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wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably

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Wistfylle wén Beo. Th. 1472; B. 734. Is leódum wén orleghwíle 5813; B. 2910: Exon. Th. 384, 16; Rä. 4, 28. Mé ðæs wén nǽfre forbirsteþ, ðe ic gefeán hæbbe 236, 1; Ph. 567. Him wæs béga wén Beo. Th. 3751; B. 1873.

Linked entry: wéna

ǽg-hwilc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwilc, -hwelc, -hwylc; adj. [á + ge + hwý + líc]

Every ⬩ all ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever ⬩ every one ⬩ quicunque ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis

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Bos. 6, 34. Ǽghwylce geáre every year, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 23. Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe here is every man true to the other, Beo. Th. 2460; B. 1228. Ǽghwylcum máððum gesealde he gave a present to every one. Beo. Th. 2104; B. 1050.

Linked entries: á-hwylc ég-hwelc

fleám

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Be heora sige ge eác be þára hǽþenra manna fleáme, Bl. H. 203, 4. Hí tógædere féngon and sóna þet wærod on fleáme gebróhtan. Chr. 1006; P. 137, 9.

ge-wegan

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Add to bear, have a feeling, v. wegan; 3 Hé wynne gewigeð, Reim. 76. to weigh. to weigh in a balance, measure by weight In swá hwelce giwége giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk.

níten

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Swá swá clǽne néten (nýten, v. l.) eodorcende quasi mundum animal ruminando, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 486, 15. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað.

ge-wurþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurþan, he -wurþ; subj. pres. -wurþe, pl. -wurþon.

to be ⬩ become ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre

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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle, hwæt be me gewurþe quam te silentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, donec sciam quid de me fiĕri velit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 38.

bǽtan

to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current

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beat, he guards himself against the storm, Bt. 41, 3; S. 144, 28-32

a-déman

(v.)
Grammar
a-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To judge ⬩ adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ deem ⬩ try ⬩ abjudicate ⬩ deprive ⬩ examinare ⬩ abjudicare ⬩ judicio facto relegare

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be tried and seethed with long sickness of her body, Bd. 4, 23;S. 595, 15.

fǽringa

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽringa, fǽrincga, fǽrunga, fǽrunge; adv. [fǽr sudden, -inga, -unga adverbial terminations]

Suddenly, quickly, by chance ⬩ sŭbĭto, repente, forte

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Th. 3980; B. 1988: Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 20; Gú. 911: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 82; Met. 28, 41. Ðonne he fǽringa cymþ cum vēnĕrit repente, Mk. Bos. 13, 36. Fǽrincga fýr wudu byrneþ fire quickly burneth a wood, Ps. Th. 82, 10

Linked entries: fǽrunga féringa

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
full-fremedlíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fully ⬩ completely ⬩ perfectly ⬩ perfecte

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Ne eart ðú fullfremedlíce gefullod non es perfecte baptīzātus, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 6: 618, 38.

Linked entry: fremedlíce

geador

(adv.)
Grammar
geador, adv.

Together ⬩ altogether ⬩ ūna ⬩ sĭmul

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R. geador I turn at once S and R together, Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 16; Bo. 48. Geátmæcgum geador ætsomne for the Gothic warriors altogether, Beo. Th. 987; B. 491

preóst

(n.)
Grammar
preóst, es; m.
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Hé wæs tó preóste besceoren fram him attonsus est ab eo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 21. (v. be-sceran.) Riht is ðæt preóstas regollíce libban, L. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 324, 2. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas geóguþe geornlíce lǽran, L. Edg. C. 51; Th. ii. 254, 25.

ge-gán

Grammar
ge-gán, <b>; A.
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</b> add Hwæðer se geþóht geeóde þe mid scylde þe mid lustfullnesse utrum cogitatio suggestione an delectatione acciderit, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 17. <b>B. II 4.</b> add :-- Eall ꝥ manncynne tó ðám mǽstan góde geeóde, Hml.

ge-leánian

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

To reward ⬩ repay ⬩ recompense ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ trĭbuĕre ⬩ rependĕre

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Biþ hiora yfel geleánod be heora gewyrhtum their wickedness is recompensed according to their deserts, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 4

Linked entry: leánian

wracian

(v.)
Grammar
wracian, p. ode

To be in exile

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To be in exile Wracode exulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 13 : 31, 14. Hé ge mid Scottum ge mid Pehtum wracode apud Scotias she Pictos exulabat, Bd. 3, l ; S. 523, 17. Hé on Gallia wracode (wrecca wæs, v. l.), 3, 18; S. 545, 38. Wracade, 4, 23; S. 594, 44.

cild-geong

Grammar
cild-geong, infant.
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Ben. 114, 8. Be ealdum munecum and cildgeongum ( infantibus ), 61, 10, 12. Cildgeongum mannum infantibus, 130, 1. Add

reste-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
reste-dæg, es; ;m.;

A day of rest, a day when no work is to be done, a Sabbath

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On ánum ðara restedaga se nú Sunnandæg is nemned, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30

sǽl-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl-wang, es; m.

A fertile plain ⬩ plain

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A fertile plain, plain Hé be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sǽlwange sweras unlytle by the wall he saw huge pillars with their bases wondrous fast underground. Andr. Kmbl. 2984; An. 1495.

Linked entry: sál-wang

swíðian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðian, p. ode.

to be or become strong, to prevail ⬩ to make firm, to fix

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Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces regis illius iam cum Domino regnantis, multum valere apud eum, Bd. 3, 12; 8. 537, ig. to make firm, to fix Suíðigaþ figite

læc

(adj.)
Grammar
læc, adj.
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Taking the word to be independent, and retaining the reading of Hickes, we may compare it with Icel. lakr lacking, defective, and render it by weak, failing (from wounds), wounded.

Linked entry: lacra