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þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
þwǽnan, p. de

To soften by moisture, ointmentto soften

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To soften by moisture, ointment, etc., to soften Rysele oþþe gelyndo wiþ gárleác gemenged and on áléd ðone swile þwǽnþ, Lchdm. ii. 72, 5. Ðæt ( the ointment ) ða áheardodan swilas bét and þwǽnþ, 246, 17.

Linked entry: þwénan

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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Ceahhetung swá swá ungelǽredes folces cachinnum quasi vulgi indocti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 30. Dysine and ungelǽredne ic ðé underféng, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 9. Tó hwon ðú sceole for ówiht ðysne man habban ungelǽredne fiscere ( St. Peter ), Blickl.

Linked entry: un-lǽred

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishmentfine

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punishment Ðes cyning bebeád ðæt feówertiglíce fæsten healden beón ǽr Eástrum be wíterǽdenne jejunium quadraginta dierum observari praecepit . . . in transgressores dignas et competentes punitiones proposuit, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 531, 11. fine. v. wíte, I b

Linked entry: wíte

ǽ-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-spryng, eá-, -sprynge; m. f. (?): -spring; n.
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Ealle ðás gód cumaþ of ðám ǽsprenge Godes mildheortnesse, Bl. H. 29, 11. Ðá gemétton hí eáspryng (ǽsprincg), Gr. D. 129, 4. Cúðberihtus án ǽspring (eá-, v. l. ) of drígre eorðan wæs gelǽdende, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 518, 2. Of éspryngum de fontibus. Ps.

beó

(v.)
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Biá apes, Rtl. 119, 28

eác

(prep.)
Grammar
eác, prep.
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.), Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 32. ¶ eác þǽm (þon) besides, moreover :-- Aec ðon quin etiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 54. Eác þon ceterum, Nar. 9, 14. Eác þǽm ( moreover ) monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for þǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. Eác þan, Ll.

fágian

(v.)

to vary

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Ánfealde wíse bið witena gehwylcum weorðlicre micle þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 40. Similar entries v. ge-fágod, and cf. fágettan

forht

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Forhtum tremebundis, i. formidantibus, 3773. where the occasion of fear is given. with for Hú forht hé sceal bión for ǽlcre orsognesse, Past. 32, 5. Wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fǽre, Bl. H. 199, 24: Guth. 16, 8: Dóm. L. 160. with dat. infin.

sceabb

(n.)
Grammar
sceabb, scæb, sceb, es; m.

Scab, a scab

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B.), Lchdm. i. 322, 17. Wið sceb (scæb, MSS. H. B.), 150, 5: 316, 22. Wið sceab, 66, 21. Se hæfþ singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinþ ungestæððignesse.

Linked entries: scaed sceb

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15.

brid

(n.)
Grammar
brid, bridd, es; m.

The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus

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Bos. 2, 24: Lev. 1, 14: Ps. Spl. 83, 3. On swealwan bridda magan in the maw of the young ones of a swallow, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 7. Hit sculon beón micle briddas it should be big young ones, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 14.

Linked entries: bird briddas

hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hǽs, e; f.

A command, hest, behest

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Be his hláfordes hǽse by his lord's command, Gen. 24, 10 : Ex. 18; 23 : Cd. 46; Th. 59, 18; Gen. 965 : 69; Th. 82, 31; Gen. 1370 : 85; Th. 106, 35; Gen. 1781. Búton ǽnigre hǽse abs quolibet jussu, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 54.

Linked entry: be-hǽs

hám-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weard, adv.

Homeward, in the direction of homedomum versus, retro

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Ðá hý hámweard wǽron when they were on the way home, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38, Égeas wearþ gelǽht fram atelícum deófle hámwerd be wege ǽrðan hé tó húse cóme Ægeas was seized by a horrible devil on the way home, before he came to his house, Homl.

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen

To become darkbe darkenedsaddenedangry

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To become dark, be darkened, saddened, angry Ródor eal geswearc the heavens all grew dark, Elen. Kmbl. 1709; El. 856: Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 4; Exod. 461.

HÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HÓC, es; m.

A HOOK

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Ðonne biþ hé geteald tó dære fýrenan eá and to ðam ísenan hóce then shall he be assigned to the fiery river and the iron hook, Blickl. Homl. 43, 25, 27. Wíngearda hócas ðe hí mid bindaþ ðæt him néhst biþ capreoli vel cincinni vel uncinuli, Ælfc.

Linked entries: hóced hóc-ísern

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 17. Hí ne wundriaþ ðætte..., Met. 28, 50. Hí ne wundriaþ, hú hit on wolcnum þunraþ, þrágmælum eft ánforlǽteþ, 28, 54. Ðá wundrade se ðeng for hwon hé ðæs bǽde, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 31.

Linked entry: wyndrian

eft

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Wá eów þe nú hlihaþ, for þon gé eft wépað on écnesse, Bl. H. 25, 23, 20: 55, 24: B. 1753. Wé wǽron on wræcsíþ sende, and nú eft sceolon óþerne éþel sécan, Bl. H. 23, 6: Sat. 212: Gú. 1159. <b>III a.

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
Grammar
ge-hende, prep. dat.

Nighnearjuxta

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Bos. 6, 19. He læg ðeódne gehende he lay by his prince, Byrht. Th. 140, 27; By. 294 : Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 34

un-gímende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gímende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Carelessnegligent

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ungýmendum, Bd. S. 630, 38] sæcgan wolde haec quae viderat idem vir Domini non omnibus desidiosis ac vitae suae incuriosis referre volebat, Bd. 5, 12; M. 434, 5

Linked entry: un-gemyndum

godwrecnis

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Hefig mán is and godwrecnes (Godes wrecnys, godfrecnis, v. ll. ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 69, 17. Godwrecnes fanaticia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 36. Godwrecnissum uaemonibus (l. facinoribus. v. Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, line 1 of Latin text.