or-wirðlíc
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Ignominious, shameful God hine forlét in ðisse nyþerlícan worulde swá orwyrþlícne déþ þrowian, ðæt hé hine wolde in ðære heán worulde gelǽdan, Shrn. 123, 10
wullian
To wipe with wool
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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24
for-giten
Forgetful
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Ealra þǽra worda hí wǽron forgytene, Hml. S. 23, 389
Linked entry: for-gitan
hére
dignity
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In the passage Hwæt is hiora here, perhaps hér might be read, which would correspond with the phrase in the prose nú tó láfe
wafor-líc
Spectacular, theatrical
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Similar entries v.wæfer-líc, wæfer-sín, wafian, and following words
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á-dimmian
To become dim
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Mid ðǽm gewunan ðára wóna weorca ðæt mód bið ádimmod, Past. 69, 7
Linked entry: dimmian
of-slítan
to wound by the bite
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to wound by the bite (of a snake, dog, etc. ) Ða ðe ofslitene wǽron the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents Num. 21, 9
hlæder-wyrt
Ladder-wort, ⬩ ladder to heaven, ⬩ Jacob's ladder; ⬩ polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum
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Ladder-wort, ladder to heaven, Jacob's ladder; polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum [v. E. D. S. No. 26, 'ladder to heaven'], Lchdm. iii. 8, 25
tóbrocen-líc
Frail, ⬩ perishable
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Frail, perishable Ðysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlíc and feallendlíc and tóbrocenlíc the wealth of this world is transitory and decaying and frail, Wulfst. 263, 13
ge-gnídan
To rub ⬩ rub together ⬩ comminute ⬩ fricare ⬩ defricare ⬩ fricando comminuere ⬩ planare ⬩ levigare
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Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8
giongor-scipe
Youngership ⬩ service ⬩ juvĕnīlis status ⬩ ministĕrium
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Youngership, service; juvĕnīlis status, ministĕrium Ðæt hie his giongorscipe fyligan woldan that they would follow his service, Cd. 14; Th. 16, 26; Gen. 249
Linked entry: geongor-scipe
ge-miltan
To melt, soften, subdue ⬩ liquefăcĕre, emollīre
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To melt, soften, subdue; liquefăcĕre, emollīre Woldon áninga ellenrófes mód gemiltan they would entirely subdue the bold man's mood, Andr. Kmbl. 2785; An. 1395
stán-gefóg
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A joining of stones in building Ða ðe wyrcan cúðon stángefógum those that could work at putting stones together, Elen. Kmbl. 2039; El. 1021
Linked entry: gefóg-stán
weorold-sceaft
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A creature of this world, an earthly creature Wuldres Waldend and woruldsceafta, Exon. Th. 188, 20; Az. 48. Woruldsceafta wuldor, 190, 16; Az. 74
wrang
the hold of a ship
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the hold of a ship Wranga (printed pranga) cavernamen (in a list of nautical words), Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 50. Wrong, ii. 129, 65
wuldor-weorod
The host of heaven
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The host of heaven Ðæt, ðú sié hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes, and worl[d]cundra háda under heofonum, and helwara, Exon. Th. 18, 17; Cri. 285
biter-wyrde
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Bitter of speech, given to bitter words, Ꝥ gé ne beón tó biterwyrde, ne bealufulle on móde, Hml. A. 48, 576. Substitute: and add
fel-tún
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Hé gecierde inn tó ðǽm scræfe and wolde him ðǽr gán tó feltúne ad purgandum ventrem speluncam ingressus est, Past. 197, 15, 24. Add
hán
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a thole Ǽnne scegð .lxiii. ǽre, hé is eallgearo bútan þám hánon; hé hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Crw. Cht. 23, 8. (?)
Linked entry: hǽnan
þeówing
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Rebuke Hé his treówleásnesse mid worda þýwungum (þreáungum, v.l.) fram him sylfum ádráf ejus a se perfidiam dignis increpationibus repulit, Gr. D. 238, 17