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ge-wǽdian

(v.)
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.; vestire ( = aulaeis ornare, Migne) Mid ðám geleáfan he gefrætewad and gewǽdað his hús, þæt is, þæt he gegearwað his heortan Gode on tó wunianne, Wlfst. 35, 10. to furnish a ship with sails, v. ge-wǽde; Hí ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod,

hlifian

(v.)
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Add: of position Þæt treów þe wexeð on þám wudu-bearwe þæt hit hlifað úp ofer eall þá óðre treówu . . . bið hit swíðlícor geweged þonne se óðer wudu. Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 5-11.

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen

wita

Grammar
wita, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þá geþafode ꝥ se ealda wita ( senex ) and lǽdde þone cniht mid him tó þám mynstre, Gr. D. 242, 22. Witum senioribus (Mt. 16, 21), An. Ox. 61, 19. Add Hé wæs him sylfum þæs wita (testis), Gr. D. 265, 22.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit, Ald. 62),509, 33. amazement, wonder, astonishment On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

on-wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wæcnan, p. ede.

to rise, spring, be derived

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Fordytte ðæt eáre mid ðære wulle ðonne ðú slápan wille, and dó eft of ðonne ðú onwæcne, Lchdm. ii. 42, 26. to rise, spring, be derived Ðonne hé ( the Phenix ) of ascan onwæcneþ, Exon. Th. 240, 34; Ph. 648.

Linked entry: on-wacnian

trehing

(n.; num.)
Grammar
trehing, (but þrihing in Lambarde. v. Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 508).

the third part of a shire

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The present form, Riding, seems to have arisen from a confusion of the initial dental with the final sound of East, West, North

Linked entry: þrihing

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Hí wið ðone cyning hí getreówsoden, and binnan litlan fæce hit eall álugon, ge wed ge áðas, Chr. 947 ; Th. 118, 14: L. In. 13 ; Th. i. 110, 12. Gif hwá his áð and his wæd brece, ðe eal þeód geseald hæfð, L. Ed. 8 ; Th. i. 164, 2.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

Domuc

(n.)
Grammar
Domuc, e; f? Dommoc-ceaster; gen. -ceastre; f.

Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma

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Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich; loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma Alfhun bisceop forþférde on Sudberi, and he wearþ bebyrged in Domuce, and Tídfriþ

Linked entry: Dommoc-ceaster

Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Engle, Angle; pl. nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m: Englan; gen. ena; pl. m.

The AnglesAngli

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Engel] lies on the south-east part of the Duchy of Sleswick, in Denmark.

FÆTT

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆTT, fett, fæt; adj.

FAT, fatted pinguis, săgīnātus, crassus

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Bringon eall ðæt ðǽrinne fættest sí offĕrent quidquid pinguēdĭnis est intrinsĕcus, Lev. 3, 3

Linked entries: fæt fett

hús-ting

(n.)
Grammar
hús-ting, es; n.

a meetingcourttribunal

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A word taken from the Scandinavians [Icel. hús-þing a council or meeting to which a king, earl or captain summoned his people or guardsmen], a meeting, court, tribunal, apparently so called from its being held within a building when other courts were

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te.

to alleviaterelieveassuageto lightalight

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to make light or easy, to alleviate, relieve, assuage Líht ðæt ðone swencendan magan that relieves the labouring stomach, L.

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human formimage of a manstatue

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Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form of man to at birth, Wulfst. 137, 26: Dóm. L. 131.

nátes-hwón

(adv.)
Grammar
nátes-hwón, adv.

Not at allby no means

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Ne eart ðú náteshwón wacost burga thou art by no means least of towns, Homl. Th. i. 78, 14. Ne mæg ic náteshwón búton mynstre nihtes wunian, ii. 182, 33: 80, 16.

Linked entry: ná-wiht

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
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Se earn mæg starian on ðære sunnan leóman, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 199. Hí stóden æt ðæra dura stariende on ðæt leóht, 3, 133

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
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Metod fét eall ꝥte gróweþ, Met. 29, 70. Ðætte tǽlwyrðes sié, ðæt hié ðæt tǽlen, Past. 28; Swt. 195, 24. Wíslíce gé dyde, ꝥte mannum bedígled wæs on eorðan þæt gé þæt on heofenas sóhtan, Blickl.

Linked entry: þæt

under-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
under-cyning, es; m.

A dependent, tributary kingone who rules under another

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Tiberius hæfde anweald ofer eall Rómána ríce, and him wæs undercyning Heródes, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 8. Ðe Hǽlend stód befar ðone undercynige ( praesidem), and gefrægn hine ðe undercynig (praeses ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 11, 21.

weorc-stán

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-stán, es; m.
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Ðá geseah hé hwǽr ða weorcstánas (cf. 322 supra ) lágon ofer eall, 23, 490. On ðam fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, 20, 77. Hé hét ðæs scræfes ingang mid weorcstánum forwyican, 23, 316. Mid ormǽtum weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 27.

weorold-sǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sǽlþa, pl. f.
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This world's goods, earthly blestings Eálá hwæþer gé nétenlícan men ongiton hwelc se wela sié and se anweald and ða woruldsǽlþa ? Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 50, 36 note.

Linked entry: weorold-gesǽlþa