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up-ness

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
up-ness, e; f.

Height

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Height Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum hire upnyssa qui tegis aquis superiora eius, Ps. Lamb. 103, 3

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ǽtren

(adj.)
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Ǽterno wǽte. Lch. ii. 16, 13. Ǽtternes venenosi , Rtl. 122, 26. Ne ðǽr ( Ireland) monn ǽnigne ǽtterne (ǽtrene, v. l. ) wyrm ne gesihþ, Bd. l, I; S. 474, 33. Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð and éþung ǽterne, Nar. 14, 16. Ǽt(r)ene venefici , Bl. Gl.

ge-wring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wring, es; n. [ge-wringan comprimere, wringan to wring, torquere]

What one can wring or press out ⬩ drink ⬩ strong drink ⬩ potus ⬩ sicera ⬩ σίκερα

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What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48

Linked entry: -wring

stulor

(adj.)
Grammar
stulor, adj.
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Th. ii. 392, 24. stolen Wæteru stulre swéttran synd aque furtiuae dulciores sunt, Scint. 110, 11

ge-wascan

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Mid wætere gewæsc, 204, 19. Niman hí him bréc of hrægelhús; eft swá hý ham cumen, betǽcan him gewoxene (-wahsene, v. l.) femuralia de vestiario accipiant; revertentes lota ibi restituant, R. Ben. 91, 10. Add

un-eáðlácn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðlácn, un-eáðlácne?, -lǽcne; adj.

Not easily cured

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Seó wǽte wyrcþ uneáþlácna áðla, 226, 15

rignan

Grammar
rignan, <b>I a.</b> add: (a α)
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</b> add :-- Hit swá swíðe rínde ꝥ hié hæfdon wæter genóg onufan þǽre dúne, Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 16. Add Unmǽte rénas ríndon, Gr. D. 196, 2. Þí geáre manig seah meoloc rínan of heofonum, Shrn. 30, 10

þæran

(v.)
Grammar
þæran, (? þærran)

to dry ⬩ wipe

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to dry, wipe Hé ðá hét geótan wæter on mundleów and ongan his þegna fét þweán and þæran (other MSS. have þar an, þær ana; the Latin in Jn. 13, 5 is extergere.

Linked entries: þerran þirran

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirst ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ to be sunk ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ crapulatus (a vino)

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Ðeáh ðe hié ǽr eorþe bewrigen hæfde, oððe on wætere ádruncan, Bl. H. 95, 15. Ðǽr wearþ monig mon ofslægen and ádruncen, Chr. 853; P. 66, 2: Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 27.

ge-sígan

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Add: to sink or fall back Gesáh relabitur, Germ. 401, 12. of the depression of a surface, to sink Þý lǽs þider in yfel pohha gesige, Lch. ii. 208, 18. of the movement of a fluid, to run into or out of Gyf wæter on eáran swýþe gesigen (-siged, v.l.

ge-dúfan

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Gif hit ( the ordeal) sý wæter, ꝥ hé gedúfe óðre healfe elne on þám rápe, Ll. Th. i. 212, 2. fig. to plunge into sin, &amp; c.

þeóster-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóster-full, (þístre-), (þrýstre-); adj.

Full of darkness ⬩ dark, obscure

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Full of darkness, dark, obscure Þeóstorfull wæter tenebrosa aqua, Ps. Spl. 17, 13. Ðín líchama byþ þýsterfull (tenebrosum), Mt. Kmbl. 6, 23. Þéstreful tenebrosa, obscura, Hpt. Gl. 483, 53. Of þrýstrefulre de latebroso, tenebroso, 458, 52.

bæc-ern

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Ꝥ ealle neódbehéfness, ꝥ is wæter, myll, orceard, bæcern (pistrinum), oððe mistlice cræftas wiðinnan minstre beón gegánne, R. Ben. I. 112, 15.

stearclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stearclíce, adv.
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E.) on feaht ǽgðer ge be wætere ge be lande made a vigorous assault upon it by land and water, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 32

ge-hréran

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Add: to stir together, mix up material Gehrér twá ǽgru on hatum wætere, Lch. ii. 76, 28. Dó méle fulne buteran on, and gehrére tógædere, 86, 18. of the operation of natural forces, to set in violent motion Þurh winda gryre wolcn wæs gehréred, Dóm.

ge-soden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-soden, part. [soden, pp. of seóðan to seethe]

Seethed ⬩ sodden ⬩ cooked ⬩ boiled ⬩ coctus ⬩ elixus

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Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cĭbus, 31; Som. 61, 87; Wrt. Voc. 27, 17. Gesoden wín defrūtum vīnum, 32; Som. 62, 8; Wrt. Voc. 27, 62

ge-dríf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dríf, es; n.

A driving ⬩ movement

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A driving, movement Ðæs lyftes gedríf, ðæs wæteres gedríf the regions of air and water, Salm. Kmbl. 186, 22

búc-ful

(n.)
Grammar
búc-ful, -full, e; f.

A pitcherful

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A pitcherful Him wearþ ðá geboren to búcful wæteres a pitcherful of water was then borne to him, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 29

sealt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt, es; n.

Salt

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Nim ácorfenes sealtes (rock salt) ðæt wæter ðe ðǽrof gǽþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 18. Hwítes sealtes, iii. 20, 26. Greát sealt rock salt, 40, 20, 10: i. 158, 34

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récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, p. réhte
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Ðám mannum ðe fram ðære teóþan tíde ne geseóþ, ðæs ylcan drinces smýc heora eágan onfón and mid ðam broþe récen, and ða lifre wǽten, and gníden and mid smyrgen, Lchdm. i. 346, 22

Linked entry: reócan