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wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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Is seó æx ásett tó ðæs treówes wyrtruman, Lk. Skt. 3, 9. Be ðam wyrttruman, Lchdm. i. 172, 10. Wyrttruman radicem, Ps. Spl. 51, 5. Hig næfdon wyrtruman (wyrtrum, v. l. ), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 6: Mt. Skt. 4, 6: Lk. Skt. 8, 13.

Linked entry: -truma

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f? es; n?

Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandallis, rixa, seditio

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Ælf. P. 50; Th. ii. 386, 12. Folcslíte vel ǽswícung, sacu, ceást seditio, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 39; Wrt. Voc. 21, 30

dene

(n.)
Grammar
dene, an; f.

A valley vallis

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Ǽlc dene biþ gefylled every valley shall be filled, Homl. Th. i. 360, 33. Seó dene ðe ðú gesáwe vallis illa quam aspexisti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 3. Seó dene wæs afylled mid manna sáwlum the valley was filled with men's souls, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 9.

Linked entries: Dæne Dena lagu

hwiða

(n.)
Grammar
hwiða, hweoða, an; m: hweoðu, e; f.

A breeze

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Ǽlc hwiða windes every breath of wind, Past. 42, 1; Swt. 306, 6. Hé ýste mæg eáðe oncyrran ðæt hí windes hweoðu weorþeþ smylte statuit procellam in auram, Ps. Th. 106, 29. On lyftu ł tó hwiðan ł tó wedere in auram, Ps. Lamb. 106, 28. On lyfte [MS.

ymbren-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-fæsten, es; n.
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit ymbrenfæsten, sí hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe ( December ), Anglia viii. 311, 39.

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Thw. 3, 17. simply, without reference to or connexion with anything else Gif hi náne æhta tó sellenne næbben, offrigen hyra bearn ánfealdlíce (simpliciter), R. Ben. 105, 9.

ná-hwǽr

Grammar
ná-hwǽr, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé áxode, 'Hwǽr ǽton gé?' Hí cwǽdon, 'Náhwǽr (nó-, v. l, nusquam ),' Gr. D. 127, 5. Hié ne dorston þæt land náwér (náwǽrn, -wérn, v. ll. ) gesécan on þá healfe, Chr. 918; P. 98, 26. Hé of mynstere nolde náwár beón gemét, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 4.

óleccung

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'Nú is mín mód áwend mycclum tó ðé, ꝥ þú hláford beó þǽra ǽhta and mín. Ic wéne ꝥ hit ne sý unrihtwísnysse, þeáh þú wífes brúce and blysse on lífe.' Ðá andwyrde Eugenia þyssere ólecunge, Hml. S. 2,162.

wíf-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lác, es ; n.

Intercourse with women

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Ealle synoðas forbudon ǽfre ǽlc wíflác (v. wífung) weófodþénum, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 12: Wulfst. 270, 21

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adversecontraryat variancehostilerebelliouscontumaciousout of harmonyrepugnantoffensivedisagreeableadversenot fitted to further the good of anythingunfavourabledisadvantageouscontraryof an opposite nature

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Nis nán ǽ wiðerrǽde þusgeworhtum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 60. Ðeós wyrt bið ðam góman stíð and wiðerrǽde for mete geþiged, Lchdm. i. 300, 10. Wulfes tǽsl hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde (unpleasant, rough?)

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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Ne ðé náuht ǽr ne tweóde, ðætte God weólde ealles middaneardes, 35, 2; Fox 156, 30. Ðéh ðe hié ǽr tweóde, hwæðer hiene mon gefliéman mehte, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 192, 15.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

ge-niman

(v.)
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v. æt-genumen; ge-nǽman

irfe-land

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-land, es; n.

heritable land

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Land that passes as an inheritance, heritable land Ic cýðo hú mín willa is ðet mín ærfelond fére ðe ic gebohte on ǽce ærfe I declare how my will is that my heritable land shall go, that I bought in perpetual inheritance, Chart. Th. 476, 12.

styria

(n.)
Grammar
styria, styriga, styrga, styra, an; m.
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Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Andlang strǽte út on styrian pól, vi. 9, 6. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9

Linked entry: stiria

be-tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyrnan, p. de.
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy.

ened

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Enid, aenid, aenit aneta, Txts. 41, 158. Aneta æned, vel anax (= anas ?) æned (perhaps from a misreading of this or a similar gloss comes the larax in the following: Anatis ened, aneta ened, larax ened, 280, 7—9. Ened larax, ii. 51, 58), Wrt.

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, fær-béna (-u), an; m.
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v. fær; I 2), a person of the churl class Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge . . . gif hé sí cynges þegn . . . Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . . Gif hit sí færbéna . . . Gif cyninges þegen ætsace . . .

ge-twǽman

(v.)
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To separate Healde gehwá his ǽwe ... búton ꝥ gewurðe ꝥ hí búta geceósan ꝥ hí getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 28. to separate one thing from another, with gen., to prevent from action, v. ge-twǽfan, .

segnian

(v.)
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ǽton þæt lamb æfter ðám ealdan gewunan, and hé syððan sóna sénode húsel, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 30

sæd

(adj.)
Grammar
sæd, adj. with gen.

Sated, weary, filled, having had one's fill

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Swíðe ǽtan and sade wurdan manducaverunt et saturati sunt nimis Ps. Th. 77, 29. Hí sæde wǽron saturaviteos, 80, 15