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són

(n.)
Grammar
són, es; m.

A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental

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wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes (the music of Orpheus' harp) Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 11, 23.

Linked entry: be-sóne

HLÚD

(adj.)
Grammar
HLÚD, adj.

LOUD, sonorous

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LOUD, sonorous Heora stefn wæs swíðe hlúd their voice was very loud, Blickl. Homl. 149, 27: Cd. 148; Th. 184, 14; Exod. 107. Hlimman hlúdes wæteres torrentem, Ps. Th. 123, 4. Hlúdre stefne with a loud voice, Blickl. Homl. 181, 18.

dóm

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Þætte ealra heora dóme ( judicio ) gecoren wǽre, hwanone ꝥ cymen wǽre, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 485, 8. where sentence is passed Mycel egsa gelimpeþ eallum gesceaftum, þonne se dóm neálǽceþ, Bl. H. 91, 19. Ealle sceolan forþ gán tó þám dóme, 95, 18.

un-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽlþ, e; f.

Unhappinessmisfortunemisery

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Him wǽre ealra mǽst unsǽlþ ðæt, ðæt se fyrst wǽre óþ dómes dæg licentiam infelicissimam, si esset eterna, 38, 4; Fox 204, 16. Hwelc mug him máre unsǽlð becuman quid eorum mente infelicius? Past. 45; Swt. 340, 4.

Linked entries: ge-sǽlþ un-gesǽlþ

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Hý ne áhsedan hwæt ðæra gefarenra wǽre, ac hwæt heora ðonne tó láfe wǽre they did not ask how many were dead, but how many of them were then left, 4, 4; Bos. 80, 12. Ðá befran se sceaða hwæt hé manna wǽre. Homl.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Swíþe wel ðú mín hæfst geholpen Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 18. well, prosperously Se man wæs wel dónde on eallum þingum erat vir in cunctis prospere agens Gen. 39, 2. marking the rightness, fitness, etc. of an action His nama wæs gereht 'Godes strengo.'

Linked entry: BET

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Ðé wæter sceáwedon and ðé gesáwon sealte ýþa . . . wæs swég micel sealtera wætera, Ps. Th. 76, 13. Swá ǽr wæter fleówan, flódas áfýsde, Exon. Th. 61, 16 ; Cri. 985 : Andr. Kmbl. 3105 ; An. 1555.

áht

(pronoun.)
Grammar
áht, es; n.

AUGHTanythingsomethingaliquidquidquam

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Ðæt án man, ðe himsylf áht wǽre, mihte faran that a man, who himself was aught, might go, 1087; Th. 355, 17

Linked entry: óht

éhtere

(n.)
Grammar
éhtere, éhtre, es; m.

A persecutorpersĕcūtor

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Sanctus Albanus cýðde ðám éhterum Godes geleáfan ðæt he cristen wǽre Saint Alban told the persecutors of God's truth that he was a christian, 1, 7; S. 477, 22. Gebiddaþ for eówre éhteras pray for your persecutors, Mt. Bos. 5, 44: Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 37

Linked entry: éhtre

hungor-biten

(adj.)
Grammar
hungor-biten, adj.
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Hunger-bitten, suffering from hunger Ac ðes folces ðe be Hungire fór fela þúsenda ðǽr and be wæge earmlíce forfóran and fela hreówlíce and hungerbitene ongeán winter hám tugon but of the people that went by Hungary many thousands perished miserably there

níd-dǽda

(n.)
Grammar
níd-dǽda, an ; m.

One who does something under compulsion

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H.) wǽre (unless he were forced to do it in self-defence ), L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 21. Cf. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oððe unwillum oððe ungewealdes, 13; Th. i. 46, 22

gilp-word

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-word, es; n.

A boastful worda boastvaunt

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A boastful word, a boast, vaunt Hí him to gylpworde hæfdon 'ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hí hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce' their boast was 'that they had rather have a halting king than a halting kingdom,' Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 26.

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 13. Ne beón gé tó slápole ne ealles tó sleace, 40, 21. Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F. ) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17.

þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.

á-hwilfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwilfan, p. de
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Hé sǽde swá oft swá þæt scip wǽre ofdúne áhwylfed, ꝥ hé sǽte ofer þǽre bytman quoties carabo a superiori parte deorsum verso ipse carinae ejus supersederat, Gr. D. 347, 23

Linked entries: á-hwylfan hwilfan

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.

riht-ryne

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Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . 'Cym tó ðínum ágenum rihtryne' nuntiavit quod cursus sui Padus alveum egressus ecclesiae agros occupasset. . . 'Ad proprium alveum redeas,' 193, 15-20.

tó-geagnes

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D. 343, 8. add: (c a) of reciprocal action, again, in return Þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man þe hine ne cúþe ongén cóme, and sé þonne wǽre gegréted, ꝥ hé forhogode tógénes grétan si quis illum fortasse nesciret, salutatus etiam resalutare despiceret

úþ-witigung

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-witigung, e; f.

The study of philosophyphilosophy

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The study of philosophy, philosophy Ðæt heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen æfter Gréciscre úðwytegunge ... Heó þeáh on wísdóme and on úðwytegunge, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 20-23. Befæst tó woruldlícre láre and tó úðwitegunge, 4, 185.

Linked entry: -witigung

wacor

(adj.)
Grammar
wacor, adj.

Watchful, vigilant

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Watchful, vigilant Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 14. Beó ðú wacor esto vigilans, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 20.

Linked entries: wracu wæccer