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hyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrwan, hyrwian; p. de, ede

blasphemedespisecondemntreat illoppressvexharass

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Hé hyrwde godes naman and wirigde hine cum blasphemasset nomen et maledixisset ei, Lev. 24, 11. Ðá hyrwdon hí ealle hine omnes condemnaverunt eum, Mk. Skt. 14, 64. Hié hyrwdon ðé they despised thee, Elen. Kmbl. 710; El. 355.

Linked entry: herwan

ge-bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bletsian, -bledsian ; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bletsian to bless]

To blessconsecratebenedīcĕreconsecrāre

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Sý gebletsod se ðe com on Drihtenes naman benedictus qui vēnit in nomine Domĭni, Mt. Bos. 21, 9: 23. 39. Ðú gebletsad eart thou art blessed, Cd. 192; Th. 241, 18; Dan. 406: 83; Th. 105, 13; Gen. 1752

wan-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hál, adj.
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Næs ðǽr wínes drenc búton wanhálum mannum, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 22: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 202. Hé wolde gehelpan þearfum and wanuhálum, 26, 276: Elen. Kmbl. 2057 ; El. 1030.

Linked entry: wan-hǽle

wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung, e; f.

Punishmenttormentpain

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Ðæs ic geléfe, ðætte ǽlc unriht wítnung sié ðæs yfel ðe hit déð, næs ðæs ðe hit þafaþ apparet, illatam cuilibet injuriam non accipientis, sed inferentis esse miseriam, Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 20.

glitnian

(v.)
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Glite[naþ] fulgescit (pavonis pennae glauco coloris virore ), An. Ox. 539. Glitenaþ coruscat, i. micat (limpida pupilla ), 1719. Glitenat flavescit (vinum), Kent. Gl. 908: flavescit, albescit, Txts. 63, 894. Glitenaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 72.

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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On ðæt héð westeweard, v. 212, 18. v. mór-hǽþ. a plant-name Haeth, haet (cf. haet-colas, 53, 570), hét calomacus (-chuns), calomancus, Txts. 52, 269. Hǽþ colomacus, genesta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 35. Hǽð calomacus, 13, 33.

gráf

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. ¶ in a place-name :-- Westgráf ( in a Latin charter ), C. D. iii. 374, 29

in-cund

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Ne hé him ne ondrǽde nánne eorðlicne ege ðyses andweardan lífes, ac geðence hé ðone inncundan (in-, v.l.) ege Godes (respecto intimo terrore ), 83, 5

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Wæs hé náwiht hefig . . . ne hé cnihtlíce gálnysse næs begangende . . . ac on his scearpnysse hé weóx, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 13-20. roughness of surface Ealle wóhnyssa beóþ gerihte and scearpnyssa gesméðode, Homl. Th. i. 360, 34.

Linked entry: scearp

weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorþscipe, es; m.
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Nys nán wítega bútan weorðscype (wurð-, v. l.) (sine honore ), búton on his earde, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 57 : Mk. Skt. 6, 4. Hí wunnon æfter weorðscipe (wyrþ -, v. l. ) on ðisse worulde, and tiledon gódes hlísan, Bt. 40, 4 ; Fox 240, 5.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Sume hí gebycgaþ hlísan mid heora ágnum deáþe, for þǽm hí wénaþ ꝥ hí næbben nán óþer fioh ðæs hlísan wyrþe búton hiora ágnum fiore nonnulli venerandum nomen gloriosae pretio mortis emerunt, 39, 11; F. 228, 29. property given as wages, bribe (v. feoh-fang

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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Man áxode on porte . . . man scrútnode on ǽlcere stówe þær man hí ǽfre geáxian cúðe ; ne mihte hí nán man náhwer findan, Hml. S. 23, 264-269.

ge-habban

(v.)
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Th. i. 42, 34. to have, experience, be subject to On þám heofenlicum éðele nis nán niht gehæfd, Lch. iii. 240, 12. to hold, keep in some relation to oneself Búton se hláford hine wille on borh gehabban, Ll.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Kmbl. 26, 16. to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose Be ðisum þingum ne cunne wé smeágean nán óðer þing búton hít sig on Godes dóme gelang de his rebus nihil aliud conjicere possumus, nisi quod adjudicium Dei pertineat L. Ecg.

Linked entry: smeán

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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Þæt sí þín nama in úrum ferhðlocan feste gestaðelod, 6, 5. Hió tó Gode hæfde freóndrǽdenne fæste gestaðelad, Jul. 107. to build Beóð him of þám wyrtum wíc gestaðelad in wuldres byrig, Ph. 474.

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Leohtum wǽpnum (leuibus armis) gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. Scearpum wǽpnum, Exon. Th. 385, 30; Rä. 4, 52. Mid gǽstlícum wǽpnum, 112, 24; Gú. 148. Gescyldend wið sceaðan wǽpnum, Andr. Kmbl. 2584; An. 1298: Exon. Th. 48, 22; Cri. 775.

læssa

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læssa, l. lǽssa,
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</b> applied to the inferior or smaller of two persons or places of the same name :-- Ðæs Jacóbes leásse (lǽssa, R.) móder Jacobi minoris mater Mk. L. 15, 40. Se lǽssa middangeard michrocosmos Wrt.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Heora nán hine eft tó his geférum ne geþeódde, Hml. S. 23 b, 135. Ðæt hé hiene selfne geðeóde (-ðióde, v. l.) tó eallum his hiéremonnum, tó ǽghwelcum be his andefne ut ad sua singulis congruat, 175, 3.

fela

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I. 2 a Næs for ðám þe þæs landes swá fela wǽre, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 25. Mé hearmes swá fela Adam gespræc, Gen. 579. Feala, 322. Nǽfre man þǽre moldan tó þæs feale nimeþ, ꝥ . . . Bl. H. 127, 17. Álýfan landes tó fela, By. 90.

Linked entry: feald

Cynewulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cynewulf, es; m.
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An Anglo-Saxon poet, who has preserved his name in Runes, in his poem on Elene&#39;s Recovery of the Cross. Mr.