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swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Embe ðis wé sprecaþ eft swídor we will say more about it later on, Lchdm. iii. 240, 1, 7. Ða bróþra óþra weorca swýðor gýmdon paid more attention to other works, Bd. 3, 8; ii. 532, 30.

Linked entry: swíðor

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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Asked Crist, quethir thai yed to se sain Ion in wlanke wede, Met. Homl. 42, 2. Þe wlonkest wedes, Gaw. 2025

Linked entry: wlencu

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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On sumne sǽl gewyld þé sylfne fram unrihtwisnysse aliquando ab iniquitate compescere, Gr. D. 132, 28.

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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Nó seoððan ðæt hí mósten in ðone écan andwlítan, 288, 8; Sat. 377 : 304, 23; Sat. 634. Grammar ná, with other negatives Hyt ná ne feóll non cecidit, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 25. Ne eom ic ná Crist, Jn. Skt. 1, 20.

Linked entries: ne

fær

(n.)

goingpassinga going awaya journeycoursea voyagea marchan expeditionenterprisea passagethoroughfareroadentrancecarriagevessela troopa crewfareproceedings

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Th. ii. 232, 27. a journey, course, (on water) a voyage, (of an army) a march Syx daga fær ofor , Lch. iii. 260, 3. Hwæt is ðeós ðe hér ástíhð. . . swá egeslic swá fyrdtruma? . . . Hire fær (her ascension) is wiðmeten fyrdlicum truman, Hml.

Linked entry: færbu

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Mín hyge dreóseþ bysig æfter bócum: hwílum hyge heortan neáh hearde wealleþ, Salm. Kmbl. 122-6; Sal. 60-2. Ðú wást ðæt ic eom unwís hyges tu scis insipientiam meam, Ps. Th. 68, 6.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Sax. O. H. Ger. wís; Icel. víss.] Similar entries v. and-, brægd-, fore-, gesceád-, getæl-, med-, riht-, sám-, sundor-, un-, unriht-, weorold-, wrenc-wís. (Some of these compounds may be con-nected with wíse.)

full

(adv.)
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</b> of a council, where none or few of the members are absent :-- Hér sæt full sinoð æt Cealchýðe, Chr. 785; P. 52, 19. <b>V b.

ge-sceaft

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Þæt sind ǽrest heofonas, and englas . . . and syððan þeós eorðe . . . and . . . Nú ealle ðás ðing synd mid ánum naman genemnode gesceaft, Hml. Th. i. 276, 8-14.

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEARhear ofto listen tofollowserveobeybe subject tobelong to

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Hié cwǽdan ðæt se án wǽre sóþ God se ðe Martinus hýrde they said that he alone was true God whom Martin followed, Blickl. Homl. 231, 1. Englas hérdon him angeli ministrabant illi, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 13.

manian

(v.)
Grammar
manian, <b>, manigean, monian;</b> p. ode.

to bring to mind what ought to be doneto urge upon one what ought to be doneto admonishexhortinstigateto bring to mind what, should not be forgottento admonishremindsuggestpromptto tell what ought to be doneto teachinstructadviseto claim of a person (acc.) what is duein jus vocaread malium mannire

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Manaþ swá and myndgaþ sárum wordum Beo. Th. 4120; B. 2057.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavourdispleasureangerill-willan unpleasing acta displeasurean offenceannoyancenot thanksdispleasure expressed in wordsunwillinglywithout consenton compulsioningratiswithout (a person's) consentnot of (one's own) accordagainst (one's) will

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Hine on unðanc R eorringa geséceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 197; Sal. 98. an unpleasing act, a displeasure, an offence, annoyance Cweðe gé ðæt ic eów dide ǽfre ǽnigne unþanc? Ap. Th. 26, 3. Nú ic wolde ðé ðone unþanc mid yfele leánian, Gen. 31, 29.

Linked entry: un-þances

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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Mé ða treahteras tala wísedon on ðam micelan béc, Salm. Kmbl. 10; Sal. 5

Linked entry: riht-wísian

múþ

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R. 18, 16. (2 a) Of ánum múðe with one voice :-- Hí sungon þysne sang swylce of ánum múðe, Hml. S. 11. 164. <b>III c.

for-scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrincan, he -scrincþ; p. -scranc, pl. -scruncon; pp. -scruncen [for-, scrincan to shrink]

To shrink updry updwindle awaywitheremarcescĕreexarescĕrearefiĕriarescĕre

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Sǽd forscranc sēmen exāruit, Mk. Bos. 4, 6: Lk. Bos. 8, 6. Sóna forscranc ðæt fíctreów arefacta est contĭnuo fīculnea. Mt. Bos. 21, 19. Hig forscruncon āruērunt, Mt. Bos. 13, 6. Mín hýd is forscruncen my skin is shrunk up, Job Thw. 167, 37.

mann-rǽdenn

(n.)
Grammar
mann-rǽdenn, -rǽden, e; f.

homagethe condition of being another's manservice or dues paid by the tenant to the owner

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Ðá cwǽdon úre frínd ðæt wé cómon tó eówre manrǽdene then our friends said that we should come and make submission to you, Jos. 9, 11. Ealle hig bugon tó Israéla manrǽdene, 13, l. 5: Th. An. 120, 27.

rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
rǽw, ráw, e; f.
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For þre niȝtes a-rowe he seiȝ þat same siȝt, Chron. Vilod. 68 (in Stratmann). The word also occurs in hæsel-, hege-, hlinc-, stán-, wiðig-rǽw, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xxxv. Cf. also gerǽwud féða acies, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 26. Standaþ on geréwe, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: ráw

ge-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od [ceápian to bargain]

To buypurchasetradeĕmĕrenegotiari

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To buy, purchase, trade; ĕmĕre, negotiari He sǽde, ðæt man náne burh ne mihte ýþ mid feó geceápian he said that no city could be more easily bought with money, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 16.

stearn

(n.)
Grammar
stearn, es; m.
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[Starn is a name for the starling in the Shetland Isles; the same bird is called a starnel in Northants. v. E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, p. 73.

Linked entries: stærn stern

twirǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
twirǽdness, e; f.
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Discord, dissension, disagreement Sacu and twirǽdnyss ( strife, seditions, Gal. 5, 20), Homl. Skt. i. 17, 26. Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe. Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: án-rǽdnes