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weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé ða eágan wecean mid gnídingum, Lchdm. ii. 30, 28. Seó wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht, Cd.

(adv.)
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ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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Ealle hí scínaþ, ná hwæðre ðeáh ealle efenbeorhte, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 460; Met. 20, 230. Gewíte ðes calic fram mé, ðeáh-hwæðere ná swá swá ic wylle, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 39. Ða habbaþ twegen casus and ná má on gewunan, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 3.

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ge-openian

(v.)
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. :-- Hé his geðanc geopenode, and ofer eall clypode, Hml. S. 23, 320. Þæt se man geþeó on þǽre fandunge, and his ingehýd beó geopenod, Scrd. 23, 2. <b>VII b.

FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

foodfood for cattlefodderălĭmentumjūmenti pābŭlumthat in which food is carrieda basketcophĭnusκόφĭνosthat in which food for cattle is carrieda cartcart-loadvĕhesplaustrumnunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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Se ceorl, se ðe hæfþ óðres oxan ahýrod, gif he hæbbe ealle on fóðre to agifanne, agife ealle.

Linked entry: fódder

án-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in reference to persons, unanimously, to things, uniformly Hý cwǽdon ealle ánrǽdlíce ꝥ hit riht wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 2. Wið þám þe hi ealle ánrǽdlíce tó him gecyrdon, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 9. Gesetnys ánrǽdlíce (uniformiter) gehealden, R. Ben.

híwan

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Hí(g)na ealdor the head of a household: Gemétte hé þǽr fǽmnan wæs nift þæs hína ealdres (patris familias), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 231, 11.

wæter-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scipe, es; m.

A body of water, a piece of water, water

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Úre Drihten gesceóp ealle wæterscypas and ða wídgillan sæ, Hexam. 4;Norm. 6, 24

lǽtan

(v.)
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Eádmund oferhergode Cumbraland and hit lét tó eal (eall tó, v. l. ) Hé geann Leófsige þæs mannes þe hé him ǽr tó lét, Cht. Crw. 23, 18.

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Skt. i. 13, 226. in case of travel by water, to land Þyder hé cwæð ðæt man mihte geseglian on ánum mónðe, gyf man on niht wícode ... and ealle ða hwíle hé sceal seglian be lande, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 13.

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ge-hínan

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</b> to humle an enemy, defeat, subject :-- Hé þone ealdor ealra þeóstra geband and gehýnde, Bl. H. 85, 6. Hé eów gehýnde and in hæft bidráf, Gú. 569. Hwearf þá tó helle, þá hé ; gehéned wæs, Godes andsaca, Sat. 190.

gelimplic

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JOS ealle lima mé gesceópe tó menniscum bricum gemǽte and gelimplice (apta), Angl. xi. 112, 18

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Ðeós of hyre yrmþe eall ðæt heó hæfde sealde hæc de pænuria sua omnia quæ habuit misit, Mk. Skt. 12, 44.

Linked entry: earmþu

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ þæs roderes færeldes, hú hé ǽlce dæge úton ymbhwyrfþ ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15. Rodres, Met. 28, 3.

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þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Nú habbaþ hig ðæt mynster gesett mid preóstan, and willaþ ðǽr habban þeówdóm eall swá man hæfþ on Paules byrig on Lundene, Chart.

ed-wít

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Eall hí mé þæt on edwít oncyrdan factum est mihi in opprobrium, Ps. Th. 68, 10. disgrace, shame, blame incurred by a person Hé sǽde ꝥ hit þǽm cyninge lǽsse edwít wǽre ( sine regis infamia ), Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 33.

hwider

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Hé þurhférde eall Breotone eálond swá hwyder ymb swá (swá hwyder swá ymb, v. l.) Angelðeóde on drohtedon peragrata insula tota quaquauersum Anglorum gentes morabantur Bd. 4, 2 ; Sch. 343, 22.

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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Ne standað ná ealle steorran on ðám steápan rodore, Hex. 12, 29. of the matter contained in a book Stynt on þǽre béc on þám forman ferse: 'Et Spiritus . . . ' Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 3. Áht þæs þe on úrum gewritum stent, Ll. Th. i. 236, 32.

CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boyyouthattendantservantKNIGHT:puerjuvenisadolescensservus

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Cnihtas wurdon ealde ge giunge ealle forhwerfde to sumum dióre the attendants of Ulysses, old and young, were all transformed to some beast Bt. Met. Fox 26, 170; Met. 26, 85.

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CYN

(n.)
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CYN, cynn,es; n.

every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progeniesGender genus a sex sexus

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Eal engla cynn all the race of angels, Exon. 75a; Th. 281, 10; Jul. 644. Eall gimma cynn all kinds of gems, Andr. Kmbl. 3037; An. 1521. Fór cynn æfter cynne tribe went after tribe, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 3; Exod. 351.

lǽran

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Ǽr þám þe his Apostolas tófarene wǽron geond ealle eorðan tó lǽranne, Ll.