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burg-waru

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Eall seó buruhwaru populus civitatis, Deut. 21, 21. Gyf hit binnan byrig gedón bið, fare seó buruhwaru sylf tó and begyte þá banan, Ll. Th. i. 286, 21. Seó burhwaru gelæhton hine, Ap Th. 26, 23. Seó burhwaru, þæt sind Turonisce ..., and Pictauienscisce

wǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽt, es; n.

wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink

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wet, moisture Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto, and ðæt wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33: Met. 20, 74. liquor, drink Hé ána gereorde, and be dǽle ǽt and wǽt gewanod sý reficiat solus, sublata ei portione sua de vino, R. Ben. 69, 14. Hé ne mæg

tó-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽdan, p. de

To spread out ⬩ extend ⬩ expand ⬩ spread in different directions

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To spread out, extend, expand, spread in different directions Seó henn tósprǽt byre fyðera and ða briddas gewyrmþ, Anglia viii. 309, 26. Heó tósprǽt hire bósm ðǽr ðǽr ða réðan wuniaþ . . . and heó is genyrwed on ðone ende ðe ða gesceádwísan wuniaþ she

wáse

(n.)
Grammar
wáse, an; f.

Ooze ⬩ mud ⬩ slime

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Ooze, mud, slime Wáse caenum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 2: 13. 35. Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75. Wásan ceni (squallentis ceni contagia, Ald. 49), 82, 63: 18, 39. ¶ the word occurs in several charters dealing with

ysel

(n.)
Grammar
ysel, e; ysle, an; f.

A spark, cinder, an ash, ember

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A spark, cinder, an ash, ember Ysle favilla, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 19: 66, 44: 284, 17: ii. 36, 53. On yslan in favillam, Hpt. Gl. 495, 31. Hé geseah hú ða ysla up flugon mid ðam smíce vidit ascendentem favillam, Gen. 19, 28. Gé syndon dust and acsan and

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, l. á-scunian,

to abhor ⬩ detest ⬩ to express hate ⬩ or scorn of:-- ⬩ to reject because of hate or scorn

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and add: to abhor,detest Eal lufian ꝥ hé lufað, and eal áscunian ꝥ hé áscunað, Ll. Th. i. 178, 5. 'Þú gesáwe gehwǽde mot on þínes bróðor eáge' . . . þæt is on andgite: þú ásceonudest þá lǽstan gyltas on þíne gingran, R. Ben. 12, 5. Ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan

un-treów

(n.)
Grammar
un-treów, e; f.

Bad faith ⬩ faithlessness ⬩ perfidy ⬩ fraud

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Bad faith, faithlessness, perfidy, fraud Mé ðás woruldsǽlþa blindne on ðis dimme hol forlǽddon, and mé ðá berýpton rǽdes and frófre for heora untreówum, Met. 2, 13. Gif ðú heora untreówa onscunige, oferhoga hí, and ádríf hí fram ðé, for ðam hí spanaþ

weorold-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wísdóm, es; m.
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Secular knowledge, science, learning Ða dohtor befæste se fæder tó láre, ðæt heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen æfter Grécisre úðwýtegunge and Lǽdenre getingnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 20. His fæder and his frýnd hine befæstan tó láre tó woruldwísdóme, 3,

blód-gyte

bloodshed

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bloodshed. Wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wlfst. 159, 8. Hé sægde ꝥ ðæt nǽfre wæs álýfed ǽnigum men ꝥ hé þǽr ǽnig nýten cwealde oþþe blódgyte worhte negabat licere animal ullum interfici, Nar. 28, 18. Tácnað ꝥ micelne blódgyte

Linked entries: gyte blód-gíta

hám-fæst

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Sum deácon wæs feor þanon hámfæst (living far from the place; longe positus), sé gewilnode féran tó him, Gr. D. 208, 13. 'Gefyrn ic hine cúðe, leóf, ac hé férde heonon, and ic nát tó gewissan hwǽr hé wunað nú.' Þá cwæð se hálga wer, 'Witodlíce hé wunað

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and

sibling

(n.)
Grammar
sibling, es; m.

A relation ⬩ kinsman

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A relation, kinsman Sibling affinis vel consangtuineus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 46: Homl. Th. i. 516, 14. Hæfst ðú suna oððe dohtra oððe áðum oððe ænigne sibling? Gen. 19, 12. Gebróðru vel siblingas fratres Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 3. Ofsleáþ ðás ealdras, ðonne beóþ

ge-manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfealdian, p. ode.
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Take here <b>ge-mænigfealdian, ge-monigfealdian</b> in Dict. and add: trans. To multiply, to make numerous Þú gemanigfealdodest þíne mildheortnesse multiplicasti misericordias tuas, Ps. Th. 35, 7. Þú gemanigfealdodest þíne wundru multa fecisti

Linked entry: ge-mænigfealdian

nigon

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add: inflected Mid nigonum þára níwena scipa, Chr. 897; P. 90, 23. (1 a) with a pronoun :-- Ðæt wé tellan á .x. men tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene, Ll. Th. i. 230, 23. uninflected Næs ná má þonne hundtwelftig on þǽm rǽdehere, and nigan on

ge-læccan

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Add Ic gelæcce arripio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 275, 12. without sense of violence. to take, take hold of, catch Þá árás hé and gelæhte hine be þám swuran, and cyste and clypte, Hml. S. 30,335. to take, catch fish, &amp;c. On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá

leás-bregd

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-bregd, -bréd; adj.

False ⬩ deceitful ⬩ cheating

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False, deceitful, cheating Ðú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma, Homl. Skt. 6, 314

Linked entry: brægd

líht-ness

(n.)
Grammar
líht-ness, e; f.

Lightness ⬩ brightness

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Lightness, brightness Se sunnandæg is wuldorlíc dæg and líhtnesse dæg, Wulfst. 230, 12

blód-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
blód-wyrt, e; f.

BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems ⬩ rumex sanguineus

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BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems; rumex sanguineus, Lin

sub-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
sub-diácon, es; m.
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A sub-deacon Hit is beboden subdiáconum and munecum, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25

ungemet-wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-wæcce, an; f.

Excessive wakefulness

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Excessive wakefulness Monige ádla ... on unmóde and on ungemetwæccum, Lchdm. ii. 176, 2