cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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On ðissum geáre com micel máncwealm on Brytene ígland, and on ðam cwealme forþférde Tuda biscop in this year [A. D. 664] there was a great plague in the island of Britain, and bishop Tuda died of the plague, Chr. 664; Erl. 35, 19: Homl.
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Mǽrþa georne eager to do great things, Cd. 80; Th. 101, 5; Gen. 1677. Hæbbe ic mǽrþa fela ongunnen, Beo. Th. 821; B. 408: 5284; B. 2645: Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 34; Seef. 84.
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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Líf ðysses middangeardes this present life, 59, 27. Gé synt middaneardes (-geardes, MS. A.) leóht vos estis lux mundi, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 14. Ða hwatestan men ealles ðises middangeardes, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 6.
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burg
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S. 23, 542, ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig, 538: 677: 743. Ánre burge riht jus civile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 7. Burge municipii, An. Ox, 5123. Ðǽre burcge nama, Bt. 18, 2; F. 64, 18. Ercebiscop Cantwara burhge, Bd. 2, 18; Sch. 182, 11.
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wǽdla
poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar
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Gif eall þises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ðonne ealle óþre men wǽdlan? ...
ge-wyrcan
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Hé wæs tó manegum wítum geworht cum virum suppliciis se tyrannus adacturum putaret Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 20. the object a thing Hé geworhte þás bóc tó leóþe he made a metrical version of this book Bt. proem. ; F. viii. 9.
mín
Mine ⬩ my
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Ealle ða þing synd míne, Gen. 31, 43. Ðíne twegen suna beóþ míne, 48, 5. Grammar mín, used substantively Wlwine habbe ðæt land ðe hé mínes hafde, Chart. Th. 580, 24. Ic heóld mín tela, Beo. Th. 5468; B. 2737.
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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to withdraw He hine ofteáh ðære fôre subtraxit se illi profectioni, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 23. to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything (with dat. or acc. of person, gen. of thing, or dat. of person and acc. of thing) Ic ofteó derogo.
á-teorian
to get exhausted ⬩ faint, ⬩ to lose heart or energy ⬩ get weary ⬩ faint ⬩ to get exhausted ⬩ come to an end ⬩ fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ to be defective
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Of manna múðum þín mǽrð ne áteorað, 112, 337. Lufu nǽfre ne áteorað, Hml. Th. ii. 564, II. Se dægÞonne ealle dagas áteoriað, þonne þurhwunað hé (Sunday) aa 310, 29. Hí (unexpected guests) nǽfre áteriað minstre mmquam desunt monasterio, R. Ben.
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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In ðýs ginnan grunde in this wide world, Judth. 9 ; Thw. 21, 1 ; Jud. 2. with acc, into, in, to Ǽr ðon ðe hé in heofenas ástige before he ascended into heaven, Blickl. Homl. 125, 16.
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meltan
to melt ⬩ become liquid ⬩ be consumed, dissolved ⬩ to digest
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Ða scearpan þing unýþelíce meltaþ, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii.212, 2. Wið ðon ðe men mete untela melte. 2, 29; Lchm. ii. 226, 5. Ða ðe on ðære uferan wambe gewuniap and ne mágon meltan, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 17. Myltan, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 18.
ge-cynd
nature ⬩ kind ⬩ manner ⬩ condition ⬩ gender ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium ⬩ proprietas ⬩ modus ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ genus ⬩ generation ⬩ nakedness ⬩ generatio ⬩ natales ⬩ partes ⬩ genitales ⬩ verenda ⬩ offspring ⬩ proles
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Is sió þridde gecynd betere the third nature is better, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 373; Met. 20, 187. On ða beteran gecynd into the better nature, Andr. Kmbl. 1176; An. 588. Hú his gecynde biþ what its nature [sex] is, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 8; Ph. 356.
ge-frédan
To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre
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Se líchama awent eorþan and anbídaþ æristes, and on ðam fyrste nán þing ne gefrét the body turns to earth and awaits the resurrection, and in that space feels nothing, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 25. Stánas ne gefrédaþ stones have not sense, i. 302, 14, 18.
under-gitan
To understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know
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A.) ( cognouerunt ) hys leorningcnihtas ðás þing ǽrest, 12, 16. Gif hwam gelustfullaþ tó witanne hwæt sý quadrans ðonne undergite hé ðæt quadrans byð se feórða dǽl, Anglia viii. 298, 10. Understandan capere, intelligere, undergite capiat, Hpt.
wergild-þeóf
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A thief whose wergild was paid as a punishmen for his crime [cf. Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge.
wís-fæst
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ wise ⬩ having knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ learned ⬩ intelligent ⬩ rational
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Is nú þearf micel, ðæt wé wísfæstra wordum hýran, 2335; An. 1169. of things Ðæt heó his wísfæst word efnan ut faciant mandata ejus, Ps. Th. 102, 17. wise, having knowledge or skill. learned Esaias, wísfæst wítga, Exon. Th. 19, 25; Cri. 306.
wrídian
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish
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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis
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wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Th. 120, 5; Gen. 1990. where one thing takes the place of another, place, stead Ðonne sculon hié gadrian óðer ierfe on ðæs wrixle (wriexle,Hatt. MS.) ðe hé ǽr sealdon, Past. 45 ; Swt. 340, 18.
á-cuman
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Hé ǽlc þing dó and ácume, R. Ben. 113, 10. Hé wítu ácóme, Hml. S. 23, 119. Ðæt hí ðone cyle ácóman, 11, 221. Ácuman (impetum) ferre, perferre, Kent. Gl. 1014: An. Ox. 7, 314. Ácuman costnunge, ceáste, módleáste, graman, Hml. Th. i. 4, 8: Hml.
be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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(gen. or æt) of thing Þone gelpscaðan ríce berǽdan (cf. áfyrran, Bt. 16, 4 ; F. 58, 13), Met. 9, 50. to take by treachery : Se deófol á sǽtaþ hwǽr hé mæge unware men beswícan, and hé nǽfre tó þæs feala berǽdeð þæt hé ǽfre ful sié daemones insidiantur