wecgan
To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake
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Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ (cf. fiscas and fuglas, ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 18; Az. 141), Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.
ǽn-lic
only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,
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Hí ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333. Tó Antiochia ðǽre ǽnlican byrig, 3, 298. On Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlice mynster, 26, 109. Tó ǽnlicum aurea (in astra), An. Ox. 1438. Hé oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml. S. 13, 270.
Linked entry: án-lic
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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Úre dagas ealle geteorudun omnes dies nostri defecerunt, Ps. Th. 89, 9. Ðé læs hig on wege geteorian ne deficiant in via, Mt. Bos. 15, 32. Me is heorte geteorad defecit cor meum, Ps. Th. 72, 21.
Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian
á-wegan
to carry off ⬩ to put away ⬩ renounce ⬩ to weigh. ⬩ to put in a balance ⬩ to estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ to be equal in weight to
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Hé áwecþ ealle dúna mid ánre handa, Hml. Th. i. 8, 30. Hé áwæh ðín ríce on wǽgan, ii. 436, 12. Gelícere wáge áwæh aequa bilance trutinabat, An. Ox. 4603. Áwæg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4, Áweh wiþ ǽnne pening, Lch. ii. 88, 5.
open
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Eall þæt hé forsceamode hér on lífe þæt hé ǽnigum men geypte, þæt bið þǽr eallum open unbehelendlíce, Wlfst. 138, 3. Gif . . . wíf hig. . . forlicge, and hit open weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 406, 7. And hit him on open wurðe, 200, 20.
Baðan
The city of Bath, Somersetshire ⬩ Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi
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Eádgár wæs to cyninge gehálgod on ðære ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre; eác, óðre worde, beornas Baðan nemnaþ Edgar was consecrated king in the old town, Akemansceaster; also, by another word, men name Bath, Chr. 973; Th. 224, 22, col. 1; Edg. 5.
Linked entries: Acemannes burh Hátabaðan
HEOFON
HEAVEN ⬩ cælum
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HEAVEN; cælum Heofon and heofuna heofun and eorþe and ealle ða þing ðe sind on him sind Drihtnes the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's, the earth with all that therein is, Deut. 10, 14.
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in-tó
Into
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Sume urnon intó cyrcean and belucan ða duran intó heom some ran into the church and shut the doors upon them, Chr. 1082 ; Erl. 217, 13. with acc Férde his hlísa intó ealle Syriam abiit opinio ejus in totam Syriam, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.
líf-dæg
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Sumon dægbóte and sumon má daga and sumon ealle his lífdagas, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 14: Cd. 43; Th. 56, 10; Gen. 910.
meolc
Milk
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Is ðæt eálond welig on meolcum dives lactis insula (Hibernia), Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 40. Wyl on meolcum boil in milk, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 19. Mid cú meolcum, 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 22. From milcum ádóen ablactatus, Blickl. Gl
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ge-hnǽgan
To bend down ⬩ humble ⬩ cast down ⬩ subdue ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ subĭgĕre
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He fyrenfulle wið eorþan niðer ealle gehnégeþ hŭmĭliat peccātōres usque ad terram, 146, 6. Hie on wætere wicg gehnǽgaþ they cast down the horse in the water, Salm. Kmbl. 312; Sal. 155.
regol-weard
The guardian of a rule, ⬩ an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I) ⬩ a ruler
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The guardian of a rule, an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I) Se circul ðe ys gecíged none aprilis, hé sceal mid his ealdorscipe ealle ða óðre gerihtan and gereccan, ðæs ðe ða regolweardas (those who state with authority
stíþlíce
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Hé stíðlíce þrowode for úre ealra neóde, Wulfst. 126, 10. Hý fuhton stíðlíce ymbe ða hálgan sáwle, 236, 23. Hé hit sceal swíðe stíðlíce gebétan, L. E. I. 14 ; Th. ii. 412, 2. Hé wæs gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 2.
un-rihtwís
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ evil
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Se áwyrgda gást is heáfod ealra unrihtwísra dǽda, swylce unrihtwíse syndon deófles leomo, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7. Hé wæs mid unrihtwísum (-rehtuísum, Lind.: -rehtwísum, Rush. iniquis ) geteald, Mk. Skt. 15, 28.
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be-tweohs
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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hiera hieremonnum, 164, 12. temporal Betwix hláfmæssan anð middum sumera, Chr. 921; P. 101, 5- of mutual relation f hé frið betwux þǽm folcum findan sceolde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 11. marking relation of abstract objects Micel tódál ys betweohx þǽre ealdan
bismerian
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Hé hí tintrade and bismrade, oþ hié mid ealle wǽron fordón and forhiéned cruentissimam victoriam exercuit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 25. Hé þá biscepas for þǽre sægene swíþe bismrade irridens eos, 3, 10; S. 140, 2.
eafora
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Idesa eaforan bróhtan heora ealdan fæder, 2606
for-hogian
to disdain ⬩ to disdain
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Hié forhogodan ege ealra eorðlicra cyninga, Bl. H. 137, 5. Ne forhogiaþ wísdóm, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 26. Forhogot spreta, An. Ox. 11, 72. Bið forhoged confunditur, 520.
ge-maca
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A. 14, 34. of animals, one of a pair Ádruncon ealle cwice wihta búton ehta mannum . . . and ælces cynnes twá gemacan, Wlfst. 206, 27
ge-þrǽstan
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Ðá heán muntas beóð genehhe mid heofenfýre geþrǽste, Wlfst. 262, 15. to destroy Ealle trymenesse hláfes geðræste, Ps.