wann-fýr
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Lurid fire Wonfýres wælm, se swearta líg lurid fire's glow, the dark flame, Exon. Th. 60, 7; Cri. 966
Linked entry: wan-fýr
canter-cæppe
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A cope Se abbud mid cantercæppan (cappa) gescrýdd, Angl. xiii. 403, 546. III. cantercæppa[n?], Cht. Th. 429, 23
Linked entry: cæppe
dréfend
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A disturber, turbulent person Se mynstres hordere sí . . . ná dréfend ( non turbulentus ), R. Ben. 54, 8. Drǽfend, 121, 12
Linked entry: dréfre
dwǽs-lic
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Foolish, silly, stupid Ongeán Godes ege se gromlica deófol syleð dyrstignysse mid dwǽslicum gebǽrum réceleásum mannum, Wlfst. 59, 20
fǽtt
Fat
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Fat Fífte wæs gyfe pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs geseald se fǽt and geþang, Sal. K. p. 180, 12
Linked entry: fæt
ge-hnǽstan
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To come into conflict with, contend Sé þe mec féhð ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteð, Rä. 28, 10
ge-wilde
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Powerful Ꝥ se man beó geðyldig and lǽte ǽfre his gewitt gewyldre þonne his yrre, Hml. S. 16, 336
here-láf
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Se cynincg féng tó friðe wið hí . . . Hé cyrde ðá hámwerd mid his hereláfe, Hml. S. 25, 592. Add
leóþ-gidding
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Hér mæg findan foreþances gleáw, sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga, hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 72, 2. Add
ormǽtness
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Add: an immense extent Se miccla gársecg mid micclum ormǽtnyssum ealle þás eorðan útan ymbligeð, Verc. Först. 111, 18
sealm-wyrhta
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Swá swá se sealmwyrhta cwæð, 'Hé hit gecwæð, and þá gesceafta wǽron geworhte,' Hml. Th. i. 122, 13. Add
þrútian
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Se ylca Riggo þus gewlitegod mid þám reáfum stóp on ꝥ mynster þrútiende swýðe, Gr. D. 131, 22. Add
ultor
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a vulture Se ultor sceolde forlǽtan ꝥ hé ne slát þá lifre Tyties, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 2
un-gewilles
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Involuntarily, not designedly Sé þe hine nódes ofslóge oððe ungewilles (qui non est insidiatus), LI. Th. i. 46, 22
Linked entry: ge-willes
wær-wyrde
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Gif on Wódnesdæg . . . bið ácenned, sé bið wærwyrde (swíðe wær on hií wordum, v.l. ), Archiv cxxviii. 298, 9. Add
wer
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Búton se hláford þone wer forðingian wille nisi dominus suus componere uelit weram eius, Ll. Lbmn. 62, 6. Add
wíd-cúþ
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Add Sé þe ácenned bið, wídcuð hé bið luna xxiii qui natus fuerit, vulgaris erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 5
weá-líc
Miserable
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Miserable Sumum ðæt gegongeþ, ðæt se endestæf weálíc weorþeþ; sceal hine wulf etan, Exon. Th. 328, 4; Vy. 12
Linked entry: wá-líc
ge-styllan
To still ⬩ calm ⬩ sĕdāre
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To still, calm; sĕdāre Se eorl gestylde ðæt folc the earl stilled the people, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 3
symbel-gál
Wanton with feasting
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Wanton with feasting Se ðe him wínes glæd wilna brúceþ, siteþ him symbelgál, Exon. Th. 449, 30; Dóm. 79