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mid-weg

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Þá þá wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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ne dorste geopenian ꝥ on Drihten gelýfde, ac dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

wearmness

(n.)
Grammar
wearmness, e; f.

Warmness, warmth

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Warmness, warmth wolde hine baðian on þam wlacum wætere, ac gewát sóna swá ðæt wæter hrepode, and wearð seó wearmnys him áwend tó deáðe, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 160

hwá

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gelýfd swá hwæt swá cwyð, gewurðe þis, Mk. 11. 23: Lk. 10, 35.

ge-standan

(v.)
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Th. ii. 160, 20. to attack, assail, seize, (i) of living creatures Ðá ná gestód ná ǽlcne onsundran, ac heora ǽlces sweordfǽtelsas hét forceorfan and hí mid bendum hét gewríðan, and cwæþ tó heom eallum: '. . . oð þæt ic eft eów gestænde, and ic

ge-wrecan

Grammar
ge-wrecan, In l. 9 before 84 insert. Ps. Th.,
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hyne sylfne gewræc, 2875. þóhte ꝥ his fæder and his fæderan gewrǽce, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 15. Þæt hié heora hláford gewrǽcen, 3, 9; S. 134, 30.

lícian

(v.)
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Sió wilnung ðæt scyle monnum lícigean (lícian, v. l.) cupido placendi hominibus, Past. 141, 14. 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

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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ða wyrd ne máð, fǽges forðsíð, Exon. Th. 182, 33; Gú. 1319. 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.

Linked entry: weord

HUNGOR

(n.)
Grammar
HUNGOR, es; m.

HUNGERfamine

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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

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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tó heofenum lócade, þyder his módgeþanc á geseted wæs ... tó Drihtne þyder féran sceal, 227, 17-22

Linked entry: þyder

be-witan

watch over

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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. ungeorne bewiste hwæt he dyde he managed his business carelessly. Bl. H. 183, 23.

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þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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hét hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum, ac heó nolde his sanda brúcan, Homl.

prófian

(v.)
Grammar
prófian, p. ode
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To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne horn ne bláwe, for þeóf 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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽred, part. p.

Learneddoctus

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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

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrnen, adj.

Of thorns

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Ðone ðyrnenan helm, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 10. Þyrnenan, Wulfst. 124, 5

COSTIAN

(v.)
Grammar
COSTIAN, costigan, costnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od , ad, ed

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.

Linked entries: costigan costnian

hréfan

(v.)
Grammar
hréfan, p. de

To roof

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To roof lǽt it réfen he had it roofed, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 8

þurh-brengan

(v.)

to bring through

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to bring through tóslát sǽ and þurhbróhte ( perduxit ) hig, Ps. Lamb. 77, 13

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wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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sceolde wong wísian (act as guide to the place), 4809; B. 2409.

Linked entry: riht-wísian