wel
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Eal swá wel behófaþ ðæt heáfod ðæra óðera lima, swá swá ða lima behófiaþ ðæs heáfdes, Homl. Th. i. 274, 7. marking favourable condition, absence of hindrance Hé his wel geweald áhte on ðæm scræfe, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 5.
þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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Hé eall ðurh his unrihtdǽde mid ðweorum lífe áþýstrade universa prave agenda obnubilavit, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 33. On þwerre sprǽce in locutione perversa, Confess. Peccat. Ðweran perverso, Kent. Gl. 242.
forþ-gangan
To go forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ go before ⬩ precede ⬩ procēdĕre ⬩ progrĕdi ⬩ præcēdĕre
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Lind. 2, 23
Linked entries: forþ-gongan forþ-ongangan
geldan
To pay ⬩ restore ⬩ render ⬩ make an offering ⬩ serve ⬩ worship
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Lind. 18, 28 : Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 22, note 27 : L. Wih. 12; Th, i. 40, 4, 6 : L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 32, 2
lund-laga
Rein ⬩ kidney
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Lundlaga lien, Wrt. Voc. 45, 14: renunculus, ii, 118, 72. Lundlagan renunculi, Wrt. Voc, 44, 67: renunculæ, 65, 58. Ðú nymst twegen lundlagan sumes duos renes, Ex. 29, 13: Lev. 8, 25
Linked entry: -laga
glisnian
To glisten ⬩ shine
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Se engel hæfde twegen beágas on hys handa ða glysnodon swa rósan blósman the angel had two rings on his hand, they shone like roses, Shrn. 149, 29
weorold-þearf
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi
wiþ-cwedenness
Gainsaying ⬩ contradiction ⬩ opposition
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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32.
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wind-fana
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His fone ł windfone (fonnae ł windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clǽnsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam Lk. Skt. Rush. 3, 17
beód-lǽs
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Table-allowance, provisions contributed to a mo-nastery Ðæt ( a list of provisions to be granted has just been given ) sié simle tó hígum beódlése (hígum tó beódlése?) ymb twelf mónað ágefen, Cht. Th. 474, 6.
Linked entry: lǽs
eft-wyrd
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Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlað, yldo oððe ǽrdeáð; eftwyrd cymð, mægenþrymma mǽst now mighty robbers hold sway, eld or early death; renewal of life shall come, greatest of God's glorious powers, Exod. 539
ge-efenlícad
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Voc. ii. 118, 53. to make equal or like, liken: — Hwelc bið geefenlícad (aequabitur) Dryhtne?, Ps. Srt. 88, 7: Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8. Comparatus, i. assimiliatus geefenlícad, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 76
leoþu-wác
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Gr. 168, last line), 37, 8
swǽr
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heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8.
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witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Wé ús nytan witod líf óð ǽfen we are not sure of life until the evening, Wulfst. 241, 16: 240, 18: 151, 17. Nú hæbbe ic ðíne hyldo mé witode geworhte, Cd. Th. 45, 15; Gen. 727. Weotude, Andr. Kmbl. 2149; An. 1076.
HEG
Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum
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Lind. 6, 30. Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 10.
mæstling
A kind of brass ⬩ aes ⬩ aurichalcum ⬩ electrum ⬩ a vessel made of the metal
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Lind. Rush. 6, 8. Ðæt mæslenn (mæslen, Rush.), 12, 41. Mæslen, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 15. a vessel made of the metal (? v. Halliw. Dict.
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nest
A nest ⬩ the young birds in the nest ⬩ nidus
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A. nest : Lind. nesto) volucres coeli habent nidos, 9, 58. Nest (Lind. nestas ł nesto), Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20 : Homl. Th. i. 160, 34
ge-myndigian
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Lind. 1, 54