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wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animalwild beast

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Homl. 95, 16 : Ex. 22, 13. Wildeór bestiae agri, 23, II. Ealra wuda wildeór omnes ferae sylvarum Ps. Th. 49, Ii : 103, 19. Wilddeóra ferarum Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 32. Wilddeóra holl and denn lustra i. 59, 10: Soul Kmbl. 164; Seel. 82. Wildeóra þeáw, Cd.

Linked entry: wildedeór

heáh-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geréfa, an; m.

A high reeve, reeve of high rank

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I am inclined to believe that they are exceptional, and perhaps in some degree similar to the Missi of the Franks, officers dispatched under occasional commissions to perform functions of supervision, hold courts of appeal, and discharge other duties,

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration clearly, accurately, exactlyclosely

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Wé sculon swíðe smeálíce ðissa ágðer underþencean hoc in utrisque est subtiliter intuendum 7, 1;Swt. 49, 23. Gesceád ða wé smeálíce geþencan sculan discretio, quae subtiliter pensari debeat Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35.

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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Ðǽr his bróðor heáfod stód on stacangefæstnod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 166. Wrí ðysne circul on ánum mealan stán on uppan ðam stacan, Lchdm. i. 395, 3-5. Mon hæfde ða burg mid stacum gemearcod, wulfas átugan ða stacan up, Ors. 5, 5; Swt. 226, 17-19.

Linked entry: stacung

wist

(n.)
Grammar
wist, e; f. (and m.?
Similar entries
v. big-, dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist.
)

subsistencesustenancefoodprovisionsdainty fooda feasteatingfeasting

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Homl. 111, 33. Wista epularum, Hpt. Gl. 481, 15: Exon. Th. 130, 6; Gú. 434. Gebytlu mid wistum áfyllede, Homl. Th. i. 68, 3: 74, 27. In wistum mínum in delitiis meis, Ps. Surt. 138, 11. Wystu delicias, epulas, Hpt. Gl. 480, 76. Wista delicias, Wrt.

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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His eáge wand út mid ðam slæge Homl. Skt. i. 4, 143. Slægum ictibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 54.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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Homl. 103, 14. Næs him ǽnig þearf, ðæt hé sécean þurfe there was no need to force him to seek, Beo. Th. 4984; B. 2495. Feallaþ ofor ús, ðæt wé ne þurfon ðysne ege leng þrowian, Blickl. Homl. 93, 34.

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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For hwylcre wísan cóme ðú tó mé synfulre, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 249

Linked entry: wís-fæst

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Etaþ ðísne hláf hit is mín líchama eat this bread, it is my body, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 33. Ic hyt eom ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 27: 28. Hit ys áwriten, Ne leofaþ se man be hláfe ánum scribtum est: Non in pane solo vivit homo, 4, 4.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

a-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrdan, -werdan; p. -wyrde; pp. -wyrded, -wyrd; v. trans.

To injurecorruptdestroylæderecorrumperevitiareviolare

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To injure, corrupt, destroy; lædere, corrumpere, vitiare, violare Ðe he sylf awyrde whom he himself had injured, Homl. Th. i. 4, 24. Æðeling manig wundum awyrded many a noble injured with wounds, Beo. Th. 2230; B. 1113.

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [býtla a builder]
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He ne býtlaþ of ðam grúndwealle he builds not from that foundation, Homl. Th. i. 368, 25. Býtlode ædificavit, R. Ben. in proœm.

Linked entry: byggan

CYCENE

(n.)
Grammar
CYCENE, cicene,an; f.

A kitchen coquīna, culīna

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Ðæt seó cycene [MS. kycene] eal forburne that the kitchen was all burning, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 5, 11. Wurpon hí ða anlícnysse inn to heora cycenan [MS. kycenan] they cast the image into their kitchen, ii. 166, 3.

Linked entry: cicene

hræd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-líc, adj.

Quickhastysuddenspeedyprecipitate

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Quick, hasty, sudden, speedy, precipitate Hit wǽre tó hrædlíc gif hé ðá on cildcradole ácweald wurde it had been precipitate, had he been slain then in the cradle, Homl. Th. i. 82, 28.

hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrstan, hrystan; p. te; pp. ed

To ornamentdecoratedeck

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Hyrstedne hróf hálgum tunglum the [heavenly] canopy adorned with holy stars, 46; Th. 58, 34; Gen. 956. Beorc byþ on helme hyrsted [hrysteð, MS.] fægere the birch at its top is fairly adorned, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 32; Rún. 18

in-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
in-híréd, es ; m.

Householdfamilyhouse

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Ðá wearþ gefullod fæder and sunu mid heora innhýréde then was baptized the father and son with their household, Homl. Skt. 5, 308

lígen

(adj.)
Grammar
lígen, adj.

Flamingfiery

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Se ealda deófol hine æteówode mid byrnendum múþe and lígenum eágum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 23

lógian

(v.)
Grammar
lógian, (v. lóh); p. ode

To lodgeplacearrangeframe

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To lodge, place, put in order, arrange, frame Tó þreágenne gé lógiaþ eówere sprǽce ye frame your speech to reprove, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 25. Hí on heora scype heora nett lógodon in navi componentes retia, Mk. Skt. 1, 19.

molsnian

(v.)
Grammar
molsnian, p. ode

To moulderbecome corruptdecay

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Homl. 21, 28. Ðonne hit (húsl) molsnaþ tó þicgenne cum prae mucore percipi non potest, L. Ecg. P. iv. 48; Th. ii. 218, 8. Ðeáh mín líc scyle on moldærne molsnad weorþan, Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 29; Ph. 564

Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian

must

(n.)
Grammar
must, es; m. (?)

Mustnew wine

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Ðás men sindon mid muste fordrencte ( 'these men are full of new wine,' Acts 2, 13), Homl. Th. i. 314, 21

pusa

(n.)
Grammar
pusa, posa, an ; m.
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Hwæt mǽnþ se pusa búton woruldlíce byrþene, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 19-24. Se ríca berþ máre ðonne hé behófige tó his fórmettum, se þearfa berþ æmtigne pusan, i. 254, 31. Áwurp stánas in tó ðám pusum, and besenc hý on sǽlícum ýþum, ii. 418, 6.

Linked entry: posa