wit
We two
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We two, I and thou, alone Ðæt hí sýn án swá wyt sýn án, Jn. Skt. 17, 22. Abram cwæð tó Lothe: 'Wyt sind gebróðru,' Gen. 13, 8. Wit, Cd. Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. Geþenc hwæt wit sprǽcon, Beo. Th. 2957; B. 1476: Exon. Th. 172, 18; Gú. 1145.
wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Hwá is swá wód, ðæt hé dyrre cweðan, ðæt God ne sé ǽce, Shrn. 176, 32. Ne syut ná ðiswódes mannes word, Jn. Skt. 10, 21. Wódan gewittes, Cd. Th. 255, 22 ; Dan. 628.
á-bǽdan
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Hí ðæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon mid ðám ðingum ðe swá mycles síþfætes nýd ábǽdde quae tanti itineris necessitas poscebat, 5, 9; S. 623, 18. Hí wæron gefédde mid ðæs gecyndes neád;þearfnysse ábǽde (?
cræft
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Hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (cf. weorc, 287) tócwýsan sceolde, Hml. S. 5, 253, 263, 266, 290. Tóbærst seó hengen mid eallum ðám cræfte, 35, 314. Þæne mænifealdan cræft multiformem (favorum) machinam, An. Ox. 120.
ge-défe
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Add: suitable, fitting, seemly Hé má lufedon dióra drohtað, swá hit gedéfe ne wæs, Met. 26, 92. Tó forðspównesse gedéfore heánesse ad profectum debiti culminis, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 5. Gedéfum gafule debita pensione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 22.
ge-endung
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</b> ending of existence, end of the world :-- Þás ðing sceolon ǽrest cuman, ac ne bið swá ðeáh þǽrrihte seó geendung (finis ), Hml. Th. ii. 538, 3. On ðissere worulde geendunge, 300, 9: Hml. A. 165, 23: 23, 221.
hár
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Ic ( a plough) geonge swá mé wísað hár holtes feónd (the grey-haired ploughman ?, the enemy of the holt, because the wood has to be cleared away from the land which is to be brought under cultivation ), Rä. 22, 3.
greát
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</b> of parts of the body :-- Se earm wæs swá swíðe greát and áswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 565, 3. Se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. Gif mon þá greátan sinwe forsleá, Ll. Th. i. 100, 3.
útera
Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man
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Ðætte wé swá lufigen ðisne úterran and ðisne eorðlícan fultum, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 2. Ða úttran weorc wǽron behealden exteriora opera observantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 30: Scint. 60, 4.
Linked entry: ýtera
on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Seó beorhtnes ðæs onsendan leóhtes, 4, 7; S. 575, 9. to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost) Sóna swá hé ðás word gecwæþ, hé his gást onsende, Blickl. Homl. 191, 29.
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tilþ
labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit
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Ic geann ðæs landes mid mete and mid mannum and mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod biþ, 529, 18, and often in the same will. Fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16. Da man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25.
DÉMA
a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire ⬩ censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter ⬩ the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal
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swá he hips geþafian wille, and amanige ðære scíre bisceop ða bóte to ðæs cynges handa let the judge, who judges wrong to another, pay to the king one hundred and twenty shillings for a fine, unless he dare to prove on oath, that he knew it not more
tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
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Cwæþ ic: 'Hwí ne sceolde mé swá ðincan?' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Telo; ðonne ðæt ðé swá þincþ, ðonne ongit ðæt..., Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 22. Similar entries v. un-tela; til; and cf. wel for similar uses
ge-nerian
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Th. 58, 2. to protect against Nǽfre þú mé wið swá heardum helle wítum ne generedest, Seel. 48. Wuldres God hié generede wiþ þám níðhete, Dan. 279. Álýs mé and genere wið lagustreámum, Ps. Th. 143, 8.
ge-scendan
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Gif mon óðrum þá geweald forsleá uppe on þám sweoran, and forwundie tó þám swíðe ꝥ hé náge þǽra geweald, and hwæðere lifie swá gescended (contumeliatus), Ll.
ge-streón
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Wálá ꝥ for swá medmiclum gestreóne hí synt lǽdde tó swá heardum tyntergum, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 25-31. Gold and godweb, Iósephes gestreón, Exod. 587 : 6. 2037. Gestrión (gistrión goldes, R.) thesaurum, Mk. L. 10, 21. Þára gestreóna gazarum, Wrt.
ge-feallan
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., swá ealdormann án gefealleð vos moriemini ..., sicut unus de principibus cadetis, Ps. Th. 81, 7.
ge-dréfan
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Swá hí swiþor bióþ ásyndrode fram Gode, swá hí swiþor bióþ gedréfde and geswencte, ǽgðer ge on móde ge on líchoman, Bt. 39, 7; F. 224, l. an untoward circumstance, an event or act of doubtful import Þá wearð heó on his sprǽce gedréfed (gedroefad, L.
innan
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Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 24. Mid hwylcum ceasterwarum hý beóð in áre getealde innan (intus ], Gr. D. 39, 33. Hié mid þǽre lufan Drihtnes innan onbryrde wǽron, Bl. H. 119, 18: 217, 6.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Hí dydan mycelne hearm ábútan Hámtúne . . . swá ðæt seó scír and ða óðra scíra, ðæ ðǽr neáh sindon, wurdon fela wintra ðe wyrsan, Chr. 1065; Erl. 197, 11.