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telga

(n.)
Grammar
telga, an; m.
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See iii. xxxix, and Leo, Place Names, p. 66. figurative Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncyste in ðæm telgan, ðone hé geteáh ǽr of ðan wyrtruman, Bd. 1, 27; M. 82, 14. Wr-ohtes telgan, Cd. Th. 61, 3; Gen. 991.

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

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Se wǽta gǽþ up swylce mid smíce oððe miste Lchdm. iii. 278, 9. Sméce gelíce sicut fumus Ps. Th. 101, 3. On ðam fýre and on ðam smýce Homl. Th. ii. 202, 32. Se wind ðæt fýr and ðone smíc ofer ða wallas dráf Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 1.

Linked entries: sméc smoca

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Hí (clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe, 385, 21;Rä. 4, 48.

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Eles gecynd is ðæt hé wile oferstígan ǽlcne wǽtan, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 12. to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed Ic oferstíge excelleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26;Som. 28, 45.

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vicedefectfaulta disordera faultsolecisma vicefaultthe vice of avariceniggardlinessparsimonywant of liberality

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Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncystan (-cyste, Bd. M. 82, 13) in ðam telgan portat in ramo humorem vitii, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 26. Ða uncyste ðære ánwielnesse vitio obstinationis, Past. 6; Swt. 47, 16.

Linked entry: un-gecost

ge-miclian

(v.)
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Maurus bletsode ꝥ wín, and cwæð ꝥ God mihte gemycclian þone wǽtan, Hml. S. 6, 277. the object non-material Hláf, ðe strongra monna mægen gemiclað, hé gelytlað cilda panis, qtii vitam fortium roborat, parvulorum necat, Past. 175, l.

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sittingto sit upon, oppressto sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)to sit about, besiegeto repress, check, present motion

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Th. 21, 10, 14. to repress, check, present motion; cf. of-standan Ðus ðû scealt ða yfelan ofsetenan wǽtan ût âdôn thus shalt thou remove the evil, repressed humours, Lchdm. ii. 24, 7. Similar entries v. preceding word

Linked entry: of-setenness

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Hwílum ðæt drige dríft ðone wǽtan sometimes the dry drives away the wet, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 97; Met. 29, 48. Seó sǽ, útflówende, gerýmde þreóra míla dríes færeldes the sea, flowing out, made room for a dry passage of three miles, Homl. Th. i. 564, 18.

DROPA

(n.)
Grammar
DROPA, an; m.

DROPstilla, gutta, stillicĭdium

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Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan, ðe byþ upatogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan ðe he to dropum geurnen sý snow comes of the thin moisture, which is drawn up with the air, and is frozen before it be run into drops, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl

þynne

(adj.)
Grammar
þynne, adj.

Thinthinleanthe opposite of fat or stoutthinthe opposite of thickthinthe opposite of broadthinthinthinweakfeebledelicatefine

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Snáw cymð of ðam þynnum wǽtan, iii. 278, 23. Hé elles ne ðeah nemne medmicel hláfes mid ðynre meolce lac novum in phiala ponere solebat, et post noctem ablata superficie crassiore, ipse residuum cum modico pane bibebat, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 35.

Linked entries: þinne þynness

scúr

(n.)
Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Seó lyft liccaþ ðone wǽtan of ealre eorþan and of ðære sǽ and gegaderaþ tó scúrum, Lchdm. iii. 276, 13. Weal sceal wiðstondan storma scúrum, Exon. Th. 281, 25; Jul. 651. <b>I a.</b> metaph. a shower of missiles :-- Flána scúras, Judth.

Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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H. 229, 8. to inhale smoke (cf. to drink tobacco) Lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 11. of porous material, to absorb Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déð elephanti corium, cujus ea natura est, ut imbrem tamquam

ge-gaderung

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Wið ealle gegaderunga þæs yfelan wǽtan of þám líchoman, 236, 18. Wið cyrnlu and wið ealle yfele gegaderunga, 300, 1. Wið gehwylce gegaderunge, 322, 1 note

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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Drihten rícsandra Dominus dominantium, 101, 10. of things, to prevail Ða yfelan wǽtan weorþaþ gegaderode on ðone magan, and ðǽr ríxiaþ mid scearfunga innan, Lchdm. ii. 176, 7.

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan apply remedies that may draw out the evil humour, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 46, 26

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Manige men on feforádle þurh þyses wǽtan onbyrignesse wurdan gehǽlde, 209, 12. Wǽron gehǽlede þrý fótádlige men þurh þone cýðere, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 19.

of

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Th. i. 94, 20. the object non-material Sume men of hiora scome (pudore amisso) þá wǽtan þigdon, Nar. 9, 21. Of þǽm feóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs, ꝥ hé seoþþan wæs mé freónd, 19, 19. Sé bið áðwægen of unclǽnnesse, Past. 421, 21.

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Seó scæþþende wǽta, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 1. Ðú hýrdes sceþþendum sceaþan, Exon. Th. 85, 24; Cri. 1396

Linked entry: sceaþan

hlutor

(adj.)
Grammar
hlutor, hluttor; adj.

Clear, pure, bright, sincere

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Swíðe wynsum and hluttor wǽta a very pleasant and pure stream, Blickl. Homl. 209, 2. Hlutor, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 26; Met. 5, 13. Wæs hé hluttor and clǽne on his lífe he was pure and clean in his life, Blickl. Homl. 217, 9: Ps. Th. 72, 17.

Linked entry: hlýttor