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hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer

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Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép there were for sale oxen and sheep, Homl. Th. i. 406, 18. Hwílum hý him ráredon on swá hrýðro sometimes they bellowed at him like oxen, Shrn. 141, 10. Gif hrýðera steorfan if cattle are dying, Lchdm. iii. 54, 31.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Hwæðer cweþe wé ðe úre ðe ðæra engla shall we say ours or the angels? Homl. Th. i. 220, 20. Cwyst ðú hwæðer ic hyt sí numquid ego sum? Mt.

lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
lúcan, p. leác, pl. lucon; pp. locen

To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock

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, Cd. 220; Th. 283, 5; Sat. 300. Sincgim locen the jewel fastened in its setting, Elen. Kmbl. 528; El. 264.

Linked entry: lýcþ

nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
nacod, næcad ; adj.

naked ⬩ bare ⬩ nudus ⬩ without clothing ⬩ unsaddled ⬩ bare-backed ⬩ naked ⬩ unsheathed ⬩ bare ⬩ destitute ⬩ stripped of property ⬩ not accompanied by deeds

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Ðá sæt ðǽr sum þearfa nacod, bæd him hrægles, Blickl. Homl. 213, 33 : Cd. Th. 255, 32; Dan. 633. Ic wæs nacod and gé mé scrýddon, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 36 : Cd. Th. 207, 29; Exod. 474. Gif ðú earm gewurðe, geþenc ðú ðæt ðín móder ðé nacodne gebær, Prov.

tó-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-berstan, p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten.
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Sax. te-brestan : O. H. Ger. zar-brestan crepare. discrepare : Ger. zer-bersten

Linked entry: bersting

Weogorna-ceaster

Grammar
Weogorna-ceaster, Weogora-ceaster, e; f.
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Kmbl. iv. 161, 25, and the Latin adjective forms, which shew the same variety, e. g. Weogernensis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 99, 29: Wiornocensis, iii. 366, 26: Wigorcestrensis, i. 167, 18 : Wigorcensis, v. 142, 16

wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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Th. 290, 6; Sat. 411

Linked entries: unc witt

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.
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Is sǽd ðæt wylle (án welle, v. l.) (fons ) áweólle, seó wæter geóteþ, 5, lo ; S. 625, 23. Lífes wylle (waelle, Ps. Surt.) fons vitae Ps. Th. 35, 9: Basil admn. 4; Hex. 42, 16. Ealle ða námon Ændor wylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme, Ps. Th. 82, 8.

wund

(adj.)
Grammar
wund, adj.

Wounded

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Se wyrm swefeþ sáre wund, Beo. Th. 5485; B. 2746: Apstls. Kmbl. 121; Ap. 61. Gewát him wund hæleð gangan, Fins. Th. 86; Fin. 43. Geddung ðæs wundes parabolam vulnerati, Lk. Skt. p. 6, 19. Wundum dryhtne, heaðosiócum, Beo.

á-bǽdan

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the passage seems corrupt), Sal. 478

gár

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Mé on beáme beornas sticedon gárum, Sat. 511. either or Daroð sceal on handa, gár golde fáh, Gn. C. 22. Sceal gár wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gáras stódon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǽg, B. 328.

ge-hál

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S. 31, 568. safe Sé ðe gehálne ( salvum ) gedó, Ps. Spl. 7, 2

ge-mang

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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Nalles ná ðæt án ðæt hé gód doo gemang (-mong, v.l. ) óðrum monnum, Past. 81, 22. of the relation of a thing to others in the same nominal or logical group Gemong þǽm óþrum monegum wundrum inter multa prodigia, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 5. of the relation of

ge-nip

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Tír á byð on færelde ofer nihta genipu, Rún. 17. (1 a) of the darkness to which the sun seems to sink Færeð sunne in þæt wonne genip under waetra geþring, Sch. 79. of a place without light In þissum neowlan genipe ( Hell ), Sat. 102.

wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
wealdan, p. weóld, pl. weóldon; pp. wealden
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Wé ðé magon sélre gelǽran, ǽr ðú gúðe fremme, weald hú ðé sǽle ( decide thou how it shall happen to thee ) æt ðam gegnslege, Andr.

Linked entries: án-waldan wealdian

smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes ; n.
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Unsilt smeoro saevo, 119, 45. Smero sevo (in a list 'de igne'), i. 284, 27. Unámaelte smeoruwe pice, saevo, ii. 117, 28. Smerwe sevo, 80, 45. Smeruwe, Hpt. Gl. 503, 18.

Linked entries: smera smeru

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Hé him helle gesceóp wælcealde wíc, Salm. Kmbl. 937; Sal. 468. Ic him selle on mínum húse and binnan mínum wealle wíc ( locum ), Past. 52; Swt. 407, 35. Hé him synderlíce wíc getimbrede ipse sibi monasterium construxit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 30.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dafenian, -dafnian, -dæfnia; p. ode; pp. od

To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet

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Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton it befits teachers that they salt the minds of believing men with the salt of wisdom, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 16 : L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 32. Me gedæfnaþ me oportet, Jn. Skt.

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen
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To speak, speak with, agree; sometimes takes an accusative of the person spoken to Gif ðú him wuht hearmes gesprǽce if thou hast said to him aught injurious, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 24; Gen. 661.

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f? es; n?

Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal ⬩ lis, rixa, seditio

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Folcslíte vel ǽswícung, sacu, ceást seditio, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 39; Wrt. Voc. 21, 30

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