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leáf

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Ben. 67, 7. v. cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf

mengan

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, Angl. ii. 360, 4. of persons, to join to others so as to form one of a company Ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne oþstód . . . ic mé þá eft ongan mængan tó óþrum, ꝥ ic wolde on sume wísan inn geþringan, Hml.

práfost

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Ðá ondranc sé þæs wætres and sealde hit þǽm bréðer ðe him æt stód, ðæs mvnstres prófoste ( this detail is not given in Bede's Life) . . . þá hí þá tíd hæfdon ymb ꝥ tó spreconne, þá ondette heora ǽgðer óþrum ꝥ hí nǽfre ǽr sélre wín ne druncon, Shrn. 64

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5. Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10. Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2.

Linked entry: wǽtian

streng

(n.)
Grammar
streng, es; m.
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Icel. strengr, used of a narrow water-channel) Of ðam strenge com Noe and his wíf, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 28

á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhaustedfaint,to lose heart or energyget wearyfaintto get exhaustedcome to an endfailbe wantingto be defective

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Ðín gemynd ne áteorad the memory of thee will not come to an end, 15, 64. Nama þe nǽfre ne áteorað, Hml. A. 41, 428. Of manna múðum þín mǽrð ne áteorað, 112, 337. Lufu nǽfre ne áteorað, Hml. Th. ii. 564, II.

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruelbarbarousbloodthirsty

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Skt. i. 7, 182. of things Ðæt wíf gelýfde his wælhreówum geðeahte, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 15. Mid wealhreówre ł deóflícre mihte tyrannica potestate, Hpt. Gl. 434, 3. Mid wealreówre grimnysse crudescente atrocitate, 515, 23.

wær-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wær-scipe, es; m.

Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness

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Warsipe and wisedom wið deuel, Misc. 14, 426.]

Linked entry: wer-scipe

GLEÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
GLEÁW, adj.

Clear-sightedwiseskilfulsagaciousprudentgoodsagaxprudensastutussapiensgnarus

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Sumne wísne man and glǽwne a discreet and wise man, 33. Ðá ongan he mid gleáwe móde þencean and smeágean cœpitque sagaci animo conjicere, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 20.

Linked entries: glǽw gléw

wiþ-innan

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Add Wé fundon dá weardas wiðútan standende, ac ne gemétton nǽnne wiðinnan, Hml. Th. i. 572, 35. Hé weardas wiðinnan and widútan gesette, 574, 3. Add Wiþinnan þan infra, An. Ox. 129: 1441

swá

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D. 308, 20. 1. add: with clause contracted Þa Walas flugon þá Englan swá fýr (swá man flúcð fýr, v. l. ). Chr. 473 ; P. 14, 5. 2. Add Hé cwæð swá seó ilce wíse þá manigum men cúþ wæs be his sage aiebat sicut tunc res eadem multis innotuit, Gr.

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Arrius hátte án gedwolman, sé flát wið ǽnne bisceop þe wæs genemned Alexander, wís and rihtgelýfed, Hml. Th. i. 290, 3. Hí flitun betwux him (facta est contentio inter eos) hwylc hyra wǽre yldest, Lk. 22, 24.

magan

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. ¶ magan wiþ. dat. or uncertain Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte omnia pene animantia patientius et tolerabilius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant, Ors. i. i; S. 24, 29.

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneselfmundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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Wih. 22; Th. i. 42, 4

cwyld

(n.; part.)
Grammar
cwyld, cwild ,es; m. n: cwyld, cwild, e ; f. [cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill]

A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction pestis, pestilcntia, clades

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A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction; pestis, pestilcntia, clades Boreas ealne ðone cwyld m. aflígþ Boreas [the north wind] drives every plague away, Bd. de nat. rerurn; Wrt. popl. science 18, 9; Lchdm. iii. 276, 7.

ge-rǽsan

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D. 78, 3. (2 a) of fighting Nǽfre mon þon wurðlícor wígsíð áteáh, þára þé wið swá miclum mægne gerǽsde, Gen. 2095. Hé wið áttorsceadan oreðe gerǽsde, B. 2839. Þá hí tógedore gerǽsdon, þá man ofslóh ðes cáseres geréfan, Chr.

-hád

(suffix)
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</b> with abstract nouns of condition, fulwiht-, geoguþ-, mǽgb-hád. of action, camp-, níd-had. with adjs.. Add: with nouns. marling condition of life, weorold-hád. cf. hád. <b>III. 1.

ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
  • ;
  • S. 573, 17
  • ).

law, &c.matrimony

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Lufiað eówere wíf on ǽwe . . . and healdað eówere ǽwe, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 26. Wíf ðæt him mid rihtre ǽ (rihtum ǽwe, v. l.) forgifen sí, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 17. Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað de eo qui adulterat, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12.

lácnung

(n.)
Grammar
lácnung, lǽcnung (v. sealf-lǽcnung), e; f.

Healingcureremedymedicine

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Gebéte wið hine ða wunde and begyte him ða lácnunge componset ei vulnus, et sanationem ei comparet, L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25

Linked entry: lǽcnung

rǽde-here

(n.)
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rǽde-here, es; m.
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Earnulf gefeaht wið ðæm rǽdehere (ráde-, MS. B.: rád-, MS. D.), Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 2