ge-swǽs
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Hé mid geswǽsum wordum ólehte þám mǽdene. Hml. S. 7, 83
hwílwend-lic
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For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld, 30, 449. temporal, not spiritual Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum, Hml. Th. i. 332, 5. Hú hé geheólde þá hwílwendlican geþincþu. Hml. S. 26, 113.
ǽ
- (? in
- Bd. 4, 5 ;
- S. 573, 17 ).
law, &c. ⬩ matrimony
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Ǽwum cerimoniis, Hpt. xxxiii. 239, 26. matrimony Se hálga wer ðǽre wíflufan wordum stýrde unryhtre ǽ, Jul. 297. Lufiað eówere wíf on ǽwe . . . and healdað eówere ǽwe, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 26.
on-munan
to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of) ⬩ denoting worth ⬩ alone
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to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of). with acc. of person and adj. denoting worth Búton ic openlíce gecýþe ðæt ic God sylfa sý, ne onmun ðú mé nánre áre wyrþne, Blickl. Homl. 181, 36.
fród
wise ⬩ skilled in a subject ⬩ counsel ⬩ old
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Fródum wordum, Gn. Ex. 1. old Fród grandevus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 10. Fródrae provectae, Txts. 84, 758. Fródre preuectue, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 38. of persons, animals, or plants Hæfde fród hæle nigon hund wintra and hundseofontig tó, Gen. 1222.
býsgian
To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict ⬩ occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare
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To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict; occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe mid gódum weorcum hine sylfne býsgaþ the man is praiseworthy, who busies himself with good works, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 16.
tǽlan
to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at
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Ne hine ne tǽl, ne ne ter mid wordum, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 11. Ne tǽl ðú ðínne Dryhten thou shalt not revile the gods, L. Alf. 37; Th. i. 52, 29: Ex. 22, 28.
Linked entries: télan be-tilldon
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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Wítgena word, Exon. Th. 29, 27; Cri. 469. Heáhfædera nán, ne wítgena, 273, 12; Jul. 515. Siteþ Waldend mid wítegum, Cd. Th. 301, 25 ; Sat. 587. Né wé sweotul tácen ús geseóð ǽnig, ne wé wítegan habbaþ, ðæt ús andgytes má secgen, Ps.
Linked entry: wítiga
ge-bǽru
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Add: [The declension and gender of this word are uncertain. In An. 1572: Ph. 125: Wrt.
hǽlend
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Ic on neorxna wonge ǽsette treów . . git oferhýrdon Hǽlendes word . . .
rún
a whisper ⬩ confidence, counsel, consultation ⬩ a mystery ⬩ a secret ⬩ a rune, a letter.
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Dryhtnes word, hálige rúne, 2336; El. 1169. Déglum rúnum mystice, Jn. Skt. p. 4, 4. Similar entries cf. gerýne a secret Rúne healdan to keep one's counsel, Exon. Th. 338, 31; Gn.
Linked entry: rún-stæf
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51.
DYRNE
close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus
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Th. 118, 19: 134, 6. dark, deceitful, evil; tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus Dyrne deófles boda wearp hine on wyrmes líc the devil's dark messenger changed himself into a worm's body, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 24; Gen. 490.
HEFIG
HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus
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Tó hwon syndon gé ðyses weorces swá hefige why are you so grieved at this work, Blickl. Homl. 69, 15. Wurdon mé on yrre yfele and hefige in ira molesti erant mihi, Ps. Th. 54, 3. Hig bindaþ hefige byrðyna alligant onera gravia, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 4.
Linked entry: hefig-mód
ge-namian
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V. to nominate, appoint a person to a particular work :-- Há his cempan tó ðám slege genamode, Hml. Th. i. 88, 3. Þǽra cempena suna wurdon genamode tó þám ylcan campdóme þe heora fæderas on wǽron. Hml. S. 31, 32.
georn-full
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Ðæt bið ðæt mon his stemne gehiére þonne ðá gecorenan menn giornfulle bióð his worda tó gehlystanne cujus vocem amicas auscultare est electos quosque verbum praedicationis illius desiderare, Past. 381, 18. with clause Wæs hé sóna geornfull ꝥ hé wolde
samnian
to collect, assemble, bring together, gather ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to get materials together for a poem to compose ⬩ to collect, assemble, come together ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to glean
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Ne wéne ðæs ǽnig ælda cynnes, ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige (that I compose my lay of lying words), wríte wóðcræfte, Exon. Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547. intrans. to collect, assemble, come together Sellendum ðé him hí somniaþ dante te illis, colligent.
Linked entry: samode
BREGDAN
To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid
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Th. 138, 9. v. n. to turn into ; se vertere in aliquid Hí brugdon on wyrmes bleó they turned into the hue of a worm, Exon. 46a; Th. 156, 30; Gú. 882
Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan
hád
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Sume him þæs hádes hlísan willað wegan on wordum and þá weorc ne dóð, Gú. 31. Se þe ꝥ nelle ꝥ his háde gebyrige, Ll.
ge-wuna
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Ðá twá word, abrenunteo and credo, þe man æt fulluhtþénunge on gewunan hæfð, 38, 9. Wé willað ꝥ munecas regollícor libban þonne hí ǽr þisan on gewunan hæfdon, Ll. Th. i. 346, 28.