syn
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
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Hé onfunde Godes ierre . . . ðeáh hé wénde ðæt hit nán syn nǽre, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 6. Seó geofu wæs broht for ðære synne ðæs ǽrestan wífes . . . and seó synn wæs ádilegod, Blickl. Homl. 5, 4-6. Syn, 3, 7.
gnornian
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Á mæg gnornian sé þe nú fram þís wígplegan wendan þenceð, By. 315. Grnorniendum merentibus, Kent. Gl. 1129. <b>I a.</b> of things :--- Beám sceal on eorðan leáfum líðan, leomu gnornian ( the bare branches grieve ), Gn. Ex. 26.
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ge-yppan
To open ⬩ reveal ⬩ declare ⬩ manifest ⬩ disclose
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Wit wéndon ðæt ðæt sand uncre swaðe geypte we expected that the sand would discover our track, Shrn. 42, 19. Se geypte hǽðenum déman ðæt ðæs tiburtius wæs cristen he disclosed to the heathen judge that this Tiburtius was a christian, 116, 23.
Linked entry: ge-upped
for-swælan
To burn ⬩ burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ scorch ⬩ ūrĕre ⬩ exūrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre ⬩ concrĕmāre ⬩ exæstuāre
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Hé wendon to Wealinga forda, and ðæt eall forswældon they turned to Wallingford and burnt it all, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 26, col. 1. Fýr forswælþ wudu, swá swá líget forswælende dúna ignis combūrit silvam, sīcut flamma combūrens montes, Ps.
ge-wyrd
Event ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ condition
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Binnan ðam wendun gewyrda and gewát Eádrǽd cyng meanwhile matters changed and king Eadred died, Th. Chart. 207, 22
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þearl
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Wéndon hié wera cwealmes, þearlra geþinga, Andr. Kmbl. 3194; An. 1600. Ðirst and hungor and ðearle gewin, Salm. Kmbl. 946; Sal. 472. utter, excessive þýstru ðú gesettest on þearle niht (night utterly dark) posuisti tenebras, et facta est nox, Ps.
un-fǽle
Evil ⬩ ill ⬩ bad
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Voc. ii. 45, 16. applied to living objects Hí wéndon ðæt hit unfǽle gást (phantasma) wǽre, Mk. Skt. 6, 49. Satiri vel fauni vel selini vel fauni ficarii unfǽle men, wudewásan, unfǽle wihtu, Wrt. Voc, i. 17, 20.
heall
A hall, residence ⬩ aula, palatium, templum
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Hie tó his healle ne tó his híréde eft wendan noldan they would not return to his [Nero's] residence nor household, Blickl. Homl. 173, 18. On cynges healle in the king's hall, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 7, 8: L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17.
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Ic ( the devil ) wénde þríste geþoncge, ðæt ic ðé meahte bútan earfeþum áhwyrfan from hálor, Exon. Th. 264, 2; Jul. 358.
wrixlan
to change ⬩ vary ⬩ alter ⬩ to change ⬩ alternate ⬩ to exchange ⬩ deal ⬩ conversation ⬩ intercourse ⬩ to lend ⬩ of what is lent ⬩ of words ⬩ to speak
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Lyt ic wénde ðæt ic ǽfre sceolde múðleás sprecan, wordum wrixlan, Exon. Th. 472, 2 ; Rä. 61, 10
an-sín
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Þanon ic ne wende onsión mine. El. 349. Ne áhwyrf þú þíne onsýne from mé, Bl. H. 89, 11. Anséna eówere ne beóð ð] mid teónan, 82, 17. Ansýna, Ps. Th. 81, 2. <b>Ia.</b> the surface of an object On ansýne scræfes in superficie antri, An.
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á-meldian
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Wearð Melantia ofsceamod, wénde ꝥ heó wolde hyre word ámeldian, Hml. S. 2, 179.
úþ-wita
a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician
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Ðá wolde se wísa mon his fandigan, hwæðer hé swá wís wǽre swá hé self wénde ðæt hé wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27-33. Án úðuutta unus scriba, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 19. Úðwitan sophistae, Hpt. Gl. 449, 46. Ðá clypode se apostol ðone úðwitan Graton, Homl.
ge-þeón
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ increase ⬩ thrive ⬩ flourish ⬩ prosper ⬩ crescĕre ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ vĭgēre
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Se ðe for wísdóme wende to Scottum ðæt he ælþeódig on láre geþuge who for the sake of wisdom had gone to Scotland that in a foreign land he might increase in learning, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 19. Ðá ðá he geþogen wæs when he was grown up, 38, 9: L. Ælf.
for-sacan
renounce ⬩ abandon ⬩ forsake
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Mid árwurðnysse underfón þone þe hí ǽr forsócon, 26, 189. to decline to bear: Se lǽce wile dæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde ǽr hé hit geseó, for ðǽm hé wénð, gif hé hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hé hit wille forsacan ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam
tellan
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Ic ðæt wénde and witod tealde, ðæt..., Exon. Th. 264, 1; Jul. 357. Ðone ic on firenum fæstne talde, Elen. Kmbl. 1815; El. 909. Ic mé ǽnigne ... gesacan ne tealde, Beo.
same
Similarly, in the same way
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Swá same And eft Lǽdenware swá same wendon ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde and again the Romans in the same way translated all into their own language, Past. pref. ; Swt. 6, 3.
tó-weard
Toward ⬩ in the direction of
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Hí wendon him tó ðære burge weard, 1048; Erl. 178, 1. Hí wǽron heom tó Lundene weard, 1052; Erl. 185, 4. Hé hét ðæt hé biheólde tó his Drihtne werd. Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 78
unc
Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him
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Mid ðý ic unc wénde ingangende beón, S. 629, 39. Wit unc werian þóhton, Beo. Th. 1085; B. 540. Gif hé forhigeþ uncet fyrenfulle, Shrn. 42, 27.