wíg-gár
A lance
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Cf. wíg-spere
cwyddian
To speak, say ⬩ dicere
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To speak, say ; dicere Ðæt me oferhydige ǽfre ne mótan hearm cwyddian that the proud may never speak evil of me, Ps. Th. 118, 122. Crist hí befran hú men cwyddodon be him Christ asked them how men spake concerning him, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 31
ymb-sprecan
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to speak about something Alle yfle ymbsprécon omnes murmurabant Lk. Skt. 19, 7
Hebréisc
Hebrew
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Hebrew On Hebréisc specan to speak in Hebrew, Nicod 4; Thw. 2, 28
heáh-mægen
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an exalted virtue, one of the three theolological virtues: — Nú synd ðreó heáhmægnu ðe menn sceolan habban, Fides, Spes, Caritas, Hml.
æsc-berende
Spear-bearing ⬩ hastam gerens
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Spear-bearing; hastam gerens Wígena æscbe-rendra of warriors bearing spears, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 7; Gen. 2041
wordian
To speak
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To speak Wurdiaþ (but changed to wurdliaþ) rhetoricamttr, loquimur, Hpt. Gl. 527, 58. Wordiende concionandi, loquentes, 461, 36
Linked entry: wurdian
fleah
A white spot in the eye ⬩ albūgo
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it, if the white speck spreads all over it, then he cannot see anything, Past. 11, 4; Hat.
hwíl-wende
Temporary
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Ðæt hí gelýfon tó geágenne ða écan welan, ða ðe for his naman ða hwílwendan spéda forhogiaþ, i. 64, 20
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eald-cwén
An old wife, an old crone ⬩ vĕtŭla
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An old wife, an old crone; vĕtŭla Ealdra cwéna spell vĕtŭlārum fābŭla, R. 100
weg-twislung
The forking of a road
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The forking of a road Wegtwislung (spelt -twiflung) diverticulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 6
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deoreþ-sceaft
A dart-shaft, a spear ⬩ hasta
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A dart-shaft, a spear ; hasta Under deoreþsceaftum amid the dart-shafts, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 23; Gen. 1984
Linked entry: sceaft
scot-lira
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Cf. spear-lira
æsc-tír
Spear-glory ⬩ glory in war ⬩ hastæ gloria ⬩ belli gloria
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Spear-glory, glory in war; hastæ gloria, belli gloria, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 27; Gen. 2069
Linked entry: tír
gafeluc
A spear ⬩ javelin ⬩ hastīle
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A spear, javelin; hastīle Gafelucas hastīlia, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 54; Wrt. Voc. 35, 41
yfel-cwedolian
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to speak ill of, curse Bletsigende . . . yfelcwedelginde benedicentes. . . maledicentes , Ps. Rdr. 36, 22. Cf. wearg-cwedolian
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn. Ex. 66. Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc, 88 a; Th. 330, 26; Vy. 57.
múþ-freó
At liberty to speak
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At liberty to speak Hwí ne synt wé múþfreó ? hú ne móton wé sprecan ðæt wé willaþ, Ps. Th. 11, 4
un-hirwan
to speak very ill of ⬩ calumniate
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to speak very ill of, calumniate MS. C.), Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe (unhyrwe, Wulfst. 70, 15
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ge-dreógan
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L. 9, 20. to live through, spend time, life, &c. [v. N. E. D. dree, 5.] Wisse hé gearwe þæt hé dæghwíla gedrogen hæfde, eorðan wynne, B. 2726