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fering

(n.)
Grammar
fering, e; f.

Carriagevehicle

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Carriage, vehicle Ne beþearf seó sáwul swá gerádre wege and færinge anima vehiculo non eget, Gr. D. 314, 25

swingan

Grammar
swingan, <b>. I a.</b>
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Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þú þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 12. Add

MILDE

(adj.)
Grammar
MILDE, adj.

MILDgentlemeekbenignliberalmercifulclementpropitious

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Se wæs milde wer and monþwǽre vir omnium mansuetissimus ac simplicissimus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 603, 35. Heora cining cynseþ milde and monþwǽre ( mansuetus, cf. Mt. 21, 5), Blickl. Homl. 71, 4.

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. to clothe, to furnish with clothes, provide with clothes Hé scrýt mé wel and félt, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 33. Gif æcyres weód God scrýt, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Scrýtt, Lk. Skt. 12, 28.

Linked entry: -scrid

á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Ásceáfon weg explodit, excludit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 72. literal, where an object is moved Hé hit ásceáf fram his múðe, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 17. Út áscúfen eliminant, An. Ox. 4697. Scipu út áscúfan, Chr. 897; P. 91, 13.

earh

(adj.)
Grammar
earh, adj.

Swift, fleeing through fear, timorous, weak fŭgax

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Swift, fleeing through fear, timorous, weak; fŭgax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 43: Byrht. Th. 138, 50; By. 238

ge-coplíce

(adv.)

Fitlywellreadilyaptecongrue

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adv Fitly, well, readily; apte, congrue Ic geó hwílum gecoplíce funde I formerly readily invented, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9

tídung

(n.)
Grammar
tídung, e; f.
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Ðá wearð se cing swýþe blíðe [ðis]sere tídunge, Chr. 995; Th. 244, 38

Linked entry: tíding

wæccend

(n.)
Grammar
wæccend, (?), es; m.
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A watcher, watchman Ne mæg hí cynlíce wæccend ... weard gehealdan in vanum vigilant qui custodiunt eam, Ps. Th. 126, 2

wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
wærlan, p. de
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To wend, turn Ðona foerde ł mið ðý wærlde praeteriens, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 1. v. bi-, ge-, ymb-wærlan

Linked entry: ge-wærlan

wyrm-slite

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-slite, es; m.
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A snake-bite In weán and on wyrmslitum betweónan deádum and deóflum, in bryne and on biternesse, Wulfst. 188, 1

ymbren-wicu

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-wicu, an; f.
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A week in which Ember-days fall .iiii. Wódnesdagas on .iiii. ymbrenwican, L. Alf. pol. 43 ; Th. i. 92, 9

gnorn

Grammar
gnorn, sorrow.
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Nú is hálwende þæt man hér wépe . . . Glæd bið se Godes sunu gif þú gnorn þrowast, Dóm. L. 86. Add

mód-þwǽrness

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Se fæder wearð tó mycelre módþwǽrnysse (monþwǽrnysse, v.l.) gelǽded ( ad magnam mansuetudinem perductus), Gr. D. 22, 8: 48, 29. Add

súþ-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ-weard, adj.
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Southward, south Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðweardum, Ors. 2, 1; S. 60, 4. v. súþe-weard

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Sume preóstas mid forewerdum tán stæppað, ꝥ on þám fúhtan wege ne beón heora fét besprengde, Chrd. 64, 35. Add

sæp

(n.)
Grammar
sæp, es; n.
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Ðá wearð beam monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearð tó swáte, Exon. Th. 72, 23; Cri. 1177. Ðæs swétestan sæpes suavissime succi, Hpt. Gl. 411, 58. Seó dríge gyrd ðe næs mid sæpe ácucod, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 17. Sep sucum, Germ. 391, 18

hreówlíce

(adv.)
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Þá wearð hé hreówlíce deád he died miserably, Hml. Th. i. 478, 14

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Hé hwearf be wealle he went along the wall, Beo. Th. 3150; B. 1573: 2380; B. 1188. Hengest hwearf him on láste Hengest went after them, Fins. Th. 35; Fin. 17. Gástas hwurfon sóhton engla éþel spirits went and sought the angels' country, Andr.

ge-wrecan

Grammar
ge-wrecan, In l. 9 before 84 insert. Ps. Th.,
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Hú hé his hláford gewrecan mehte, 6, 36; S. 292, 24: By. 208. to avenge a wrong Beón geornran ꝥ Godes bebodu healdan þonne úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl. H. 33, 24. Gewrǽce, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 36. Gewrǽcen, 1, 11; S. 50, 12.