tó-nemnan
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Þonne ðá fíf þing ealle gegædorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ꝥ án þing biþ God; and hé biþ ánfeald un-tódǽled, þeáh hí ǽr on manig tónemned wǽre, Bt. 33, 2; F. 122, 19. Add
wíg-líc
Warlike ⬩ martial
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Warlike, martial Ðæt wæts wíglíc werod, Cd. Th. 192, 17; Exod. 233. Wíglíc bellica Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 42. Wíglíce tól instrumenta bellica Hpt. Gl. 424, 28. Wíglíce bellicosas 425, 7. Wépna wíglíce arma bellica, Hymn. Hure. 135, 23
teáh
a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)
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Gemétton hí áne teáge, seó wæs geinsæglod mid twám insæglum ... Man bær út ða teáge ... Ðá féng se portgeréfa tó ðære tége and hí sóna unhlidode, 23, 755-765.
ge-mæcca
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Voc. i. 50, 8. of a woman His fæder wæs on hǽítenscipe wunigende, and his gemæcca samod, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 26 : Hml. S. 3, 470. Ic eom Arcestrate þín gemæcca, Ap. Th. 25, 8.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Þ word wæs flǽsc geworden, Jn. 1, 14. Mín flǽsc on ðé getreóweð, Ps.
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Wæs þreálíc þing þeódum tóweard, réðe wíte, Cd. Th. 79, 30; Gen. 1319.
Linked entry: hréðe
swilce
in like manner, also, as well, too ⬩ so, in such manner, in a manner already described ⬩ as, like ⬩ as if ⬩ with words denoting measure, about
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Th. 6, 7; Cri. 80. as, like Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum ic wæs swelce hié, Past. 16; Swt. 100, 7. Ne beó gé swylce líceteras non eritis sicut hypocritae, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 5.
Linked entry: swálíce
eond-lýhtan
To shine through, enlighten ⬩ perlūmĭnāre, illūmĭnare
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Swylce gylden sunna wǽre ofer us ealle eondlýhte a golden sun as it were shone over us all, 24; Thw. 12, 23
magu-tudor
Offspring
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Offspring Ǽr ðý magotudre módor wǽre eácen be eorle, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 13; Gen. 2765. Ús ðis se æþeling gefremede . . monnes magutudre for us, the human race, the prince (Christ) did this, Exon. 17 a; Th. 39, 28; Cri. 629
West-Wealas
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Hér cuom micel sciphere on West-Walas (Wæst-Wealas, v. l. ), 835 ; Erl. 64, 24
ge-hygd
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Mé þinceþ ꝥ in þám gehig-dum þyses hálgan weres wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video unesse Gr. D. 130, 9. Add
ræfnan
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Tó þon ꝥ hé wǽre ræfnende þá gewin þæs ealdan feóndes antiqui hostis certamina toleraturus, 184, 28
wíg-smiþ
A war-smith ⬩ war-maker ⬩ warrior ⬩ a man
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Ic wígsmiðum sægde, ðæt Sarra mín sweostor wǽre, Cd. Th. 163, 24; Gen. 2703
nunne
A nun ⬩ a vestal
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Wæs on ðam sylfan mynstre sum hálig nunne erat in ipso monasterio quaedam sanctimonialis femina, Bd, 4, 23; S. 595, 36. Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne ( virgo vestalis ), Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 162, 31.
Linked entry: non
raðe
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Nán man hit náh tó geáhnianne raðost þinga ( at the earliest ), ǽr syx mónþum æfter ðam ðe hit forstolen wæs, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13. Swá ðæt cild raðost ǽnig þing specan mǽge as soon as ever the child can speak, Wulfst. 39, 8.
hwǽte
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Wæs hwǽtes wana tríticum deerat, Gr. D. 145, 9. Seó earc wæs hwǽtes full ( frumento plena ), 158, 14. Ꝥ hé him hwǽtes ( tritici ) gemet sylle, Lk. 12, 42. Hund mittena hwǽtes, 16, 7: Ap. Th. 10, 2. Hí þone hwǽte úp bǽron, 5.
ǽr
before a certain time or circumstance ⬩ before the proper time ⬩ ago
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Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36
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gærsum
treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures
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Hé hæfð geinnod ꝥ ǽr wæs geútod þurh Godes fultum ... and þurh his gærsuma, Cht.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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Hé wæs him onsittende ðæt hine sum man gecneówe, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 494
strǽt
a road ⬩ a road in a town, a street, a paved road
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Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30. On ða sealtstrǽt; andlang strǽt, 82, 26. Foldweg, cúþe strǽte, Beo. Th. 3272; B. 1634.
Linked entry: strét