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Hwiccas

(n.)
Grammar
Hwiccas, Hwicceas, and Hwiccan [?] or [?] Hwicce [cf. Seaxe]; pl.
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Seó cwén ðære nama wæs Æbbe on hire mægþe ðæt is on Hwyccum wæs gefullad regina nomine Eabæ in sua, id est, Huicciorum provincia fuerat baptizata, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 16

Linked entries: Hwinca Hwyccas Hiccas

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, e; f.

Eventfatedestinycondition

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Sume cwǽdon ðæt se steorra his gewyrd wǽre. Gewíte ðis gedwyld fram geleáffullum heortum ðæt ǽnig gewyrd sý búton se ælmihtiga scyppend some said that the star was his destiny.

Linked entry: -wyrd

gleáwnes

(n.)
Grammar
gleáwnes, glauwnes, se; f.

Prudenceskillwisdomabilitysagacityacuteness

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Beheald ðas sunnan mid gleáwnysse behold this sun intelligently, Homl. Th. i. 284, 34. Seó orþonce gláunes the ingenious skill, Blickl. Homl. 99, 31.

Linked entry: glauwnes

geornful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
geornful-nes, giornful-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotionsollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio

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Ðone pipor ða næddran healdaþ on heora geornfulnysse piper quod serpentes servant sua industria, Nar. 34, 22

Linked entry: eornfullnes

swǽfan

(v.)
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v. swǽlan) sumes onlíce efne ðam munte ðe nú monna bearn Etne hátaþ se swefle byrneþ, Met. 8, 46-50.

teter

(n.)
Grammar
teter, tetr, es; m.
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Bútan tweón se teter bútan sáre hé ofergǽþ ðone líchoman, and suá ðeáh ðæt lim geunwlitegaþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 15-17: Scint. 99, 10, On tetere inpetigine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 27. Wið sceb and wið teter, Lchdm. i. 150, 5: 234, 10.

þearl

(adj.)
Grammar
þearl, adj.
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And suá ðý ðearlan dóme hé forleás his mennisce ut districto justoque judicio homo esse perderet, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 23. Heó þrowedon þearl æfterleán, Cd. Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76. Þreá wǽron þearfe, Exon. Th. 135, 4; Gú. 519: Ps. Th. 104, 12: 149, 7.

þeótan

(v.)
Grammar
þeótan, and þútan; p. þeát, pl. þuton.
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Sume hí tó wulfum wurdon ... hió þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Ðeótende swá swá wolf, Homl. Th. i. 374, 9. Hwílum swá swá þeótende wulf, hwílum swá beorcende fox, Shrn. 141, 12. of other sounds Þeótende murmurans, Germ. 399. 417.

wánian

(v.)
Grammar
wánian, p. ode
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Hé him wæs wániende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces ipse nunc suam, nune publicam infelicitatem deflet, Ors. 4, 5 ; Swt. 166, 20. a clause Hé him wæs swíþe wániende ðæt hé to him cucan ne com, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 4

weorold-wela

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wela, an; m.
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Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg huic census exuberat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30. Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan, 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3. Hí geleáfan ceósaþ ofer woruldwelan, Exon. Th. 230, 30 ; Ph. 480.

georn-ness

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. ¶ of geornnesse on purpose :-- Gif hwá of geornnesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum, Ll.

Linked entries: girn-ness geornes

ge-þæf

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the Latin is : Infirmitatem suam quotidie quanta consideratione cognoscat), Past. 23, 22. construction uncertain And geþæf and hé bið on gewunan . . . geþeef is ꝥ ꝥ ꝥ hé gemét et contentus fuerit consuetudine loci quam invenerit. . . contentus est quod

rówan

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Sume scypmen reówan on þǽre tyreniscan sǽ, Hml. S. 31, 1135. Hí hreówan (reówon, v. l. ) tó Grantanceastre, 20, 78. ' Swá se hrefen þurh þá fennas upp áflígeð, swá þú him æfter rów'. . . Hé tó scipe eóde . . . Mid þý hé þurh þá fenland reów, Guth.

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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Sumu treówu hé watrode, Past. 40;Swt. 293, 4. to water land, to irrigate Hé land wæteraþ arua rigat, Scint. 118, 14. Ða feówer eán ealne ðisne embhwyrft wæteriaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 177.

Linked entry: wætrian

brégan

(v.)
Grammar
brégan, brégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [bróga
fear, terror

fear, terrorTo give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonishterrere, pavefacere, stupefacere

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Sume wíf us brégdon some women astonished us, Lk. Bos. 24, 22

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Glouc. such: Goth. swa-leiks: O. Sax. su-lík: O. Frs. se-lík, selk, sulk, sulch, suck: O. H. Ger. so-líh, su-líh, solh: Icel. slíkr.]

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

læt

(adj.)
Grammar
læt, adj.

Lateslowsluggishtardy

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Siððan ðú sprǽce tó ðínum þeówe ic hæfde ðé lætran tungan ex quo locutus es ad servum tuum, impeditioris et tardioris linguæ sum, Ex. 4, 10

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal, Exon. Th. 297, 20; Crä. 77. Eal ðæt hé for ús þafode and ðolode, Wulfst. 23, 22. Ða eádigan martyras mænigfealde earfoðnyssa ðafedon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 12, 89.

god-webb

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Ox. 5322. something made with such material, a (splendid) garment Godweb clamidis, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 9: calamidis, ii. 17, 30: calmidus, 127, 56. Reád godweb ostrum, 64, 10.

Linked entry: gode-webb

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, considerrecordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Ðá gemunde God sunu Lameches then God remembered Lamech's son, Cd. 71; Th. 84, 33; Gen. 1407: 121; Th. 156, 8; Gen. 2585. Híg gemundon his worda recordati sunt verborum ejus, Lk. Bos. 24, 8.