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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

wæccend

(n.)
Grammar
wæccend, (?), es; m.

A watcherwatchman

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A watcher, watchman Ne mæg hí cynlíce wæccend ... weard gehealdan in vanum vigilant qui custodiunt eam, Ps. Th. 126, 2

án-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
án-hende, adj.

One-handedlameimperfectweakunimanus

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One-handed, lame, imperfect, weak; unimanus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 25; Wrt. Voc. 45, 58

fór-weorþfullíc

(adj.)
Grammar
fór-weorþfullíc, adj.

Very worthyvery excellentpræclārus

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Very worthy, very excellent; præclārus Fórweorþfullíc wéla very excellent wealth. Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 14

gliwian

(v.)
Grammar
gliwian, p. ede

To adorn[?]

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Me gliwedon wrætlíc weorc smiþa, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 17; Rä. 27, 13

sin-dolh

(n.)
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a lasting, very great wound Him on eaxle wearð syndolh sweotol, Beo. Th. 1638 ; B. 817

Linked entry: syn-dolh

yfel-cwedolian

(v.)
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Cf. wearg-cwedolian

út-wícing

(n.)
Grammar
út-wícing, es; m.

A foreign pirate

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A foreign pirate Hugo eorl wearð ofslagen innan Anglesége fram útwíkingan, Chr. 1098; Erl. 235, 6

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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wyllaþ, ðæt ǽlc freó man beó on hundrede and on teóðunge gebroht, ðe láde wyrðe beón wylle oððe weres wyrðe, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 18-22. See Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 85; Kemble's Saxons in England, vol. i. c. 9

Linked entry: tegðung

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Godes is ðæt yrfe ðe big leofiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 51, 18. Ðǽm mannum ðe be his lárum lifiaþ, 61, 13. On hwylcum geswince hié lifiaþ, 59, 25. Gif ða dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ, 35, 25. Ða hwíle ðe lifgaþ hér on worlde, 35, 35.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

mid

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Se wer þe mid his ágene (-on, v. l. ) wíf bið slǽpende, Bd. 1, 27 ; Sch. 86, 1. Ána mid him sylfum alone by himself, Gr. D. 105, 29 : 32 : 106. 24. <b>II a.

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Hwæðer cweþe ðe úre ðe ðæra engla shall we say ours or the angels? Homl. Th. i. 220, 20. Cwyst ðú hwæðer ic hyt sí numquid ego sum? Mt.

for-hicgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To neglectrejectdespisecondemndespĭcĕrespernĕre

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We forhicgaþ on arísendum on us spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis, Ps. Spl. 43, 7. Driht ná forhigede and ne forseah béne þearfena Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris, 21, 23.

ge-gæderian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gæderian, -gaderian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To gatherjoincolligerecongregare

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Wyt beóþ gegæderode we two shall be gathered, 100 a; Th. 376, 23; Seel. 159. Ðam biþ gæst gegæderad Godes bearn God's child will be a guest associated with him, 84 b; Th. 318, 9; Mód. 80

Linked entry: ge-gaderian

syn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-líc, adj.

Sinful

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geáxiaþ nǽnig gód áwunigende and ealle worldlícu þing swíþe synlícu, Blickl. Homl. 109, 3. [Wǽron swíðe hefige and sinlíce gewinn betwux ðam Cásere of Sexlande and his sunu, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 23.]

ufan-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ufan-weard, adj.

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Ðá gesáwon westan ðone leóman sunnan and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówunt ufonweardum videmus ab occidente jubare fulgentibus Phebi radiisque percussa arborum cacumina, Nar. 28, 25