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wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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For ðære synne ðæs ǽrestan wífes, Blickl. Homl. 5, 5. Freá wíf áweahte, and ða wraðe scalde leófum rince, Cd. Th. 11. 12; Gen. 174. Ðæt ædele wíf ( Eve ), 294, 19; Sat. 473. Ðǽr wǽron manega wíf (wífo, Lind., mulieres ), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 55 : Lk.

Linked entry: BRÝD

ERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ERIAN, erigan, erigean, to erianne, eríganne, erigenne; part, erigende; p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To plough, EAR iărāre

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Ðǽr yrþling ne eraþ where husbandman ploughs not, i. 464, 25. Ðæt lytle ðæt he erede, he erede mid horsan the little that he ploughed, he ploughed with horses. Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 31. Era mid ðínum oxan plough with thine ox. Prov. Kmbl. 67.

Linked entry: ærian

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vilefilthyunseemlyhatefulabominableworthlessuselessturpisdetestābilisindĕcōrus

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Ne wæs ðæt [MS. ðær] húru fracoðes gealga that was indeed no vile [man's] gibbet, Rood Kmbl. 20; Kr. 10. We bióþ folcum fracoðe we shall be hateful to the people, Andr. Kmbl. 817; An. 409. Fracoðest vilest. Salm. Kmbl. 702; Sal. 350.

irming

(n.)
Grammar
irming, es ; m.

A poormeanwretchedmiserable persona wretch

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Ðá ða iermingas ðe ðǽr tó láfe wurdon út of ðǽm holan crupon ðe heó on lutedan when the wretched people that remained crept out of the holes that they had lurked in, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 29.

Linked entries: earming erming

neótan

(v.)
Grammar
neótan, niótan; p. neát, pl. nuton

To enjoyhave the benefit of

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Ðæt hé ðær brúcan mót wonges mid willurn, and welan neótan lífes and lissa, 208, 2 ; Ph. 149. Sécan swegles dreámas and (ðara dreáma) willum neótan, Andr. Kmbl. 1620; An. 811. Wǽpna neótan to make good use of his weapons, Byrht.

ge-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lang, -long; adj.

Alongbelongingdependingconsequent

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Ðǽr is help gelong help comes from there, Exon. 75 a: Th. 281, 13; Jul. 645 : 83 a; Th. 313, 8; Seef. 121

Linked entries: -lang ge-lenge ge-long

ofer-drífan

(v.)

to cover by driftingto overcome, refute, repel, defeat

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Gif hig sacan stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ and ða ðe ðǽr oferdrifene beóþ gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc if they (the twelve) disagree, that which eight of them say shall stand: and those that in such case are out-voted shall each pay six half-marks,

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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Ðǽr wearð Leostenas mid ánre flán ofscoten ibi Leosthenes telo e muris jacto perfossus occiditur 3, 11; Swt. 144, 27. Mid fýrenum flánum ofscotene (ofsceotene, 7), Homl. Th. i. 506,1.

tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment,torture,afflict

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Ðǽr hé tintregad wearð; ǽrest hiene mon swong, ða sticode him mon ða eágan út, and siþþan him mon slóg ða handa of, ðá ðæt heáfod, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 3, Heo eow tintraȝed and heow iswenchet, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 30

Linked entry: tregian

óþ

(prep.; con.)
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On ðære hwíle óþ ðæt up to the present time Homl. Skt. i. 4, 265. Óþ ǽfen usque ad vesperum Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47. 46. Óþ ende his lífes, Blickl. Homl. 21, 36. Óþ ðone deáþ, 59, 30.

Linked entry: ót-

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Hé mid ðam óðrum flocce tó ðære birig férde beótlíce mid wíge ascendit cum senioribus in fronte exercitus, vallatus auxilio pugnatorum, Jos. 8, 10.

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Ðære abbudissan gemynddæg on myclum wuldre weorþad is cujus natalis solet in magna gloria celebrari, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 40. used intransitively, to celebrate (a service) Se bisceop ðǽr gesette ciricean þegnas, ða ðǽr dæghwamlíce mid gelimplícre endebyrdnesse

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

be-fealdan

to fold uproll upto bendthe bodyto fold up in somethingwrap up to entwine;implicareto involveimplicateto attach

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Ðæt hié ne sién tó wyrsan gecirde and ðǽron befealdne deterioribus implicantur, Past. 271, 12. to attach Tó befeóld applicavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 43. Hé (the town) wæs tó þæs pápan ǽhte bifealden, Hml. A. 199, 150

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Næs ðǽr hláfes wist werum on ðam wonge (the island of Mermedonia), Andr. Kmbl. 43; An. 22. Hé sceal ðý wonge (the island in the fens where St. Guthlac's hermitage was) wealdan, Exon. Th. 144, 6 ; Gú. 674.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30. Þrittig fæðma biþ se arc on heáhnisse, 6, 15: Jn. Skt. 6, 19. Ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ymb þrítig wintergerímes, Met. 28, 25.

ÁC

(n.)
Grammar
ÁC, ǽc; g. e; f.

OAKquercusroburThe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a

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Of ðære ác [ for áce], Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 121, 22. Grammar ÁC, ác; g. áces ; m.

Linked entries: ác-drenc ǽc

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Ðæt celf híg bæradon bútan ðære wícstówe mid felle and mid flǽsce vĭtrĭlum cum pelle et carnĭbus crĕmans extra castra, Lev. 8, 17. Hie blód and fel þégon they ate the blood and skin, Andr. Kmbl. 46; An. 23: Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 37.

Linked entry: fell

FELA

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
FELA, fæla, feala, feola; adj. indecl.

Manymuchmultummultamany thingsmuchverymultamultumin primiscum maxĭmeso many ... astot ... quot

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Fela is ðæra þinga many a one is there of the things, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 10. Fela swylces much of the same, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13. many things, much, very; multa, multum, in primis, cum maxĭme Fela ðú didest multa fēcisti, Ps. Spl. 39, 7: Ps.

for-gifnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifnes, -gyfnes, forgifnes-ness, -nyss, -gifeness, -gyfenes, -gyfennes, -gifeniss, -gifenys, -gefenes, -ness, e; f.

FORGIVENESSremissionindulgencepermissionremissiovĕniaindulgentia

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FORGIVENESS, remission, indulgence, permission; remissio, vĕnia, indulgentia Sý on ðære bóte forgifnes [forgyfnes MS. A.] let there be a remission in the compensation, L. Edg. ii. 1; Th. i. 266, 5: L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 9: 9; Th. i. 276, 3.

hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cryoutcryhuecryingtumultuproar

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A cry, outcry, hue and cry, crying, tumult, uproar Ðæra Sodomitiscra hreám ys gemenigfyld clamor Sodomorum multiplicatus est, Gen. 18, 20: Past. 55; Swt. 427, 33: Cd. 229; Th. 309, 28; Sat. 717.

Linked entry: hrýman