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un-wæstmfæst

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For the passage substitute Elizabeth wæs unwæstmfæst [on líchaman, ac wǽstmfæst] þára godcundra mægena erat Elisabeth sterilis corpore, sed fecunda virtutibus, Archiv cxxii. 247, 17.

sceamleás-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceamleás-líc, adj.

Shameless, wanton

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Shameless, wanton Dauit wæs mid oferméttum gewundad, and ðæt gecýðde on Urias slæge, for ðære scamleáslecan gewilnunge his wífes, Past. 3, 2; Swt. 35, 24

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Skt. i. 6, 211. to keep something from a person, to ward off (cf.

FIERSN

(n.)
Grammar
FIERSN, fyrsn, e; f.

The heelcalx

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The heel; calx Ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan thou [the serpent] shall lie in wait for her [Eve's] heels, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 17; Gen. 913

Linked entry: fyrsn

ge-hlidad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlidad, part. [ge-hlid a lid]

Liddedcovered with a lidopercŭlo tectus

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Lidded, covered with a lid; opercŭlo tectus Seó wæs gerisenlíce gehlidad mid gelíce stáne operculo sĭmĭlis lăpĭdis aptissĭme tectum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 32

under-flówan

(v.)

to flow under

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to flow under Wæs ic neoþan wætre, flóde underflówen beneath had I water, the flood flowing under me, Exon. Th. 392, 3; Rä. 11, 2

un-þwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þwǽrness, e; f.

Discorddissensiondisagreement

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Discord, dissension, disagreement Ðǽr wæs micel unþuǽrnes (-ðwǽrnesse, MS. E.) ðære þeóde betweox him selfum, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 8. Unðwérnesse discordias, Kent. Gl. 155

Linked entry: un-geþwǽrness

á-búrod

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
á-búrod, pp. (adj.)
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Deprived of peasants (gebúras) Ðá wæs hit ierfælæás and mið ǽðnum folce ábúrod omni peccunia caruit et pauperibus hominibus erat destitutum Cht. Th. 162, 29

Linked entry: -búrod

efen-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
efen-wyrcend, es; m.
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A co-operator Adrianus wæs efenwyrcend on Godes worde Theodorus arcebiscopes Hadrianus co-operator in uerbo Dei Theodori Episcopi, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 10

egesfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
egesfullíce, adv.
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Óþer dæl wæs weallendum lígum ful swíðe egesfullíce flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 5

feówertig-feald

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Þis feówertigfealde fæsten (Lent) wæs ásteald . . . ðá ðá Móyses fæste feówertig daga and feówertig nihta tósamne, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 1: Wlfst. 285, 15. Add

full-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
full-weaxen, adj.
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Full-grown Hé ( John ) on wéstene wunode oð þæt hé fullweaxen wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 5. Ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 30

in-betýnedness

(n.)
Grammar
in-betýnedness, e; f.
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Inclusion, shutting in, confinement Hé wæs manig gǽr ána belocen in þám nearwestan scræfe ... on þǽre frumtíde his inbetýnednesse, Gr. D. 210, 27: 212, 5

Linked entry: be-týnedness

rex-geníþla

(n.)
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geníþlan Elene; either word alliterates with cwéne), hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. (?)

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

þeów

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Hé cwæð þæt hit ná geweorþan sceolde þæt sé wǽre leóda cyning, sé þe ǽr wæs folce þeów, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 21. Add

gýme

(n.)
Grammar
gýme, an; f.

Care

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Care Hý ðæs wealles náne gýman [giéman] ne dydan they took no care of the wall Swt. 134, 21; Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 24

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Ic wiste ꝥ þú út áfaren ware, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 33. by numerals Hé of þǽre ylcan stówe wæs uneáðe gefaren týn mílum feor (feorr, v. l.) a loco eodem vix decem millibus aberat, Gr. D. 120, 4.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing armsbrachia amplexa, circumdăta A lap, bosom, breast quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectusFATHOM = six feet spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentumAn embrace, protection amplexus, complexus, protectioGrasp, powerpŏtestas, dĭtio An expanse, abyss, deep expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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He wæs upphafen engla fæðmum he was upraised in the arms of angels, Exon. 17 a; Th. 41, 6; Cri. 651. Wæs Gúþláces gǽst gelǽded engla fæðmum the spirit of Guthlac was led in the arms of angels, Exon, 44 a; Th. 148, 33; Gú. 754.

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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Hió mid wíflíce níþe wæs feohtende on ðæt underiende folc she (Semiramis) with a woman's rancor was carrying on war against that harmless people, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 19.