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un-gewitt

Grammar
un-gewitt, <b>. I.</b>
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Heó út eóde mid swá hálum and gesundum andgyte, swylce heó nǽfre ǽnig ungewit oððe unhǽle hire heáfodes næfde ita sanato sensu egressa est, ac si eam numquam insania capitis ulla tenuisset, Gr. D. 176, 25. Add

Linked entry: un-gewitness

weoruld-gestreón

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Þeáh þe him sié eal middangeard on geweald géseald mid eallum ðám welum and ðám weoruldgestreónum ðe heofen behwealfeð ábútan, Sal. K. 86, 2. Add

sáda

(n.)
Grammar
sáda, an; m.

A cord, halter, snare

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Mid sáde ( laqueo ) hine áwrigde, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 5

ofer-heortness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-heortness, e; f.

Excessive feeling

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Excessive feeling Mid oferheortnesse hé him wæs wánigende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces with bursting heart he was bewailing both his own and the people's hard fortune, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 20

Linked entry: -heortness

mirige

(adj.)
Grammar
mirige, adj.

Pleasantdelightfulsweet

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Wǽre hit ðonne murge mid monnum, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 203; Met. 11, 102. Eall se eard wæs mirige ( or adv. ? ) mid wætere gemenged, Gen. 13, 10. Dómes dæg, ðæt is se myriga dæg, Wulfst. 244, 15. Hwæt ða woruldlustas myreges (myrges, MS.

Linked entry: murge

tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
tyrnan, p. de.
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Ða steorran ðe on ðam rodere standaþ tyrnaþ ǽfre ábútan mid ðam brádan rodere, Hexam. 7; Norm. 12, 32. Hí tyrndon mid bodige and heora fótwylmas áwendan ne mihton, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 19.

Linked entry: turnian

un-trumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-trumness, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessillnessinfirmity

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Mid his módes untrumnesse ( infirmitate ), Past. 54; Swt. 423, 21. Hér Eádsige forlét ðet biscopríce for his untrumnisse, Chr. 1043; Erl. 169, 23. Mid ðære untrumnesse ( fever ) swíðe geswenced, Blickl. Homl. 227, 8.

wull

(n.)
Grammar
wull, e; wulle, an; f.

Wool

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Mid línene cláðe oððe mid eówocigre wulle, Lchdm. ii. 182, 5. Mid hnesce wulle oferwríðe ealle ða scearpan, 130, 10. Nim wǽte wulle, i. 312, 12: 362, 17: Ps. Surt. 147, 16. Wullan (? the MS. has wulla with a stroke after the a) lanam, Kent.

Linked entries: wul wyll

á-blycgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-blycgan, p. de; pp. -blyged, -blycged.
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Hí urnon tó áblicgede, and woldon ðæt fýr mid wætere ofgeótan, 166, 7. to get affected by wonder, get amazed, astonished Mid áblicendum eárum attonitis auribus R. Ben. I. 2, 10. Ðá wearð seó menigu swíðe áblicged, and mid wundrunge cwǽdon, Hml.

flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

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mid þám óðrum flocce férde mid wíge. Jos. 8, 10. Swá fela manna (6666) wǽron on þám eórode . . . On þám flocce wǽron þá fyrmestan menn . . . Hml.

ge-sundfulnes

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Ne breác Heródes his cyneríces mid langsumere gesundfulnysse ( with lasting prosperity) ac búton yldinge him becóm seó godcundlice wracu þe hine mid menigfealdre yrmðe fordyde, 84, 34 : Lch. iii. 440, 7 : Ll. Th. i. 256, 8.

ge-wenian

(v.)
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Ylpas getemode and tó wíge gewenode mid wundorlicum cræfte, 25, 559. <b>I b.

hǽman

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Sé þe mid nunnon hǽme, 2. 46, 6. <b>II a.</b> figurative :-- Þú fordydest ǽlcne man sé þe hǽmþ (fornicatur) fram þé, Ps. L. 72, 27

smítan

(v.)
Grammar
smítan, p. smát, pl. smiton; pp. smiten

to daub, smear, smudgeto defile, pollute to smear, anoint to cast linerestrike

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Ðissa (oil, grease, and tar) ealra emfela and ðara dusta ealra emfela, gemeng eal ceald tósomne, ðæt hit fram ðám wósum eal wel smítende [sí] (may be adapted for smearing) smire mid Lchdm. ii. 126, 11. [ Ofersmít mid ele 180, 28.] to defile, pollute

god-cund

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Geweorþod mid godcundum geofum, Bl. H. 133, 3: Gen. 2810. Mid godcundum wuldrum, Bl. H. 125, 17. of persons Godcunde bydelas, Ll.

Linked entry: god-lic

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wingālaWingsālæpennæ

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Ac ðǽr ic móste ðín mód gefiðerigan mid ðám fiðerum, ðæt ðú mihtest mid me fliógan but if I were allowed to furnish, thy mind with wings, that thou mightest fly with me, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 6: Ps. Th. 60, 3: 62, 7: 148, 10.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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Ða sylfan stówe ðe Eata mid abbudes onwalde heóld and rihte regebat, 4, 27; S. 604, 41. Ðys eówde stýran and rihtan, Blickl. Homl. 191, 28

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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Hé eft mid his unwemmum líchaman hine gegyrede, Blickl. Homl. 89, 35.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power overto tamesubdueconquertemperseizetakedominaridomaresubigereprehenderecapere

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Mid ele wel gewylde well tempered with oil, Herb. 12, 3; Lchdm. i. 104, 6. Ic me gedó allophilas ealle gewylde mihi allophyli subditi sunt, Ps. Th. 59, 7

Linked entry: ge-wildan

ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Ðæt we hit gemengen to ðam ǽrran that we mix it with the preceding, Bt. 34. 5; Fox 140, 13. Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps.