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Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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Saga mé hwá ǽrost bócstafas sette. Ic ðé secge, Mercurius se gygand, Salm. Kmbl. p. 192, 7: 200, 24. The name is of rare occurrence in the literature Wóden worhte weós, wuldor alwalda rúme roderas, Exon. Th. 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133.

ge-cuman

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Se feónd sǽde ꝥ hé wolde gecuman mid (féran tó, v.l.) þám bróðrum hostis quod ad fratres pergeret indicavit, Gr. D. 124, 27. Æt ðám weorce gecuman, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 16.

sceáwere

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D. 105, 28. add: one who observes secretly Þá sǽde se sceáwere (cf. wæs sum man . . . behýd þám hǽþenum, 128) þe hit ǽr geseah, Hml. S. 32, 138.

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Ða scipu eall oððe tóbrǽcon oððe forbærndon oððe tó Lundenbyrig brohton oððe to Hrófesceastre, Erl. 91, 25. with óðer, áðer Hé sǽde ðæt hé wolde óðer, oððe ðǽr libban oððe ðǽr licgan, 901; Erl. 96, 32.

Linked entry: eðða

ge-tweógan

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L. 11, 23. to hesitate to act Críst ne getuíeda hondum ꝥ woere sald scyldigra Christus non dubitavit manibus tradi nocentium, Rtl. 24, 9.

leán

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Ꝥone síðfæt him snotere ceorlas lythwón Lógon, þeáh hé him leóf wǽre, hwetton higerófne they said nothing to dissuade him from the journey, dear though he were to them, urged him on, B. 203.

ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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John) sǽde on his gesihðe ꝥ þǽra feówer nýtena fét wǽron rihte, and hí eódon ǽfre æfter ðám gáste, Hml. S. 15, 204. Add Wærstánes fæder wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 650, 11.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Homl. 35, 14. word (in word of God) Se ðe sǽwð, word hé sǽwð . . . Hí ðæt word gehýraþ, Mk. Skt. 4, 14-20. Wé wǽron gesamnode ðǽr wé gehérdan Godes word, Blickl. Homl. 141, 27.

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

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[a] Gewíteþ on weg faran engel the angel departeth away, Salm Kmbl. 1003; Sal. 503. Gewát fleógan mid lácum hire flew off with her offerings, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 27; Gen. 1471 : 8; Th. 9, 1; Gen. 135: Audr. Kmbl. 2496; An. 1249: Beo. Th. 1710; B. 853.

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.
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Kmbl. 1962; El. 983: Cd. 213; Th. 266, 4; Sat. 17: Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 14; Wand. 82. Ðá ic on holm gestáh when I embarked, Beo. Th. 1269; B. 632: Andr. Kmbl. 858; An. 429. Heá holmas deep waters, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 17; Az. 123.

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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sǽde ðæt hé wolde óðer oððe ðǽr libban oððe ðǽr lecgan he said that he would either live [conquer] there or die there, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 33: Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 158, 32.

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

ge-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen
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Lind. 5, 11. with the genitive Wile heó ðæs síðes geswícan it will desist from its course, Salm. Kmbl. 647; Sal. 323. Gif he unrǽdes ne geswíceþ if he desist not from mischief, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 7; Rä. 28, 12.

swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs, adj.
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Geseh swǽsne geféran he saw his own dear comrade Andr. Kmbl. 2018; An. 1011. Æfter swǽsne ( one's own dear lord ), Exon. Th. 289, 18; Wand. 50. Swǽse gesíþas his own familiar comrades Beo. Th. 57; B. 29. Nǽnig swǽsra gesíða, 3872; B. 1934.

Linked entries: swáse swés

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Th. 298, 16; Sat. 534. Ðanca Gode, ðæt he ðé gefultumode, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 8. combining the construction of and Ic þancige Gode and eów eallum ðe me wel fylston, and ðæs friðes ðe wé nú habbaþ, L. Edm.

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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Th. 267, 15; Sat. 38. Þearle hé démde tantopere taxaverat, Hpt. Gl. 454, 2. Ús stalu and cwalu ... derede swýðe þearle injured us very severely, Wulfst. 159, 11.

þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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Th. 271, 29; Sat. 112: Elen. Kmb1. 2475; El. 1239. Wæter wynsumu mónþa gehwam bearo geondfaraþ þrágum ( at appointed times ), is ðæt þeódnes gebod, ðætte twelf síþum ðæt tírfæste lond geondláce lagufloda wynn, Exon. Th. 202, 11; Ph. 68: Ps.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Ðæt mód þillíc sár cweþende wæs, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 24. Mid þyslíce þreáte hláford fergan, Exon. Th. 32, 23; Cri. 517. Þyllícu þing syndon gereht, Homl. Ass. 199, 142. Ðyllecum unrihtum, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 10.

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pridehigh spiritpridearrogancehaughtinessinsolencedistinctionsplendourpompdignitymagnificencewealthgreatness

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Hé is wyrma wlence it is the pride of serpents, Salm. Kmbl. 165; Sal. 82. Ðæra wlenca ł walana divitiarum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 22. Hé breác longe ǽr wlencea under wolcnum (cf. his mód ǽr tó ðám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 1), Met. 1, 76.

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

á-bisgian

(v.)
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Ymb his sáule hǽlo ábysegod erga sanitatem animae suae occupatus Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 10. Ymbe náne woroldbysgunge ábysgode mundano negotio nullo occupati L. Ecg. P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 22.

Linked entry: a-bysgian

ge-frignan

(v.)
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Ic þæt wíf gefrægn cýðan módes sorge, Gen. 2242: Sal. 179. Hí gúðcyning gefrúnon hringas dǽlan, B. 1969. (2 a) with acc. and complementary ptcpl. :-- Se sélesta þára þé wé ǽfre gefrúnen ácennedne, Gú. 1334.