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wergild-þeóf

(n.)
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wergild-þeóf, es; m.
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A thief whose wergild was paid as a punishmen for his crime [cf. Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge.

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouswisehaving knowledgeskilllearnedintelligentrational

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Is nú þearf micel, ðæt wé wísfæstra wordum hýran, 2335; An. 1169. of things Ðæt heó his wísfæst word efnan ut faciant mandata ejus, Ps. Th. 102, 17. wise, having knowledge or skill. learned Esaias, wísfæst wítga, Exon. Th. 19, 25; Cri. 306.

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis

Linked entry: wríþian

æt-speornan

(v.)
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æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
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Þe lǽs ðe ðú æt stáne þínne fót ætspurne, Hml. Th. i. 516, 30. Þæt þú ne þurfe ðínne fót æt stáne ætspurnan, 166, 21. Ætspornan inpingere , Wrt. Voc. ii. 85 , 15. intrans.

ende-néhst

lastlastlowestlastfinallatest

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Onfóh þás endenéhstan lác þínes láreówes, Hml. S. 6, 76. latest, most recent Oð ꝥ hit becóm tó ús endenéxtum mannum, Hml. A. 5, 117

Linked entry: endemestness

ge-fultuman

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Ealra þára þinga þe mé Críst tó gefultumian wyle, Cht.

ge-sǽlignes

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Ðá sceáwede ic míne gesǽlinesse ( felicitatem ) and mín wuldor and þá . . . gesǽlignisse mínes lífes, Nar. 7, 21. of things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness

Linked entry: sǽligness

hálsung

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Cf. hálsian; 1 Geneálǽcige gebed ł hálsung mín (deprecatio mea) on gesihþe þínre, Ps. L. 118, 169 Béne ł hálsunge míne deprecationem meam, 16, 1. God gehírde míne healsunge ( deprecationem), and Drihten onféng mín gebed (orationem ), Ps. Th. 6, 7.

hosp

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Gemyndig beó ðú hospa ( inproperiorum ) þínra, 73, 32. Álýs mé fram hospum ( calumniis ) manna, 118, 134. Hospas strofas, i. uersutias, Germ. 396, 318. Sé bið eádig þe for Críste ðolað wyriunge and hospas, Hml. Th. i. 554, 21. Add

on-cweþan

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Oncweð þisne cwide, Dóm. 114. Add Seó neólnes cliopað tó þǽre neólnesse, and heó oncwyð, Ps. Th. 41, 8. [Cf. O. H. Ger. in-quedan respondere.] Cf. and-cwis

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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He thinks the form hettian [hættian] has no sense, but may it not be connected with hæt, as it was just that part of the head which the hat covered that was affected? It was giving the victim the appearance of wearing a hat of a most ghastly kind

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Hwonne he ðisse worlde ende gesettan wolde when he meant to fix the end of this world, Blickl. Homl. 119, 9: 27, 24.

ge-settan

(v.)
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H. 77, 24. of non-material things Þæt hé (Joseph) his ealdormen ealle iǽrde, swá hé his sylfes mód geseted hæfde ut erudiret principes suos sicut seipsum, Ps.

LÍM

(n.)
Grammar
LÍM, es; m.

LIMEcementmortarglueglutenpaste

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LIME, material which causes adhesion, cement, mortar, glue, gluten, bird lime, thick substance made of curds, paste Ánes cynnes lím bitumen, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 43; Wrt, Voc, 37, 31. Lím tó fugele gluten; eglím glara, Ælfc.

þicness

(n.)
Grammar
þicness, e; f.
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Ðicnyssa condensa, 28, 9. referring to dimension, thickness, depth, a thick body. v. þicce, IV Hreóflícre þicnesse elephantina callositate, Hpt. Gl. 519, 31. Hit næfde eorþan þiccnesse non habebat altitudinem terrae, Mk. Skt. 4, 5.

Linked entry: þicce

un-besacen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besacen, adj.

unmolested by litigationnot made the subject of litigationuncontested

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S. 73; Th. i. 414 23. of things, not made the subject of litigation, uncontested Ðæt ðæt land swá unbesæccen gange intó ðære cyrican swá hit ðá on dæg wes ðá hit man him tó læt that the land pass into the possession of the church as uncontested as it

ge-maca

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Wosað gié gimaco Godes estote imitatores Dei, Rtl. 12, ll. of things Ic gean þes beáhges gemacan þe man sealde mínum hláforde, Cht.

ge-þrǽstan

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S. 23 b, 537. the mind Gif þú gesihst éhtere þínne þearle wédende, wite þú þæt fram átendendum his deófle byþ geþrǽst ( ab accensore suo demone (p)urguetur ), Scint. 208, 4. to constrain, bind, confine Geþrǽst artatur, i. constringitur, An.

healm

stubblestrawa strawstalk

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Swá hwylc man swá ofer þisne staþol seteð . . . híg oððe healm (stipulam) . . . þeáh þe ꝥ híg and ꝥ healm forbyrne, Gr. D. 328, 23-27. Wið liðseáwe, genim bereu healm, Lch. ii. 134, 2. Sete hié swé swé halm (stipulam) biforan onsiéne windes, Ps.

on-secgan

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Bútan þú him lác onsecge, Jul. 199. to offer something as a sacrifice Þú scealt sunu þínne onsecgan tó tibre, Gen. 2852. to offer something in or by sacrifice. Cf. (1 b) Wes þú on ofeste þæt þú lác onsecge sigortifre, Jul. 255