weóce
The wick of a lamp ⬩ candle
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Ðonne ðú blácernes behófige . . . wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre on midden, swylce ðú weócan settan wylle Techm. ii. 126, 3. Riscene weócan fila scirpea Germ. 391, 15. Wéocan accendilia Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46: cicindilia 284, 26.
west
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Hé wið ðone here ðǽr wæst ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 9. Súð, eást and west, Met. 9, 42: 14, 7. Ðæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro, Cd. Th. 18, 18; Gen. 275. Ðæt is ðrittiges míla lang east and west, Bd. 1, 3 ; S. 475, 19.
innoþ
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Ox. 2446. a gut, an entrail Se wǽta ðára innoða humor viscerum, Past. 73, 9. Hé þǽre módor innoþas áweahte ipse viscera matris exsuscitat, Bl. H. 167, 6
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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Tubal Cain ðurh módes gemynd sulh-geweorces fruma wæs Tubal Cain was the originator of plough-work by thought of mind, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 16; Gen. 1085: Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 33; Cri. 665: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 115; Met. 22, 58.
Linked entries: ge-myndleás ge-mend ge-mind
burg
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On þyssere byrig Babilonia, þe hwílon wæs æþelost burh ealra burha ... on ðárn twám burhum Bethsaida and Corozain ... þá burha ðreáde Críst, Wlfst. 194, 9-14, Bæðleem hátte seó buruh. Lch. iii. 60, 11, Ic nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende.
Linked entries: burgat burg-stal burg-steal BURH
leóht-leás
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Without light Hé sǽde ðæt hé wǽre gelǽd tó leóhtleásre stówe he said that he was conducted to a place without light, Homl. Th. ii. 504, 29
on-lísness
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Ongan mín mód smeágean hweþer ǽnig lǽcedóm wǽre his generenesse and onlýsnesse coepit animus meus si quod esset ereptionis ejus remedium quærere, Gr. D. 345, 21. Add
scín-híw
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Hé wénde ꝥ hit wǽre sumes gástes scínhýw, Hml. S. 23 b, 170. Se swicola deófol hine gesewenlicne on manegum scínhíwum þám hálgan æteówde, 31, 712. Add
wénan
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. :-- Him wǽre iéðre ðæ t hé hira ǽr gearra wénde ðonne hé hira ungearra wénde, Past. 433, 30. (ii) phrase :-- Hé ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne uiíe sue diem nouissimum prope esse existimet, Ll.
in-tinga
A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business
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His intinga wæs geondsóhte beforan Agaþone causa ejus ventilata est præsente Agathone, 5, 19; S. 639, 28.
Linked entry: tinga
ríman
to count, number ⬩ to enumerate, recount, describe in succession ⬩ to calculate, compute, count up ⬩ to account, esteem as
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Næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae viceret occisorum non commemorare numerum, Ors. 4, 1 ; Swt. 156, 22. Cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon ðe mon ná ne rímde Chr. 871 ; Erl. 76, 12.
dýr-wurþe
Of great worth or value, precious ⬩ prĕtiōsus
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Of great worth or value, precious; prĕtiōsus Seó ðe dýrwurþre wǽre eallum máþmum quæ omnĭbus ornamentis prĕtiōsior est, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 40. v. deór-. wyrþe
efen-boren
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Of equal birth Ꝥ se mæssepreóst nǽre, gif hé wíf hæfde, ǽnigre óþre láde wyrþe bútan eallswá lǽwede sceolde þe efenboren wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 38
ofer-leóran
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to pass by, abandon Þonne wǽre him wén ꝥ hé oferliórde and forléte þone gewunan his ágenre stíþnysse fortassis sui vigoris usum excederet, Gr. D. 106, 5
wilde
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powerful Ac ꝥ is bedeóhlod ús hweþer þá wyldre wǽre in Stephane and þone sigor áhte sed quid in eo vicerit nos latet, Gr. D. 320, 24
ge-met
Fit, meet, proper ⬩ aptus, congruus, conveniens
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Ðæt hit gemet wǽre that it were fit, Ps. Th. 143, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 86; Met. 29, 42
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blód-læswu
Blood-letting
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Frægn hé hwonne hyre blódlǽs (-lǽswu, v. l.) ǽrest wǽre . . . þæt þǽre tíde blód-lǽs (-lǽsewu, -lǽswu, v. ll.) wǽre frecenlic, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 10-564, 11. On þǽre blódlǽs(e) (-lǽswe, v. l.), Sch. 563, 3. Hú mon scyle blódlǽse forgán.
þegen
a servant, ⬩ one who does service for another ⬩ an officer, ⬩ minister ⬩ a soldier ⬩ a follower of a great man, ⬩ a retainer ⬩ a follower of a teacher, ⬩ a disciple ⬩ one engaged in a king's or queen's service, whether in the household or in the country, a thane ⬩ a thane who served a bishop ⬩ one engaged in the service of a republic ⬩ a person of rank, one of a class higher than the ordinary freeman (ceorl) ⬩ a brave man, ⬩ noble man, ⬩ good warrior ⬩ vir fortis. ⬩ man, warrior
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Wé sǽdon, ðæt hé wǽre ryhtwísra ðá ðá hé ðeng wæs ðonne hé wǽre siððan hé kyning wæs. Ðá ðá hé ðegn wæs hé his feónd ne dorste ofsleán David rectior fuit in servitio, quam cum pervenit ad regnum.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegen-scipe þegin þén búr-þegen
þindan
to swell up ⬩ to swell with indignation, pride, etc.
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Se streám ongan tó þindende ongeán swilce hit wǽre án heáh dún (ad instar montis intumescentes) Jos. 3, 16. Hit bíþ þindende, Lchdm. ii. 210, 22.
Linked entry: a-þindan
ge-myndig
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Hé wæs þíera worda gemyndig . . . and his fole lǽdde, Ps. Th. 104, 37. Beó geofena gemyndig remember to give, B. 1173: Gen. 2163. Hé wæs gemyndig ealre his mildheortnesse, Bl. H. 159, 21. with dat. infin.