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lógian

(v.)
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Hit biþ tó langsum eall hér tó lógigenne be ðám clǽnum nýtenum oððe be þám unclǽnum on ðǽre ealdan ǽ it is too tedious to give here an ordered account of everything in the old law concerning the clean and unclean animals, Hml. S. 25, 82. Add

wál

(n.)

(?) some part of a helmet

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some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H.

weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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[Or men wimman to louerd giue for wedding or for morgengiwe, Gen. and Ex. 1428.]

hláf

bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake

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Þé sóðfæst Meotud wist gife, heofonlícne hláf, An. 389. material like bread, manna Hé sealde him heofenes hláf panem coeli dedit eis, Ps.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return

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Gif ðú wénst ðæt hit on ðé gelong sé ðæt ða woruldsǽlþa on ðé swá onwenda sint ðonne eart dú on gedwolan tu, fortunam putas erga te esse mutatam?

ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
ídisc, ýddisc, es; pl. e; m. n [?].

Property ⬩ household ⬩ stuff

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Ágif ðises ceorles ýddysce [cf. ǽhta l. 18, þing, l. 23] give up this fellow's property, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 27

wrǽþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþu, (-o); indecl.: wrǽþ, e; f.

Wrath ⬩ anger

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Hæfþ eal folc micele wrǽþe æt Gode þurh his ǽnne gilt, þe hé nolde healdan ða þincg. Wulfst. 174, 27. From tóweard wuráðo a futura ira, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 7

Linked entry: wrǽþ

gewil-bod

(n.)
Grammar
gewil-bod, es; n.
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The announcement of a person's will Ne dear ic for Godes ege sóðes geswugian . . . for ðám se bydel þe ne bodað ná his hláfordes gewilboda ( the messenger that does not give the message that tells his lord's will ), hé mæg him wénan hefélices leánes,

trymman

(v.)

to make firm or strong ⬩ to construct strongly, ⬩ of physical health or strength ⬩ to give strength to ⬩ strengthen ⬩ of mental or moral strength ⬩ to confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ give strength to mind or heart ⬩ to confirm, ⬩ to corroborate ⬩ confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement ⬩ to give as surety ⬩ to trim ⬩ to set infirm order ⬩ array troops ⬩ to settle ⬩ arrange ⬩ to strengthen with words ⬩ exhort ⬩ encourage ⬩ comfort ⬩ to become strong ⬩ to be arrayed.

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Skt. 16, 20. to give as surety Trymide commendabat. Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 22. Trymede, 15, 25.

ge-wit

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Þæt týddre gewitt, 29. right or sound mind (out of one's) mind, wits Gif hwylc man of his gewitte feóle si homo quis mente sua excederit, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 29. Gif mon of his gewitte weorðe, Lch. ii. 288, 20.

gleáw

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Rece, gif þú cunne, wís, worda gleáw, Rä. 33, 14. Sum bið meáres gleáw, wiccræfta wís one knows all about horses, Crä. 69. Gleáw módes cræfta, 32. Wísfæstne wer, wordes gleáwne ( skilled in speech ), An. 1650.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Styre mid sticcan gif þú háttre wille, 76, 26. Innon ðone hwær þá ðá hé háttost wæs, Hml. S. ix, 107. of the heat of the body Wæs þæt blód tó þæs hát, B. 1616. Hát heáfodwylm hot tears, El. 1133. Háte hleórdropan, Gú. 1315.

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature

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Gif hwá eácniend wíf gewerde . . . gif hió deád síe, selle sáwle wið sáwle, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 19. Se ðe gemét hys sáwle (sáule ł ferh, Rush.), se forspilþ hig; and se ðe forspilþ his sáwle for mé, hé gemét hí, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 39: 16, 25: Jn.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.

That ⬩ that, in order that ⬩ that, ⬩ so that

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Th. 305; B. 151. where the subject of the substantive clause is omitted Nis eów forboden, ꝥte æhta habban, gif gé ða on riht strénaꝥ, Blick.

ge-sceaft

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(l a) creation in respect to this world only, the (created) world :-- Gif se man gesihð Godes leóht, þonne bið þæt gesceaft swíðe nearu geðúht, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 7.

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion

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Gif hit wæter sý, hǽte man hit óð hit hleówe tó wylme, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 14. On welme weorðan fervere, Past. 5, 8; Swt. 447, 9. inflammation Se wielm ðæs innoðes út abiersð and wierð tó sceabbe, Past. II; Swt. 71, 9.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

ge-bærnan

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Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-að, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33. Ge-bernes, Lk. L. 8, 16. Léht in ús gibern lucem in nobis accende, Rtl. 38, 3. <b>II a.

ge-grípan

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Suǽ iornað gié ꝥte gié gigrípa ( conprehendatis ), Rtl. 5, 37. with idea of violence, constraint Gegrípe capiat, retineat, Wrt.

for-sláwian

(v.)
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Substitute: to lose by sloth, neglect through laziness Ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópestan tíman ... ðonne bistilð sió slǽwð on ús, Past. 283, 1. to be slow to do Þú náht ne forsláwodest ꝥ þú þín ágen feorh for hine ne sealdest thou wert not slow to give

Linked entry: for-slǽwan

ge-grippan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grippan, p. de.
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to lay hold of, obtain, acquire Folc ðín frófro lífes deádlíces onfóe, and éco gifeá gigrippa ( conprehendat ), Rtl. 39, 27: 63, 20. Gigrippe sóðfæstnesse adprehendet justitiam, 45, 23. to seize Gást gegrippde hine, Lk. L. 9, 39.

Linked entries: grippan ge-grípan