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wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Th. 223, 18 ; Dan. 121. ¶ where the word occurs with words of similar meaning :-- Feor and wíde ( longe lateque ) gemǽrsode, Bd. 3, 10; S. 535, 2: 4, 27; S. 604, 2 : 5, 12; S. 628, 3. Hé férde feorr and wíde geond middangeard. Shrn. 90, 23.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Biþ se maga onwent and tóbrocen, Lchdm. ii. 218, 18. to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert Se yfela déma onwendeþ ðone rihtan dóm for ðæs feós lufon, Blickl. Homl. 61, 31. Hié ( bribes ) wísra monna word onwendaþ, L.

ge-

(prefix)

with

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Sige on him ge-wann he gained [won] a victory over him, Num. 21, 1. Ic on wicge ríde I ride on a horse, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 14; Rä. 78, 7.

mán

(n.)
Grammar
mán, es; n.

A bad, shameful actiona crimecrimeguiltwickedness

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Sax. mén endi morðwerk), misdǽda worn (v. Fox 58, 2, hwilc mán hé weorhte), Bt. Met. Fox 9, 13; Met. 9, 7. Mánes fraudis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 44. Mánes wyrhtan peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Máne piaculo, Hpt. Gl. 432, 50 : Lev. 19, 29.

Linked entry: mán-áþ

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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Súp ðæt wós, Lchdm. i. 86, 17. Hrefnes fót wel on wíne, súp swá ðú hátost mǽge, ii. 50, 25: 56, 2: iii. 48, 2. Seóð on wíne, súpe hit swá wearm and healde on his múðe, i. 94, 20. Wyl on gáte meolce and súpe, ii. 100, 24.

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

telga

(n.)
Grammar
telga, an; m.
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. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow strip would hardly serve the purpose of marking a boundary

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Kmbl. 1594; An. 798. (1 a) in a figurative expression :-- Ða heora tungan teóþ (but the word may be from teón to draw (v. teón, 2), as it seems also to govern bogan in the following clause) teónan gehwylce sweorde efenscearpe exacuerunt ut gladium linguas

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowingbreathbreathingspiritinspirationflameblazeprosperity

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Ox. 1527. inspiration Of gerýnelicum blǽde (spiramine) word Godes geworden flǽsc, Hy. S. 43, 36. Se Hálga Gást mid his blǽde onǽlde eorðlicra manna heortan, Hml.

Linked entry: blæst

fæstnian

(v.)

to betroth

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Ic ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte, 122, 2. Ic ðis wríte and ðeafie and mid Crístes ródetácne hit festniæ, i. 311, 24

ge-sib

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Þá cwæð se cásere ðæt hí wǽron gesibbe, and for ðí heó sprǽce þillice word him fore, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 9. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Gen. 1612.

nán

Grammar
nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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Nis on þám londe . . . ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, Ph. 51. Ná on náre strencðe horses, Ps. L. 146, 10. Wé náne wiuht ne þurfon forlǽtan þæs wísdómes, Solil. H. 66, 4.

þæt

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. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ealdan dúne; andlang dúne west ðæt hit cymeð intó Dinamore ... súð ðæt hit cymeð tó

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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Th. ii. 124, 21. an instrument for striking (or to be put with the next word?) a slay Slege percussorium (the word occurs among terms connected with weaving) Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 44. Similar entries v. sleahe a plectrum Similar entries [v.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

eahtian

(v.)
Grammar
eahtian, eahtigan, ehtian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od.

to meditate, devise, deliberate meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre to esteem æstimāre

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Th. 2819; B. 1407: 347; B. 172. to esteem; æstimāre Eahtodon eorlscipe and his ellen-weorc they esteemed his bravery and his valiant works. Beo. Th. 6327; B. 3174

Linked entries: ahtian ehtian eahtan

hider-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
hider-cyme, es; m.

A coming hither, to this world advent

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A coming hither, to this world, advent; — Ðín hidercyme thy advent, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 12; Cri. 367. Fram Cristes hidercyme ab incarnatione Domini, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 16: 1. 4; S. 475, 26. On his hidercyme in his coming hither [to Hell], Blickl.

Linked entry: hider-tócyme

lytig-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lytig-, lyte-líce; adv.

Cunninglyartfullycraftily

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Ne weorþeþ on worulde lytelíce swicolra ðonne hé wyrþeþ none in the world is more craftily deceitful than he, 54, 22. Se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóþ tó sóþe he that most cunningly could make untruth appear truth, 128, 9

mangian

(v.)
Grammar
mangian, p. ode

To tradetrafficact as a monger

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Hwæt forstent ǽnigum menn ðæt ðeáh hé mangige ðæt hé ealne ðisne middangeard áge gif hé his sáule forspildt what does it benefit any man, though he come to own all this world by his trading, if he destroys his soul, Past. 44, 10; Swt. 333, 9

Linked entry: ge-mang

midl

(n.)
Grammar
midl, es; n.

a bitcurbthe thong which bound the oar to the pin

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[Cf. in the same list of words connected with ships ár-wiððe struppus, 56, 37.]

Linked entry: ge-midlige

ge-beorhlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beorhlíc, -beorglíc; adj.

Safecautiousprudentbecomingtūtuscircumspectusdĕcens

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Swilce hit fór Gode gebeorhlíc sý and fór weorulde aberendlíc as it may be becoming before God and tolerable before the world, L. Edg. ii. 1; Th. i. 266, 6 : L. C. S. 2; Th. i. 376, 14

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To holdbe [ill]haberetenere

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Æfter ðisum wordum wearþ gemót gehæfd after these words a meeting was held, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 1. Ðǽr ðǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baþu where hot baths were kept, i. 86, 21. Mín cneów is yfele gehæfd my knee is diseased, 134, 33 : 150, 7

Linked entry: ge-hafa