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ge-wéd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wéd, es; n.

A ragingmadnessfŭror insānusrăbies

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He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geondfarende multo tempŏre tōtas eōrum provincias debacehando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27

Linked entry: -wéd

swínen

(adj.)
Grammar
swínen, adj.
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Mid swinenurn gore, Lchdm. i. 100, 11. Genim swínen (swýnes, MS. H. ) smero, 114, 24. Ðæt hí eton swýnen flǽsc (ða swínnan, Ps. Surt. por-cina ), Ps. Th. 16, 14: Shrn. 111, 7. Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínen byrst. Lchdm. i. 156, 2

wícnian

(v.)
Grammar
wícnian, p. ode
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To perform an office (wíce), to serve, minister Se geatweard, gif hé fultumes behófige, sý him gingra bróðor betǽht, ðe him mid wícnige, R. Ben. 127, 3.

Linked entry: wíce

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, wierp, es; m.

A throwa blow with a missile

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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,

Linked entries: wyrp werp

á-cwilman

(v.)
Grammar
á-cwilman, p. de
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To kill Hí hine bysmorlíce ácwylmdon, oftorfedon mid bánum, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 22 note. Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257.

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brægen

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Þonne bid ꝥ brægen útan mid reáman bewefen on þǽre syxtan wucan, Nar. 49, 24-26. Án stán hine slóh inn oð þæt brægen, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24. Add

crístel-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
crístel-mǽl, (cýrstel-), es; n.
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D. v. 297, 15: 298, 9. the sign of the cross Wyrce mon crýstel*-*mǽl on his heáfde foran mid his þúman, Tech. ii. 119, 8

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eorþ-styrung

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Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce mid eorðstyrunge, 25, 842. Eorðstyrungurn geswenced terrae motu fatigata, Gr. D. 134, 1. Add

folc-gesíþas

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gesíþas, folc-gesíþ, es; m.
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Folcgesíðas þe mé mid sceoldon mearce healdan, Gen. 2134. Þæt ehtode ealdor þeóde wið þám néhstum folcgesíðum: Þæt eówer fela geseah, þeóde míne . . . " Þá cwæð sé þe wæs cyninges rǽswa . . . Dan. 412.

for-dimmian

(v.)
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Ꝥ hí ná mid þrýstnesse hýrsumnysse gearnunge fordimmian ne praesumptione obedientiae meritum obnubilent, Angl. xiii. 383, 263. Þænne his mód ne feóndes hatunge byð fordimmode cum eius animus nec inimici odio fuscatur, Scint. 24, 19.

ge-rówan

(v.)
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to row, sail Hrówundum t mið ðý gehrówun nauigantibus, Lk. L. 8, 23. to reach by rowing (sailing, & c. ), sail to a place Dona gehréwun enauigauerunt, Lk.

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ge-erian

(v.)
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D. ii. 398, 20. .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan, iv. 306, 27. Add

hege-rife

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hege-rife, hairif (N. E. D.)
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Wyl æscrinde, . . . hegerife, marubian . . . and jí líc gnid mid þǽre hegerifan, Wyrc sealfe of marubian, . . . hegerifan, 78, 11-16. Hegerifan corn, 344, ii. Genim hegerifan, 76, II: iii. 16, 16. Wyl hegerifan, ii. 342, 2.

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19. Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

ofer-módigian

(v.)
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Mid nánes prýte þú ofermódiga nulla elatione superbias, Scint. 152, 16. Ðý lǽs hí dyrren ofermódgian (superbire) for ðǽm æðelestum weorcum, Past. 467, 16. Hí ofermódgiende his gebod forhogdon, 405, 31. Add

pípe

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Add Swilce án man pípige mid nigon pípan, Nap. 51, 20. Add Gif þonne gít sió ádl egle, gebringe inne þurh pípan oððe horn, swá lǽcas cunnan, Lch. ii. 224, 28. the channel of a small stream. v. N. E. D. pipe; 8 a. See the quotation from C.

strang-lic

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Hé þet land mid stranglicum feohte gewann, 1097; P. 234, 12

wíc-stów

Grammar
wíc-stów, <b>. I.</b>
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Sumes mannes hús (domus) wæs getimbrod mid gyldenum stafum . . . Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5.

wulf

Grammar
wulf, <b>. I.</b>
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Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes ábyrian, Hml. S. 32, 145-155. Add

wyrt-tún

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Hé eóde into his wyrttúne ( ingressus hortum ), þá gemétte hé þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela, Gr. D. 67, 4-8.