bǽg
a collar
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a collar Wearm lim gebundenne bǽg hwílum bersteþ the warm limb sometimes escapes from the bound collar, Exon. 102b; Th. 387, 20; Rä. 5, 8
Bricg-stów
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BRISTOL in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire; Bristova in finibus agrorum Glocestriensis et Somersetensis Híg férdon to Bricgstówe they went to Bristol, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 18
Linked entry: Brycg-stów
ge-welhwǽr
Everywhere ⬩ ŭbīque
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Everywhere; ŭbīque Is wíde cúþ þeódum gewelhwǽr it is well known to people everywhere, Menol. Fox 61; Men. 30: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 33
Linked entry: wel-hwǽr
spreca
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Forht folces weard héht him fetigean sprecan síne
Linked entry: speca
Sweotolung-dæg
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Idus Ian.) is geháten on bócum Swetelungdæg, forðan ðe on ðisum dæge wearð Crist mancynne geswutelod, Homl. Th. ii. 36, 20
tóbrocen-líc
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Frail, perishable Ðysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlíc and feallendlíc and tóbrocenlíc the wealth of this world is transitory and decaying and frail, Wulfst. 263, 13
un-áscirigendlíc
Inseparable
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Inseparable Ðære Hálgan Þrynnysse is án godcundnyss, and án gecynd, and án willa, and án weorc unáscyrigendlíce ( inseparable; or inseparably? ), Homl. Th. i. 326, 27
Wederas
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Wedra ðeóden, 5305 ; B. 2656
Linked entry: Weder-Geátas
flyge
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Mid þan þe se strǽl on flyge wæs, þá cóm windes blǽd foran ongeán, ꝥ seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, Bl. H. 199, 20. Add
ge-drinca
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Cf. ge-beór Danihel wearð þæs cyninges gedrinca. Nap. 29
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ge-síclian
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Hé wearð gesícelod. Hml. S. 7, 65. Wearð his hors gesíclod (-sícclod, v.l.) and sóna feóll (v. Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 18-), 26, 205. Wæs se king þá binnan Oxnaforde swýþe geseócled, C. D. iv. 57, 4
ǽfre
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Wearð ǽfre fleám ástiht, and ǽfre hí æt ende sige áhton, Chr. 998; P. 131, 15. Full neáh ǽfre þe óðer man very nearly every other man, 1086; P. 217, 29. Gif wé ǽfre wiðsacað deófle, Hml. Th. i. 170, 16. Ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon, Hml.
hweogol
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Sum cild . . . bearn under ánum yrnendum hweóle, and wearð tó deáðe tócwýsed, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 25. a fixed wheel as (part of) a machine Wǽg þænne wé mid hlædele, hlædtrendle (hweowla, hweowl; hweowlan, Hpt.
Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl
be-swícan
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We beswicon [MS. beswican] us sylfe we have deceived ourselves, Exon. 121 a; Th. 464, 31; Hö. 96. Hycgaþ hú ge hí beswícen think how ye may deceive them, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 9; Gen. 433.
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neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Wé ðǽrinne andlangne dæg nióde namon in the hall the live long day we took our pleasure, Beo. Th. 4238; B. 2116
Germania
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Cap. 1 Nú wille we ymb Europe land-gemǽre reccan, swá mycel swá we hit fyrmest witon.
ge-earnian
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Swá wíte swá wuldor swé wé nú geearnian willaþ, Bl. H. 23, 7. <b>I a.</b> to deserve of (tó) a person, with acc. Tó ðǽm ðe þone écean éðel mid móde and mid mægene tó Gode geearniað. Bl.
ge-wyldan
To exercise power over ⬩ to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ temper ⬩ seize ⬩ take ⬩ dominari ⬩ domare ⬩ subigere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ capere
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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
sæc
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Ðam æt sæcce wearð Weohstán bana méces ecgum Weohstan felled him in fight with the edge of the falchion, 5218; B. 2612. Nægling geswác æt sæcce ( in fight with the fire-drake ), 5355; B. 2681.
á-dwǽscan
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Ðǽm gelícost ðe mon drýpe ǽnne eles dropan on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðǽm ádwǽscan; ðonne is wén, swá micle swíðor swá hé þencð ðæt hé hit ádwǽsce, ðæt hé hit swá micle swíðor ontýdre, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 25. Sunne wearð ádwǽsced, Cri. 1133.