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á-wídlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wídlian, p. ode.

to contaminate ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ to profane ⬩ pollute

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of physical impurity, to contaminate, defile, pollute Sé ðe áwiht þicge þæs ðe hund áwídlige (inquinaverit), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 10. Be áwídledum swýnum de inquinatis porcis, 130, 31. of moral impurity, to profane, pollute :-- Áwítliende profanando (pudicitiae

HWELP

(n.)
Grammar
HWELP, es; m.

A WHELP, ⬩ catulus

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A WHELP, a young dog, the young of other animals; catulus Hund canis, hwylp catulus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 53. Hwelp catulus [leonis ], Ps. Th. 16, 11. Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumum ðe of hyra hláforda beódum feallaþ catelli edunt de micis quæ cadunt de mensa

west-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
west-lang, adv.
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With the length measured in a westerly direction Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang the length of the wood measuring east and west is one hundred and twenty miles Chr. 893 ; Erl. 88, 28. Se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and

beorcan

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Beorceð latrat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 83: 52, 68. Beorcan latrare, Fast. 89, 17. Beorcende fox, Shrn. 141, 12. Hundas beorcynde, Lch. iii. 200, 25. ¶ beorcan on to bark at :-- Clypa ongén þissum deófles hunde þe þé on beorceþ, Shrn. 56, 32. Se wrítere sǽde

þǽr-tóeácan

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Þártóeácan de cetero, An. Ox. 1350. Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse, and næs þurh ꝥ gewærlǽht, ac þártóeácan his ágenne bróþor ácwealde Cain sciebat damnationem praevaricationis primae, et non timuit originali peccato fratricidii superaddere scelus

á-dumbian

(v.)
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On ðám dóme ádumbiað ðá ýdelan lyffeteras, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 35. 'Beó ðú dumb' . . . And hé ðá ádumbode, i. 202, 7. Wið ðon ðe wíf fǽrunga ádumbige, Lch. iii. 58, 16. Hét hé ðone hund ádumbian, Hml. S. 31, 1133. Se fæder wæs ádumbod, Hml. Th. i. 352,

wígan

(v.)
Grammar
wígan, [p. wag, pl. wigon; pp. wigen]

to fight ⬩ do battle

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to fight, do battle Nú sceal hond and heard sweord ymb hord wígan, Beo. Th. 5012; B. 2509. Móises getealde ðæs folces meniu wígendra manna numeravit Moyses omnem sianmam filiorum Israel a viginti annis et supra, Num. 26, 1. Six hund þúsenda wígendra

Linked entries: wígende wigian

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence

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A mancus, the eighth of a pound, the sum of thirty pence Fif penegas gemacigaþ ǽnne scillingc and xxx penega ǽnne mancus (other MSS. manccus, mancs), Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 52, 8. In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which

middan-geard

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Add Lengra ðonne eal middangeard oððe eorðe, Sal. K. 150, 14. Beorhtran ðonne ealles middangeardes eorðe, 148, 21: 150, 6. His handa sint brádran ðonne xii middangeardas, 11. Ðeáh ðe seofon middangeardas sýn ealle on efn ábrǽdde on þisses ánes onlícnysse

sixtig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
sixtig, used as subs, or adj.

Sixty

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Sixty ¨ Syxtig sexaginta, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 281, 18. Salomones reste wæs ymbseted mid syxtigum werum . . . Hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera strongera? Blickl. Homl. II, 16-22. Æfter siextegum daga intra sexagesimum diem, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Mid iii hund

morgen-mete

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-mete, es; m.

A morning meal ⬩ breakfast

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A morning meal, breakfast On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa, búton morgenmetum and nónmetum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 129, 19. [ȝief he frend were me sceolðe ȝief him his morȝemete (cf. 231, 19 where it is called forme

biblioþéce

Grammar
biblioþéce, bibliþéca.

a library ⬩ the bible

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Add: a library Heora bibliþéca (bibliotheoco, v. l.) wærð onbærned . . . on heora bibliþécan forburnon IIII hund M bóca, Ors. 6, 14; Bos. 122, 19-23. Nime heora ǽlc sume bóc of þ ǽre bibliothécan, R. Ben. 74, 13. the bible þis spel (Judith) nis on ð

niht-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
niht-gerím, es; n.

Reckoning by days ⬩ number of days

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Reckoning by days (v. niht, III), number of days Æfter seofontýnum nihtgerímes after seventeen days, Menol. Fox 52; Men. 26: 110; Men. 55 : Andr. Kmbl. 229; An. 115 : 315; An. 158. Ealra hæfde Similar entries v. and syxtig ðá hé forþ gewát and nigon

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Grammar þúsend, as a numeral noun, neuter and fem. (v. Ps. Th. 118, 72, and cf. cognates), Grammar þúsend, gen. þúsendes, pl. þúsendu (-o, -a,-e); also þúsend sometimes in the multiples, though, perhaps, in these cases the whole number is to be considered

missere

(n.)
Grammar
missere, missare, es; n.

A period of half a year

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A period of half a year Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera ( fifty years ) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49. Hé forþ gewát misserum fród ( well stricken in

á-gangan

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Add: to go off, out Eallum út ágangendum cunctis egressis , Bd. l, 7; Sch. 24, 414. to pass (of time) Þisse eldo is se mǽsta dǽl ágangen, efne nigon hund wintra and lxxi on þýs geáre, Bl. H. 119, 1. to come to pass, happen Þá forebeácno þá þe. .

cneówian

(v.)
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Add:; cneówan (?); p. de Hí cneówdon þá æft, Hml. S. 3, 522. Óðre cyningas tó him cneówodon, 24, 6. Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Hí Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum

ge-dýre

Grammar
ge-dýre, l. ge-dyre,

as a part used for the whole, a door :--

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and add On heora gedyrum and oferslegum, Hml. Th. i. 310, 29: 40, 12. On ǽgðrum gedyrum and on þám oferslege, Angl. viii. 322, 12. as a part used for the whole, a door :-- Wurdon gemétte ætforan heora gedyrum twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum ducenti

gnagan

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Dele bracket at end, and add Gnæhð, cíwþ sulcat (corpora vermis ), An. Ox. 23, 49. Wyrmas heora bán gnagað byrnendum tóðum vermes lacerant ignitis dentibus ossa, Wlfst. 139, 10: Dóm. L. 211. Wé hédað þǽra crumena ðæs hláfes and ðá Iúdéiscan gnagað þá

ná

Grammar
ná, <b>. I.</b>
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Ne gefiólle hé nó (nǽfre, v. l. ) on swǽ opene scylde, Past. 235, 2. Ne gewurðe hit ná on lífe, Hml. S. 25, 660. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Hé hiene geniédde ꝥ hé sealde Rómánum þreó hund gísla; and hé þéh siþþan ná þý lǽs ne hergeade on Rómáne