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sweoloþa

(n.)
Grammar
sweoloþa, an; m.
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Heat, burning Hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé inswoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in media aestatis caumate sudaverit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30. Mid hǽtan and mid swoluðan ardore et aestu, Deut. 28, 22. v. preceding word

un-gewís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewís, adj.

Uncertainunknown

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Uncertain, unknown For ðam ðe him cúþ forþfór tóweard wǽre and ungewiis (ungewiss? q. v.) seó tíd ðære ylcan forðfóre eo quod certus sibi exitus, sed incerta ejusdem exitus esset hora futura, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 16

deáþ-bǽre

Grammar
deáþ-bǽre, (deád-).
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Se deáðbǽra wǽta, Past. 303, 16. Ðæt on ús deádbǽres is ðurh synna, 445, 25. Deáðbǽre (deád-, An. Ox. 2020) letiferas, mortiferas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17. Add

ofer

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Þá wæs se ele wexende ofer ealne þone weg (all the while they were carrying it ), Hml. S. 31, 1123.

ge-fadung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fadung, e; f.

A disposingarrangingdispŏsĭtio

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A disposing, arranging; dispŏsĭtio He nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre he would not be almighty if any arranging were difficult to him, Bd. de net. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 6; Lchdm. iii. 278, 14

bord-weall

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Similar entries Cf. scild-weall Hí bord-weal clufan, heówan heaþolinde, Chr. 937; P. 106, 13. the side of a ship: Wiht (an iceberg) cwom æfter wǽge líðan . . . bord-weallas gróf, Rá. 34, 6

un-gewiss

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Add Hé him þá gewát swíðe gewisfullíce (-wiss- v.l.) swilce hé ungewis wǽre recessit scienter nescius, Gr. D. 95 30. Ungewiss for costnunge per tentalionem imperita, 265, 9. Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes, 264, 10

ofer-wlenced

(adj.; part.)

possessed of superabundant means, very opulent

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possessed of superabundant means, very opulent Hié andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc swá hié wǽron responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44

FOLDE

(n.)
Grammar
FOLDE, an; f.

the earthdry landtellusterraa landcountrydistrictregionterritoryrĕgiotractusplăgaterrĭtōriunithe groundsoilhŭmussŏlumearthclayterræ līmuslŭtum

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Folde wæs ðá gyt græs ungréne the earth was as yet not green with grass, Cd. 6; Th. 7, 35; Gen. 116: 12; Th. 14, 7; Gen. 215: Exon. 43b; Th. 146, 26; Gú. 715.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Se wyrtruma stille wæs on staðole, Cd. Th. 252, 21; Dan. 582: 251, 9; Dan. 561. Wé stódon on staðole, Rood Kmbl. 141; Kr. 71. Æsc byþ stíð staðule, stede rihte hylt, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 25; Rún. 26.

Linked entry: scaþel

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Wæs hé wræcca on Gallia lande cum exularet in Gallia, 2, 15 ; S. 519, 1. Ðá wæs mid him án wræccea of Læcedamania Demaratus Lacedaemonius apud Xerxem exsulabat, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 78, 33.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

eáster

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Wǽron Eástron (wæs Eástro (Eóstru, R.)), Mk. 14, 1. Judéa Eástron (néh wæs Eástro (Eóstrum, R.)) wǽron gehende, and manega fóron ǽr þám Eástron (Eástræ, L., Eóstrum, R.) proximum erat Pascha Iudaeorum, et ascenderunt multi ante Pascha, Jn. 11, 55.

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde -gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22.

ǽg-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwider, -hwyder; adv.

On every sideevery wayquaquaversum

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On every side, every way; quaquaversum Ǽghwider ymb swá swá Edwines ríce wǽre quaquaversum imperium regis Æduini pervenerat, Bd. 2,16; S. 519,38. Ǽghwider wolde wide toscríðan it would everywhere widely wander. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92

faroþ-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ-strǽt, e; f.

The sea-street, the sea marĭtĭma via, măre

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The sea-street, the sea ; marĭtĭma via, măre Ic ongiten hæbbe ðæt ðú on faroþsttǽte feor ne wǽre I have understood that thou wert not far from us upon the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 1795; An. 900: 622; An. 311

feorh-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hyrde, es; m.

Life-guardian or protectorvītæ custos vel protector

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Life-guardian or protector; vītæ custos vel protector He hine bæd ðæt he him feorhhyrde wǽre he prayed that he would be his life-protector, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 5 : Hy. 9, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 8

fóre-gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gilpan, p. -gealp, pl. -gulpon; pp. -golpen

To boast greatlyvalde jactāre

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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13

un-eáðlácn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðlácn, un-eáðlácne?, -lǽcne; adj.

Not easily cured

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Seó wǽte wyrcþ uneáþlácna áðla, 226, 15

cwilmend

(n.)
Grammar
cwilmend, es; m.
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D. 163, 10. a slayer, destroyer Hé ongann clypian ꝥ hé his cwylmend wǽre se interfectorem illius clamare coepit, Gr. D. 89, 5

cíþ

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Wæstm, cíþ crementum, i. augmentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 66. Hí habbaþ nǽnne cíð ( incrementum ) mægenes, Scint. 5, 18. Ciþas gramina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 35. Cíðas genimina, Kent. Gl. 251. Add