wylfen
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Oþ þá griégan, wylfenan hárnesse usque cigneam canitiem (cf. grǽg as an epithet of the wolf; and the modern phrase ' grey as a badger '), An. Ox. 1876
á-hreddan
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Th. 104, 34. Þone wérgan heáp wráðum áhreddan, Cri. 16. with prep, æt Drihten hý áhret æt þám synfullum Dominus eruet eos a peccatoribus, Ps. Th. 36, 39. Gyf hit man æt ðeófes handa áhret, Ll. Th. i. 226, 4. Hí áhreddon ꝥ cild æt þám wulfe, Hml.
sóþe
truly ⬩ genuinely ⬩ really ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with the facts of a case ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast
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Word sóðe gebunden (the facts were truly told in the poem),Beo. Th. 1746; B. 871. Hí sóðe ne ongeáton they did not rightly understand, Ps.
ufor
Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later
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Ðonne ymb .iii. niht gesécæn hiom sǽmend, búton ðam ufor leófre sió ðe ða tihtlan áge then after three days let them seek themselves an arbitrator, unless the prosecutor would liever do it later, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 19.
gafol-mǽd
A meadow, the mowing of which was part of the gafol due from the churls on an estate
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A meadow, the mowing of which was part of the gafol due from the churls on an estate Healfne æcer gauolmǽde, Th. Chart. 145, 3
weder-candel
The candle of the open air, the sun
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The candle of the open air, the sun Wedercandel swearc, Andr. Kmbl. 744; An. 372. Wedercondel wearm weorodum lýhteþ, Exon. Th. 210, 17; Ph. 187
ge-scerian
to bestow, appoint, provide, ordain, destine ⬩ tribuere, providere, ordinare, destinare ⬩ to number, reckon ⬩ numerare ⬩ to ordain, arrange
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Ic biddan wille ðæt ðú me ne gescyrige mid scyldhetum I will pray that thou appoint me not among the guilty ones, Andr.
Linked entries: ge-scyrian ge-scyrigan
teóna
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Þohton ðæt hié sceoldon gewrecan hira teónan they thought they would avenge the harm that had been done them, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 17.
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ge-wenian
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</b> with complementary adjective, to make tame :-- Wudufuglas wel átemede þeáh heora láreówas him biódan þá ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon (with which they made them tame.
feorh-hús
Life's house ⬩ spirit's house ⬩ the body ⬩ vītæ vel ănĭmæ dŏmus ⬩ corpus
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Life's house, spirit's house, the body; vītæ vel ănĭmæ dŏmus, corpus Gár oft þurhwód fǽges feorhhús the dart often pierced the body of the fated, Byrht. Th. 140, 32; By. 297
for-healdan
withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect
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Th. ii. 252, 7. not to shew proper regard to, disregard, neglect a person or personal attribute Þú forleósest þá forhealdað þé perdes omnes, qui fornicantur abs te, Ps. Th. 72, 22.
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ge-rǽdnes
An ordinance, a decree, purpose, an intention, a resolution, condition ⬩ consultum ⬩ an ordinance
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Ath. v. pref; Th. i. 228, 6: L. Eth. vi. 1, 2, 3; Th. i. 314, 2, 12, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 150, 33: Th. Chart. 168, 27. In ðas gerédnisse on this condition, 104, 20
wrigels
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Add Ongan ꝥ wrigels (operimentum) þǽre bydene for þám weaxendan ele beón upp áhafen, and þá onstyredum þám wrigelse se ele feóll ofer þá brerdas þǽre bydene, Gr. D. 160, 11-13.
be-pǽcan
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Gif ðú Gode líhst, ne bepǽcst þú ná hine, Hml. S. 12, 99. Þis líf bepiǽcð þá ðe hit lufiaþ, 5, 65: Angl. viii. 330, 3. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Þonne hí bepǽcaþ cum pellexerini, An. Ox. 3929.
afor
Vehement ⬩ dire ⬩ hateful ⬩ rough ⬩ austere ⬩ vehemens ⬩ atrox ⬩ odiosus ⬩ asper ⬩ austerus ⬩ acerbus
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Afrum onfengum with their dire attempts, Exon. 403; Th. 133, 15; Gú. 490. Ðæt [sǽd] byþ þreóhyrne, and hyt byþ afor and sweart the scent is three-cornered, and it is rough and swarthy, Herb. 181, 1; Lchdm, i. 316, 11
a-weg
AWAY ⬩ out ⬩ auferendi vim habet
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He hí raðe aweg aþýwde he quickly drove them away, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 28 : Ps. Th. 77, 57
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morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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[Þonne scalt þu (the body), erming, up arisen imete þine morþdeden, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 37.]
ge-etan
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Of ðam treówe Adam sceolde geetan on ende of that tree Adam was to have eaten in the end, Hex. 24, 19. Þeos wyrt fremaþ wel geeten (-at-, v. l. ) and tó þám nafolan gewriþen, Lch. i. 204, 27. Add
ge-lútan
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To bend the body Þá lócode hé þǽr geloten and gebíged in þone ofn in clibanum incurvatus aspexit, Gr. D. 251, 26. trans. To bend the head, place on a couch, recline Sunu mannes ne hæfis huér heáfud gehlútes ł gebéges (reclinet), Mt.
for-leósan
To lose ⬩ let go ⬩ destroy ⬩ amittĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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Ðæt he forlure ða gestrión that he would lose the treasures, Past. 7, 1; Hat. MS. 12 a, 5. Ðú forloren hæfst ða woruldsǽlþa thou hast lost the worldly prosperity, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 7
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