un-gewemmed
unspotted ⬩ immaculate ⬩ uncorrupted ⬩ uninjured ⬩ undefiled ⬩ unstained ⬩ inviolate ⬩ immaculate
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On ungewemmedum mægðháde, Homl. Th. i. 58, 8. Hé his wíf him betǽhte ungewemmed, Gen. 20, 14. uncertain Ungeuuemmid infractus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 36
Linked entry: ge-wemman
wicca
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Hi áxoden æt wyccum and æt wísum drýum, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 108. Ða fǽnman ðe gewuniaþ onfón wiccan, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 52, 10. Ne áxa náne wicca[n] rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat nec divinos, Deut. 18, 11
wirsian
To get worse
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Hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste, gif his hreófla wyrsigende wǽre, Homl. Th. i. 124, 26. Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien, O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26. Þe wunde þet euer wurseð, A. R. 326, 23.
wilige
A basket
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Skt. 8, 8 : Homl. Th. i. 182, 22. Wylian, ii. 396, 6: Jn. . Skt. 6, 13
of-hreówan
to cause grief or pity ⬩ to feel pity
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Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.
on-bídan
to abide, wait, remain ⬩ to wait for, expect, ⬩ to wait on, attend upon
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Homl. 233, 30, 27. to wait on, attend upon Onbídendum prestulanti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 58
smiðian
To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge ⬩ fabricare, cudere
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Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16. Smiðian on smǽtum golde ánre culiran an-lícnysse Homl. Skt. i. 3, 126. Smeoðed fabricata Hpt.
ge-sigefæstan
To make triumphant ⬩ crown ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ cŏrōnāre
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Homl. 67, 14
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æt-berstan
To break out or loose ⬩ to escape ⬩ get away ⬩ erumpere ⬩ evadere
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To break out or loose, to escape, get away; erumpere, evadere Ða ælbærst him sum man evosit homo quidam, Gen. 14, 13. Ða fíf cyningas ætburstop fugerunt enim quinque reges, Jos. 10, 16. Ðæt he ðanon ætberste that he escape thence, L. C.
Linked entries: æt-byrst at-berstan
Beofer-lic
BEVERLEY ⬩ Yorkshire ⬩ Beverlea in agro Eboracensi
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D. 721, the holy bishop John died, and his body resteth at Beverley Chr. 721; Erl. 45, 25; Th. 73, 15, col. 2; Beoforlic, col. 1
Linked entry: Befor-leág
deágung
A dyeing, colouring ⬩ tinctūra
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Ne mihte nán eorþlíc cyning swá wlítige deágunge his hræglum begytan swá swá róse hæfþ no earthly king could get such beautiful dyeing for his garments as the rose has, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 10
eórod
A band, legion, troop ⬩ turma, légio
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A band, legion, troop; turma, légio Wíse men tealdon án eórod to six þúsendum, and twelf eórod sind twá and hundseofontig þúsend wise men have reckoned a legion at six thousand, and twelve legions are seventy-two thousand, Homl.
esn-líce
Manfully, valiantly ⬩ vĭrīlĭter
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Hopa nú to Drihtne, and dó esnlíce expecta Dŏmĭnum, et vĭrīlĭter ăge, Ps. Th. 26, 16: 30, 28
Linked entry: esne
folc-truma
A host of people ⬩ people ⬩ pŏpŭli cohors ⬩ pŏpŭlus
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A host of people, people; pŏpŭli cohors, pŏpŭlus Cweðe eall folctruma, sý ðæt, sý ðæt oððe beó hit swá dīcet omnis pŏpŭlus, fiat, fiat, Ps. Lamb. 105, 48. Folctruman andettaþ ðé pŏpŭli confĭtēbuntur tĭbi, 44, 18.
Linked entry: truma
for-ðí
For that cause ⬩ consequently ⬩ wherefore ⬩ quamobrem ⬩ proptĕrea ⬩ quapropter ⬩ ĭdeo ⬩ idcirco
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Lamb. 77, 21: Homl. Th. ii. 288, 22, 25
frig-man
A freeman ⬩ hŏmo līber
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A freeman; hŏmo līber Gif frigman freólsdæge wyrce if a freeman work on a festival-day, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 12, note 28: 47; Th. i. 402, 21. Gif frigman fréum stelþ if a freeman steal from a freeman, L. Ethb. 9; Th. i. 6, 2
hridder
A sieve
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Benedictus genam ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores ... hí ðæt hridder up áhéngon æt heora cyrcan geate, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 16-24
in-cniht
domestic servant
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Se hláford gegaderode micele menigu his incnihta the master gathered together a great many of his household servants, Homl. Th. i. 502, 13
Linked entry: in-cnapa
lús
A louse
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Hé áfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lúsum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 21
mǽg-líc
Belonging to kinsmen
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Belonging to kinsmen Hé hine lufode ná swá micclum for ðære mǽglícan sibbe he loved him, not so much because they were relations, Homl. Th. i. 58, 4.