wincian
to wink ⬩ make a sign ⬩ to close the eyes ⬩ blink
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to wink, make a sign Ic wincie annicto vel annuto, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27. to close the eyes, blink Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14:Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5.
horu
Dirt, filth, foulness ⬩ dirt ⬩ limus, cenum, lutum, palustre
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On his blóde áþwogen fram synna horwum washed in his blood from the impurities of sins, Homl. Swt. 11, 297. Horewum, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 8
or-feorm
Unprovided, destitute, worthless
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Ða ( the heathen gods ) sind geásne góda gehwylces, idle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe, 255, 20; Jul. 217.
á-wreón
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Swefne sint gewisse, nelle þú áwreón, Lch. iii. 186, 19. On áwrigenre béc in apocalypsi, An. Ox. 5178. ¶ in the Lindisfarne Gospels the verb means to cover:-- Wé áwrigon cooperuimus, Mt. 25, 38. Áwrigon gié operuistis, 43.
beáh
Metal made into circular ornaments ⬩ A ring ⬩ bracelet ⬩ collar ⬩ garland ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ armilla ⬩ diadema ⬩ corona
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Sir Wm. Betham's Essay in the Trans. of Rl. Ir. Acd. and Gent's. Mag.
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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Sió wamb biþ to clǽnsianne the stomach is to be cleansed, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 260, 12. Clǽnsie man ða þeóde let a man cleanse the people, L. E. G. 11; Th. i. 174, 2.
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þeór
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Drenc gif þeór sié on men, ii. 354, 16: iii. 28, 13, Sealf wiþ þeóre ... Wiþ þeóre on fét, ii. 118, 12, 28. Wið ðeóre, iii. 20, 15: 28, 7, 19: 30, 3, 13. v. next word
cweþan
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Se mon bið, þæs þe swá tó cweþanne sié ( so to say ), ǽghwæþer ge gehæfted ge freó, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 17. to call, name Þone tún mon his naman cweðeþ cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl.
el-þeódig
foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign
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. ¶ figuratively: Swelce hé sié elðiédig (æl-, v. l.) on ðissum middangearde, Past. 140, 20. Wé synd on þisse worlde ælþeódige, Bl.
geond-geótan
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</b> to spread (intrans.) through, pour through :-- Sió blódsceáwung geondgét ealne þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 222, 9
ge-þwǽre
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Ðætte on óðre wísan sine tó manianne ðá geðwǽran ( pacati; cf. gesibsuman, 6), Past. 345, 4.
hycgan
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</b> to conceive, under-stand :-- Hicgan, understandan collegi, i. inielligi (colligi datur quod virginitas sit); An. Ox. 1391. to think of, about with gen. Hycgad his ealle, hú gé hí beswícen, Gen. 432. with prep.
hweogol
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Hweowlu rotas, Germ. 392, 54. of a vehicle On wǽnes eaxe hwearfiað þá hweól and sió eax stent stille. . . ꝥ hweól hwerft ymbúton, Bt. 39, 7 ; F. 220, 27-29. Sum cild . . . bearn under ánum yrnendum hweóle, and wearð tó deáðe tócwýsed, Hml.
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weler
A lip
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Gif mannes múð sár sié, genim betonican . . . lege on ða weolore Lchdm. ii. 48, 29
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simble
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Kmbl. 2768 ; An. 1386. on every occasion or opportunity, without missing, in unbroken succession Faraþ six dagas simble ( without missing a day ) ymb ða burh. Jos. 6, 3. Symble biþ gemyndgad morna gehwylce, Beo. Th. 4891 ; B. 2450.
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Hú gé fullecost mágon Gode þiówian ðæt eów læst þing mierþ quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimenta Domino observiendi, Past. 51, 7; Swt. 401, 17
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ge-wuna
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Ðisse eorðlican drohtunge gewuna humanae conversationis usus, 169, 7. a (person's) habitual action, a habit, custom Ic wát ꝥ nán gewuna ne mæg nánum men beón onwended, ꝥ þæt mód ne sié be sumum dǽle onstyred omnis subita mutatio rerum non sine quodam
ongeagn
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Sing on þæs mannes heáfod ufan on yrnendum wætere and wend ꝥ heáfod ongeán streám ( he must face up stream), Lch. iii. 70, 8.
tweógan
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Gif gé ne twígaþ si non haesitaveritis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 21. Tuiáde haesitabat, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 7. Sume tweódun quidam dubitaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 17. Twiódun (tuiáton, Lind.) haesitabant, Jn. Skt. Rush. 13, 22.