wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ic mid wihte (cf. mid ealle) ne mæg of ðissum lioðobendum I am utterly unable to escape from these bonds Cd. Th. 24, 22; Gen. 381. Wit ðus baru ne magon wesan tó wuhte ( at any rate ), 52, 5 ; Gen. 839.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
LÁR
LORE ⬩ teaching ⬩ instruction ⬩ learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cunning ⬩ science ⬩ preaching ⬩ doctrine ⬩ dogma ⬩ precept ⬩ exhortation ⬩ admonition ⬩ counsel ⬩ suggestion ⬩ instigation ⬩ persuasion
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Hé sceal habban láre ðæt hé máge Godes folc mid wísdóme lǽran he must have learning, that he may be able to instruct God's people with wisdom, Homl. Th. i. 206, 26.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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., pessimae) cneórysse, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 45. Wirestan, Deut. 1, 35. Ða wyrstan (pessimam) ingewitnesse mé ic geseó, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 32. Ða wyrrestan, fá folcsceaðan, Andr. Kmbl. 3183; An. 1594. Ðám wyrrestum wítes þegnum, Exon.
be-hátan
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Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne, Wlfst. 172, 13. to threaten Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs, Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21. Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.
beód
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Th. 133, 25. a table for other purposes Beádas (beód, R.) ðára mynetra, Mt. L. 21, 12. Beádo (beódo, R.), Mk. L. ll, 15. a charger, dish Beódas lances, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 51: 52, 52. Man sceal habban beódas (dishes or tables ?)
wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ, Txts. 151, 5), ne ic wearp hafu the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp, Exon. Th. 417, 15 ; Rä. 36, 5.
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brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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Met. Fox 20, 197; Met. 20, 99. Treó sceolon brǽdan trees shall rise up, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343. 20; Gn. Ex. 160
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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Mé wæs se súðerne wind beæften, Hml.
be-drífan
to drive game ⬩ to follow up a track
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H. 95, 5. to drive game :-- Hundas bedrifon hyne tó mé canes perduxerunt eum (aprum) ad me, Coll. M. 22, 15. where something is done or suffered under compulsion Ðonne mon byð tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 142, 1, 5.
be-beódan
to give a by-command or a gentle command ⬩ to command ⬩ order ⬩ jubere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ mandare ⬩ to offer ⬩ give up ⬩ commend ⬩ offerre ⬩ commendare ⬩ mandare ⬩ to announce ⬩ nuntiare ⬩ pronuntiare
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I. 35; Th. ii. 432, 27. to offer, give up, commend; offerre, commendare, mandare Ðú scealt leófes líc forbærnan and me lác bebeódan thou shalt burn the beloved's body and offer it me as a sacrifice, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 9; Gen. 2858.
HÝÐ
a port ⬩ haven
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Cómon ðǽr þrý men tó ðære hýðe three men came to the landing-place, Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 24. Ðǽr æt hýðe stód æðelinges fær, Beo. Th. 63 ; B. 32: Elen. Kmbl. 495; El. 248: Exon. 52 a ; Th. 182, 8; Gú. 1307.
Linked entry: húðe
hǽmed
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Nys mé þýnes weales hǽmed nǽfre þe leófre þe mé nǽdre tóslyte, Shrn. 154, 22. Hǽmedes, forligeres prostibule, An. Ox. 4219. Hǽmede stupro, 2942 : 5043. Be nunnan hǽmede and forligre. Sé þe mid nunnan hǽme, Ll. Th. i. 346, 5 : 66, 14.
sum
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add: (1 a α) with a possessive pronoun instead of genitive, and with noun inflexion Gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml.
ǽr-lést
Dishonour ⬩ impiety ⬩ cruelty ⬩ a disgraceful deed
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Met. Fox 9, 2; Met. 9, 1
a-lystan
To list ⬩ wish ⬩ desire ⬩ desiderare
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Met. Fox 10, 36; Met. 10, 18
ár-leást
Dishonour ⬩ impiety ⬩ cruelty ⬩ a disgraceful deed ⬩ inhonestas ⬩ impietas ⬩ crudelitas ⬩ flagitium
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Met. Fox 9, 12; Met. 9, 6
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flión
to flee ⬩ fŭgĕre
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Met. Fox 7, 60; Met. 7, 30
mann-mirring
Destruction of men
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Destruction of men Ac man þǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe they did not succeed without loss of men, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 29
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bismærian
To revile ⬩ maledicere
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To revile; maledicere Bismæredon uncit [Inscription, Bismærede ungket] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together, Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30
ge-bird
Birth ⬩ origin
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Birth, origin Forðam sín ealle men ánra gebirda because all men are of one origin, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 22