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for-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþ, comp. m. -cúþera, -cúþra; sup. m. -cúþesta, -cuþosta; adj. [cúþ known, excellent]

Perversebadinfamouswickedperversusmălusnēquam

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Wearþ he and ealle his geferan forcúþran andwyrsan ðonne ǽnig óðer gesceaft he and all his companions became more wicked and worse than any other creature, i. 10, 35.

Linked entries: fercúþ for-cúþlic

hyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrwan, hyrwian; p. de, ede

blasphemedespisecondemntreat illoppressvexharass

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Sceal wís cyning cristendóm miclian and mǽrsian and á hé sceal hǽðendóm hindrian and hyrwan a wise king must extend and magnify christianity, and ever must he hinder and harass heathendom, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 306, 7

Linked entry: herwan

flot-man

a seamansailora pirate

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Add: a seaman, sailor Sciplicum réþra ł flotmanna herium classicis nautarum cohortibus, An. Ox. 22. Flodmanna, 3, 14. a pirate Flotman archipirata, i. summus latro, An.

gnagan

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Dele bracket at end, and add Gnæhð, cíwþ sulcat (corpora vermis ), An. Ox. 23, 49. Wyrmas heora bán gnagað byrnendum tóðum vermes lacerant ignitis dentibus ossa, Wlfst. 139, 10: Dóm. L. 211.

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pridehigh spiritpridearrogancehaughtinessinsolencedistinctionsplendourpompdignitymagnificencewealthgreatness

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MS.) and se anwald ðǽr wǽre tó gemenged, Past. 17;Swt. 114, 1. Hié wǽron welige on ðyssum middangearde, and heora wlenca wǽron swíþe monigfealde on landum and on wíngeardum, and heora hordernu wǽron mid monigfealdum wlencum gefylde, Blickl.

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Geohðo mǽnaþ they lament their grief, Andr. Kmbl. 3329; An. 1667. Ic þurh geohða sceal dǽda fremman I must do deeds with sorrow, Andr. Kmbl. 132; An. 66.

Linked entry: gihþu

rípian

(v.)
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Æpla, græs, and wyrtan, and treówen foraldiað and forsériað and cumað oððer, grénu wexað, and gearwað and rípað (-iað?), Solil. H. 10, 5. Add

wamb-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
wamb-scyldig, (?); adj.
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Lá, ðú eorðan lamb (= lám) and dúst and wyrma gifel, and þú wambscyldiga (-= wammscyldiga?) fætels and gealstor and fúlnes and hrǽw, Nap. 67

nigon

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Nigon and .xx. wintra, Chr. 973; P. 118, 23. (2 a α) with pronoun :-- Hé forlǽt þá nigon and hundnigontig, Mt. 18, 12. add: alone Niogen hund wintra, Angl. xi. 4, 21.

wǽr-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr-loga, an; m.

One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person

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Hér syndan wedlogan and wǽrlogan in this land are men false to their pledges and to their covenants, Wulfst. 165, 37. Wǽrlogan ( the cannibal Mermedonians ), Andr. Kmbl. 141; An. 71: 215; An. 108.

Linked entry: wér-loga

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Add: to betroth Ic beweddode (desponsavi) eów anum were, -ꝥ gé án clǽne mǽden gearcion Críste, Hml. A. 30, 139: Hml. Th. ii. 54, 14. Beweddede subarravit (me annulo), An. Ox. 4293 : subarraret (nuptiali dote), 4553.

galdor-sang

(n.)
Grammar
galdor-sang, es; m.

An incantation

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An incantation Gif hwylc wíf wiccunga begá and þá deóflican galdorsangas (diabolica cantica magica), Ll. Th. ii. 154, 26. Ne wé galdorsangas onginnen, Wlfst. 253, 10

wil-boda

(n.)
Grammar
wil-boda, an; m.

A welcome messenger

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A welcome messenger Mec meahtig Meotudes þegn ( an angel ) gesóhte, and mé sára gehwylc gehǽlde, wuldres wilboda, Exon. Th. 176, 34; Gú. 1220. Cf. wil-spell

on-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sund, adj.

of persons, sound, whole, uninjuredof things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury

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Th. i. 74, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 2023; An. 1014: 3244; An. 1625. of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury Ne wearm weder ne winterscúr wihte gewyrdan, ac se wong seómaþ onsund, Exon. Th. 199, 3; Ph. 20: 200, 21; Ph. 44.

Linked entry: án-súnd

brægden

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
brægden, bregden.
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Brǽdynes strofosæ (fraudis balista), An. Ox. 8, 84. Brǽdnes, 7, 54: Angl. xiii. 29, 39. (The passage to which all these refer is glossed by swicfulles, An. Ox. 732.) Þǽr man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregden bið (that there has been fraud), Ll.

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astraywanderingconfusedperversedepravedangryenragedwrathfulindignant

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Yrre wǽron begen réðe angry were both and fierce, Beo. Th. 1543; B. 769

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Ædmund] cining him wið gefeaht, and ða Deniscan sige náman, and ðone cining ofslógon, and ðæt land eall ge-eódon here the army went over Mercia into East-Anglia;—and, in that year, St.

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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bǽtte, warenað hé hine wið ðæt weder a good pilot perceives a great wind on a rough sea before it comes on him, and orders the sail to be furled, and also sometimes the mast to be lowered and to leave off beating; if he have before in an adverse wind

hengen

a crossa rack

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Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene, and hét hón þone bisceop þǽron, and hé swá hangigende þone Hǽlend bodode, swá swá Andreas dyde (cf. Ses Andreas wæs áhangen on róde, Shrn. 153, 12). Þáhét se déma dón hine of þǽre hencgene, Hml.

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, <b>; I.</b>
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Þá gehýrdon hí mótian wið Martine lange ( they heard a long conversation being carried on with Martin ), and he wæs ána ǽr innan þám húse belocen, 31, 694. Add