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bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Ꝥ bið seó sóþe hreów ꝥ mon synna andette and georne béte, Bl. H. 25, 16-19. Þæt hé wolde ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon, Chr. 1014; 145, 7.

lyft

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Tó dæg hyt byð hreóh weder; þeós lyft (caelum) scínð unwederlíce, Mt. 16, 3. Lyft úp geswearc heaven above grew dark, Exod. 461. Lyft bið onbærned, hreósað heofonsteorran, Cri. 1043.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Þæt mé sorgna is hátost on hreðre, Gú. 993

(n.)
Grammar
yþ, e; f.
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Hreó wǽron ýþa, Beo. Th. 1101; B. 548. Seó sǽ mót brúcan smyltra ýþa, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 23. Eástreám ýða, Cd. Th. 240, 11; Dan. 385. Ýða ful the sea, Beo. Th. 2421; B. 1208. Ýða yrfeweard, Salm. Kmbl. 163; Sal. 81. Ýða swengas, Elen.

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Wæs sum wilde hrem, Homl. Th. i. 162, 21. Se wilda fugel ( the Phenix ), Exon. Th. 211, 21; Ph. 201. Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian, wulf sceal on bearowe, Menol. Fox 495 ; Gn. C. 18. Sió wilde beó. Met. 18, 5.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

inne

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Th. i. 94, 7. of the inner man Hreðer inne weóll, B. 2113. Tó úpáhæfen inne on móde, Met. 25, 19. of motion Hý hine þǽr inne gebringan. Ll. Th. i. 198, 26. On ǽghwylcne þe þǽr inne cóm, Jud. 50. Þǽr inne fealh secg, B. 2226. <b>B.

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrowstraitconfinednot spaciousnarrowlimitedpoorrestrictedstraitoppressivecausing anxietyoppressednot having free actionstrictsevere

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Se sǽ ðe ǽgðer is ge nearo ge hreóh, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 12. Alexander him ðæt ondréd for ðære nearwan stówe ðæt hé ðá on wæs timens angustias quibus inerat locorum, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 25.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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Se wídfloga wundum stille hreás, 5653; B. 2830. Wundum sweltan, Byrht. Th. 140, 25; By. 293. Wǽpna wundum, Exon. Th. 119, 15; Gú. 255. Ða ealdan wunde and ða openan dolg on hyra Dryhtne, 68, 23; Cri. 1108. Swátge wunde, 89, 19; Cri. 1459.

hwider

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Oð þæt hé cunne hwider hreðre gehygd hweorfan wille, Wand. 72. as relative adverb Ðú waldes geonga huidir (hwider, R. þǽr, W. S. ubi) ðú waldes . . . óðer ðec lǽdes hiddir ðiddir (ðider, R. W. S. quo ) ðú nuilt, Jn.

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Wæs ðæs fugles flyht dyrne and dégol ðám ðe deorc gewit hæfdon on hréðre the bird's flight was hidden and secret to those who had a dark understanding in their breasts, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 18; Cri. 640: Cd. 5; Th. 7, 19; Gen. 108.

Linked entry: deorcian

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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., to trust to Se gelǽreda him ne getrúwað on ðǽre hreón sǽ, Past. 59, 2. Hé getrúwode ðæs mægene ðe hit him bebeád, 51, 16. Him nán folc ne getrúwade, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 12: 5, 7; S. 230, 7. Ne getrúa ðú ne innitaris (prudentiae tuae ), Kent.

an-gin

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Ox. 7, 241: 8, 180. action, proceedings, behaviour, treatment Þá hé ðæs cáseres myclan hreówsunga geseah, him ꝥ hreów and his ꝥ sárlice anginn ( his piteous proceedings ). Hml. S. 23, 402.

ge-standan

(v.)
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Ger. ge-stehen to curdle) Hrér swíðe oþ ꝥ gestanden sié, Lch. ii. 94, 9 : 21. <b>B.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Se hreó hyge, 76 b; Th. 287, 18; Wand. 16. Ys mínre heortan hige hluttor and clǽne quia delectatum est cor meum, Ps. Th. 72, 17. Hyge wearþ mongum blissad the heart of many was made glad, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 30; Cri. 1163.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Hreðer innan weóll, beorn breóstsefa their hearts burnt within them, Exon. Th. 34, 9; Cri. 539: Beo. Th. 4233; B. 2113. Breóst innan weóll þeóstrum geþoncum, 4652; B. 2331. Weóll him on innan hyge ymb his heortan, Cd. Th. 23, 4; Gen. 353.

Linked entry: for-weallen

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade, Exon. Th. 479, 10; Rä. 62, 5. On ðære róde sticodon mænige arewan, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 21.

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Hreód wrít[eres] hreðlíce wrítendes, Ps. Srt. 44, 2. figurative Hrædlíce cursum (l. cursim, v. Ald. 202, 15, cursim festinat credere Christo), Wrt.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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Sealt wæter hreóh mé holme besencte tempestas demersit me, Ps. Th. 68, 2. Ðá wæs heofonweardes gást ofer holm boren the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, Cd. 6; Th. 8, 7; Gen. 121. Léton holm beran they let the sea bear him, Beo.

líc

(n.)
Grammar
líc, es; n.

A body

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Líc ǽgðer ge cuces ge deáðes corpus; líc oððe hreáw funus; líc oððe hold cadaver, Wrt. Voc. 85, 51-54: 49, 25. Næs nán hús on eallum Egipta lande ðe líc inne ne lǽge neque erat domus, in qua non jaceret mortuus, Ex. 12, 30.