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drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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Th. i. 72, 14. to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst Gif þú ofer gemet itst oþþe drincst, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 15. to drink intoxicating liquors convivially, to feast (cf.

elcor

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D. 315, 1. as an alternative, as a substitute Wyrc tó duste oþþe elcor gníd on wín, Lch. i. 368, 15. Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám god*-*cundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan ( timere magis quam discutere debemus ), Gr.

fíftig

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Hé wífa ánes wana ealra fíftig forhte gefreoðode, An. 1042. uncertain Hundteóntiges fótmǽla and fíftiges lange, Nar. 36, 12. a set of fifty psalms Ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen, Ll. Th. i. 236, 37: 222, 19.

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Gif hwelc mon fæste oþþe nytte (Cockayne alters to nihte, but this is unnecessary; see beginning of preceding passage) wæccan dó, Shrn. 104, 29. Tó wæccum ad excubias, vigilias, Hpt. Gl. 488, 37.

un-gearu

(adj.)
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un-gearu, adj.

not readynot promptindisposed to actnot readynot in a fit state for useuncultivatednot ready, not prepared for attack

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exigit, portandi tarditas nulla generetur, Swt. 171, 23. of land, uncultivated : -- Gúðlác ðæs wídgillan wéstenes ða ungearawan stówe ðǽr gemétte, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 10. not ready, not prepared for attack Wé ðé beóð holde, gif ðú ús hýran wilt, oþþe

ge-wunelic

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Ben. 95, 17. in accordance with the natural order of things Hit nis náuht gecynde ne náuht gewunelic ꝥ ǽnig wiþerweard þing bión gemenged wiþ óðrum wiþerweardum oþþe ǽnige geférrædenne wið habban neque sibi solent adversa sociari, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 11

inne

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Þæt hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. (a α) with prepositional phrases :-- Ísene gelíc inne on ðǽm ofne ( in fornace ), Past. 269, 6, 8. Wæs hé on sumum húse inne. Guth. Gr. 171, 15, 16. Inne on healle, B. 642.

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Ne húru wundur wyrceaþ deáde; oþþe hí lǽceas weccean numquid mortuis facies mirabilia; aut medici suscitabunt? Ps. Th. 87, 10. to rouse from unconsciousness or torpor, to enliven, stimulate, refresh Hé wehte hine wætre, Beo. Th. 5700; B. 2854.

dígle

(adj.)
Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
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Sege hwæt ic þence oþþe hwæt ic dó on déglum gerece, Bl. H. 181, 14. Þurh his dihlan miht, Dóm. L. 20. Beóð gesweotolude dígle geþancas arcana patebunt, 135. Hié wǽron gewitan Godes dégolra dóma, Bl. H. 161, 16. Ondrǽd þú þé díhle wísan, Dom.

ge-beran

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Gif mon sié dumb oþþe deáf geboren, Ll. Th. i. 70, 14. Blindum giborenum (caeca nato) égo untýndist. Rtl. 101, 38

ge-férscipe

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is eác his andweorc ꝥ hé habban sceal . . . þám þrím geférscipum bíwiste . . . gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ, Bt. 17 F. 58, 33-60, 5. a class, social order Þǽr ðú gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe

gird

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Gif mon geþingað gyrde landes oþþe máre, Ll. Th. i. 146, 1-2;; Hý létan him tó þá twá hída landes æt Áweltúne and áne gyrde, and æt Weattan ígge þreó gyrda, C. D. B. i. 543, 38-544, 1

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Grammar wirsa, where injury is done to a person in respect to his well-being Se ðe óðerne mid wó forsecgan wille, ðæt hé áðer oþþe feó oþþe freme ðá wyrse sý, L. C. S. 16; Th. i. 384, 24.

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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H. 3, 9. hwæþer ... oþþe Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfondian, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht; hwæðer hé God mid inweardlicre heortan lufige oððe hé mid híwunge fare, Hml. Th. i. 268, 11-14. Hueðer ... oþþe (ł MS.) utrum ... an, Jn. L., R. 7, 17.

libban

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Tó tácne þæt hié óþer woldon, oþþe ealle libban oþþe ealle licgean, Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 32. <b>I b.</b> fig. of things :--- to supply oneself with food, feed, subsist (lit. or fig.)

be-gitan

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Bigetna repertae, p. 17, 6. to get, cause to be done ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen, Ll. Th. i. 236, 37.

be-witan

watch over

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Mynstres ǽhta on tólum oþþe on reáfum sýn betǽhte tó bewitenne þám gebróþrum, R. Ben. 56, 4

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ge-búgan

(v.)
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S. 21, 88. ꝥ Gehádod man ... borh finde, oþþe on carcerne gebúge, 168, 8. of adhesion, submission, &amp;c., by a follower, vassal, tenant, worshipper, &amp;c. to a person or institution Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe ... and eall ꝥ lǽste ꝥ

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man weorþige fýr oþþe flód, Ll. Th. i. 378, 20. a flood, deluge, an overflowing of land His deácon sǽde ꝥ seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . .

heofone

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Nán man Godes mihte ne forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oððe eorðan oþþe sǽ ðriddan (nec judicium superni Gubernatoris uspiam effugere queo, Vit. Cuth. c. 24), Hml. Th. ii. 146, 31.