mid-weg
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Þá þá hé wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe hé tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add
wist
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Hé ne dorste geopenian ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, ac hé dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add
wearmness
Warmness, warmth
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Warmness, warmth Hé wolde hine baðian on þam wlacum wætere, ac hé gewát sóna swá hé ðæt wæter hrepode, and wearð seó wearmnys him áwend tó deáðe, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 160
hwá
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Hé gelýfd swá hwæt swá hé cwyð, gewurðe þis, Mk. 11. 23: Lk. 10, 35.
ge-standan
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Th. ii. 160, 20. to attack, assail, seize, (i) of living creatures Ðá ná gestód hé ná ǽlcne onsundran, ac heora ǽlces sweordfǽtelsas hé hét forceorfan and hí mid bendum hét gewríðan, and cwæþ tó heom eallum: '. . . oð þæt ic eft eów gestænde, and ic
ge-wrecan
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Hé hyne sylfne gewræc, 2875. Hé þóhte ꝥ hé his fæder and his fæderan gewrǽce, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 15. Þæt hié heora hláford gewrǽcen, 3, 9; S. 134, 30.
lícian
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Sió wilnung ðæt hé scyle monnum lícigean (lícian, v. l.) cupido placendi hominibus, Past. 141, 14. Hé wilnað Gode tó líciganne (lícianne, v. l.), 371, 21. (b α) with wel, (i) to be (well) pleasing :-- Wel heó lícað ús, Coll. M. 32, 9.
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Hé ða wyrd ne máð, fǽges forðsíð, Exon. Th. 182, 33; Gú. 1319. Hé wyrd ne ful cúþe freóndrǽdenne hú heó from hogde he did not fully know the circumstance, how her heart was turned from loving him, 244, 26; Jul. 33.
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HUNGOR
HUNGER ⬩ famine
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Hér wæs se micla hungor on Angelcynne in this year was the great famine in England, Chr. 976; Erl. 127, 34. Hér on ðyssum geáre wæs se mycla hungor geond Angelcynn swilce nán man ǽr ne gemunde swá grimme, 1005; Erl. 139, 36.
hálig-nes
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</b> Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen . . . þæs hálines and wundor wǽron manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland (cf. cujus quanta fides in Deum, quae deuotio mentis fuerit, etiam post mortem uirtutum miraculis claruit, Bd. 3, 9), Chr. 641; P. 27, 24.
þider
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Hé tó heofenum lócade, þyder his módgeþanc á geseted wæs ... tó Drihtne þyder hé féran sceal, 227, 17-22
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be-witan
watch over
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Hé ealle his gemót bewiste, Chr. 1099; P 235, 1. ꝥegn þe his ælmyssan bewiste his almoner, Hml. S. 26, 91. Se munuc þe þæs mynstres geat bewiste, 23 b, 66. Hé ungeorne bewiste hwæt he dyde he managed his business carelessly. Bl. H. 183, 23.
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þegnung
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Hé hét hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum, ac heó nolde his sanda brúcan, Homl.
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prófian
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To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2
ge-lǽred
Learned ⬩ doctus
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He is gleáwest úre gelǽred he is the most skilfully instructed of us, H. R. 11, 9. Mid gelǽredre handa he swang ðone top with skilful hand he whipped the top, Th. Apol. 13, 13
þyrnen
Of thorns
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Ðone ðyrnenan helm, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 10. Þyrnenan, Wulfst. 124, 5
COSTIAN
To tempt, try, prove ⬩ probare, tentare.
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Hí on wéstenne heora Godes costedon [MS. costedan] tentaverunt Deum in inaquoso 105, 12, 31. Costa mín, God proba me, Deus 138, 20. with the accusative; cum accusativo He ðæt folc costian lét he let [them] try the people, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 118, 6.
hréfan
To roof
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To roof Hé lǽt it réfen he had it roofed, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 8
þurh-brengan
to bring through
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to bring through Hé tóslát sǽ and hé þurhbróhte ( perduxit ) hig, Ps. Lamb. 77, 13
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wísian
shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ to shew ⬩ shew ⬩ point put ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ indicate
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Hé sceolde wong wísian (act as guide to the place), 4809; B. 2409.
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