wicg
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Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod, Exon. Th. 404, 18; Rä. 23, 9: 405, 11; Rä. 23, 21. Onweald wicga and wǽpna, Beo. Th. 2094; B. 1045. Wicgum ridan, Exon. Th. 404, 4; Rä. 23, 2. Beornas cómon wiggum gengan, on mearum módige, Andr.
á-lǽtan
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Th. 540, 22. of grant, delivery Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. <b>IV a.
án-gild
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Gylde hé ángyldes ꝥ hé mid beléd wæs, 354, 15. Forgylde ꝥ yrfe ángylde, 236, 24. Gilde hé ángylde ( or acc. ?), 294, 17. Cf. twi-gilde in Dict., and next word
bold
a dwelling ⬩ a town
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Add: a dwelling Þǽr wæs ðá kyninges bold (uilla regia), hét Eádwine þǽr cyrican timbrian, on Donafelda, þá þá hǽðenan mid ealle þí bolde [boðle, v. l.] forbærndon . . .
eást-ern
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Se wer ( Job ) wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum Eásternum, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315
georn-ness
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Se árwyrða fæder wæs geswænced mid unluste his swíðlican geomnesse (nimietatis ejus taedio affectus ), Gr. D. 156, 6. Fore giornise his áríseð propter inprobitatem eius surget, Lk. L.
leger
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Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seomode (seon- MS.) laman legre ea quam medici paralysin vocant molestia corporale percussa est Gr. D. 284, 2.
ǽmetgian
to empty ⬩ to be at leisure. ⬩ to devote one's self to, take time for
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Similar entries v. ǽmettig, II His sprǽc wæs ǽmetegod vacua ðǽre mycelnyssé his gódan mægnes, Gr. D. 151, 1. to be at leisure. Similar entries v. ǽmettig, III Ne on dæge ðú aemtiga vaces Scint. 31, 8. Aemetgiað vacate, Ps. Srt. 45, 11.
oroþ
Breath, breathing
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Hé oroþ stundum teáh . . . swá wæs óþ ǽfen oroþ up hlæden, Exon. Th. 178, 17-30; Gú. 1245-1252. Heora oruþ biþ swylce líg ignem et flammam flantes, Nar. 34, 32; Beo. Th. 5107; B. 2557.
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Hit ná geweorþan sceolde ðæt se wǽre leóda cyning se ðe ǽr wæs folce þeów it ought not to be, that he that had been a servant to a people, should be a king of men, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 21.
ge-sprecan
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L. 3, where the object is that which is spoken about, to speak about Þá wǽre and þá winetreówe þe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Bo. 52. the object a clause Wæs gesprecen ðurh Salomonn bi ðǽm Wísdóme ðæt se Wísdóm wille sóna fleón ðone ðe hine fliéhð
ge-endian
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Ꝥ wére geendad ( adimpleretur ) ꝥ gecueden wæs, Mt. L. 8, 17. to fill Of onwrihnisse geendad revelatione saturatus, Mt. p. 9, 6. Geendad wéron ðá færmo impletae sunt nubtiae, Mt.
in-stæpe
At the outset ⬩ at once ⬩ directly ⬩ immediately
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Ðonne wǽre mín blód instæpe ágoten then had my blood been at once shed, Shrn. 39. 17. Seó strǽl instepe wearþ eft gecyrred, Blickl. Homl. 199, 21
efen-gemæcca
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Substitute: An equal, a fellow, consort Þe lǽs gif hyra (suna) hwylc wǽre hyre oferstealla ꝥ sé ne myhte on heofenum beón hyre efngemæcca, Shrn. 151, 14.
leornung-mann
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'Ne gehýrde ic nǽfre ꝥ hé ǽniges mannes leorningmann (discipulus) wǽre,' Gr. D. 12, 24. Ne mæg hé beón mín leorningman, Hml. S. 33, 114. Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs leornincgmannes weorc, R. Ben. 20, 6.
ofer-mód
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Wé witon ðæt hé nǽre eáðmód, gif hé underfénge ðone ealdordóm . . . búton ege; and eft hé wǽre ofermód, gif hé wiðcwǽde ðæt hé nǽre underðídd his Scippende, Past. 51, 12. Þæt mannum ofermód ys quod hominibus altum est, Scint. 82, 8.
cwyrn-stán
A mill-stone ⬩ molaris lapis, mola
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Ðæt him wǽre getiged án ormǽte cwyrnstán to his swuran, and he swá wurde on deóppre sǽ besenced that an immense mill-stone was tied to his neck, and he was so sunk in the deep sea, Homl. Th. i. 514, 17: Mt. Bos. 18, 6.
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fæder-éðel
Father-land, paternal home ⬩ păterna rĕgio, patria
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Father-land, paternal home; păterna rĕgio, patria Scipia swór ðæt him leófre wǽre, ðæt he hine sylfne acwealde ðonne he forléte his fæderéðel Scipio swore that he would rather kill himself than leave his father-land, Ors. 4, 9 ; Bos. 91, 20.
wíte-fæst
In slavery as a punishment for crime.
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Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis, libertate sibi penitus contributa, relaxatus
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brégan
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Þæt hit leásung wǽre, þæt hí þæt folc mid brégdan, Wlfst, 100, 7. Ðá óðre sint tó bréganne (-eanne, v. l.) istis inferre metum debemus, Past. 181, 7. Bregende terrentia, An. Ox. 4419. Add