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waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Tó ware ad lutelam (defensionem) (leo ad tutelam virginis Dei nutu diri*-*gitur, Ald. 45), 484, 49. Nán man ne dorste for ðæra deóra ware ðám hálgum geneálécan, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 56, 60.

Linked entry: wer-genga

scyld-hata

(n.)
Grammar
scyld-hata, an; m.
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One who hates wrongfully, an enemy Scyldhatan, ealdgeníðlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2095; An. 1049. Scyldhatan, egle ondsacan, 2295; An. 1149. v. next word

hwíl

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Tó hwíl ( ad tempus ) geléfað, Lk. L. 8, 13. Þá wæs ymb hwíle ðá gefelde hé . . . Bl. H. 217, 30. (with constructions as in ) an hour; hora. as a definite space of time Ðás hlætmesto án tíd ł huíl ( una hora ) worohton, Mt. L. 20, 12.

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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S. 36, 91-99. as the place for meals: Swylc þú æt swǽsendum sitte mid ðinum ealdormannum and þegnum on wintertíde, and sié fýr onǽled and þín heall gewyrmed (calido effecto cenaculo), Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 18.

efen-etan

(v.)

to eat as much as any one

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to eat as much as any one

betweohs-fæc

(n.)

an interval

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an interval Betwyxfæce intervallo, An. Ox. 3861

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Ger. þan.] so, as Wiþ ðæs ic wát ðú wilt higian þon ǽr þe ðú hine ongitest towards it I know thou wilt hasten as soon as thou perceivest it, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 8. [Cf. O.

Linked entries: þanne þon

ofen-raca

(n.)
Grammar
ofen-raca, an; m.

An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace

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An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace Ofenraca rotabulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 34 : 27, 10

Linked entry: hláf-ræce

éðian

(v.)
Grammar
éðian, éðigean; p. ode; pp. od.

to breathe, inspire hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāreto smell ŏdōrāre

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Hý ealle éðiaþ they all breathe, 4, 3. Éðode him on ðone múþe inspīrāvit ei in as, Martyrol. ad 28 April. to smell; ŏdōrāre Habbaþ opene nóse, ne mágon éðian nāres hăbent et non ŏdōrăbunt, Ps. 113, 14

Linked entries: éðgiende éþung

ge-cwylman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwylman, p. de; pp. ed [cwelman, cwylman to torment]

To afflicttormentpunishdestroykillpūnīretrucīdāremortĭfĭcāre

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To afflict, torment, punish, destroy, kill; pūnīre, trucīdāre, mortĭfĭcāre Ná ðæt án me, ac eác swylce míne geféran mid ánum slege he mæg gecwylman non sōlum me, sed etiam meos sŏcios ūno ictu pŏlĕrat mortĭfĭcāre, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33.

Linked entry: gw-cwelman

firen-full

a sinner

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., and add On þǽre fernlican, [fern]fullum mándǽde ab originali, i. principali piaculo, i. peccalo, An. Ox. 2005. Fyrenfulle flagitiasum, i. maculosum, 875. Fyrenfullum mándǽdum fagitiosis facinoribus, 2922; 917.

cystig-ness

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Add: liberality Largitas, ꝥ is cystignyss on Englisc, Hml. S. 16, 326. Cystinesse liberalitatis, An. Ox. 2576: munificentiae, 3833. Ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðáre ceastre bóte. Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10.

nealles

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Þæt áttor nales þæt án (nalæs ꝥ ón, v.l.) eallum middan-geardes ciricum þæt hé strægd, ac hit eác swylce in ðis eáland becóm. uirus non solum orbis totius, sed et insularum ecclesiis aspersit, Bd. l, 8; Sch. 29, 14

þeáw

Grammar
þeáw, <b>II b.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hit is þeáw þǽre sprǽce and þǽre áscunge ꝥte simle þonne ðǽr án tweó of ádón biþ, þonne biþ ðǽr unrím ástyred, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 17. v. cniht-, weorold-þeáw. Add

wiþ-habban

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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154.

wíh

(n.)
Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.

An idol

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Kmbl. 95 ; Ap. 48. Hé hǽþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesóhte, Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23. Wóden worhte weós, 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133

Linked entries: wíg wíg-bora

æt-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
æt-eáca, an; m.
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An addition, appendix Etheácan appendices, An. Ox. 53, 18

ágenung

(n.)
Grammar
ágenung, ágnung, ahnung, e; f.

An OWNINGa possessingpossessionownershipclaiming as one's ownpower or dominion over anythingpossessiodominium

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An OWNING, a possessing, possession, ownership, claiming as one's own, power or dominion over anything; possessio, dominium Gif getrýwe gewitnes him to ágenunge rýmþ; forðam ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ, ðonne ðam ðe æfter-sprecþ if a true witness make

Linked entries: ágnung áhnung

hrycg-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hǽr, es; n.
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its

ge-met

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met, adj. [ge-met IV. a fit or proper measure]

Fit, meet, properaptus, congruus, conveniens

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Kmbl. 2358 ; An. 1180, Swá him gemet þince as to him may seem fit, Beo. Th. 1379; B. 687: 6107; B. 3057. Ðæt hit gemet wǽre that it were fit, Ps. Th. 143, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 86; Met. 29, 42

Linked entry: or-met