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grípan

(v.)
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Ðá ðe willað grípan on swelcne folgað qui praeesse concupiscunt, 53, 6. the subject a thing, material, to seize on, make attack on, assail Mere swíðe gráp on fǽge folc ocean fiercely assailed the doomed folk, Gen. 1381.

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to cursemaledicereto do evil

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Wyrig God and swelt, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 30. Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne werge ðú, L. Alf. 37; Th. i. 52, 30. Ðæt ðú hig wirige, Num. 23, 27. Se ðe werge (wyrge, wyrie, v. ll.) L. Alf. 15; Th. i. 48, 8. Wirige, Gen. 27, 29.

ge-hæftan

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Hié nellað hié gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód, swelce mon deópne pool gewerige, ac hé lǽt his mód tóflówan . . . and ne gehæft hit ná mid ðám gesuincium gódra weorca se ad superiora stringendo non dirigit, neglectam se expandit, et studiorum sublimium

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Nales ðæt án ðæt ... ac eác swelce not only ... but also, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27: 1, 7; Swt. 40, 4. Nalæs ðæt án ðæt ... ac swylce eác, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 4 : 1, 14; S. 482, 24 : 4, 29; S. 608, 17. Nalæs ðæt án ... ac eác, 2, 12; S. 514, 8.

Linked entry: nalas

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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Wearð micel wundor on heofonum gesewen, swelce eal se hefon birnende wǽre. þæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes Romae . . .gravis pestilentia . . . in*-*conduit, ut meríto praecedente prodigio coelum ardere

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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6, 4. of the eye, to be freed from obstruction, to open Gif eágan forsetene beóð, genim hræfnes geallan ... drýp on ðæt eáge ... ðonne wacaþ ðæt eáge (the eye opens again), Lchdm. iii. 2, 24. to be alert Se sláwa ongit hwæt him ryht bið tó ðonne, swelce

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Heó mid ðæm healfan dǽle beforan ðæm cyninge farende wæs swelce heó fleónde wǽre with half the army she was going before the king as if she were fleeing, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27.

ge-mittan

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Ðá hé cóm ongeán dǽm herge, þá gemitte hé þǽr swelcne feld swá him ǽr on swefne ætýwed wæs, Shrn. 70, 16. Þá eóde ꝥ folc on þá sǽand hig gemytton þǽr stǽnen hús, 150, 22.

ge-witnes

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Ðeáh hit nán mon nyte, swáðeáh hit bið beforan monnum gedón, emne swelce hit sié on ealra ðára gewitnesse gedón . . . nullus fortasse videl, et hoc tamen coram hominibus fecit; quia tot testes in bono opere secum duxit . . ., Past. 451, 21.

losian

(v.)
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Ús fremað ꝥ án man swelte for folce and náteshwón ne losige (losaige, L. (loesige, R. ) pereat. Jn. L. 11, 50) seó mǽgð tósomne, Hml. A. 66, 13. to perish spiritually Gif se synfulla gecyrran nelle . . . hé swelt (losaþ, v. l. ), Hml. A. 139, 29.

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste hé hit mót fullian sóna ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen if an unbaptized child be brought to the mass-priest suddenly, he must baptize it at once, that it die not heathen, L.

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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Ðæt hit wurde, ðæt on eorðan geond ðás wídan weoruld wǽren swelce under sunnan, Met. 8, 42. used metaphorically Seó sóþfæste sunne, Exon. Th. 237, 9; Ph. 587. Mín se swétesta sunnan scíma, Juliana, 252, 21; Jul. 166

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Swelce eal se hefon birnende wǽre, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86. 23. Se heofen, 4, 7; S. 184, 22. Hié gesáwon swelce se hefon wǽre tóhliden Falescis coelum scindi velut magno hiatu visum, 4, 8; S. 188, 26.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

HRING

(n.)
Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.

A RINGcirclecircuitcycleorbglobefestoon

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Mon geseah ymbe ða sunnan swelce án gylden hring circulus ad speciem cælestis arcus orbem solis ambiit, 14; Swt. 248, 9. Ðæs seó hringc circulus [pupillæ ], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 64; Wrt. Voc. 42, 72.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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hrægle hé in eóde, mid swelce gange hé út, Ll.

hǽþen

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Cild gyf hit hǽðen swelte. . . . Sé þe ofsleá his beam hǽðen . . . Hǽðen cild gif hit bið preóst beboden . . . and hit hǽðen swelte, 144, 32-35.

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Kmbl. p. 1, 9. a wretched person, a miserable, feeble creature God selfa tyhte Móyses on ðone folgoð, swáðeáh hé him ondréd; and nú fandiaþ swelce wræccan and teóð tó, woldon underfón ðone weorðscipe and eác ða byrðenne Moyses suadente Domino trepidat

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

eáster

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Fram þǽre hálgan Eástertíde oð eft Eástron from the holy Eastertide until Easter again, Lch. iii. 248, 23. of a season of the year, spring Hwæþer þú fægerra blóstmæna fægnige on eástran swelce þú hié gescópe . . . hwæþer hit ðínes gewealdes sié ꝥ se

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. to exercise the faculty of speechto use words in conversation, discourse, etc.to mentionto sayto speakto sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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Th. 108, 20. where the object is that which is spoken about, to mention On swelcum cræftum swelce wé ǽr sprǽnoc, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 12. Of ðsǽm beorgum ðe wé ǽr sprǽcon (sǽdonMS. L.), Ors. 1, 1; 805. 17, 44.

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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Ðá cwǽdon hié ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hié an swelcan niéde ðeáþ fornóme ðonne hié mid swelcan niéde friþ begeáte tutius rati sese armatos mori quam miseros vivere, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 25-27, Sume men ða wǽtan for ðæm nýde þigdon suam urinam vexatos ultimis