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weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491. implying abundance, to swarm, exist in large numbers Him weóllon maðan geond ealne ðone líchaman, Homl.

Linked entry: for-weallen

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Nú syndon hit þás dagas swá swá hit hér on segð. Se forma dæg on Martio . . . On Februaruis mónðe se .iiii. dæg . . . Wé gesetton on foreweardan þissere endebyrdnesse Martius, Lch. iii. 152, 8-31.

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Swá sceal mǽg dón, nealles inwitnet óðrum bregdan, Beo. Th. 4340; B. 2167 : 4365; B. 2179. Hé spræc þurh feóndscipe, nalles hé hié freme lǽrde, Cd. Th. 38, 22; Gen. 610 : 14, 2; Gen. 212.

Linked entry: nalas

un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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Ðǽm wǽre máre þearf ðe ða óþre unscyldige yfelaþ, ðæt mon bǽde ðæt him mon dyde swá micel wíte swá hí ðám óþrum unscyldegum dydon, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 30: Met. 4, 36. Hí unscyldige scotian þenceaþ ut sagittent immaculatum, Ps. Th. 63, 3.

beón

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Swá beóð (biðon, L. erunf) þá fyrmestan ýtemeste . . . manega synt (sunt) geclypede, Mt. 20, 16

ge-hergian

(v.)
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Hí námon menn and swá hwæt swá hí findan mihtan, and gewendon him tó Baldewines land, and sealdon þǽr þet hí gehergod hæfdon, Chr. 1046; P. 167, I. Ealle þá men þe hié geher-gead hæfden Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13.

ge-séman

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H. 183, 13. (2 a) of legal decision :-- Se cyning bæd and hét ꝥ hí scioldon Wynflǽde and Leófwine swá rihtlíce geséman swá him ǽfre rihtlícost þúhte ( the case between Wynflæd and Leofwine was to be settled with absolute justice), Cht.

niþþas

(n.)
Grammar
niþþas, niþas; pl. m. (a poetical word used only in the plural)

Men

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Hé is niþum swǽs, is ðín milde mód ofer manna bearn, Ps. Th. 99, 4. Neáh is Drihten niþum eallum ðe hine mid sóþe hige séceaþ prope est Dominus omnibus invocantibus eum in veritate, 144, 19. Ðú eart mihtum swíð niþas tó nergenne, Cd.

Linked entry: niþ

ge-reccan

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Swá mihtigne swá wé hine gereahtne habbað eum potentissimum concessimus, 35, 4; S. 98, 16. Untweólicere ealdorlicnesse is geséþed ł gereht indubitata auctoritate asstipulatur, i. creditur, An.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Swá swá wé sigon ǽr on ðæt unáliéfede óþ ðæt wé áfeóllon qui per illicita defluendo cecidimus, Past. 54, 5 ; Swt. 425, 15. Ðonne áginþ hé sylf sígan oððe áfylþ inclinavit se et cadet, Ps. Th. 9, 30. Forlǽte heteníþa gehwone sígan, Exon.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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Swá hý hine trymedon, 110, 7; Gú. 104. Bégen gebróþru beornas trymedon, wordon bǽdon, Byrht. Th. 140, 49; By. 305. Ðíne láreówas, ða ðec tó góde trymmen, Exon. Th. 301, 4; Fa. 14. Lǽran sceal mon geongne monnan, trymman and tyhtan, 336, 10; Gn.

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Swá hwæt swá gé biddað æt mínum Fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 34. Hí bǽdon lǽfe æt mé, Guth. 62, 13. Uton biddan leóht æt úrum Drihtne, Hml. Th. i. 158, 26. with clause Hé bæd æt Gode þæt hé móste fandian Ióbes, Hml.

ge-wit

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Ǽlc wiste his gewit swá swá hé ǽr wiste; ꝥ gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for þám ermþum ðe hí drógan sola mens stabilis, super monstra, quae patitur, gemit, 38, 1; F. 196, 6. Ic gehére þæt mín gewit is ǽce.

gleáw

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Swá swá þá gleáwestan desertissimi, Wrt.

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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Ðeáhhwæðere nis nán ðæra þreora seó sáwul, ac seó sáwul þurh ðæt gemynd gemanþ, þurh ðæt andgit heó understent, þurh ðone willan heó wile swá hwæt swá hire lícaþ, 288, 15-30.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden

of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start to fly, wheel, springof the movement of living thingsof inanimate thingsof abstract subjectsof twistingrolling movementof living thingsof inanimate thingsto waverto twistrollto brandishwaveto twist, plait, weaveto twist, give a curved form to

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swá wurm he writhed like a serpent, Homl.

Linked entry: winde

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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swá his yldran hit ǽr gesetton and gefreódon, wǽre ðǽr máre landes, wǽre ðǽr læsse . . .

nama

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swá Adam hit gecígde, swá ys hys nama, Gen. 2, 19.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ǽr ðám tíman næs ǽfre ǽnig mann swá mǽre, ꝥ hé on án ne sceolde tó helle swá hé forðfaren wæs, Wlfst. 16, 14. Ðá gesægdon Rómáne on án ( at once) Bryttum, Bd. 1. 12; Sch. 33, 15. On þreó genamod, C.

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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> Gif he cyfesan hæbbe, and náne riht ǽwe, he áh ðæs to dónne swá him geþincþ; wíte he ðeáh ðæt he beó on ánre gehealden, beó hit cyfes, beó hit ǽwe si concubinam habeat, et nullam legitimam uxorem, erit ei proinde quod ipsi videbitur faciendum; sciat