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wígbed-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-bót, e; f.

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders

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Gif hwá gehádodne man bende oððe beáte oþþe swýðe gebysmrige, béte wið hine swá hit riht sý, and bisceope weófodbóte be hádes mǽðe, L. C. S. 42; Th. i. 400, 23.

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Hig dydon ymbe hyne swá hwæt swá hig woldon (waldon, Lind. : waldun, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 17, 12. Bide mé swá hwæt swá ðú wylle (willt ł wælle. Lind.) . . . ic ðé sylle swá hwæt swá ðú mé bitst, þeáh ðú wylle healf mín ríce, Mk. Skt. 6, 22, 23.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

losian

(v.)
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Se wela and se anweald losiaþ swá swá sceadu oþþe sméc, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98. 31. Hú ne forealldodon ðá gewritu and losodon ?

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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swá lange swá ða óðru twice as long as the others, 897; Erl. 95, 12. Nymaþ twá swá micel feós pecuniam duplicem ferte, Gen. 43, 12. Selle man him twá swylc swylce man æt him nime, Lchdm. i. 400, 17.

Linked entries: tuu twá

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Voc. i. 41, 43. up, to a high point Gif se móna urne swá up swá seó sunne déð, Lchdm. iii. 248, 6. Hió cymþ swá up swá hire yfemest gecynde bið, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. marking separation, as in to cut up, break up Up áliðode evulsum, abscisum, Hpt.

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Lightbrightcheerfulshiningclear

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Ðonne wurþaþ ðín eágan swá leóht then shall thine eyes become so clear, Cd. 27; Th, 35, 34; Gen. 564. Gelíc wæs hé (Lucifer) ðám leóhtum steorrum, 14; Th. 17, 7; Gen. 256.

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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wís wǽre swá hé self wénde ꝥ hé wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 32. to try, have experience of, taste, feel (lit. or fig.). absolute Fandiað nú þonne gustate, Ps.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise ðú swá hraðe?', Gr. D. 227, 4. Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað, Hml. S. 16, 317. Ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 8.

FLOTA

(n.; part.)
Grammar
FLOTA, an; m. [floten, pp. of fleótan to float] .

a shipvesselfleetnāvisclassisa sailorpiratenautapīrāta

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Næs se flota swá rang no fleet was so insolent, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 26: 1006; Erl. 140, 6. Mid ðæm flotan with the fleet, 904; Erl. 98, 12. Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne to lande let our ship now go to land, Andr. Kmbl. 794; An. 397: Beo.

Linked entries: ǽg-flota ge-flota

medu

(n.)
Grammar
medu, meodn, a; m.: wes; n.

Meada drink made from honey

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Wylle swá swýðre medo, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 270, 7. Gedó on ðone drenc swíðe gód medo, 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 15. Hwítne medu, Fins. Th. 78; Fin. 39. Ðǽr hý meodn drincaþ, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 16; Rä. 21, 12.

Linked entry: medo

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
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Ne gǽð heó út swá þeówena gewuna ys non egredietur, sicut ancillae exire consueverunt, Ex. 21, 7. Án from ðǽm ðiówum una ex ancillis, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 66

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchfulvigilantvery wakefulquite sleepless

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Skt. i. 11, 147. in reference to time, very wakeful, quite sleepless Hine gedrehte singal slǽpleást, swá ðæt hé þurhwacole niht búton slǽpe ádreáh, Homl. Th. i. 86, 17

Linked entry: þurh-wacian

ge-risenlic

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Add: meet, fitting, proper as a matter of duty Ꝥ þes móte beón eall swá rihta wyrðe, ꝥ inc byð bám þearflic for Gode and eác gerysenlic for worolde, Cht. E. 232, 23.

ge-eácnung

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Sóna swá eall seó geeácnung gedón beó, Lch. i. 218, 23. Geeácnungum partubus, An. Ox. 3136. what is born Þú Alýsend . . . geeácnung mǽdenes Redemptor . . . partus virginis, Hy. S. 41, 34

ge-drincan

(v.)
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Sóna swá hé hit gedruncen hæfde misit ei calicem uini benedictum ab episcopo; quem ut bibit, Bd. 5, 5; Sch. 572, 8. to absorb In gedrincaþ combiberint, contraxerint, Germ. 391, 18

ge-cwéman

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Þú éce líf eallum dǽlest, swá hér manna gehwylc Metode gecwémað, Hy. 10, 58. Ic ne gecwémde non placui, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 27. Heora ofspring, þone dǽl ðe him ǽr gecwémde, Hml.

ge-wǽge

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Substitute: Weight. determination of amount by weighing In swá hwelce giwége (on suá huælc gewǽge, L.) giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk. R. 4, 24.

ná-hwæþer

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Hé ys swá gelfigod ꝥ hé náðron ne derað, ne Februario ne Martio, Angl. viii. 307, 20. Hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced þæt hé náðer þára ne gesittan ne standan mihte ( ut sedere out stare nequivisset ), Guth. 153. 14

wæl-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-stów, e; f.

The place of the slain,a battle-fieldany place where there is slaughter

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Hié ðǽr nán licgende feoh ne métten, swá hié ǽr bewuna wǽron ðonne hié wælstówe geweald áhton, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 33. On here crincgan, on wælstówe wundum sweltan, Byrht.

Linked entry: hreá-wíc

ge-ǽswícod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽswícod, Substitute: ge-ǽswician; p.

To offend

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Cf. hé wæs mytcle scame þrowiende and hé swá scamiende út of ðám temple wépende gewát, 119, 87) eóde út of ðám Drihtnes temple, Hml. A. 122, 170. Sé bið eádig þe on mé ne bið geǽswicod (scandalizatus, Mt. II, 6), Hml. Th. i. 480, 19.