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réwet

(n.)
Grammar
réwet, réwett, es; m. n. (?)

Rowing ⬩ a ship ⬩ navigium

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Gif hwá hreóhnysse on réwytte þolige, Lchdm. i. 302, 5. a ship; navigium Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe ðæs réwettes ( nauigii) Jn. Skt. 21, 6; Homl. Th. ii. 290, 11

Linked entry: rówet

sǽ-streám

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-streám, es; m.

Sea-stream,

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Þu steorest te sea stream ꝥ hit fleden ne mot fir þan þu markedest, Marh. 9, 34

gýmeleást

(n.)
Grammar
gýmeleást, gímelíst, gémelést, e; f.

Carelessness ⬩ negligence ⬩ neglect ⬩ negligentia

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Se Hǽlend ne forlét to gýmeleáste his gelufedan apostol the Saviour did not leave his beloved apostle to neglect, Homl. Th. 1. 58, 33

gealpettan

(v.)
Grammar
gealpettan, p. te.

to devour, eat greedily

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N. E. D. galp to gape; D.

on-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
on-hǽle, adj.

Secret, hidden

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Secret, hidden Ne lǽt ðú ðínne ferþ onhíélne, dégol ðæt ðú deópost cunne, nelle ic ðé mín dyrne gesecgan, gif ðú mé dínne hygecræft hylest, Exon. Th. 333, 9; Gn. Ex. 1.

orgel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
orgel-líce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently

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Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðæt hê úþwita wǽre ne cýðde hé hit mid nánum cræftum ac mid leásum and ofermódlícum gilpe hominem, qui non ad verae virtutis usum, sed ad superbam gloriam falsum

Linked entry: orhlíce

hneáw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hneáw-ness, e; f.

Stinginess, ⬩ parsimony, ⬩ niggardliness

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Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis prædicetur partitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, 60; Swt. 453, 29

forþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adv.

moving onwards ⬩ on ⬩ onwards ⬩ continuously ⬩ prospectively ⬩ looking to the future

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A. 181, 17. temporal, continuously Hé þeáh fægere forðwerd he went on thriving, Wlfst. 17, 8. prospectively, looking to the future Þis gemet (the imperative mood) sprecð forðwerd (-weard, v. l.) and næfð nánne praeteritum, for þan þe nán man ne hǽt

ge-un-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rétan, p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét

To make sorrowful ⬩ sadden ⬩ trouble ⬩ contristare

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To make sorrowful, sadden, trouble; contristare Ðá wæs se engel cweðende 'Ne beó ðú Maria geunréted' then the angel said 'Be not sorrowful, Mary,' Blickl. Homl. 139, 15.

gram-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gram-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
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Ðǽr nǽfre feóndes ne biþ gástes gramhýdiges gang where never shall be fiend's or fierce spirit's walk, Andr. Kmbl. 3384; An. 1696: Ps. Th. 73, 4. Gramhýdige me oft onginnaþ injusti insurrexerunt in me, 85, 13.

Þór

(n.)

one of the gods, Thor

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the Scandinavian form of a name which in English is Þunor (-er), one of the gods, Thor Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se Iouis wǽre, ðe hý þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ; ac hí nabbaþ ná riht: for ðan ðe wé rǽdaþ on

Linked entry: þunor

wifel

(n.)
Grammar
wifel, es; m.

A weevil ⬩ a beetle

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Weorp ofer bæc ðone wifel (tordwifel, l. 15) on wege; beheald ðæt ðú ne lócige æfter, 318, 19. ¶ the word seems to occur in several local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 352

Linked entry: wibil

wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.

A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey

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Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Gesinge hé fíftig sealma and gecneówige æt ǽlcon heora; and gif hé gecneówian ne mæge, singe hundseofontig sealma cantet quinquaginta psalmos et inter singulos eorum in genua procumbat; si in genua procumbere nequit, septuaginta psalmos cantet, Ll.

atol-lic

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Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde and wæs atollic (eatolíce,v.l.) on tó beseónne, Bd. 3, 27;Sch. 316, II. Deófol is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Þeáh ðe hé (the leper)atelic ware, 122, 6. Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l.

ge-wilnung

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Gewilnunga birgena sepulchra concupiscentiae, Num. 11, 34.

ge-nemnan

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Ne sint þæt þreó Godas þriwa genemned, Hy. 10, 44. Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.

æt

(prep.)
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B. adv. or without following case. where there is motion to an object Sé sé ðe swelc ne sié dǽr nó æt ne cume, Past. 59, 10. Ic eów cleopode tó mé, ac gé mé noldon æt cuman, 247, 21. motion from Eówerne gefeán eów nán mon æt ne genimð.

lang

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Ne bið lang ofer þæt þæt Israhéla æðelu móten rícsian, El. 432

hál

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Add: whole, not divided Gif hit tódǽled biþ, þonne ne biþ hit nó hál, Bt. 34, 12 ; F. 152, 28. with no part wanting: &mdash; Befeste þé hálne Gode Deo te totum committe, Solil.

Linked entry: tunge