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mann-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þeáw, es; m.

A mannercustompractice

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[Cf. þe hwile hit (a child) is lutel ler him monþewes, Morris Spec. i. 152, 432.]

pællen

(adj.)
Grammar
pællen, pellen; adj.
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Bicgaþ eów pællene cyrtlas, ðæt gé tó lytelre hwíle scínon swá swá róse, Homl. Th. i. 64, 13. Se cyning gesýmde gold and seolfor and deórwurðe gymmas and pællene gyrlan uppon olfendas, 458, 24.

swamm

(n.)
Grammar
swamm, es; m.
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For mete heo sceal sume hwíle swamma brúcan; wundorlíce heo geeácnaþ, Lchdm. i. 346, 8

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, <b>II a.</b>
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Ðá hwíle ðe him ǽnig unðeáw on rícsige, Past. 63, 19. Add

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, crossto run over, go over a subjectto come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.

æt-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen [æt, hweorfan to turn]

To turnreturnaccederereverti

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To turn, return; accedere, reverti Hwilum on beorh æt-hwearf sometimes he turned to the mount, Beo. Th. 4587; B. 2299

un-gewuna

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Ic secge nú ꝥ ic hwílon ǽr forsuwade for þám ungewunan woroldlices gesceádes, Angl. vii. 12, 114. Add

wil-gehléþa

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gehléþa, þa, an; m.

A pleasant comrade

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A pleasant comrade Hwílum ic (a horn) tó hilde bonne wilgehléþan, Exon. Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5

hwega

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., somewhat, v. hwæt-hwega ; 2 b, hwilc-hwéga; 2 Lytles hwega for þæs líchaman nédbehǽfednyssum mid him hæbbende, Hml.

tíman

Grammar
tíman, <b>. I 2.</b> add: tíman be
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to have a child by Hwílon eác se fæder týmde be his ágenre dehter, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 4

þende

(adj.; con.)
Grammar
þende, conj.
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Ðende wæs hé sprecende ł ða hwíle hé spræc adhuc ipso loquente, Lind. 26, 47. Ðende ðonne (mid þý þonne þende, Rush.) wæs ðe Hǽlend in Bethania cum autem esset Jesus in Bethania, 26, 6.

incer

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Bicgað eów pællene cyrtlas þæt gé tó lytelre hwíle scínon, Hml. Th. i. 62, 31-64, 14. Hundas licciað eówre blód and fugelas fretað incer flǽsc Shrn. 148, 3. Add

norþan

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Þá hwíle cóm Willelm . . . and Harold cóm norðan and him wið feaht, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 4. Se here bræc þone friþ of Hámtúne and of Ligeraceastre and þonan norþan (from north of Leicester), 921; P. 101, 7.

nyt-weorþ

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Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil. H. 2, 16. Ic lufige ǽlc ðing be ðám dǽle þe ic hyt nytwyrðe ongyte, 43, 1.

Linked entry: not-wirþe

sǽl

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gé wel habbað gewunnen, blinnað nú sume hwíle ait: "Gaudete, fratres, multum laborastis, jam quiescite"' Gr. D. 202, 5

smeágan

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Ðá hwíle ðe hí tó ungemetlíce smeágad ymb ðás eorðlecan ðing intentionem suam dum rebus transitoriis immoderatius implicant, 431, 14.

wæter-frogga

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-frogga, an; m.
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A water-frog Wæterfrocgan (ranę in aqua) hwílon hí man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum, Chrd. 96, 27

Linked entry: frogga

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlíce wirceð, hé bið écelíce gehealden. Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, hé bið áwyrged intó helle, Hml. A. 168, 121. Add

wlíte

Grammar
wlíte, wlítu.
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Hé sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12.

gild-scipe

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Gif hwilc gilda forþfære, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó; wilnie . . . Wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan, 611, 2, 25. Of Alwines gildscipe . . . Of þám gildscipe on Lége, 610, I. 9. Add