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ǽ-welm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-welm, -wellm, -wylm, -wylme, -wielme, es; m. [eá water, wælm a welling or boiling up]

A welling up of waterspringfountainsourcehead of a riverbeginningaquæ fons

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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10. Seó eá cymþ eft to ðam ǽwelme the river comes again to the source, Fox 134, 17.

Linked entries: ǽ-wylm eá-wylm

HUND

(n.)
Grammar
HUND, es; m.

A HOUNDa dog

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A HOUND, a dog; applied to persons as a term of abuse in English and in other dialects Ðá hé ðider com ðá sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hine ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus when he came thither, it is said, that then the dog of hell, whose name was Cerberus

Linked entries: hundred hund-teóntig

láð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-líc, adj.

Hatefulloathsomedisgustingunpleasantdetestableabominablehorrible

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Hateful, loathsome, disgusting, unpleasant, detestable, abominable, horrible Láðlíc detestabile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 5. Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid menigfealdum springum the leper's body is loathsome with manifold ulcers, Homl. Th. i. 122, 21. Ðæt

leornere

(n.)
Grammar
leornere, es; m.

A learnerreader

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A learner, disciple scholar, learned person, reader Be ðam wrát Beda se leornere of him the scholar Bede wrote, Shrn. 155, 25. Gif leornere geþéh þurh láre ðæt hé hád hæfde and þénode Criste if a scholar succeeded by learning so that he had holy orders

meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
meahtig, <b>mæhtig, mehtig, mihtig;</b> adj.

mightypowerfulablePossible

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mighty, powerful, able Meahtig God, Ps. Th. 98, 9: Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 12; Gú. 760: Hy. 4, 108; Hy. Grn. ii. 285, 108. Dryhten strong and maehtig ( potens ), Ps. Surt. 23, 8: 71, 12: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 29. Mæhtih, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 19. Meahtig God,

med-trum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
med-trum-ness, <b>, med-trym-ness, met-trum-ness, met-trym-ness</b> e; f.

Infirmityill-healthsicknessillness

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Infirmity, ill-health, sickness, illness Seó lange mettrumnes ðæs seócan mannes, ðonne hine God forlǽtan nele éþelíce lifian, ne hé swyltan ne móte, Blickl. Homl. 59, 28. Hwílum ofþrycþ ðone líchoman ungemetlícu mettrymnes ( languor). Ongeán swelce metrymnesse

mennisc

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc, es; n.

Menpeople

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Men, people Ðis is ðæt mennisc ðe ealle míne dǽda mid heora wordum onwendan, Blickl. Homl. 175, 24. Ðonne eówre wærgaþ mennisc when men curse you, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 11. Gif ðǽr óðer mennisc borh síe if other people be surety, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i.

mirige

(adj.)
Grammar
mirige, adj.

Pleasantdelightfulsweet

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Pleasant, delightful, sweet Myrige leóþ dulce carmen, Hymn. Surt. 55, 17. Ðeós woruld ðeáh ðe beó myrige hwíltídum geþuht sý this world, though it seem at times pleasant, Homl. Th. i. 154, 17. Ðeós woruld is hwíltídum myrige on tó wunigenne, 182, 24.

Linked entry: murge

nyt-weorð

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-weorð, -wirðe; adj.

Usefuladvantageousprofitable

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Useful, advantageous, profitable Eálá ðú mín wyln beó nytwyrðe O mea ancilla, esto utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 101, 4. Hú se láreów sceal beón nytwierðe (MS. Hatt. -wyrðe) on his wordum ut sit rector utilis in verbo, Past. 15; Swt. 88, 3. Ðá stód ðǽr

ge-déman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To deemjudgedetermineordaindecreedoomcondemnjūdĭcāredecernĕresancīrecondenmāre

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To deem, judge, determine, ordain, decree, doom, condemn; jūdĭcāre, decernĕre, sancīre, condenmāre He wile gedéman dǽda gehwylce he will judge each deed, Exon. 15 b; Th. 33, 13; Cri. 525. Ðæt he ǽghwelcne on riht gedémeþ that he judge every one righteously

georn-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
georn-ful, -full; comp. -fulra; adj.

Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligentsollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens

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Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent; sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens On orde stód Eádweard, gearo and geornful Edward stood in the array, ready and eager, Byrht. Th. 139, 54; By.

Linked entry: gearnfull

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; n.
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A ship Scip navis vel faselus, scipu rates, sceort scip naviscella vel cimba, vel campolus vel musculus, litel scip scapha, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 55-61. Scip ratis, horsa scip ypogavus, swift scip archiromacus, sceaþena scip paro, ánbýme scip trabaria, 56

sige-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-fæst, adj.
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With victory secured, victorious, triumphant, applied to persons Sigefæst victor, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 18. Sigfæst triumphator, Rtl. 122, 12. And hé sigefæst swá eft hám férde sicque victor in patriam reversus, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 512, 5 : Exon. Th. 460, 26 ;

þingere

(n.)
Grammar
þingere, es; m.
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an advocate, intercessor Þingere advocatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 39. Ðingere, 4, 48: interventor, Rtl. 79, 36. Beón ðingere for óðerra scylde intercessor fieri pro culpis aliorum, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 20. Ðæs wordes ( Paraclete ) andgit is swá mon cweþe þingere

Linked entry: cyrc-þingere

wiþ-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-winnan, p. -wann, pl. -wunnon

To strive againstresist

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To strive against, resist Went hé mid ealle cræfte ongén ðæs óðres geðyld, ðe him ðonne giet wiðwind (eum obsistentem fortiter ), Past. 33; Swt. 227, 7. Eallum his wordum hí wiðcwǽdon and wiþwunnan cunctis quae dicebat contradicere laborabant, Bd. 2,

á-cunnian

(v.)
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Add: to put to the proof, try, test Se ongebróhta teóna ácunnað ( probat ), húlic gehwilc man byþ, Gr. D. 47, 9. Ácunna mé proba me, Ps. Spl. C. 25, 2. Ácunnian experiri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 68. Ácunnod (beón), 145, 50. Wæs ácunnad temtabatur, Mk. L. 1

Linked entry: accutian

ge-scrífan

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Add: to decree, appoint something to a person. of the dealings of Providence Hé (St. Andrew) Marmedonia mǽgðe hæfde gesóhte . . . þám hé (the MS. has hé) (the Deity] him fóre gescráf (cf. þú scealt þá fóre geféran, 216) he had reached the tribe of Mermedonians

ge-feccan

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Substitute: <b>ge-feccan, ge-fecgan</b> to fetch, to go in quest of and bring back, the object a person Hé him hét tó wífe gefeccan Cleopatron Cleopatram sibi occurrere imperavit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 1: Hml. S. 8, 9. Héht Neron Petrus and

ge-þungennes

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Add: maturity, v. ge-þungen; Þæs geþungennes hine ne geþafige worian cuius maturitas eum non sinat vagari, R. Ben. I. 112, 6. growth, progress, advancement Of geþungenysse processu ... conuersationis (v. R. Ben. I. 6, 8), An. Ox. 57, 1. eminence, distinction

gewrixlian

(v.)
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Substitute: to change. Cf. ge-wrixl; to alter the character of Ðǽm ána ðá ðóht geségon geuixla gémendum his tantum quae sensum videbantur mutare correctis, Mt. p. 2, 17. to transfer the possession of Nis ná álýfed ꝥ þæs mynstres hláford sylle þǽre cyrcean