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ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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Subject, under the power or control of any one, inconsiderable, small God gedéþ him gewealdene worolde dǽlas síde ríce God puts under his power parts of the world, spacious realms, Beo. Th. 3468; B. 1732.

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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Moises áwearp ða .x. word in ða sǽ, and his teáras ágeát in ða sǽ; for ðam wearð seó sǽ sealt, Salm. Kmbl. 188, 15-19. Sealt wæter the sea, Ps. Th. 68, 2: Cd. Th. 13, 6; Gen. 198. Brim sceal sealt weallan, Menol. Fox 552; Gn. C. 45.

stig-weard

(n.)
Grammar
stig-weard, es ; m.
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[The word, which is found generally with the form stí-ward and in late documents, occurs in Eadred's will, and in a connection which seems to shew the relative importance of the officer denoted by it.

Linked entry: stí-weard

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Th. 72, 5. the word is used to gloss solvere and inhiare in the following Se ðe untýnes ł tóslittes ( solverit ) énne of bebodum ðissum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 19. Hé untýnde ( solvebat ) ðone Sunnadæg, Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 5, 18.

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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Wandrigende pucan uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. figurative, to leave one's proper work Ðonne gǽð Dine út sceáwian ða elðiódigan wíf, ðonne hwelces monnes mód forlǽt his ǽgne tilunga, and sorgaþ ymb óðerra monna wísan, ðe him náuht tó ne limpð, and

Eást-Engle

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Add: (the word may often be translated by) East Anglia Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþa geseald, and Eást-Engle foregíslas .vi., Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.

feórþa

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Similar entries v. next word Feórþan dǽles aldor tetrarca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 37. Eall moncynn and ealle nétenu ne notigað náwer neáh feórþan dǽles ðisse eorþan þæs þe men gefaran magon . . .

hǽs

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Hé gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac hé yldode ꝥ hé þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr. D. 159, 16. Hé bead þæs apostoles hǽsa (-e, v. l. ) Dyonisie, Hml.

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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. ¶ the word occurs mostly in local names, from one of which (Clofes-hóh) the declension may be shewn :-- Seó stów is nemned Clofeshooh (-hóh, v. l.) locus appellatur Clofeshoch Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 378, 12. Clofeshóh, C. D. i. 227, 8. Cloueshó, v. 58, 9.

spere

(n.)
Grammar
spere, es; n.

A spearlancepikejavelinshooting painstitchhasta, lancea, sparus, catapulta

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In the following the word refers to a shooting pain or stitch Út lytel spere gif hér inne sié, Lchdm. iii. 52, 18

DREÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREÓGAN, to dreóganne; part. dreógende; ic dreóge, ðú dreógest, drýhst, he dreógeþ, drýhþ, dríhþ, pl. dreógaþ; p. ic, he dreáh, dreág, ðú druge, pl. drugon; pp. drogen; v. trans.

to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fightăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre DREE, endure ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre to enjoy frui To be employed, be busyăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse

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to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight; ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre To dreóganne wordum and dǽdum willan ðínne to do thy will by words and deeds, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 23; Gen. 2349.

Linked entries: a-dreógan ge-dreógan

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Gemun ðú ðæs miclan and þæs fægran edleánes, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 30. fair, plausible (of words) MSé nǽdre beswác þurh fægir word, Gen. 899. fair, not disturbed, not stormy Gyf hé fæger weter geseó, oððe ofer færeþ, ꝥ byð orsorgnyss, Lch. iii. 168, 25

leógan

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Þá þá hé gehýrde þæs leógendan (mentientis) cnihtes word, Gr. D. 40, 30. Lígende wérun mentiti sunt, Ps. Srt. 17, 46.

Wintan-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wintan-ceaster, (Wintun-, Winta (-e, -i), Win-), e: Wænte, an; f.

Winchester

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This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16. Also the adjective Wentanus (Uentanus, Bd. 5, 18), e. g. : Wentanus episcopus, v. 82, 14.

Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

More

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Nó ðé láðes má gedón móton no worse may they do thee, Andr. Kmbl. 2885; An. 1446.

Linked entries: mǽst

mótan

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Wóst þú genóh gif ic gedó þæt þuacute; þæt wóst, þæt þú móst simle lybban ? quid, cum te immortalem esse didiceris, satisne erit ? Solil. H. 56, 10.

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of tree or wood, a tree, a wood Abies ðæt treówcyn, Nar. 8, 21. Treócynn, Exon. Th. 472, 20; Bo. 2. Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl ðe on ðæm lande sý gewexen, Lchdm. i. 398, 7.

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, e; f.

a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty,a refusal,

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Ben. 97, 7. a refusal, v. wirnan Hý bénan synt ðæt hié wið ðé móton wordum wrixlan, nó dú him wearne geteóh ðínra gegncwida they are petitioners that they may exchange words with thee, give them not a refusal of thy words in reply, Beo.

drif

(n.)
Grammar
drif, e; f.

a feverfebris

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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38

Linked entry: ge-drif

hýra

(n.)
Grammar
hýra, an; m.

hireling

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Hýrena þeáwe gé fleóþ ... swá se hýra ðonne hé ðone wulf gesyhþ ye flee after the manner of hirelings ... as the hireling does when he sees the wolf, Past. 15, 1; Swt. 38, 14

Linked entry: ambeht-híra