seht
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Hí him ðæs gætíðodon wið swylcon gersumen swylce hí ðá sehtæ wǽron such as they were then agreed upon, 198, 16. Hí wurdon sehte on ða gerád ðæt . . ., Chr. 1093 ; Erl. 229, 25.
weorold-sceamu
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Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, and hit open weorðe, geweorðe heó tó woruldsceame hire sylfre, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 7. Tó woroldscame, Wulfst. 168, 14
ceáce
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Þæt wange wið þá ceócan ufan mandibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3. On céce in maxillam, Lk. L. 6, 29. Ceácan mala, maxilla, Wrt. Voc. Ii. 56, 23, 24: i. 282, 58, 59. Ceócan malae, 64, 44. Ceácan mandibulas, An. Ox. 1206: 17, 36.
císe
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Wit unc gefyldan niówes céses, Hml. A. 207, 412. III. wéga spices and céses, Cht. Th. 471, 14: 474, 29. X. pund caeses gif hit fuguldaeg sié. Gif hit festendæg sié, selle mon uuége cǽsa, 460, 19-22. Ne ete níwne císe, Lch. ii. 88, 7.
fere
able ⬩ seaworthy
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and add: of persons, able, fit for service Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 26. Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25.
frum-bearn
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Add: a first-born child, the eldest child His wíf sunu on woruld bróhte, se eafora wæs Enoc háten, freólic frumbearn, Gen. 1189: 1056. Þám yldestan eaforan, frumbearne, 1215. Hé slóh ǽghwylc frumbearn percussit omne primogenitum, Ps. Th. 104, 31.
ge-lóme
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. ¶ combined with oft :-- Sind freólsbricas wíde geworhte oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 164, 9 : Gen. 1670: Bl. H. 209, 14. Wé gehýrað oft secggan gelóme worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Add
geornian
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Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal, 254, 6. to beg Hé gesaet æt woeg giornade sedebat juxta uiam mendicans, Mk.
ge-wær
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Uuir knadon geuuar uuorden sín, Notker 38, 9) weorþan to become aware of (gen. ) Þá fundon hí óðre flocráde ꝥ rád út wið Lígtúnes; and þá wurdon þá landleóde his gewær ( the natives became aware of it ), Chr. 914; P. 99, 5.
heáp-mǽlum
in troops ⬩ in crowds
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S. 31, 1033. where there is the idea of competition Þyder þá samod ongunnon yrnan weras and wíf, æþele and unæþele, and hine heápmǽlum ongunnon tó hyra húsum laðian currere viri et feminae, nobiles atque ignobiles coeperunt, certatimque eum in suis rapere
mǽrsung
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A. 25, 34. ' v. sealmsang-, wíd-mǽrsung
port
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Þá hé fulgehende wið ðæs portes geate eóde, Hml. S. 23, 493-498. Hí sumne man ofslógon of þám porte (Dover), Chr. 1052; P. 173, 25.
síde
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Add Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan nam úre Dryhten ðæt rib ðe hé ðæt wíf of geworhte, Sal. K. 198, 8. Add On sídum húses þínes in lateribus domus tuae, Ps. L. 127, 3. <b>II a.
út-laga
An outlaw
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Hé scel beón útlaga wið mé, Wulfst. 296, 10. Útlagen (-an? -ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L. Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 1. Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11.
wacol
Watchful ⬩ vigilant
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Gewinn wið ðone wacolan feónd, 560, 28. Wacele (-ole) beón on gódum weorcum, Homl. Ass. 53, 86. Wacule (-ole), R. Ben. 2, 7. Mótan ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacole, Wulfst. 191, 12. Uigilantius, ðæt is on Englisc wacolre, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 13
BRÆGEN
The BRAIN; ⬩ cerebrum, cerebellum
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The BRAIN; cerebrum, cerebellum Wið tobrocenum heáfde, and gif ðæt brægen útsíge, genim æges ðæt geoluwe for a broken head, and if the brain appears, take the yolk of an egg, L. M. 1. 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 19. Brægen cerebrum vel cerebellum, Ælfc.
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á-þráwan
to twist ⬩ twine ⬩ curl ⬩ to twist ⬩ give a different direction to a moving body
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Þá áþráwenan goldþrǽdas torta aureafila, Wit. Voc. ii. 127, 19. Áþráwenum þrǽcíum contortis, 21, 18. Áþráwenum tortis (crinibus ), An.
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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Be ungeþwǽrnysse wið his néhstan de discordia cum proximo suo, L. Ecg. P. ii. 27 tit.; Th. ii. 182, 1. Sii his wunung on hellewíte mid ðám ðe symle on ǽlcre ungeðwǽrnesse blissiaþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 129, 27.
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wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Godelike on horse, wlanc on werge, and unwurþ on wike, 121, 315. Þat child (Christ) þat is so milde and wlong, 197, 11. Ȝe beoð toswollen wið wind of wlonke wordes, Kath. 842. My wodbynde so wlonk þat wered my heued, Allit. Pms. 106, 486.
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in-wise
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in-wíse