weorod
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Lind. 18, 3. Weredu castra Ps. Spl. 26, 5.Wælgryre weroda, Cd. Th. 186, 11; Exod. 137. Ðú cásere . . . hyt byþ gód ðé and ðínum weorudum (werudum, v.l. ), Lchdm. i. 330, 11.
Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Lind. 23, 28. Ne beó ðú leás gewita. Ðis bebod wiðcweþ leásunge 'Thou shall not be a false witness.' This commandment forbids leasing-making [cf. Scott.
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swincan
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Cumaþ tó mé ealle ðe swincaþ (wyrcas ł winnes, Lind. : winnaþ, Rush. laboraits). Mt. Kmbl. 11, 28: Met. 4, 56. Búton Drihten timbriende hús on ýdel swingaþ ( laboraverunt ) ða ðe timbriaþ, Ps. Spl. 126, 1.
wær
ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning
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Lind. 10, 17. ware, careful to avoid something, on guard against doing something, with gen. Wénde ic ðæt ðú ðý wærra weorþan sceolde swylces gemótes, Exon.
Linked entries: wacor wær-geápnis wærþu
má
More
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Lind. 7. 31. as adj. Seó sáwul ys má ðonne se líchama and se líchama má ðonne ðæt reáf anima plus est quam esca, et corpus quam vestimentum, Lk. Skt. 12, 23. Má wén is ðæt ðú onsende ðínne engel there is more hope if you send your angel, Blickl.
wlencu
pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ haughtiness ⬩ insolence ⬩ distinction ⬩ splendour ⬩ pomp ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ wealth ⬩ greatness
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Lind. 13, 22. Hé breác longe ǽr wlencea under wolcnum (cf. his mód ǽr tó ðám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 1), Met. 1, 76. Ic cwæð on mínum wlencum and on mínre orsorhnesse ego dixi in abundantia mea, Ps. Th. 29, 6: Past. 65; Swt. 465, 15.
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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Lind. 5, 11. with the genitive Wile heó ðæs síðes geswícan it will desist from its course, Salm. Kmbl. 647; Sal. 323. Gif he unrǽdes ne geswíceþ if he desist not from mischief, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 7; Rä. 28, 12.
rúh
rough, hairy, shaggy ⬩ rough, untrimmed, uncultivated ⬩ rough, knotty ⬩ rough, undressed
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On ðone rúwan hlync; andlang ðæs rówan linces, v. 297, 22. On rúwan beorg; of rúwan beorge, 277, 18. On ða rúgan þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan, iii. 419, 12. Ðá férdon begen þurh ða rúgan fennas, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 25. rough, knotty Rúches nodosi, Hpt.
hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate Hnysce hwítel linna, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 113; Wrt. Voc. 40, 23. Hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum yielding easily to the lusts of the flesh, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Lind. 1, 29. Gé cunnon hwæt se hláford is se ðisne here lǽdeþ, Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 11; Cri. 574. Man ða moldan nimeþ and men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium the earth is taken, and men carry it far and wide over the world as relics, Blickl.
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swilc
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Beóþ swylce (suælce, Lind.) gedréfednessa swylce (suelco, Lind.) ne gewurdon ( tales quales non fuerunt ), Mk. Skt. 13, 19: Beo.
þúsend
a thousand
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Lind. Rush. 5, 13. Tén ðúsendum, Ps. Surt. 67, 18. Mid týn þúsendum cuman ágén ðone ðe him ágén cymþ mid twéntigum þúsendum, Lk. Skt. 14, 31. Fíf hund þúsendum quinquagenis milibus, Hpt. Gl. 426, 11.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Lind. 14, 26 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 49. Wiht unhǽlo ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 241; B. 120. Werge wihta ( devils ), Exon. Th. 455, 29; Hy. 4, 57. Unfǽle men, wudewásan, unfǽle wihtu satiri vel fauni Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 20.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
ge-riht
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Add: where direction is marked, a straight line. [The phrase on gerihte (geriht) occurs often in the charters which give the boundaries of land, and corresponds to various Latin phrases, e. g. per rectitudinem uiae, C.
for-standan
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.), lie in the line of advance Oð þæt sǽfæsten landes æt ende leódmægne forstód, Exod. 128. to come to a stand, stop Gif se man áspíwð þone yfelan wǽtan onweg, þonne forstent se geohsa, Lch. ii. 60, 23.
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swéte
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Lind. 11, 30. Swoete and reht Dryhten dulcis et rectus Dominus, Ps. Surt. 24, 8. Ðú ðín swéte good sealdest þearfum, Ps. Th. 67, 11. Ða geógoðlustas ðe him swéte wǽron tó áræfnenne, Blickl. Homl. 59. 10.
swingan
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Nis hearpan wyn, ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeþ (flaps its wings as it sits on the perch; cf the opening lines of the Poema del Cid, where one mark of the desolation of the Cid's home is that the perches are ' sin falcones e sin adtores:' or swingeþ =
tweó
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Lind. 9, 18. Ic wát ðæt hine wile tweógan . . . Ne mæg se cyning ðæne tweón eáðe gebétan? Wulfst. 3, 12. Ðǽr seó wíse on tweón cyme ubi res perveniret in dubium, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 21. <b>I a.
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Lind. 22, 18. Ic him wolde fylstan tó ryhte and nǽfre tó nánan wó, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 134, 10. From ǽlcum wóe ab omni pravitate, Rtl. 34, 9 : 37, 23. Hié nyllaþ wietan mid hwelcum woo (wó, Cote. MSS. ) hié hit gestriéndon. Past. 45 ; Swt. 343, 23.
wundrian
to wonder at ⬩ to regard with surprise ⬩ admiration ⬩ to make wonderful ⬩ magnify
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Tó wundranne (uundranne, Lind.) is mirabile est, Jn. Skt. Rush. 9, 30. Nis ðæt tó wundrigende, þeáh ðe hé wǽre costod, Blickl. Homl. 33, 12. Ða leóda beheóldon swíðe wundrigende, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 186. with gen.
Linked entry: wyndrian