of-geótan
to moisten by pouring, souse, soak ⬩ to put out a fire by pouring water on it
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Hí woldon ðæt fýr mid wætere ofgeótan, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 7
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Wæs on ðam ofne windig and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347. Wynsum gefeá, Exon. Th. 77, 8; Cri. 1253. Hú wynsum (iocundum) is ðæt mon eardige on ðara gebróðra ánnesse, Blickl. Homl. 139, 29. Þincð him wynsum ðæt se weald oncwyð, Met. 13, 46.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
burh-stede
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A city-place, city; urbis locus, urbs On ðam burh-stede in thai city. Cd. 52; Th. 65, 7; Gen. 1062 : 174; Th. 218, 31; Dan. 47. Hí ágon beorhtne burhstede they shall have a bright city-place, 221; Th. 287, 6; Sae. 363: Beo. Th. 4522; B. 2265.
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réceleást
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeþyldegum irsunga swá hé ðone hnescan þafettere on récceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 25
swǽm
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Ic wylle ðæt Latona móder Apollinis and Diane fram mé gewíten, ðe Delo ákende, ðæs ðe ealde swǽmas gecýddon ( as the foolish triflers of old declared ), Anglia viii. 325, 29.
wyrms
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Wið eárena sáre ... gif ðǽr wyrms inne bið, hyt ðæt út áwyrpð, Lchdm. i. 354, 16. Wyrms (worms, v.l. ), 358, 16 Sáh út wyrms (of ðam geswelle), Homl. Skt. i. 20, 64. Hé áscræp ðone wyrms of his líce, Homl.
á-gyltan
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Add: absolute Oft ágyltað ( offendunt ) ðá hláf*-*ordas, and ðá menn wuniað on Godes hyldo, Past. 321, 2. Þeáh hwá ágylte, Ll. Th. i. 376, 15: Ors. 6, 11; S. 266, 10.
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án-hydig
One or single minded ⬩ steadfast ⬩ firm ⬩ constant ⬩ stubborn ⬩ self-willed ⬩ firmus ⬩ constans ⬩ pervicax
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Wearþ ðá ánhydig then he became, self-willed. Cd. 205; Th. 254, 1; Dan. 605
cwealm-bǽre
Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortifĕrus
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Drenc mid ðam cwealmbǽrum áttre gemenged a drink mingled with deadly poison, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17: 260, 11. Cwealmbǽrne mortifĕrum, Mone B. 4905 . Cómon ða cempan mid cwylmbǽrum tólum the soldiers came with deadly tools, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 7
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Deorwente
The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham ⬩ quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi
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Of ðam ðe ða fruman aweallaþ Deorwentan streámes from which the beginnings of the river Derwent spring, 4. 29; S. 607, 11
ge-uferian
To exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ delay ⬩ put off
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To exalt, elevate, delay, put off Ðæt he mid ðæs wurþmyntes wuldre geuferod wǽre to be exalted with the glory of that honour, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 26. Ic geseah árleásne geuferodne vidi impium elevatum, Ps. Lamb. 36, 35.
Linked entries: oferian ge-yferian ge-oferian uferian
weald-genga
A weald-goer ⬩ bandit ⬩ brigant
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Ðá ætstód se wealdgenga . . . and áwearp his wǽmna, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 30-18, 31
heáh-cyning
A chief, great king, God
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On ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhcyninges on the right hand of the great king [God], Shrn. 118, 9: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges that was the war-seat [saddle] of the great king [Hrothgar], Beo. Th. 2083; B. 1039
tó-þundenness
swollenness ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ contumacy
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Ða eádmódan ðe náne tóðundennysse nabbaþ. Homl. Th. i. 550, 1
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and-lang
All-along ⬩ throughout ⬩ continuous ⬩ extended ⬩ per totum ⬩ continuus ⬩ in longum porrectus
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All-along, throughout, continuous, extended; per totum, continuus, in longum porrectus Wæs andlangne dæg swungen was beaten all day long, Andr. Kmbl. 2550; An. 1276: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 27, col. 2; Æðelst. 21: Beo. Th. 4237; B. 2115
ferd-mon
A soldier ⬩ mīles
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A soldier; mīles Ðæt feoh mon ðám ferdmonnum sellan sceolde the money should be given to the soldiers, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 14. Cyning sceal hæbban ferdmen a king must have soldiers, 17; Fox 58, 33, MS. Cot
fóre-gilpan
To boast greatly ⬩ valde jactāre
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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13
for-sceorfan
To gnaw or eat off ⬩ arrōdĕre
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To gnaw or eat off; arrōdĕre Gærstapan ǽlc wuht forscurfon, ðæs ðe on ðam lande wæs grówendes locusts ate off everything that was growing in the land, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, notes, p. 24, 7, MS. L
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fleóge
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Ðæt hí wið-bleówen ðǽre fleógan (culicem), Past. 439, 25. Flégan hundlice muscam caninam, Ps. Srt. 77, 45. Lytle fugelas ofsleáð sum ðing, húru ðás fleógan, Hml. Th. ii. 46, 17. Add
ge-leóhtan
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Ic geann ðæs landes æt Rægene . . . ðám bisceope tó geleóhtenne I grant the land at Rayne to the bishop for the provision of lights for the church (cf. leóht-, weax-gescot), C. D. iii. 305, 4