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wiþ-feohtend

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-feohtend, es; m.

An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel

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An adversary, opponent, enemy, a rebel Hió self fieht wið hié selfe tó fultome ðæm wiðfeohtende, (adversario) Past. 38; Swt. 279, 1. Ðone mángengan and ðone wiþfeohtend rebellem et sacrilegum, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 18.

wundor-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-geweorc, es; n.

A wonderful work ⬩ a miracle

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Hé hié tó heofona ríce laþode þurh his wundorgeweorc, Blickl. Homl. 7, 10

Linked entry: wundor-weorc

tǽl-wirþe

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Án þing wæs ꝥ gesewen wæs on him tǽlwyrðe ( reprehensibile ) beón, Gr. D. 203, 21. Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16.

háwere

(n.)
Grammar
háwere, es; m.

An observer, a spectator ⬩ spies

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An observer, a spectator Ðýlæs hie síen tó óðerra monna gefeohte holde háweras, and dón him selfe náwuht lest they be friendly spectators of other men's struggle, and themselves do nothing; ne, si in hoc præsentis vitæ stadio ad certamen alienum devoti

ofer-scínan

(v.)

to cover with light, illumine

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Beorht wolcn hig ofersceán nubes lucida obumbravit eos, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Ðonne his (the moon's) leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Anglia viii. 323, 7

for-wirnedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-wirnedlíce, adv.

With restraint ⬩ abstemiously

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Gyf þæt þonne hwylc mon sý, þæt him on his móde tó earfoðe þince, þæt hé on ǽlce tíd swá forwernedlíce lyfige, tylige hé þonne húru þæt hé þis fasten sélost áfæste, Wlfst. 284, 7-12

Linked entry: for-wernedlíce

wamm-wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-wlite, es; m.

A wound on the face

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A wound on the face Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur,

on-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ginnan, p. -gan, -gann; pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen.

to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack

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Ðá ongan hine langian on his cýþþe, Blickl. Homl. 113, 14. Ongan se Hǽlend him andswarigende tó cweþan, Mk. Skt. 13, 5. Hí ongunnon ða eár pluccigean, 2, 23. where a case follows Se mon ðe gód onginneþ and ðonne áblinneþ. . .

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Ys his handgeweorc ryhte dómas ða hé rǽran wyle opera manuum ejus judicium, Ps. Th. 110, 5. to raise, offer (a prayer) Hyra þeódnes dóm ðæt hié to ðam beácne ( the golden image ) gebedu rǽrde, Cd.

Linked entry: hebban

hæft

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S. 5, 134. captivity, prison.Add: Se cásere hét hine gebindan and him tó gebringan bysmorlíce on hæfte the emperor ordered him to be bound and brought to him ignominiously in custody, Hml. S. 3, 191. On hæft settan, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 23

manna

Grammar
manna, man.
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Sió ungeðyld geniét ðone monnan ðæt hé geopenað all his ingeðonc, Past. 220, 9. 'Ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe'. . . Sé ðe herian wille háligne mannan, herige hine. . . æfter his geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 18. 'Þú ácenst sunu.'

tó-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-samnian, p. ode

To assemble, ⬩ collect

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To assemble, collect Ðá bæd hé hine ðæt hé sumne dǽl landes æt him onfénge, ðæt hé mihte mynster on getimbrian and Godes ðeówas tósomnian he prayed him to receive from him a parcel of land, that he might thereon build a monastery and collect together

Linked entries: samnian tó-somnian

sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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Inferior, worse Symle wæs ðý sǽmra ðonne ic sweorde drep ferhþgeníðlan ever was the deadly foe the worse when I struck him with the sword, Beo. Th. 5752; B. 2880. Hit is sǽmre nú it is worse now (than in the golden age). Met. 8, 42.

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

fen

mud ⬩ mire ⬩ dirt ⬩ fen

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Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 22. Hé worhte fenn (lutum) of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan, Jn. 9, 6. Fenn strǽta lutum platearum, Ps. Spl. 17, 44.

ge-yflian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yflian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to injure ⬩ to become ill

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Lind. 22, 6. to become ill Hine geyflade he fell sick, Th. Chart. 272, 29. Him geyfelade and ðæt him stranglíce eglade he fell sick and it afflicted him severely, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 33. Lazarus wæs geyfled Lazarus infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. 11, 2

Linked entry: yfelian

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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His wíte þǽm Godes þegne ætéwed wæs, Shrn. 86, 5. Ætýwed (-eówed, R. , ædeáwd, L.) on óðrum híwe, Mk. 16, 12. Tácna ætýwde wǽron, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 13.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

ge-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lang, -long; adj.

Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent

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Frægn se Scipio hine on hwý hit gelang wǽre Scipio asked him to what it was owing, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103, 42. Ðǽr is help gelong help comes from there, Exon. 75 a: Th. 281, 13; Jul. 645 : 83 a; Th. 313, 8; Seef. 121

Linked entries: -lang ge-lenge ge-long

blíþe-mód

Grammar
blíþe-mód, blíþ-mód.
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Add:, of gladsome mind Þú blíðmód bidde, ꝥ hí (the saints) þé þingian tó þeódne, Dóm. L. 36, 23. of kindly mind, kindly disposed Hí cwǽdon ꝥ hí ealle him swíðe blíðemóde wǽron . . .

mann-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þeáw, es; m.

A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice

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[Cf. þe hwile hit (a child) is lutel ler him monþewes, Morris Spec. i. 152, 432.]

næs-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
næs-þyrel, -þyrl, es; n.

A nostril

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Hit gǽþ þurh eówre næsþyrlu exeat per nares vestras, Num. 11, 20 : Ps. Spl. 113, 14. Dó on ða næsþyrlu. Lchdm. i. 72, 21

Linked entry: nos-þyrel