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wyrd

Grammar
wyrd, <b>. IV</b> 2.
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Add Hit ne mæg áberan þá byrðene swá mycelre wyrde ferre talenti pondus non valet, Gr. D. 228, l. a. Add nerede of wyrde heora eripuit eos de interitu eorum, Ps. Rdr. 106, 20

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Wæs náwiht hefig . . . ne cnihtlíce gálnysse næs begangende . . . ac on his scearpnysse weóx, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 13-20. roughness of surface Ealle wóhnyssa beóþ gerihte and scearpnyssa gesméðode, Homl. Th. i. 360, 34.

Linked entry: scearp

hara

(n.)
Grammar
hara, an; m.

A hare

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sætte be ðám haran ðæt mósten freó faran he decreed concerning hares, that they should go free, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 30

hiwung

(n.)
Grammar
hiwung, hiwing, e; f.

Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation

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com mid hiwunge he came with dissimulation, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 32. Mid ðære hiwunga ðe hió lícet ðæt hió síe gód mendacium specie bonorum, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 1.

Linked entry: hiwing

á-þweán

Grammar
á-þweán, pp.-þwagen,-þwægen,-þwogen.

to washcleanse an object from impurityto wash impurity from an object

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Mid fulluhte áþwagen (áðwogen, v.l.) fram his dǽdum, Hml. S. 27, 194. bið áðwogen fram his synnun, Hml. Th. i. 472, 5. hæfde hyra fét áþwogene, Jn. 13, 12: Hml.

Linked entry: on-þweán

fæder-éðel

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-éðel, gen. -éðles; m. [éðel a country, home]

Father-land, paternal home păterna rĕgio, patria

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Father-land, paternal home; păterna rĕgio, patria Scipia swór ðæt him leófre wǽre, ðæt he hine sylfne acwealde ðonne he forléte his fæderéðel Scipio swore that he would rather kill himself than leave his father-land, Ors. 4, 9 ; Bos. 91, 20.

epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, es; m. (not e; f.): epistola, an; m.
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.

up-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weardes, adv.

Upwards

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Upwards onginþ of ðám wyrttrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 2. biþ upweardes (cf. swá sprincþ up, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 24), Met. 13, 54. Hió stíhþ á upweardes, 13, 62. hæfde his handa upweardes, Blickl.

Linked entry: uppe-weardes

riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, directright, straight agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable the requirements of a lawregulation, legitimate, lawful, regular satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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Ðonne wile onfón rihtre ondetnesse true confession, Blickl. Homl. 155, 1. Mid rihtum ondgite, 63, 29. ongon lǽran ðæt rihte sibbe betwih him hæfdon . . .

HÝDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝDAN, p. de

To HIDEconceal

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Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone monn ðe sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man that he means to cut, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 25. Hýt abscondit, Swt. 187, 9. Se ðe his hwǽte hýtt qui abscondit frumenta, 49, 1; Swt. 377, 13.

Linked entries: a-hýdan hídan

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Heó nele ábúgan fram hyre Drihtne áhwár, Hml. A. 28, 100: Hml. S. 16, 93. Gif ðé áhwár geyfelode, þæt ðú scealt forgifan, Hml. Th. i. 54, 25. Áwár, ii. 100, 33: i. 484, 7: 500, 5. Ne gesacu óhwǽr ecghete eóweð, B. 1737

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Eode in mid áne his preósta, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 4. His hand mid ðý earme ðe of his líchoman áslegen wæs hét tó áhón, 3, 12; S. 537, 34.

Linked entry: mið

gærs-bed

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-bed, -bedd, es; n.

A grass-bedgravesub cæspĭte lectussepulcrum

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A grass-bed, grave; sub cæspĭte lectus, sepulcrum Ðonne he gást ofgifeþ, syððan hine (?) gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Ðá wolde þurhþýn þwyres mid ðam swurde then he wanted to thrust her through, from one side to the other, with the sword, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 225.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

wær-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wær-scipe, es; m.

Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness

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Ðes sunderhálga hæfde opene eágan tó ælmesdǽdum, ac næfde nǽnne wærscipe ðæt ða sóðan eádmódnysse on his weldǽdum geheólde ( he had not the wisdom to observe true humility in his benefactions ), Homl.

Linked entry: wer-scipe

á-weorpan

to throwcastcause rapidviolent movement of a body,to throw awayto throw upfoodto throw offfree one's self fromto cast out expelto rejectcast away or offrenounce,to cost downtrouble

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Þæt wurde áworpen ðám here, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 14. the agent not a person Se stranga wind on ꝥ land áwearp, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 37: 1009; P. 138, 26 note. Wearð ádúne áworpen of his horse, Gr.

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crookedcrossadverseopposedcrossangrybitterperversewrongevildepravedfrowardwronglyevilly

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Interl. 15, 10. ¶ wrongly, evilly : -- Ðæt ðý máre wíte hæbben ðe gere witon ðæt on ðweorh dóð, Past. 55; Swt. 429, 9. ongeat ðæt hæfde on ðweorh gedón, ðæt seó mǽgþ wæs bútan biscope, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 22.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Gif ðú þisses mannes feá (cf. góde, 3, and: his hrægle onféng, 280, 21) ne onfénge, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 281, 8. Gif hié feoh (fioh, v. l.) habbað and his him oftióð si quas haberent pecunias absconderent, Past. 377, 2.

be-lytegan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lytegan, p. ade; pp. ad; v. a. [lyteg crafty]

To allureinveigleseduceprocare

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To allure, inveigle, seduce; procare He belytegade Créce he allured Greece Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 39

forþ-acígan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-acígan, p. de; pp. ed

To call forthprovŏcāre

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To call forth; provŏcāre He monige forþacígde he called forth many, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 6