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wóp

(n.)
Grammar
wóp, es; m.

a whoopcrya cry of griefwailinglamentationweeping

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Wóp (fletus) and tóþa gristbítung, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12 : 13, 42. Wóm and wóp, Cd. Th. 285, 2 ; Sat. 333. Nis nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred, Blickl. Homl. 85, 28: Exon. Th. 164, 32 ; Gú. 1020. Hreám and wóp, Blickl. Homl. 115, 15.

ge-sceádwís

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sceádwís, adj.

Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautiousrationalis

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Ǽlce dǽde sceal gesceádwís déma wíslíce tosceádan hú heó gedón sí and hwǽr and hwænne in each deed an intelligent judge must distinguish how it be done, and where and when, L. de Cf; Th. ii. 260, 27: Past. 21; Swt. 151, 6: Bt. Met.

glædene

(n.)
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Þás wyrte þe man bulbis scillitici and óðrum naman glædene nemneð, Lch. i. 144, 22. Gladiolum and óþrum naman glædene, 182, 14. Hand fulle secges and glædenan, ii. 356, 1. Wyl secg and glædenan neoðewearde, iii. 20, 4

hnipian

(v.)
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Bitere teáras hí symle áléton and hnipiende eódon, Hml. S. 23, 46. Add

nihtes

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Þá hét Pompeius þæt mon þæt fæsten on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án legie æfter óþerre unwérig, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 9. Hit hagolade seofon niht dæges and nihtes, 5, 10; S. 234, 6. Ægþer ge dæges and nihtes, Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 168, 8

ge-swerian

(v.)
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gesworen, 1094; P. 228, 37. to swear a person, swear in, administer an oath to a person who is promising to discharge an obligation Hé wæs of his earde ádrifen, and ðéh wæs tócinge gesworen he had been sworn in as king, Chr. 1041 ; P. 162, 10

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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þe wé rodor hafað, and se egeslica heofon and engla heofon and heofon þǽre hálgan ðrinnisse, Nap. 50.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

ge-wemmedness

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</b> an impure action :-- Hí férdon on heora ídelum lustum and on gewemmednyssum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 15

sceadu

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Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce scadu and getácnung; Crístes bodung is sódfæstnys, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 18. a shadow, shade, unsubstantial appearance Þá wearð þǽr æteówod án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, and sǽde þæt hé wǽre for stale ofslegen, Hml.

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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Hé fór ymb áne niht tó Ígleá, and ðæs ymb áne tó Éþandúne ... and ðǽr sæt xiiii niht ... and hé was xii niht mid ðam cyninge, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 12-24. Embe seofon niht, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31. Emb tén niht, 117, 16.

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Onlýsde and gefreoðode absoluti. Gr. D. 344, 2

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racian

(v.)
Grammar
racian, p. ode.
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Gif hí næfdon ǽnne God ðe him eallum stiórde and racode and rǽdde, 34, 12; Fox 154, 5. Hé sceal rǽdan and racian (reccean, MS. T.) óðra manna sáulum, R. Ben. 14, 6. Hé þeódum sceal racian(rǽdan, Kmbl.) mid rihte, Andr.

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, es; n. (?)

Math in after-mathmowinghay-harvest

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Math in after-math, mowing, hay-harvest Freóh ǽlces weoruldcundes þeówetes búton þreom þingum án is circsceat and ðæt hé mid eallum cræfte twuga on geáre [wyrce ?]

wudung

(n.)
Grammar
wudung, e; f.

cutting wood

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Th. ii. 222, 29. as a technical term referring to the right of cutting timber in a wood Dis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó; gebyreþ, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte, and húsbót, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 243, 11.

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ent

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Hí worhton him anlícnyssa, and sceópon him naman, þǽra manna naman þe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Hml. Th. i. 22, 31: 366, 21. Nembroð and ðá entas worhton þone wundorlican stýpel, Wlfst 105, 3. Enta cyclopum, An. Ox. 23, 16.

ge-hýdan

(v.)
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úp gewítað (cf. an ealond he (the sailors) wenen it (the whale) is, . . . sipes on festen and alle up gangen, Misc. 17, 533), Wal. 13

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6.

tó-slítan

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S. 31, 959. add: to interrupt Þá ongan se cniht clypian ... and mid hlúdum stefnum tóslítan and ámyrran þára bróðra sangas and gebedu coepit clamore, atque cum magnis vocibus orationes fratrum interrumpere, Gr. D. 324, 23

weald-genga

(n.)
Grammar
weald-genga, an; m.

A weald-goer bandit brigant

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'Hé is geworden tó wealdgengan and ðæra sceaðena ealdor, ðe hé him sylf gegaderode, and wunaþ on ánre dúne mid manegum sceaðum.'. . . Ðá ætstód se wealdgenga . . . and áwearp his wǽmna, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 30-18, 31

ge-beót

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Mid manna blódum þe ic þurh gebeót and þurh hát-heortnesse ágeát with men's blood that I shed through hot words and hot temper, Angl. xi. 113, 36. Ádwǽsc nú ðás gebeót and ðás wópas tóbrec, Shrn. 68, 9