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wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly

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Wé ðæt wóh ne worhton, dæt wé ðíne ǽ forléten inique nan egimus in testamento tuo, 43, 19. Gif hwá wóh wyrce, L. Edg. ii. 6 ; Th. i. 268, 9. Ic nylle ðæt gé mé hwæt mid wóh (cf. unrihte, 1. 17) begytaþ, L. Ath. i. proem. ; Th. i. 196, 31.

Linked entries: wó wóg wóh-dáed wóh-dóm wóh-gestreón wóh-god on-wóh á-wóh

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ealla ða neáhstówa ðǽr ymbútan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 22 : Cd. Th. 154, 3 ; Gen. 2550. Hú sunnu ðǽr scíneþ ymbútan, 286, 15; Sat. 352. Ymbeútan, Mk. Skt. 14, 47

Linked entry: emb-útan

un-tódǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledness, e; f.

Undividedness

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Undividedness Indivisio, ðæt is untódǽlednyss, Anglia viii. 318, 17

Linked entry: tó-dǽledness

ífig-cropp

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Dó ðǽr tó ífigcroppas, Lch. iii. 12, 32. Add

á-wendendness

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Ðǽr is wlite bútan áwendendnesse, Verc. Först. 134. Add

GADERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GADERIAN, gadorigean, gadrian, gadrigean, gæderian, gædrian; to gaderigenne, gadrienne, gadrigenne; ic gaderie, gaderige, gadrige, ðú gaderast, gadrast, he gaderaþ, gadraþ, pl. gaderiaþ, gadriaþ; p. gaderode; pp. gaderod

To GATHER ⬩ gather together ⬩ collect ⬩ store up ⬩ lĕgere ⬩ collĭgĕre ⬩ congrĕgāre

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Ðæt folc gaderode mid micle menio ðæra fugela the people gathered together a great number of the birds, Num. 11, 32 : Chr. 1015; Th. 277, 16, col. 1 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 1, 2; Lchdm. iii. 232, 4.

Linked entries: gadorigean gadrian gæderian gaðerian

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll

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The following passages give instances of the payment of toll Hér kýd on ðissere béc ðæt Leówine and his wíf gebohton Ælfilde tó feówer and sixtuge penegon and Ælfríc Hals nam ðæt toll for ðæs kynges hand, Chart.

fýr

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Mid ðǽm heofoncundan fíre, Past. 222, 23. Add

ge-sagu

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Add: Ꝥte hiá geendebrednadon ðæt gesaga ordinare narrationem

reáfigend

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Ðǽm reáfende exspolianti, Mt. p. 14, 17. Add

át-síc

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-In ðæt átsíc, C. D. iii. 382, 15

Linked entry: síc

tó-berstung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-berstung, e; f.

Bursting

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Bursting Ðæs geswelles tóberstung, Lchdm. ii. 198, 10

be-lǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lǽwan, p. -lǽwde; pp. -lǽwed; v. a.

To bewray ⬩ betray ⬩ tradere ⬩ prodere

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To bewray, betray; tradere, prodere Ðæt he hyne wolde belǽwan ut traderet eum Mt. Bos. 26, 15, 16. Heó hine belǽwde she betrayed him Jud. 16, 21. Ðæt Iohannes belǽwed wæs quod Ioannes traditus esset Mt. Bos. 4, 12

Linked entries: lǽwan be-lǽwing

ge-dícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dícian, p. ode; pp. od.

To make a dike or mound ⬩ vallum facere

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To make a dike or mound; vallum facere Eardædon Bryttas binnan ðam díce, ðe we gemynegodon ðæt Severus hét þwyrs ofer ðæt eálond gedícian kabitabant Brittones intra vallum, quod Severum trans insulam fecisse commemoravimus, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480

þríst-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
þríst-hycgende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Thinking or intending boldly ⬩ firm of purpose ⬩ having bold resolve

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Thinking or intending boldly, firm of purpose, having bold resolve Ðú geþóhtest þrísthycgende, ðæt ðú ðínne mægðhád Meotude sealdes bútan synnum, Exon. Th. 18, 24; Cri. 288. On þeóde geþeón, ðæt hé wese þrísthycgende, 336, 17; Gn. Ex. 50

weorold-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-friþ, es; n.
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Cf. cyric-friþ Ðæt woroldfrið stande betweox Æðelréde cynge and eallum his leódscipe, and eallum ðam here ðe se cyng ðæt feoh sealde, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 9

ofer-wlenced

(adj.; part.)

possessed of superabundant means, very opulent

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possessed of superabundant means, very opulent Hié andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc swá hié wǽron responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Ic ðec ofer eorþan geworhte, on ðære ðú scealt yrmþum lifgan and to ðære ilcan scealt eft geweorþan I made thee on earth, on which thou shalt live in misery and shalt become the same again, Exon. 16 b; Th. 39, 12-19; Cri. 621-624: 38 a; Th. 125, 10; Gú

Linked entries: eord eorþ

ádl

(n.)
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Hé gehǽlde ðone cnapan fram ðǽre mycelan ádle (hreófan ádle, l. 7) morbo elephantino, Gr. D. 157, 1. Ádle and wóle luem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 3. Hé ðæt ádl gestilde, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 11. Ádla clades, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 33. Ádle valitudines, 81, 54.

Ácan-tún

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Ácan-tún, es; m. [ácan = ácum. pl. d. of ác an oak, tun a town]

Acton, Suffolk

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Acton, Suffolk Ðæt hit cymþ to Ácantúne; fram Ácantúne [MS. Ácyn-túne] ðæt hit cymþ to Rigindúne till it comes to Acton; from Acton till it comes to Rigdon, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972 ; 525, 22-24

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