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wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wamm, es; m. n.

a spot, mark, blot. stain ⬩ filth, impurity, corruption ⬩ a blot, disgrace, damage, hurt ⬩ moral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilement ⬩ evil, sin, shameful word or deed:

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Ne ic culpan in ðé ǽfre onfunde womma geworhtra, and ðú ða word spricest, swá ðú sié synna gehwylcre gefylled, 12, l;Cri. 179. Hié wǽron womma ðríste, inwitfulle, Cd. Th. 77, 9;Gen. 1272.

Linked entries: wom wam

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each

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Swá ðonne hé tó ðæm syndrigum stáne com ðonne hét hé hiene mid fýre onhǽtan and siþþan mid mattucan heáwan ad Alpes pervenit. . . atque invias rupes igni ferroque rescindit, Ors. 4, 8;Swt. 186, 18. special, set apart for a particular purpose Sáwlsceat

ge-standan

(v.)
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Swá hit on æalddagum gestód, C. D. iii. 272, 33. to remain undisturbed Léton hí hine áne hwíle ábídan and gestandan sistere illum paullisper fecerunt, Guth.

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Seotol, 107, 42. of what may be clearly perceived by the senses, by sight Biþ mín swæð sweotol, sweart on óþre healfe, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Wiht sweotol and gesýne, 420, 13; Rä. 40, 3. Him on eaxle wearð syndolh sweotol, Beo.

Linked entries: seotol sutol swital switol swutol swytel ǽ-swutol a-sweotole

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A wound ⬩ vulnus ⬩ a wound ⬩ an injury caused by a blow ⬩ a sore caused by disease

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Swátge wunde, 89, 19; Cri. 1459. Hé wráð his wunda (wundouulnera, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 10, 34. a sore caused by disease. Similar entries v. wundig, wundiht Gif wambe bið oninnan wund, Lchdm. ii. 220, 3.

Cynewulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cynewulf, es; m.
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ᚢ [úr] wæs geára <b>U</b> I was of old geógoþhádes glǽm, a gleam of youth, nú synt geárdagas now are the days of my life æfter fyrstmearce after the appointed space forþgewitene, departed, lífwynne geliden, the joy of life flowed away, swá

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse

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Dydon swá hie cúðon they did as they could Cd. 187; Th. 232,11; Dan. 258. [Cunnan is the second of the twelve Anglo-Saxon verbs, called præterito*-*præsentia, given under ágan, q. v.

Linked entries: can cann cúðe cúðen cúðon con

láð

(adj.)
Grammar
láð, adj.

hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical

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Swá láð wæs Péna folc Scipian so hateful were the Carthaginians to Scipio, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 198, 15. Mánswara láð leóda gehwam, Exon. 10 b; Th. 12, 31; Cri. 194. Leófest on lífe láð biþ ðænne what is dearest in this life, shall then be hateful, Dóm.

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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Swá plegende lamp quasi agnus lasciviens, Kent. Gl. 214. Seofon nacode wímmen urnon plegende on heora gesihþum, Homl.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.
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Wíf habbaþ beardas swá síde óþ heora breóst, 38, 2

Linked entry: síd-folc

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Swá dóþ ða þeóstro ðíne gedréfednesse, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 30. Beóþ þeóstra gewordene, Blickl. Homl. 93, 18. Ðære nihte þióstro hí onlíhtaþ, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. Ðióstro, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 17.

Linked entries: þeóstre þiéstru þístru þrýstru þýstru

wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly

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Sóna swá sacerda hwylc hwone on wóh gesyhð, hé sceal tilian ðæt hé hyne on rihtum gebrynge, L. E. I. 28 ; Th. ii. 424, 26. Weorþeþ (-aþ, MS. ) swíþe oft on wón (in error) se sido, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 4.

Linked entries: wó wóg wóh-dáed wóh-dóm wóh-gestreón wóh-god on-wóh á-wóh

á-hebban

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H. 129, 35. expressing pride, elation, to exalt (in a bad sense), puff up Wálá wá ꝥ ǽnig man sceolde módigan swá, hine sylf upp áhebban and ofer ealle men tellan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 20. Ne wæs hé on oferhygd áhafen, Bl. H. 215, 32.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

eald

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Swá se wudu on ældum tímum ( antiquis temporibus ) gelægd wæs, C.D. iv. 202, 13. that dates from a time long past Se ealda cwide þe mon gefyrn cwæþ, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 11. that has lasted long Fióndes aldes hostis antiqui, Rtl. 95, 14.

fundian

(v.)
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Swá benne ne burston ne fundian ( not strike inwards?

ge-mána

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. ; and hé swá dyde, ge ðæt yrfe, ge ðæt hé mid uncre gemánan begeat, and ðæt hé sylf gestrýnde, C. D. ii. 113, 2-8. Ðæs ðe hé on uncrum gemánan gebruce, 13. Ic ann ðæs landæs Alfwerdæ . . . and Ælfwaræ him tó gemánan, iii. 360, 30.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Julius se Cásere Brettas mid gefeohte cnysede and hié oferswíþde, and swá þeáh ne meahte þǽr ríce gewinnan, Chr.

tó

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I. 4 i Swá hé nú dyde tó þís ilcan Ðeódríce, Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. 1. Add Hé lǽdde hit forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 224: 31, 535. Add Ne bið þeós ádl hwæþere tó frécne, Lch. ii. 46, 12

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Eall swá gelíce Iósep æfter ðam hyne ætýwde, and heom tó com ...

hláford

a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord

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Byrhtwaru Ælfríces láf, 380, 23) dæge ... for Ælfríc hire hláford; and Bró;mleáh ... swá Ælfríc hire hláford hit becwæð, ii. 381, 20-23.

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