un-gecyndelíc
unnatural ⬩ not in accordance with the nature of a thing ⬩ not natural ⬩ supernatural ⬩ unnatural ⬩ contrary to nature ⬩ monstrous
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unnatural, not in accordance with the nature of a thing Ungecyndelíc is ǽlcre wuhte, ðæt hit wilnige deáþes, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 7. not natural, supernatural Ungecyndelíc fýr cymð fǽrunga on eówre burga, Wulfst. 297, 13. unnatural, contrary to nature
wáse
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. ¶ the word occurs in several charters dealing with land in the north of Berkshire, and seems to refer to a marsh or stagnant piece of water :-- On Wáse; of Wásan (the Ock, the Thames, and Fyfield are mentioned in this charter), Cod. Dip.
weorold-spéd
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worldly wealth; generally in plural, this world's goods Syllan ðone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda, Blickl. Homl. 35, 20. Mid hire ǽhtum and worldspédon possessionibus suis et mundanis opibus, L. Ecg. P. ii. 16 ; Th. ii. 188, 3.
ǽþm
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Þá þing þe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 3
ǽtren
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Þonne ealle ǽterno þing fleógaþ, Lch. ii. 146, 10. Allo ætterna nétno omnia venenosa animalia , Rtl. 145, 16. Ðá wonnan ætrinan livida toxica , Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 69. Ænig his ǽtrenra (ǽttrenra, ǽttreua, v. ll. ) wǽpna, Wlfst. 35, 18.
eáþ-médu
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Þú eallum eáðmédum þíne béne onsend, El. 1088: 1101. Þú ús tó eádmédum gebróhtest nos humiliasti, Ps. Th. 89, 17. Hé on eáðmédum bád on beorge, wæs him botles neód, Gú. 299. <b>I a.
eglan
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Him nán þing ne eglað ǽnigre brosnunge, Hml. Th. ii. 552, 28: Lch. iii. 40, 19. Wið untrumnysse ðe eágan eigliað, 16, 28. Wiþ þám wyrmum þe innan eglað monnum, ii. 12, 4: 120, 18.
ge-rímcræft
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Wé é manega þing ymbe gerímcræft, Angi. viii. 321, 34
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ge-feccan
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Hé mæg þá sáwle of sinnihte gefeccan, Sal. 69. the object a thing Hát unmǽlne mon gefeccean healfne sester yrnendes wæteres, Lch. iii. 10, 31. to go and get what one seeks, obtain, get Hé woldegefeccan þá lytlan and gebringan úp tó his ríce, Hml.
ge-treówlíce
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Gitrowalíce, 24, 15. faithfully, loyally. v. ge-treów; Leóf cynehláford, ne cóm him nán þing tó þance ꝥ hé swá getreówlíce ꝥ þé geopenode pro hac fide nihil mercedis accepit, Hml. A. 98, 221.
wǽt
wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink
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[Þis halwende wet (the blood of Jesus), O. E. Homl. i. 187, 31. Gifernesse deð þet mon to muchel nimeð on ete oðer on wete, 103, 7. Lokenn himm fra luffsumm æte and wæte, Orm. 7852.]
hǽwen
Blue, azure, purple, discoloured
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Ðeós wyrt hafaþ lange leáf and hǽwene this plant hath long leaves and purple, Herb. 133, 1; Lchdm. i. 248, 18 : 150, 1; Lchdm. i. 274, 16.
hálgian
To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctify ⬩ consecrare
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Hér man hálgode Ælféhg tó arcebiscope in this year Ælfheah was consecrated archbishop, Chr. 1006; Erl. 138, 2 : 1050; Erl. 176, 22. Nis eów þearf ðæt gé ða ciricean hálgian there is no need for you to consecrate the church, Blickl. Homl. 207, 1.
hát-heort
Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent ⬩ furiosus, iracundus, fervens
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Ðes geréfa is swíðe hátheort and hé ðé wile forleósan this consul is very furious and will destroy thee, Nar. 42, 4: Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 16; Wand. 66.
on-weg
Away, off.
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Away, off. with verbs of motion Óðer þing wiston ða wífmenn ðá hý onweg cyrdon when they went away (from the sepulchre ), Exon. Th. 460, 13; Hö. 16. Gif ðú onweg cymest if you come away (alive from the fight ), Beo. Th. 2769; B. 1382.
snǽdan
to slice, cut into slices ⬩ to snathe ⬩ to lop, prune, cut branches off trees ⬩ to hew ⬩ trim stones. ⬩ putare ⬩ to cut into slices
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[In this sense Jamieson gives sned as a word of northern Scotland.] Ðara werhtena ðe ðanæ stán sneóddon and fégdon Anglia xi. 5, 7. [ Þe moder mid sexe hine tosnæde al todælde Laym. 4015. Þa quene ich al tosnaðde mid mine sweorede 28050.]
bæc
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Ðæt mód him on bæc (turned its back on) lét þás gewítendlican þing, Gr. D. 4, 14. Hé him on bæc sette þá láre Benedictes, 135, 29. Add
a-rǽman
To raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ elevate ⬩ excitare ⬩ erigere ⬩ elevare ⬩ To raise or lift up one's self ⬩ to arise ⬩ se erigere ⬩ se elevare ⬩ surgere
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To raise or lift up one's self, to arise; se erigere, se elevare, surgere Dæges þriddan ord arǽmde the beginning of the third day arose, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 10; Gen. 2876: 162; Th. 203, 29; Exod. 411
lira
brawn
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Sár þeóh and lira the thigh and the fleshy parts are sore, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 11. Ða liran ðara lendena sáriaþ the fleshy parts of the loins get sore, 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 216, 24
burg-geat
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Th. i. 224, 7. þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele, Lch. i. 328, 24. [He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670.] a town-gate (v. burg, II) Hé férde on ðá burg Ambinensus ... þá sæt þǽr sum þearfa æt ðǽm burggeate, Bl.