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wynsumian

(v.)
Grammar
wynsumian, p. ode

To rejoiceexultbe joyful

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To rejoice, exult, be joyful Ic fægnie and wynsumige and blissige exultabo et laetabor, Ps. Th. 30, 7. Wynsumaþ woesten exultet desertum, Rtl. 1, 17: Blickl. Homl. 7, 3: Wulfst. 254, 5. Ða eádigan ceasterwaran gefeóð and wynsumiaþ on lisse and on blisse

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be-stelan

to robto go secretlystealthilyto steal

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Dele translation of passage from Chronicle, and add: to rob Móde bestolene, Rä. 12, 6. Similar entries v.bi-stelan in Dict. to go secretly, stealthily, to steal, with reflexive pronoun Hé árás, and bestæl hine tó him and forcearf his mentles ǽnne læppan

cyne-scipe

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Dele 'honour,' and add: royal dignity Feala óðra cásera ríxodon on heora cynescipes wuldre and on heora anwealdes myrhþe, Hml S. 23, 350. Hí hine on cwearterne bescufon tó sceame his kynescipe, 18, 440. For his micclan cynescipe, Hml. A. 101, 300. Heó

ge-stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stihtian, ge-stihtan.
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Add: to decide, determine Gestihtigan decernere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 70. Ne cwaeft he hit ná gestihtiende ac þýwende (aoa jíecernendo, s'ed minando), Gr. D. 151, 7. to dispose, arrange, to arrange people He gestihte his werod swá him gewunelic wæs, Hml

ge-ceápian

(v.)
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Add: to purchase as a matter of business Þæt mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte ut duplicia, quam usque ad id fuerant, rerum uenalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13: S. 248, 2. Godríc begeat ꝥ land ... hé sealde his

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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Add: of persons, of military weapons Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, and hine ealne gewǽpnode, Hml. S. 25, 280. Swá gewépned wer quasi vir armatus, Kent. Gl. 139. On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, Homl. S. 25, 333. Myd seofen þúsend

hand-gewrit

(n.)
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[The reference for the last passage is Hml. Th. i. 448, 14.] handwriting, autograph, signature (cf. N. E. D. hand-writ) Sóðne geleáfan hé wæs andettende and mid his handgewrite ( cum subscriptione sua ) getrymede, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 667, 9. a document in

mylen

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Add: f. n. A water mill Ligð bænorðan ðám porte .xxxvi. æceras yrðlandes, and .x. æceras mǽde, and án mylen, C. D. v. 316, 1. Gif hit beón mæg swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod þæt ealle neád*-*behéfe þing þǽrbinnan wunien, þæt is wæterscype, mylen (

wacen

(n.)
Grammar
wacen, (-an, -on, -un), e; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnessa watchvigila watcha division of the nighta watchguarda rousingan incitement

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wakefulness, sleeplessness Ðone intingan ðínre unrótnisse and ðínre wacone (wæcene, Bd. M. 128, 23) tuae moestitiae et insomniorum causam, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41 a watch, vigil 'Wel ðú dést ðæt ðú nalæs ðé slǽpe forgeáfe, ac má woldest wæccan (weacenum

ǽ-lic

Grammar
ǽ-lic, (ǽw-).

of law, concerned with law, belonging to lawin accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate

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Add: of law, concerned with law, belonging to law Hé (John) wæs ǽgðer ge ǽlic ge godspellic, Hml. S. 16, 101. Ǽlice legalia (volumina), An. Ox. 4949. Tó ðám fíf ǽlicum bócum, Hml. Th. i. 188, 20: 98, 33: Hml. A. 24, 14. in accordance with law, fixed

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fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Add: physical Fýlþ putor, i. fetor, An. Ox. 3323: putredo, Scint. 38, 19. Of fýlþum and of fenne sordibus ac luto, Germ. 388, 12. Horslice fýlþu putidos (ergastuli) squaloris, An. Ox. 1790. figurative, moral impurity, foul practice Seó fúle fornicatio

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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to awake, cease to sleep Sóna ðæs ðe heó onwóc ubi vigilavit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11: 4, 31; S. 610, 37. Ðá of slǽpe onwóc, swefn wæs æt ende, eorþlíc æðeling, Cd. Th. 249, 2; Dan. 524. Se wyrm onwóc, Beo. Th. 4563; B. 2287. Ða men onwócan, and út urnon

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

forþmest

(adj.)
Grammar
forþmest, adj.

First

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First, of order in place or time Swelc in endebrednise forðmest ł ǽrest ( primus ) geseted is godspell ǽrest ł forðmest ( primus ) áwrát, Mt. p. 12, 8. Cuoæð ðǽm forðmesto (primo), Lk. L. 16, 5. Ðá forðmesto ( primi ) hlætmest and ðá hlætmesto forðmæsto

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á-þreótan

To make weary.alone

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Add: To make weary. used impersonally with acc. of person, alone Hwæðerne áþreóteð ǽr which will be tired out first, Sal. 428. with gen. of object of weariness Eów þæs lungre áþreát, El. 368. Áðreát ðá hiéremenn ryhtes lífes, Past. 129, 4. Hú micel

Linked entries: þreótan a-þreát

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed
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To need, suffer need Nú ðú ðæt swá openlíce ongiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nú náuht swíþe ymbe ðæt swincan, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 8. Úre ceaster is þearfende ... wé þoliaþ ðone heardestan hungor, Ap. Th. 9, 7. Ðú, þíne þearfende thou, needing food (? v. þigen

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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with dat. or with preps, of, fram) Ætbrǽt detorsit, Germ. 397, 368. with idea of deprivation God forgeaf ðá ǽhta, and God hí eft ætbrǽd, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 30. Drihten mancynne ætbrǽd wuldor, þæt hé him wuldor forgeáfe, i. 578, 15. with idea of spoliation

fram

away fromapart fromabsent fromfromalien frombybecause ofon account ofas a result ofofde

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Add: Grammar fram, with dat. denoting departure and marking point from which movement takes place Hér fór se here tó Lundenbyrig from Reádingum, Chr. 872; P. 72, 18. From (of, v.l. ) Lindesse, 874; P. 72, 24. Hér cuóm se here intó Escanceastre from (

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Dele in Dict. first two passages under <b>I,</b> and the fourth under (v. IV. below), and add: intrans. To strive, contend, fight Gewon conflixit, i. certavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 23. of hostile action against a person Guðlác ána gewon, Gú

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Add: trans. To turn. to give a certain direction to Hé áwende eów fram Drihtne, Deut. 13, 5. Hé áwende hine sylfne tó Gode, Chr. 1067;P. 201, 34. Hú se deófol tó mislicum synnum heora mód áwende, Hml. S, 10, 222. Uton áwendan úrne willan tó Gode, 28,

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HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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person; persona Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16. Cyninges naman hæfde and wæs ðæs hádes well wyrþe regis nomine ac persona dignissimus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 40, MS. B. Weorþian wé ða cláþas his hádes let