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hád

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</b> in an ecclesiastical sense :--- Gif hwá gehádodne man bende . . . béte . . . be hádes mǽðe, i. 400, 23 : 404, 16. Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurð . . . þonne þolige hé ǽgðres ge hádes ge eardes, 546, 5 : 400, 15.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Ben. I. 57, 2. Hý beóð geþeóde þeódscipum on gemang betwyx heáhfæderas and hálige wítegan vatidicis juncti patriarchis atque prophetis, Dóm.

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Bendum fæstne, An. 184. Scip oncerbendum fæst, B. 1918. Ceólas bi staðe fæste, Wal. 18. Ceólas æt sǽfearoðe oncrum fæste, El. 252. of a band, tie, &c., not easily loosed: Ðeáh seó leó fæste racentan hæbbe, Bt. 25; F. 88, 9.

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Ðonne ðé ðín wíse lície cum bene tibi fuerit, Gen. 40, 14. Hǽte hym man bæþswá hraþe swá hys wíse gódige. Lchdm. iii. 122, 8.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Ben. 103, 1. Seó eádmódnys heáwþ of ðære módinysse heáfod humilitas amputat caput superbiae, Gl. Prud. 36 b. Him mon slóg ða handa of, ðá ðæt heáfod, Ors. 4, 5; Swt.168, 5.

Linked entry: ob

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Ben. 52, 7. Ðam eardum becom óðer wracu siððan, Ælfc. T. Gm. 8, 14. Ǽr ðam ðe seó wracu (the destruction of Jerusalem) cóme, Homl. Th. i. 402, 24: 408, 12. Synna wracu, Exon. Th. 98, 14; Cri. 1607 : Cd. Th. 309, 18; Sat. 711.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Ben. 73, 15. Þyringas and Begware healfe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 11. following a pronoun: Gif hió (the hand) healf onweg fleóge, Ll. Th. i. 98, 9. Sié hit healf forgifen, 64, 22. Þám ágende hine man healfne ágelde, 42, 22. Gesette hé .cxx. scitt .

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heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Ben. I. 3. the seat of one's inmost thoughts, one's inmost being, soul Of þǽre heortan willan se muð spicð, Mt. 12, 34. Opene weorðað monna dǽde, ne magon weras heortan geþóhtas fore waldende bemíðan, Cri. 1048: 1056: 1039.

gíman

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Ben. 74, 15. to core for. to have a liking or desire for. the object a person Wǽrleás mon and . . . ungetreów, þæs ne gýmeð God, Gn. Ex. 164. the object a thing, material Eádige beóð þá þe þissa eorþwelena ne gýmaþ, Bl. H. 159, 30.

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Ben. 116, 20. Weard of heofonum þæt mód in ðæs gǽstes gód georne trymede, Gú. 78. good, benefit resulting from something Heora nán him ne mehte bión náne góde (on nánum góde, v. l. ), Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 19.

tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directionsthrow awaythrow downto scatterdispersedestroyoverthrowto scatterdisperseto break in piecesscatter the parts of a connected wholeto overthrowto overturnto throw downdestroy a buildingdemolishto overthrowto destroy the power of a person,to destroyto overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc.,to put downput an end todestroymake voidbreakdissolveto throw out

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Lind. 11, 52. to break in pieces, scatter the parts of a connected whole Hé heora bendas tówearp vincula eorum disrupit, Ps.

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum, Beo. Th. 3778; B, 1887. Hæleþbeóþ on wynnum the men are joyous, Exon. Th. 361, 20; Wal. 22 : 464, 19; Hö. 89. Hé sunbeorht gesetu séceþ on wynnum, 217, 11; Ph. 278. Wé ðǽr wunodon on wynnum, Cd.

Linked entry: mód-wén

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Beóð þý hefigran heortan benne, Wand. 49. hard to perform, difficult, requiring exertion, laborious, toilsome Hefig ł uneáðe difficile, Lk. L. 18, 24: Mt. L. 19, 23.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Ben. 64, 10. Sume hí beóton sume hí ofslógon quosdam caedentes, alias uero occidentes, Mk. Skt. 12, 5.

Linked entry: ÁN

ge-mǽne

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Ben. 49, 4. <b>I b.</b> </b> Se mægðhád is gemǽne ægþrum cnihtnm and mǽdenum. Hml. A. 33, 224. <b>I c.</b> of the properties of things :-- Swá hwá swá ðone gemǽnan gód eallra góda forliét, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 9.

heáh

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Ben. 74, 11. <b>B.</b> as subst. a high place. v. N. E. D. high ; B. 1 Quinta terra appellatur Badoríces heáh, C. D. i. 44, 13. the superlative denoting the Deity Se héhsta (heáxta, Ps.

Linked entry: dynt

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Lét his bén cuman in þá beorhtan gesceaft, Gú. 749: El. 1089. after verbs in which the idea of motion is not explicitly expressed Hí feor þonan in þás deáðdene drohtað sóhton, Ph. 416: Gú. 1343.

gearo

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Ben. 126, 19. Hí hæfdon gearwe (gearuwe, v. l.) mágistras (mágistras gearwe, v. l.) haberent in promtu magistros, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 13

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Persa cyning benom ðone ealdormon his scíre, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 22. Scíre negotio, Ps. Surt. 90, 6. Hé wið ða scire ( the office of bishop ] ne winne, Past. 10, l; Swt. 61, 11.

Linked entry: scýr

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Th. 1699; B. 847. absolute Benna weallaþ wounds bleed, Andr. Kmbl. 2810; An. 1407.

Linked entry: for-weallen