wacian
To watch ⬩ wake ⬩ to remain awake ⬩ not to sleep ⬩ to be freed from obstruction ⬩ to open ⬩ to be alert ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch to injure
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Gr. 41; Zup. 245, 10. to remain awake, not to sleep Gif wé tó lange waciaþ, wé áteoriaþ, Homl. Th. i. 488, 34. Ic waecade vigilavi, Ps. Surt. 101, 8. Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39.
on-wreón
to uncover, disclose ⬩ to uncover, open, remove a covering ⬩ to make known, shew forth, reveal, discover ⬩ to shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explain ⬩ to shew, display so as to avoid concealment ⬩ to display what is bad, to expose ⬩ to reveal
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Kmbl. 2245; El. 1124. to shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explain Ic wéne ðæt ðás word ne sind eów fullcúðe, gif wé hí openlícor eów ne onwreóþ, Homl. Th. i. 580, 27. Augustinus ús onwreáh ðissere rǽdinge andgit, ii. 384, 21.
Linked entries: in-wreón un-wreón on-wrigenness
áht
AUGHT ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ aliquid ⬩ quidquam
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Ðe áhtes wǽron who were of aught, of any account or value, Chr. 992; Th. 238, 35. Ðæt án man, ðe himsylf áht wǽre, mihte faran that a man, who himself was aught, might go, 1087; Th. 355, 17
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ár-wurþlíce
Honourably ⬩ reverently ⬩ kindly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ mildly ⬩ honorifice ⬩ solemniter ⬩ reverenter ⬩ clementer
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Honourably, reverently, kindly, solemnly, mildly; honorifice, solemniter, reverenter, clementer Hí swíðe árwurþlíce onfangene wǽron they were very honourably received, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 1: 3, 19; S. 547, 8: 5, 19; S. 637, 33.
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Bægere
The Bavarians ⬩ Bavarii ⬩ the Boiari ⬩ Bajuvarii
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Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him, Þyringas, and Behemas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42
dyrstig
Daring, bold, rash ⬩ audax, ausus
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Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre though he were daring, Beo. Th. 5669; B. 2838
firen-dǽd
A wicked or sinful deed ⬩ crime ⬩ scĕlestum făcĭnus
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A wicked or sinful deed, crime; scĕlestum făcĭnus Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 29; Gen. 2580: Exon. 118a; Th. 453, 35; Hy. 4, 25. Firendéda, Ps. C. 50, 44; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 44.
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hungor-biten
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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
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
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ge-hende
Neighbouring ⬩ next ⬩ vicinus
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Ðá férdon hí to gehendre byrig then they went to a neighbouring city, Homl. Th. i. 456, 5. Ðæt hý ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they there should be most handy for waging war thence on every land, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 5
sixtig
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Hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera strongera? Blickl. Homl. II, 16-22. Æfter siextegum daga intra sexagesimum diem, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Mid iii hund scipa and LXgum, Swt. 176, 25. Sexdig (sextig. Rush. ), Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 8. Sexdig ł sextih. Mt. Kmbl.
syn-grin
the toil ⬩ snare which a sin constitutes
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the toil or snare which a sin constitutes Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman not hamper us too much with the snares of sin, Btwk. 196, 19.
þeáw-fæst
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of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662.
tropere
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Ðonne ðú tropere haban wille, ðonne wege ðú ðíne swí[þ]ran hand, and tyrn mid dínum swíþran scytefíngre ofer ðíne breóst foreweard, swilce ðu notian wille, Techm. ii. 119, 10-12
wuldor-gesteald
glorious possessions ⬩ glorious mansions
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glorious possessions Gold and godweb, Iósepes gestreón, wera wuldorgesteald, Cd. Th. 215, 24; Exod. 588. Ða geréno and se reáda telg and ða wuldorgesteald (the binding of a book?), Exon.
be-teón
to cover ⬩ to bestow ⬩ assign
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Chr. 1075 ; P. 209, 31. to bestow, assign Eád. werd geaf Ulfe ꝥ ꝥríce, and hit yfele beteáh, Chr. 1049; P. 171, 26. Hér swytelað hú Ælfríc wille his áre beteón . . . Ic gean, Cht. Th. 567, 10
fird-tiber
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A sacrifice made when military operations were to be undertaken (?) Hostia, proprie fyrdtimber (-tiber ?)
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fird-wíc
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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add
ge-lynde
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Nim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ii. 48, 5. Genim henne gelyndo, 310, 3
ge-treówsian
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. :--- to prove true, clear of a charge of falseness Hé be his hláfordes were hine getreówsie (-tríw-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 5