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wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Wæs seó wunung þǽr swýþe wynsum on tó wícenne, and his geteld wǽron gehende hire wununge geslagene, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 315. (1 a) of an object that moves :-- Nihtweard ( the pillar of fire ) nýde sceolde wícian ofer weredum, Cd.

Linked entry: ge-wícian

wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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wǽron wítnade virgis caesi, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 160, 14. Grammar wítnian, with the means of punishment expressed Ic wítnige eów seofon wíton corripiam vos septem plagis, Lev. 26, 28.

earm

(adj.)
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Winnan on swá earm folc swá hí wǽron adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 12. Hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ, Bl. H. 63, 11. Úre teóþan sceattas sýn earmra manna gafol.

fíftig

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.), 16, 6. with other numerals, and the number treated as singular Þǽra wæs hundteóntig and ðreó and fíftig, Jn. 21, 11. as plural Wǽron gesomnode hundteóntig and fíftig bisceopa, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 14.

ge-helpan

(v.)
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Hié þǽr wurdon mid hungre ácwealde, þǽr heora þá ne gehulpe þá þǽr æt hám wǽron, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 5. Hé wolde tó helle gecuman tó gehelpen[n]e Adames, Hml. S. 24, 179. Þám eádmódum gehelpende ( consulens, i. succurrens ), An.

gehwǽr

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The glosser seems to have read this as meaning that everywhere war with outsiders had ceased), Txts. 182, 84. at every place where a certain condition is possible Gehwǽr sácerdas and mæssepreóstas betwih wíbedum wǽron slægene passim sacerdotes inter

un-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wís, adj.

unwisefoolishstupidignorantignorant of something

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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse wǽron, Nar. 10, 7

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Sóna swá hí wǽron swá gehende ðet ǽgðer on óðer háwede as soon as they were so near as to be in sight of one another, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 8. Hý mé háwedon and mé beheóldon ipsi consideraverunt et conspexerunt me, Ps. Th. 21, 16.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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<b>VI a</b> Is se finta fægre gedǽled, sum brún, sum basu, sum splottum beseted, Ph. 295. of a non-material whole, to distinguish the component parts of For þám ꝥ héhste gód wǽre mistlic and on swá manigfeald gedǽled, ꝥ pound; hit nán mon

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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Æt his méder ðe wǽre tó ǽwum wífe forgifen his fæder, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 29. Ðe wíf hæfð uxoratus Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 44. Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 3.

Linked entry: BRÝD

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Fela óðra deófles manna wíde wǽran, Wulfst. 100, 20. Manncwealmas beóð wíde geond land erunt pestilentiae per loca, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7. Fáh ic eom wíde, Exon. Th. 401, 24; Rä. 21, 16.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Hwæt be ðyssum þingum tó dónne wǽre quid de his agendum, Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 1504: Shrn. 139, 24. Hwæt be mé geweorðe quid de me fieri velit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 670, 14. Hú hyt be þé geworden ys, Nic. 10, 34. Hwæt geworden wǽre be þám biscope, Gr.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Ealle þá cyngas þe on þyssum íglande wǽron hé gewylde, Chr. 926; P. 107, 21: Hml. S. 25, 412. Hé wolde mid wǽpnum gewyldan þá Iudéiscan, 484. Gewyldan mid wíge þá leóda, 28, 3.

ge-win

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Þá gewin wǽron grimlicran þonne hý nú sýn, 1, 2; S. 30, 23. Manega bismerlica gewin gefremede, 1, 8; S. 42, 9.

god-cund

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Wǽron woroldwitan þe gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, Ll. Th. i. 334, 22: 348, 13: ii. 242, 13.

Linked entry: god-lic

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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irresolute: v. twifealdness, Hé ða yfelan and ða twyfealdan geþóhtas forlét (cf. hé hine hider and þyder gelómlíce on his móde cyrde, 28, 8; hé ðám tweógendum geþóhtum wiðstód, 18), and hine S Bartholomeus fréfrode, and hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde, ac ðæt hé wǽre

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Grammar þys-líc, predicative Ðæt seó onwrihgnes ðyslíc wǽre revelationem hujusmodi esse, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 37. Ðyslíc mé is gesewen ðis líf talis mihi videtur vita, 2, 13; S. 556, 13. Ðonne ðis tácen ðyllíc ðé tó cume, 2, 12; S. 514, 22.

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

ge-sǽlig

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Ox. 4185. happy, favoured by lot, position, or other external circumstance, fortunate Tó hwon sceoldan míne friend seggan þæt ic gesǽlig mon wǽre ? Hú mæg sé beón gesǽlig se þe on ðám gesǽlþum ðurhwunian ne mót ?

furþor

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Hé wolde beón furðor on óðrum earde þonne hé on his ágenum wǽre, Hml. S. 6, 189. Hé wæs furðor on hlísan and on mihte, Hml. Th. i. 478, 27. Se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, Hex. 38, 5.

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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Heó geseah hú Decius wédde and brýmde dæges and nihtes ǽr ðon hé deád wǽre, Shrn. 139, 6. Hé wédde on gewitte swá wilde deór, Exon. Th. 278, 13; Jul. 597. Hí wéddon þearle and tðtǽron hí sylfe mid heora ágenum tóðum, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 194.

Linked entry: a-wédan