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wirn

(n.)
Grammar
wirn, e; f.

A hindranceobstacledifficulty

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Ben. 96, 7. Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall . . . ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó the fire will go everywhere . . . and no one will be able to hinder it, Wulfst. 138, 7

Linked entry: wyrn

á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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Add: to live, to have life, not be inanimate Wiðsac ðú þíne godas þe synd stǽnene, and gebide þé tó þínum Scyppende þe sóðlíce áleofað, Hml.

Linked entry: á-lifian

swégan

Grammar
swégan, <b>. I b</b> 1.
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<b>II a.</b> where the words of a passage are given, to be expressed in such and such words :-- ꝥ sárlice leóð þe þús swégð on þám sealme, 'Transivi et ecce non erat (Ps. 37, 35),' Angl. viii. 332, 38

gærs-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-irþ, e; f.

Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage

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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe.

Linked entries: irþ gærs-yrþ

hǽtu

(n.)
Grammar
hǽtu, hǽto; indecl; f.

Heatæstus, fervor

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Þýstro and hǽto darkness and heat, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 6; Gen. 389 : Bt. Met. Fox 20,146; Met. 20, 73. Hǽto æstus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 12.

Linked entry: hǽte

hatung

(n.)
Grammar
hatung, e; f.

Hating, hate, hatredæmulatio

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Hé becom on hatunga his herges he came to be hated by his army, Blickl. Homl. 193, 2. Bánu sume handlian hatunge getácnaþ to handle bones betokens hate, Lchdm. iii. 208, 24

ge-þrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrǽstan, p. -þrǽste; pp. -þrǽst

To twisthurttormentafflictcontĕrĕreafflīgere

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Weorþen hí swá geþrǽste mid hungre ðæt hi eton swýnen flǽsc may they be so tormented with hunger as to eat swine flesh, Ps. Th. 16, 14. On ðám dagum ðe ic geþrǽsted wæs in die afflictionis meæ, 17, 19.

Linked entry: ge-þréstan

fruma

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,' Bl. H. 7, 20. <b>II a.</b> of a person, source, author :-- Sé sé ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðǽre tówesnesse (caput jurgiorum ), Past. 279, 13. Dryhten, þú ús álésdest from deáþes fruman, Bl. H. 89, 32

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Skt. 2, 8. in a bad sense, to watch, be on the watch to injure Wacaþ se ealda, Fragm. Kmbl. 61; Leás. 32. (v. Blickl. Homl. 227, 7) wacian

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Nis him blód tó lǽtanne ac má hira man sceal tilian mid wyrtdrencum he is not to be let blood, but rather the symptoms are to be treated with drinks made from herbs, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 16. Hé ðone ná eft ne wyrge, ac hine má bletsige, L.

ge-hwilc

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Th. i. 58, 6. ¶ of every kind :-- Be gehwelces ceápes ángelde. Ll. Th. i. 138, 9. Hé sceal beón, swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæð (beóceorl sceal geara beón on manegum weorcum, 3), oftrǽde tó gehwilcon weorce, Ll. Th. i. 436, 18.

wǽdlian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽdlian, p. ode.

to be poorindigentneedyin wantto be in want of somethingto lacknot to have enoughto beg

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Beóð welige hwílwendlíce, ðæt gé écelíce wǽdlion, Homl. Th. i. 64, 16.

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum tídum tó middanearde cómon, Hml. S. 5, 275.

a-súcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-súcan, -súgan; p. -seác, -seág, pl. -sucon, -sugon; pp. -socen, -sogen

To sucksugere

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Sina beóþ asocene [Exon. asogene] the sinews shall be sucked, Soul Kmbl. 217; Exon. 99 b ; Th. 373, 19; Seel. 111

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eáster-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-ǽfen, eástor-ǽfen, es; m.

Easter-even dies ante festum paschæ

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Easter-even; dies ante festum paschæ Ðys sceal on eáster-ǽfen this [gospel] must be on easter-even, Rubc. Mt. Bos. 28, 1; notes, p. 577, 28, I a

Linked entry: eástor-ǽfen

fífel-dór

(n.)
Grammar
fífel-dór, es; n.

Monster or terror-doormonstrōrum mărīnōrum porta

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Monster or terror-door, the river Eider, the boundary between Holstein and Schleswig; monstrōrum mărīnōrum porta fífeldóre by the monster-door, Exon. 85a; Th. 321, 8; Wíd. 43

fóre-stihtung

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtung, e; f.

A fore-appointmentprædestĭnātiodispensātio

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A fore-appointment; prædestĭnātio, dispensātio Mid fórestihtunge ðære godcundan árfæstnesse by the dispensation of the divine mercy, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, note 42: Homl. Th. ii. 364, 29

full-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
full-cúþ, adj.

Full knownwell knownbĕne nōtus

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Full known, well known; bĕne nōtus On cyninga bócum ys fullcúþ be ðám in the books of the kings it is well known about them, Jud. Thw. 161, 20

Linked entry: cúþ

léf

(n.)
Grammar
léf, es; n.

Hurtdamageinjury

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Hurt, damage, injury Ðeore feórþan niht gif wind byþ léf byþ litel if there is wind on the fourth night, the damage will be little, Lchdm. iii. 164, 17

ge-dreóh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóh, adj.

Sober

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Sober We lǽraþ ðæt man, æt ciric-wæccan, swíðe gedreóh sí we teach that man, at the church wakes, be very sober, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12