ge-windan
To twist ⬩ weave ⬩ bend ⬩ wind ⬩ torquĕre ⬩ plectere ⬩ implĭcāre ⬩ To go ⬩ turn ⬩ turn about ⬩ revolve ⬩ roll ⬩ se vertĕre ⬩ volvĕre
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Ne hafu ic in heáfde hwíte loccas, wrǽste gewundne I have not white locks on my head, delicately wound, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 30; Rä. 41, 99. v. intrans.
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Ðes and ðeós láteów oððe heretoga hic et hæc dux, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 9: Wrt. Voc. 72, 60. Drihten ðe eówer láteów ys dominus qui ductor est vester, Deut. 31, 8.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Heó áhredde ða húþe, and tó hám bedrǽf wreccan (the hapless wight?) ofer willan. Exon. Th. 413, 6 ; Rä. 30, 10. Wræccena reáflác is on heora hainum (rapinapauperis in domo vestra, Is. 3, 14), Wulfst. 45, 18
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Hád tó hebban(hát tó hebbanne, Cd. Th. 236, 14; Dan. 321),187, 27; Az. 37. Him sélle þynceþ leahtras tó fremman, 266, 34; Jul. 408. Ne bisorgaþ hé synne tó fremman, 95, 13; Cri. 1556. Ðá ongan hé tó cweðan coepit dicere, Mk. Skt. 13, 5.
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lofung
Praising ⬩ appraising
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The kingdom of heaven was allowed to these brothers for their net and ship, and to the rich Zacheus for half his possessions, and to a certain widow for a farthing, and to a certain man for a drink of water, Homl. Th. i. 580, 21-26.
stǽr
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A history; historia Tó eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes tó rǽdanne omnes ad quos haec eadem historia pervenire poterit nostrae nationis legentes, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 33. Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ...
æx
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Srt. 73, 5. v. blód-, brád-, brádlást-, hand-, stán-, tapor-æx. Add
be-héfe
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Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15. Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii. 335, 2: 303, 26. Drihtne bihoefe is Domino necessarius est, Mk. R. II, 3. Sýn gehwám behéfe þing (necessaria) gesealde, R. Ben. 57, 17: 132, 4.
blæc
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Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr hwít oððe blacc, Hml. Th. i. 482, 20. Blace berian flavia vel mori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 67. Blaco pulla, 118, 46. Þá blacan, 87, 62. Him wǽron þá nebb and þá cleá ealle blace rostro pedibusque nigris, Nar. 16, 16.
Pater-noster
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The Lord's Prayer Se Paternoster hé mæg ána ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand . . . geðýn, Sal. K. 150, 32. Se gepalmtwigeda Paternoster, Sal. 12. Þæt gepalmtwigede Paternoster, 39. Húlic is ðæs Paternosters seó wlitige heorte?
wearr
A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity
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A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity Wear callus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 12. War. i. 291, 8. Wær callositas, Hpt. Gl. 490, 33. Ða wearras and ða swylas ðe beóð on mannes handum oððe on óðrum limum, Lchdm. i. 356, 16.
ge-swel
A swelling ⬩ tumour ⬩ tŭmor
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A swelling, tumour; tŭmor Wið ǽlcum heardum swile oððe geswelle for every hard tumour or swelling, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 70, 20: Herb. 86, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 20: 90, 1; Lchdm. i. 194, 19: 109, 3; Lchdm. i. 222, 14.
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sworettung
A deep drawing of the breath. ⬩ as a sign of trouble, a sigh ⬩ breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 201. breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting Wið nearwre sworetunge, Lchdm. i. 340, 11. Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13.
searwian
To act with craft or treachery ⬩ to feign
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If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal, let him make 'bót,' L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10. Sine searwade treasure played the traitor (left its possessor (?)), Exon.
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burne
Running water, a stream, brook, river ⬩ torrens, rivus
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Abene ðíne hand ofer ealle ódas, ge ofer burnan, ge ofer meras, and ofer ealle wæter-pyttas extends manum tuam super omnes fluvios, et rivos, ac paludes, et omnes lacus aquarum. Ex. 7, 19.
batian
to get better
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Grasu . . . sumu neát batigað fore, sumu cuelað herbae, quae haec animalia nutriunt, alia occidunt, Past. 173, 20
ge-win
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Hafa þú æt þínum gewinne þæt þú mæge get what you can from your labour, Wlfst. 259, 24. Gé geseóþ nú mínra gewinna wæstm gefullian, Bl. H. 191, 23.
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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the church which he had formerly wrought, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 22-30: Chr. 626; Erl. 23, 40; 25, 2: Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 23, 27: 2, 14; S. 518, 18: 2, 16; S. 519, 22.
geond
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(cc) a room, hall, &c. :-- Ealle geond windsele, Sat. 386. Geond þæt síde sel throughout the spacious hall, An. 763. Hringdene geond þæt sæld swǽfon they slept all about the hall, B. 1280.
teón
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Seó tó hám týhþ, Exon. Th. 416, 26; Rä. 35, 4. Hé ne mihte ongemong óþrum mannum bión, ac teáh tó wuda, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 7. Hí tugon forð they went on their way, Homl. Th. i. 246, 11: ii. 490, 1. Fela hám tugon, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 23.