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wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.
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Ðæt náðær ne þǽ ne ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ on úrum dæge quatinus nec tibi nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem diebus nostris actam. Chart. Th. 163, 26.

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ þæs roderes færeldes, hú hé ǽlce dæge úton ymbhwyrfþ ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15. Rodres, Met. 28, 3.

Linked entry: rador

á-firran

(v.)
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God áfyrde þæt unrihtwrigels of heora heortan, Bl. H. 105, 30. Ne áfyr ( elongaveris ) þú fultum fram mé. Ps. L. 21, 10. Fácen from úrum heortum ádoon and áfyrran. Bl. H. 95, 28. From ús ðióstro áfirra. ( depellere ), Rtl. 37, 9.

Linked entries: a-feorran á-ferran á-fyrran

ge-wundian

(v.)
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Gif man óðerne gewundige, for þæs blódes gyte fæste .xl. nihta, ii. 148, 24: 294, 6.

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Ne derode Ióbe náht þæs deófles costnung, ac fremode, for ðan ðe hé wæs fulfremedre on geþincðum and Gode neár æfter ðæs sceoccan éhtnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 2.

god-webb

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Hié of þæs treówes leáfum and of his flýse spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan foliis arboris ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 18. Of þám cnihtum hí álǽddon áweg tó wircenne godeweb, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 20.

Linked entry: gode-webb

hræd

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Cf. hræd-lic; Þeáh ðe gýt wǽre óðer þúsend geára tó ðám dæge, nǽre hit langsum; for ðan swá hwæt swá geendað, þæt bið sceort and hræd, Hml. Th. i. 618, 28.

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.

ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning

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Hé wær (printed þær) weorðe worda and dǽda, Exon. Th. 96, 32; Cri. 1583. Deófol gedéð, ðæt unsǽlig man wísdómes ne gýmeþ, and gyt gedéð, ðæt hé talaþ hine sylfne wærne and wísne, Wulfst. 52, 29.

Linked entries: wacor wær-geápnis wærþu

portic

(n.)
Grammar
portic, es ; m.
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Of ðæs portices dura þærsc-wolde wæs gesýne ðæt ða swaðo wǽron ǽrest útwearde ongunnen ... Ðeós circe mid ðýs portice mihte húhwego fíf hund manna befón, Blickl. Homl. 207, 10-14.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Þæt ánlípige Godes tempel wæs wundorlíce gecræft, Hml. Th. ii. 574, 24-29. For ðám þrím rǽdingum sý án ánlípig (ǽnlýpig, v.l. ) rǽdincg gerǽd, R. Ben. 34, 11. Án ǽlpi mónð, Angl. viii. 320, 11. Nán ánlípig ( ne ana quideni ) tó láfe ne wunode, Gr.

horn

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Nǽfre mon þæs hlúde horn á þýteð ne býman ábláweð, Dóm. 109. a projection like a horn at each corner of the altar in the Jewish temple Tó horne weófedes, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 117, 27. Oð horn wíbed, Ps. Vos. 117, 27. Oð horn ad cornua Ps.

gaderian

(v.)

to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile

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Hé ongan gadrian folc ofer eall his eorldóm, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 8. used reflexively or intransitively Ær þám þe hé and þæt folc hý gaderade, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 29.

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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</b> reflexive, to come together, assemble :-- Ǽr þǽm þe hé and þæt folc hié ðǽr gegaderede, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 29. Eft gegadorode micel here hine of Eást-Englum, Chr. 921; P. 101, 23.

freó-dóm

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Se freódóm þæs unáræfnedlican þeówdómes, ꝥ is ðæs deófollican onwaldes, Bl. H. 137, 12. Wilnigende mid þissum þeówdóme cuman tó écum freódóme, Angl. viii. 320, 9.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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</b> fig. to plan, design, draw up a table :-- Þǽra geára getæl hæfð seó tabule þe wé mearkian willað, Angl. viii. 327, 41. to march to, border upon, have as a boundary to one's land Ðis sindon ðá landgemǽro . . .andlang bróces tó ðǽre díc ðǽre

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Brydegume cymende giiorne ( occurrere ), Rtl. 106, 10. (1 b) with the idea of attack :-- Gelamp sume síðe, ðǽr hé sum gild bræc, ꝥ þǽr gearn mycel menigeo tó him . . . and ealle swíðe erre wǽron (cf.. to run to a place Georn xvi-wintre mǽden tó ðǽre

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Ic þǽh óþþæt ic wæs yldra, Exon. Th. 485, 2; Rä, 71, 7. Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within, Beo. Th. 6109; B. 3058: 5665; B. 2836. Hine (him?)

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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His wíte þǽm Godes þegne ætéwed wæs, Shrn. 86, 5. Ætýwed (-eówed, R. , ædeáwd, L.) on óðrum híwe, Mk. 16, 12. Tácna ætýwde wǽron, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 13.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

ge-grípan

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Gl. 192. (1 a) to seize with an implement :-- Fýrene tangan him on handa hié hæfdon, and . . . hié mé mid þǽm gegrípan woldon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 15. a non-material object Hié gegrípað ( arripiunt ) ðone cwide ðæs apostoles hiora gítsunge tó fultome

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Se deófol cann eall þæt yfel and ealle þá drýcræftas þe ǽfre ǽnig ǽfre geleornode, Wlfst. 101, 3. with clause Sé sit on wólberendum setle, sé ðe gesceádwíslíce tócnáwan con gód and yfel, and ðeáh geleornað ðæt hé déð ðæt yfel in cathedra pestilentiae

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