúg frondosa, Wrt. Voc, ii. 151, 16.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertiontradition, report, story a narration, relation

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Sægenum scriptis, 472, 5. a narration, relation (whether spoken or written) Ðý læs ðæt eów seó sægen monigfealdlícor biþ onþúhte tó wrítanne ic ða wille lǽton ðe ðǽr gewurdon ne sim scribendi multiplex, priora facta praecognita praetereo, Nar. 3, 29

Linked entries: segen sæcgen

on-hagian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hagian, p. ode; v. impers. with dat. or acc. of pers.

To be within a person's power or means, to be in accordance with a person's will or convenience

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Ðá seó fyrd gesomnod wæs ðá ne onhagode heom ðártó búton ðæt wǽre ðæt se cyng ðǽr mid wǽre they would not be satisfied unless the king were there too, 1016; Erl. 153. 27.

á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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Ðí lǽs seó bóc ǽðryt þurh hire micelnysse ástyrige, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 5. Wearð ástyred mycel éhtnys, Hml. S. II, 5. Ástyrod, Ll. Th. ii. 342, 19.

Linked entry: á-styrung

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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S. 8, 105. with direction determined by an adv. or prep. of movement Seó orþung þe wé in áteóð, Hml. S. I. 215. Þæt ic áteó þás hringan up of ðysum hlyde, 21, 66. Forþ átogene prolata (suspiria), An.