ge-fadian
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Hé gefadod hæfde eall his werod swá his þeáw wæs, Hml. S. 30, 305. (1 a) to ornament, adorn :-- Ðis weorc wæs gefadod mid deórwurðum stánum and reádum golde, Hml.
hwít
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Bráda hátte wæs gebúr tó Hǽðfelda, and Hwíte hátte ðæs Brádan wíf . . . seó Hwíte wæs Wynburge þridde módor, C. D. vi. 212, 15-18. Cf. Hwíting, ii. 3, 30. the word also occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. 305
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Th. ii. 128, 19. an interpreter of written language, a translator Ælfréd kuning wæs wealhstod ðisse béc, Bt. proem.; Fox viii. 1. Ðæra hundseofontigra wealhstoda gesetnyssa, Anglia viii. 336, 4.
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ǽne
a first time ⬩ once, at any time ⬩ once, at some former time ⬩ at once
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S. 1, 141. as multiplier :--- Ǽne seofon beóð seofon Angl. viii. 304, 28. with ordinal force, a first time Ðá wæs se deófol ǽne oferswíðed. . . . Ðá wæs se deófol óðere síðe oferswíðed, Hml. Th. i. 168, 35-170, 31.
timber
material for constructing a house, ship, etc., ⬩ timber ⬩ material of which anything is formed ⬩ a structure, ⬩ building, ⬩ edifice ⬩ the building of a house, ship, etc.
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., timber Æfter siextegum daga ðæs ðe ðæt timber (arbores) ácorfen wæs, ðǽr wǽron xxx and c scipa gearora, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Ne sceal cyrcean timber (ligna ecclesiae) tó ǽnigum óðrum weorce, L. Ecg. P.
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of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Hé wæs of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad, Blickl. Homl. 71, 33. denoting the instrument Weorþian wé ða cláþas his hádes, of ðǽm wæs úre gecynd geedneówod, 11, 9. Hé of .v. hláfon and of twám fixum fíf þúsend manna gefylde, St.
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FEL
skin ⬩ hide ⬩ pellis ⬩ cŏrium ⬩ cŭtis
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Sió wæs orþoncum gegyrwed dracan fellum it was cunningly prepared with dragon's skins, Beo. Th. 4183; B. 2088
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frum-sceaft
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Substitute: and add: a first shaping, birth Þé wǽre sélre . . . þǽr þú wurde ǽt frymþe (frumsceafte, v. l.) fugel . . . þonne þú ǽfre on moldan man gewurde it had been better for thee . . . if thou hadst been born a bird . . . than that thou shouldst
sceadu
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Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce scadu and getácnung; Crístes bodung is sódfæstnys, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 18. a shadow, shade, unsubstantial appearance Þá wearð þǽr æteówod án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, and sǽde þæt hé wǽre for stale ofslegen, Hml.
brád-nes
broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies
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Ðære eorþan brádnis wæs adrúwod exsiccata esset superficies terra, 8, 13. Byþ ðære eorþan brádnys betweox us and ðære sunnan the surface of the earth is between us and the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum;Wrt. popl. science 5, 8;Lchdm. iii. 240, 14.
Linked entries: brǽded-nes brǽd-nys
on-gin
a beginning ⬩ an attempt, undertaking, enterprise ⬩ action, proceeding ⬩ action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours
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Ðæt se ǽresta dǽl his onginnes and líles wǽre tó geleáfan gecyrred. Blickl. Homl. 211, 30. Drihtne úres anginnes nán þing dígle ne biþ. . . Beforan ðé is eall mín gewilnung, R. Ben. 25, 9
wís-wyrde
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Wise in speech Se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 18
exlypsis
eclipse
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eclipse Þonne Ꝥ exlypsis wǽre, ꝥ is ðæs sunnan ásprungnis, Nar. 28, 9
ge-underþeódan
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to subject Gif hé wǽre neádunga Gode geunderþeód ( subjectus ), Angl. vii. 4, 39
be-strúdan
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Bestroden wǽre infisca-retur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 69. For second passage substitute
ge-féþrian
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To load Geféðrige hé hys wǽnas mid fegrum gerdum, Solil. H. I. II
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túdor
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Brengþ eorþe ǽlcne westm and ǽlc túdor ǽlce geáre, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 14 : Met. 29, 58. metaphorical Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988.
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HUNGOR
HUNGER ⬩ famine
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Hér wæs se micla hungor on Angelcynne in this year was the great famine in England, Chr. 976; Erl. 127, 34. Hér on ðyssum geáre wæs se mycla hungor geond Angelcynn swilce nán man ǽr ne gemunde swá grimme, 1005; Erl. 139, 36.
wit
We two
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I and he (she), Grammar wit, alone Ðá becóme wit tó ðam inneran dǽle ðæs wéstenes ðǽr uncer hlǽfdige wæs, and wit wǽron belocene in carcerne, Shrn. 38, 20: Gen. 41, 12. Rincas míne, restaþ incit hér, wit (Isaac and I) eft cumaþ, Cd.
ge-licgan
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Gelegen wæs swér Sýmónes febrende wæs decumbebat socrus Simonis febricitans, Mk. L. R. 1, 30. to lie with a person, have sexual intercourse with Gif man wið cyninges maegdenman geligeð, Ll. Th. i. 6, 4, 11, 13: 10, 6.