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yfel-dǽd

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wearð álýsed fram þæs drýes bendum . . . and arn tó ðám apostole bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 26. Add

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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nú gehýrdon ðis hálige godspel beforan ús rǽdan, and ðéh hit sceolan eft ofer cweþan ðæt ðé geornor witon ðæt hit ús tó bysene belimpeþ éces lífes, we must say it over again Blickl. Homl. 15, 31.

híwisc

Grammar
híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a familyhouse

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Laurentius him ðæs getíðode, and nigontýne wera and wífa his híwisces gefullode, Hml.

hweogol

(n.)
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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 mid hlædele, hlædtrendle (hweowla, hweowl; hweowlan, Hpt.

Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl

ǽfre

eversemper,at all times, on every occasion ever, at any time, in any caseunquamwhatever, (as) ever, &c.

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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 ǽfre wiðsacað deófle, Hml. Th. i. 170, 16. Ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon, Hml.

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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Weras duguðum wlance Drihtne guldon gód mid gnyrne, Cd. Th. 146, 8; Gen. 2419. [He wes prud and wlonc, O. E. Homl. i. 35, 16. Neuer upen eorþe to wlonk þu ny uurþe, Misc. 112, 184. Godelike on horse, wlanc on werge, and unwurþ on wike, 121, 315.

Linked entry: wlencu

gleáw

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Wísfæstne wer, wordes gleáwne ( skilled in speech ), An. 1650. Hí sumne gemétað gydda gleáwne (a connoisseur of song), Víd. 139. (2 b) with prep., skilled in, clever at :-- Wæs hé wel gleáw on huntunge, Hml. S. 30, 16.

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Voc. ii. 95, 42. to inscribe the name of a person wǽron ádílegode of þám frumgewrite þe tó heofenum áwritene wǽron, Wlfst. 252, 13.

Linked entry: wrítan

a-weódian

(v.)
Grammar
a-weódian, -weódigan; v. a.

To weedroot or rake upto destroysarculare

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To weed, root or rake up, to destroy; sarculare Ðæt man aweódige unriht that one should root up injustice, L. C. S. 1 ; Th. i. 376, 7

Linked entry: a-wódian

Dærenta-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Dærenta-múþa, Derta-múþa,an ; m. [múþa the mouth of a river]

Dartmouth, Devonshire Tremunda, in agro Devoniæ

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Dartmouth, Devonshire; Tremunda, in agro Devoniæ Hí férdon to Dærentamúþan [Dertamúþan, Th. 310, 5, col. 2] they went to Dartmouth, Chr. 1049; Th. 310, 6, col. 1

dwol-lic

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Add Þæs flǽsces weorc ... dwollic lár ( sectae, Gal. 5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 26. Se biscop þá dwollican sócne (v. sócn, ) ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 5

feallend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
feallend-lic, adj.

Perishabletransitoryfrail

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Þysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlic and feallendlic and gebrosnadlic, 263, 12

Linked entry: feallan

leád-gota

(n.)
Grammar
leád-gota, an; m.
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Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18

Linked entry: gota

swangorness

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Add: — Þin gerecenes weóx swá swíðe forð fram mínre lætnysse and dysegan swongernysse (swancger-, v. l.) ex tarditate mea tantum crevit expositio tua, Gr. D. 174, 24

wine-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-geómor, adj.

Sad for the loss of friends

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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239

swát-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
swát-cláþ, es; m.

A handkerchief, towel, napkin; sudariumsudarium, orariumhandkerchief a napkina handkerchief

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wearð álýsed swá hraðe swá se swátcláð hine hrepode, Homl. Th. ii. 414, 21-25

Linked entry: swát-lín

ár-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-fæst, ǽr-fæst; adj. [ár honour, fæst fast]

Honourablehonestuprightvirtuousgoodpiousdutifulgraciouskindmercifulhonestusprobusbonuspiuspropitiusclemensmisericors

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Wes ðú ðínum yldrum árfæst simle be thou always dutiful to thy parents, Exon. 80 a ; Th. 300, 25; Fä 11.

Linked entries: ǽr-fæst ár-fest

feórþa

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feórþa, feówerþa; seó, ðæt feórþe, feówerþe; adj.

The FOURTHquartus

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The FOURTH; quartus Wæs geworden ǽfen and mergen se feórþa dæg the evening and morning were the fourth day, Gen. 1, 19. Seó feórþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus ipse est Euphrātes, 2, 14.

slǽwþ

(n.)
Grammar
slǽwþ, e; f.
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Gyf hé for slǽwþe his hláfordes forgýmþ, lie biþ his ágnum wel geborgen, L. R. S. 20 ; Th. i. 440, 16. Slǽwþum torporibus, Hymn. Surt. 4, 10

á-gifan

(v.)
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Add: to give back what has been taken, to restore Gif þú wed nime æt bínum nǽhstan, ágif ( reddes ) him his reáf ǽr sunnan setlgange, Ex. 22, 26. Hé háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl. H. 21, 30.

Linked entries: ǽ-gift on-gifan