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wull

(n.)
Grammar
wull, e; wulle, an; f.

Wool

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Mid hnesce wulle oferwríðe ealle ða scearpan, 130, 10. Nim wǽte wulle, i. 312, 12: 362, 17: Ps. Surt. 147, 16. Wullan (? the MS. has wulla with a stroke after the a) lanam, Kent. Gl. 1135. Wulla lanas, Hpt. Gl. 524, 14

Linked entries: wul wyll

ǽtren

(adj.)
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Þonne ealle ǽterno þing fleógaþ, Lch. ii. 146, 10. Allo ætterna nétno omnia venenosa animalia , Rtl. 145, 16. Ðá wonnan ætrinan livida toxica , Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 69. Ænig his ǽtrenra (ǽttrenra, ǽttreua, v. ll. ) wǽpna, Wlfst. 35, 18.

á-flíman

(v.)
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á-flíman, -flýman.
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Hý ðǽr áflýmede wurdon, Chr. 1001; P. 132, 22. to drive away what is unpleasant or hurtful Áflýman ealle þá þeóstru þǽre nihte, Gr. D. 171, 2.

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bróþor-rǽden

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Þe prior on Baþan and ealle þá gebróþran habbaþ heom geunnen þá bróþerrǽddene and þá bedrǽddene for lífe and for déþe, 436, 14

cempa

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Seleucus hæfde ealle þá æðelestan men Alexandres heres ..., and Cassander þá cempan mid Chaldéum summa castrorum Seleuco cessit; stipatoribus regis satellitibusque Cassander praeficitur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 2. Add

cwilman

(v.)
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</b> cwilman tó deáþe to put to a cruel death :-- Cwylm hig ealle tó deáðe, Hml. A. 188, 197

Linked entry: cwelman

eáþe-lic

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Seó ealde ǽ wæs eáðelicre þonne Crístes gesetnys sý, Hml. Th. i. 358, 28. inconsiderable, slight. of living things, weak, tender Swilce hé tótǽre sum eáðelic ticcen, Jud. 14, 6.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

eáwunga

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Ðá synfullan sýn eáwunga (-e, v. l.) geþreáde beforan ealre geférrǽdenne peccatores coram omnibus arguantur, 129, 17. Eáwunga manifestum, Mt. L. 12, 16. Eáwunge (eówunga, R.), Mk. L. 6, 14. Éwunga (eáwunga, R.) manifeste, 1, 45.

eornost

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
eornost, es; n. (not f.)

in earnestseriouslyindeed

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Ús eallum tó woruldscame, gyf wé on eornost ǽnige cúðan to the shame of'us all, if we really could feel any, Wlfst. 163, 8. with weakened force, indeed.

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ge-líffæstan

(v.)
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ge-líffæstan, ge-líffæstian; p. ge-líffæste, ge-líffæstade; pp. ge-líffæst, ge-líffæsted.
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Þurh þone gást syndon gelíffæste ealle þá gesceafta þe se Fæder gesceóp, Hml. A. 2, 20. of spiritual life Þú gelíffæst mé viuificabis me, Ps. L. 137, 7: 142, II. Swá hwylc swá his sáwle forspilþ, sé hig gelíffæstað, Lk. (W.S., L.,R.) 17, 33.

ge-liger

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ge-liger, l. ge-ligere (ge-ligre),
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Ealra þára Rómána wíf þe hé mehte, hé tó geligre geniédde, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 29.

geond

(adv.)
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geond, adv.
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Th. i. 354, 20. where there is motion, thither, over there Þanon ealle wé flugon geond tó þǽre dúne thence we all fled over there to the hill, Hml. S. 23, 740. Uton þyder geond gán let us go over there to the place, 748: 321.

hamer

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Þeáh ðǽra manna ǽghwylc hæfde ǽnne hamor on handa, and þeáh man . . . mid þám hameron beóte on þæt ísene þell . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þissum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre, Wlfst. 147, 3-8. Hameras sleánde mallei percutientes, Scint. 171, 14.

heáh

(adv.)
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heáh, adv.
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Add: physical. so as to extend to a great height Be ðám heán muntum and dúnum þá ðe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, Wlfst. 262, 13.

hræd-ness

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Hé mid ealre hrædnysse onféng his ǽrran hǽle salutem pristinam citius recepit, 157, 14.

yrre

(adj.)
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yrre, adj.
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Ealle godas him irre wǽren, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 4. (ii) following :-- Sum man wearð yrre his ðeówan men, Hml. S. 21, 414. Þá wæs yrre God Abimelehe, Gen. 2741. Þú yrre ús wurde and eft milde iratus es, et misertus es nobis, Ps. Th. 59, l.

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leahter

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Hwæt ne cann sé ðe ealle ðing cann ? Hé ne cann nǽnne leahter, and hí wǽron mid leahtrum áfyllede, Hml. Th. ii. 572, 35. Ne mæg synne on mé fácnes frumbearn fyrene gestǽlan, líces leahtor, Gú. 1045. Þæs líchoman leah as and þá unþeáwas, Met. 22, 25.

ofer-gán

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Gif ðone æpl ðæs eágan ðæt fleáh mid ealle ofergséð, ne mæg mon nóht geseón pupilla oculi. . . albuginem tolerans nil videt, 69, 18. Seó eorðe bið mid fúlum wætere ofergán, Angl. vii. 48,463.

sceótan

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sceótan, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Swutelað hit hér ðæt Boui mid his scette áwerede ðæt land and fore scét on ealre scíre gewitnysse, C. D. vi. 183, 10

wǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽt, es; n.

wet, moistureliquor, drink

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Hé fæste, swá ðæt hé ne onbyrigde ǽtes ne wǽtes on eallum ðam fyrste, 166, 11: ii. 490, 11: Wulfst. 103, 1. Nán ðing tó ðigenne ne on ǽte ne on wǽte nec quicquam cibi aut potus presumere, R. Ben. 69, 19: 76, 18: Homl. Th. i. 360, 13: ii. 590, 21.