geáp-ness
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Cleverness, cunning, astuteness Wær geápnes argumentum (cf. argumento orðonce, gleáwnesse, 2, ll), Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, I
dæl
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Óþer dæl (dell, den, v.ll. latus (vallis) ) wæs lígum ful, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 4. Add
wíg-cirm
The din of battle
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The din of battle Ðǽr wæs wígcyrm micel, hlúd hilde swég. Cd. Th. 120, 6 ; Gen. 1990
on-grisla
Dread, horror
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Dread, horror Wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan and mid ongryslan eall oferlǽded, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7
Linked entry: grisla
tó-drǽfness
Division, ⬩ difference
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Division, difference Tódroefnise wæs him bituién ymb ðæt schisma erat in eis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 16
Linked entry: drǽfness
mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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Ðá wæs swíðe micel mancwealm, and se micela manbryne wæs on Lundene, and Paules mynster forbarn, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 6. [Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive fire.
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ge-wintred
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Wæs geworden ꝥ Jóseph wæs geháten sum gewintrod man, eóde þyder mid iungum mannum, Hml. A. 130, 65. Ðá ðe tó ðǽm gewintrede ne beóð ne geðiegene (cf. ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðǽre láre oððe for gioguðe oððe for unwísdóme, 19), Past. 375, 15. Add
seomian
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Add Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seonode (seomode,?) laman legre and manega gǽr wæs hleoniende in hire bedde molestia corporali percussa est, multisque annis in lectulo decubans, Gr. D. 2842
syn-lust
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Hé wæs beswicen þyses middaneardes synlustum (immundo desiderio), 230, 12. Add
tó-geótan
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Add Seó fágung wæs tógoten (-brǽded, v.l.) geond eallne his líchaman diffusa in corpore ejus varietas, Gr. D. 158, 35. Se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius per agros diffundi consueverat, 192, 18.
wearme
Warmly
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Beþe ðæt heáfod swá wearme use as warm fomentations as possible for the head, 154, 18
cearc-ern
A prison ⬩ carcer
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A prison; carcer Ic wæs on cearcerne eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62b, 22
for-wandung
Shyness ⬩ shame ⬩ dishonour ⬩ revĕrentia ⬩ ignōmĭnia
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Shyness, shame, dishonour; revĕrentia, ignōmĭnia Ðú wást forwandunga mine tu scis revĕrentiam meam, Ps. Spl. 68, 23
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ge-týd
Skilful ⬩ learned ⬩ peritus
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Skilful, learned; peritus Wæs he se getýdesta sangere cantator erat peritissimus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 11
regnig
Rainy
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Rainy Hit wæs rénig weder, Exon. Th. 380, 18;Rä. 1, 10. sumer, Lchdm. iii. 162, 33
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stæþ-weall
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The wall formed by the shore Sǽs up stigon ofer stæðweallas, Cd. Th. 83, 7; Gen. 1376
teárian
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To shed tears Tæherende (teherende, Rush.) wæs se Hǽlend lacrimatus est Jesus, Jn. Skt. Lind. ii. 35
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þreóhund-wintre
Three hundred years old
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Three hundred years old Hé wæs on ðisum lífe þreóhundwintre and fíf-and-sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 23
wylfen
Wolfish ⬩ fierce
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Wolfish, fierce Wé geáscodan Eormanríces wylfenne geþóht; ðæt wæs grim cyning, Exon. Th. 378, 24; Deór. 22
wyrt-stenc
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A perfume from a plant Hús gefylled wæs wyrtstence ( odore ) ðære smirnisse, Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 3