weax-sealf
A salve made of wax
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Weaxsealf wiþ wyrme; weaxsealf; butere, pipor, hwít sealt, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 124, 11
Linked entry: weaxhláf-sealf
on-tíned
well-supplied
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Gif ðí .x. dæge sunne scýneþ, ðonne byþ sé and ealle æá mid fixum ontíned, Lchdm. iii. 166, 13
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ge-tihtan
To incite ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade
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To incite, urge, persuade Ic getihte hundas míne instigo canes meos, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 15. Getiht suasum, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 53. Getiht instigatus, præmonitus, compunctus, Hpt. Gl. 420
spiwol
Emetic, causing vomiting
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Mid wyrtdrencum útyrnendum oþþe spiwlum oþþe migolum, 82, 17. ¨
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wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Ic Íne . . . mid eallum mínum ealdormonnum and ðǽm ieldstan witum mínre þeóde and eác micelre gesomnunge Godes þeówa wæs smeágende be ðære hǽlo úrra sáwla and be ðam staðole úres ríces, L. In. proem.; Th. i. 102, 6.
a-ídlian
To make useless ⬩ vain ⬩ to empty ⬩ annul ⬩ profane ⬩ irritum facere ⬩ frustrari ⬩ exinanire ⬩ cassare ⬩ profanare
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He a-ídlode mín wedd pactum meum irritum fecit, Gen. 17, 14. Þræst his nys a-ídlude fæx ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Spl. 74, 8. Seó untrumnys byþ a-ídlud the infirmity will be annulled, Herb. 121, 2; Lchdm, i. 234, 8.
Linked entry: a-ýdlian
clǽne
CLEAN, entirely ⬩ penitus, omnino
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Ðæt mín cynn clǽne [MS. clane] gewíte that my race be clean gone, Cod. Dipl. 235; A. D. 835; Kmbl. i. 311, 16. Cléne entirely, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 14; Sat. 7
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mægen-spéd
Abundance of strength ⬩ strength ⬩ power ⬩ virtue
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Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam, Ps. Th. 70, 14
níd-þearf
Necessary ⬩ needful
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Necessary, needful Ys cræft mín behéfe þearle eów and neódþearf est ars mea utilis valde vobis et necessaria, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 29, 17. Is eallum mannum nédþearf and nytlíc ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25.
be-wreón
To cover, cover over, protect, clothe ⬩ tegere, contegere, operire, protegere, velare
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Mid mínum bysmre ic eom bewrogen confusio vultus mei operuit me, Ps. Th. 43, 17. Ðú bewruge me fram gemétinge awyrgedra protexisti me a conventu malignantium, Ps. Spl. 63, 2. He hí wolcne bewreáh he protected them with a cloud, Ps. Th, 104, 34.
or-gete
To be perceived, manifest
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Is seó wyrd mid eów open orgete, 1517; An. 760. Andrea orgete wearþ folces gebǽro, 3137; An. 1571. Ic eów secgan mæg sóþ orgete, 1702 ; An. 853. Ðú meaht geseón orgete on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 17 ; Cri. 1458
hege
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Ne læg ælðeódig man wiðútan mínum hegum, ac mín dura geopenode symle wegférendum foris non mansit peregrinus, ostium meum viatori patuit (Job. 31, 32), Hml. Th. ii. 448, 22. 'Far geond wegas and hegas' . . .
hweorfan
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Voc. ii. 83, 74. (1 a) fig. of non-material objects :-- Mín hyge hweorfeð ofer hreðer locan, mín módsefa. . . hweorfeð wíde, Seef. 58-60. where the point to or from which motion is directed is marked. of living creatures Hwiðer hweorfað wé ( whither
leóht
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Mid beorhtum leóhte luce serena, An. Ox. 3324. Mid his þǽm scínendan leóhte, Bl. H. 85, 9. light residing in or emanating from a luminary Þæs blácernes leóht næs gesýne, Vis. Lfc. 55. Se móna mid his blácan leóhte, Bt. 4; F. 6, 35.
ge-scot
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Ge mid scotum (gesceotum, v.l.), ge mid stána torfungum, ge mid eallum heora wígcræftum, 3, 9; S. 134, 15. <b>II a.</b> rapid movement of a missile, flight of an arrow :-- Þá wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceote on heora fínd, Jud.
ǽr-dæg
early day ⬩ early morn ⬩ matutinum ⬩ mane ⬩ prima lux ⬩ Early days ⬩ former days ⬩ dies prisci
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early day, early morn; matutinum, mane, prima lux Mid ǽrdæge at early day, Andr. Kmbl. 440; An. 220: 3048; An. 1527: Cd. 121; Th. 155, 19; Gen. 2575. On uhtan mid ǽrdæge in the morning at early day, Beo. Th. 253; B. 126.
Linked entry: samod
druncnian
become drunk ⬩ inebriāri ⬩ to sink, ⬩ mergi
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Ðonne ða gebeóras druncniaþ when the guests are drunk, ii. 70, 27. to sink, drown; mergi Mid [MS. mið] ðý he ongann druncnian [MS. druncnia] cum cæpisset mergi, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 30
mattuc
A mattock ⬩ kind of pickaxe
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Ðonne hét hé hiene (the rock) mid fýre onhǽtan and siððan mid mattucun heáwan rupes igni ferroque rescindit, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 19. [Mattok bidens, Wrt. Voc. 234, 10:
sciccels
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Hé wæs mid horhgum scicelse bewǽfed, 13, 26. Hí scrýddon hyne mid weolcenreádum scyccelse ( clamys ), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28, 31. Geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð hine on twá, Blickl. Homl. 215, 6.
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fleax
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Hé hét bewindan heora handa and fét mid gesmyredum flexe, and fýr under bétan, Hml. S. 4, 393. Add