weorold-duguþ
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Worldly good Wilna brytta and woruld-dugeða bróðrum sínum, Cd. Th. 97, 30 ; Gen. 1620. Wilna wæstmum and worulddugeðum, lufum and lissum, 117, 4 ; Gen. 1948
gin-wísed
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<b>gin-wíse</b> (gynn-) of noble manners (wíse). Cf. gin-fæst for the sense of gin- in this compound
ge-singe
A wife
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A wife Ne meaht ðú habban mec ðé to gesingan thou mayest not have me for thy wife, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 34; Jul. 54
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lǽstan
to follow ⬩ attend ⬩ accompany ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ carry out ⬩ execute ⬩ discharge ⬩ to continue ⬩ last
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Th. 1629; B. 812. to do, perform, observe, carry out, execute, discharge [a debt or duty] Ic lufan symle lǽste wið eówic I will ever love you, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 10; Cri. 471.
gearo-snotor
Very wise ⬩ valde săpiens
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Very wise; valde săpiens Gidda gearosnotor very wise in songs, Elen. Kmbl. 835; El. 418. Giedda gearosnottor, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 2; Cri. 713
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ge-myþe
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A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure. where one stream joins another Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386
FREMMAN
to advance ⬩ promŏvēre ⬩ to FRAME ⬩ make ⬩ do ⬩ effect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit ⬩ iăcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ effĭcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perpetrāre
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Ðæt ðú hospcwide ǽfre ne fremme wið Godes bearne that thou never make contemptuous words against God's son, Elen. Kmbl. 1046; El. 524: Andr. Kmbl. 2708; An. 1356. Fremme se ðe wille let him perform [ it] who will. Beo. Th. 2011; B. 1003.
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fundian
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Hwidre ic þé nú teohhie tó lǽdenne . . . ðider fundian, Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 2. (1 a) with reflex. dat. Fundige hé him tó lissa blisse, Sch. 100. with infin.
nán-wiht
nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit
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Grammar nán-wiht, as subst. nothing Nánwiht nihil, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 32. Heó hire self gecýþ ðæt heó nánwuht ne biþ she herself shews that she is nothing, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 24.
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gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5.
stræc
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Ben. 10, 4. rigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistent. v. stræcness On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða ánfealdan stræcan on óðre ða unbealdan.
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swic-dóm
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Gl. 502, 18. treachery, failure in loyalty, treason Ðá tugon hiene ðære burge witan ðæt hé heora swicdómes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre the chief men of the town accused him of treasonable practices against them in his relations with Alexander; quasi
sund
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Ðú ðe wið Brecan wunne on sídne sǽ ymb sund flite thou that didst strive with Brecan on the wide sea, didst contend in the matter of swimming, 1019 ; B. 507. Flód on sund (cf. Icel. á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan, Cd.
úþ-wita
a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician
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Ðá wolde se wísa mon his fandigan, hwæðer hé swá wís wǽre swá hé self wénde ðæt hé wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27-33. Án úðuutta unus scriba, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 19. Úðwitan sophistae, Hpt. Gl. 449, 46. Ðá clypode se apostol ðone úðwitan Graton, Homl.
list-wrenc
Wile ⬩ artifice
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Wile, artifice, Lye
á-geótan
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L. 14, 3. ꝥ wín bið ágotten, 2, 22. ꝥ Þæs eles náht út ágoten beón ne mihte, Gr. D. 160, 2. ¶ figuratively :-- Hí him betwýnon gemǽnelíce him on águton þá swétan lífes word, 170, 3. <b>I a.
á-wirdan
to corrupt ⬩ spoil, ⬩ to injure ⬩ annoy ⬩ afflict a person ⬩ to hinder
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Áwyrd wín defrutum, An. Ox. 4, 6. Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml. Th. ii. 154, 17. a non-material object Se dióful ðæt mód áwiert (corrumpit), Past. 415, 24.
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CLÁTE
CLOT-bur ⬩ burdock, goose-grass, clivers ⬩ philanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine
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Wið ceolan swile clátan wyl on ealaþ for swelling of throat boil burdock in ale, L. M. 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 56, 3: I. 45; Lchdm. ii. 110, 13: 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 3. Nim ða smalan clátan take the small burdock, 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 23.
FECCAN
FETCH ⬩ bring to ⬩ draw ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ tollĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ haurīre
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Com án wíf wæter feccan vēnit mŭlier haurīre ăquam; Jn. Bos.4. 7, 15. He his dóhter lét feccean he caused his daughter to be fetched, Chr. 1121; Erl. 248, 35. Ic fecce wæter affĕram pauxillum ăquæ, Gen. 18, 4.