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wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
wrixl, e; f.

changealterationvicissitudealternationexchangeinterchangeplacesteada loanwhat is given in returnreturnrequital

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God, ðú ðe gimetgaþ giscæfta wrixla (rerum vices), Rtl. 164, 12. where there is alternation, alternation, exchange Mid ðý hí ðysse ungesǽligan wrixle (hac infelici vicissitudine, i. e. the passing from heat to cold and vice versa) ðrǽste wǽron.

á-cuman

(v.)
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To come Hé ne mihte búton ðám hrófe ácuman he could not get outside the house, Hml. Th. ii. 184, 12. trans. to bear, bring Hí þurh deófles láre ðá menniscnesse tó deáðe ácóman, Wlfst. 22, 23. to bear, support trouble, &c.

fur-lang

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Comm., pp. 2-4) Án furlang hína herðlandes betweónan ðǽre strǽte and ðǽre mǽdwe, C. D. iii. 18, 28. Oð ðæs furlanges úpende (cf. at ðas akeres úpende, 434, 2), 418, 23. On ðæs langan furlanges eástende, vi. 48, 9.

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, one who errs.
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Th. ii. 322 20, one who errs from imperfect knowledge Geleáfan ungelǽredes folces and gedwolena fidem indocti vulgi ac neofitorum, ngl. xiii. 421, 803. one who errs in matters of doctrine, a heretic Arrianus wæs se mǽsta gedwola þe of mancynne cóme,

sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote. MS. ) gesceafta id (good) error humanus a vero atque perfecto ad falsum imperfectumque traducit, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 12. Sǽmust vel wyrst pessima, Blickl. Gl.

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

gærs

herbagea herb, plant the bladepasture, grazing the grass-covered ground

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L. 4, 32. the blade of corn Mið ðý gewóx brord ł níwe gers, and wæstm worhte cum crevisset herba, et fructum fecisset, Mt. L. 13, 26. Eorðo wæstmas ǽrest gers (herbam), æfter ðon ðone ðorn, Mk. R.

BRÉMEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRÉMEL, brémbel, brǽmbel, brémber, es; m.

A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,

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H.] the herb rubus, that is bramble, Herb. cont. 89; Lchdm. i. 34, 21. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man brémel [brǽmbel MS. H.] nemneþ take this herb which a man calls bramble, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 9. Brémelas vepres, Wrt. Voc. 80, 23.

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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Ic árás of mínon bedde (lectulo), Coll. M. 33, 23. Swalt hé fǽringa on his bedde, Chr. 1054; P. 185, 29. Hié restað búton bedde and bolstre quiescentes sine ceruicalibus stratisque, Nar. 31, 11.

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrowstraitconfinednot spaciousnarrowlimitedpoorrestrictedstraitoppressivecausing anxietyoppressednot having free actionstrictsevere

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Th. 2823; B. 1409. narrow, limited, poor, restricted Hú ne ongite gé hú neara (Cott. MS. nearo) se eówer hlísa beón wile, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 14. Swíðe nearewe (Cott. MS. nearwa) sent and swiðe heánlíce ða menniscan gesǽlþa, 11, 1; Fox 30, 25.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

ge-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-healdan, -haldan, to -healdenne; ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hiltst, he -healdeþ, -healt, -helt, -hylt, pl. -healdaþ; p. -heóld, -hióld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon, -hióldon; impert. -heald, pl. -healdaþ; subj. pres. -healde, pl. -healden; p. -heólde, pl. -heólden; pp. -healden.

to keepholdobservekeep inretainreservepreservesavedefendprotectcustodīreservāreobservārecontĭnērereservāresalvāredefendĕreto holdoccupypossesstĕnērepossĭdēre

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Ðæt he cóme and ða burh geheólde that he would come and defend the city, Jos. 10, 6. Ðæt sǽd sí gehealden ofer ealre eorþan brádnisse ut salvētur sēmen sŭper făciem ūnĭversæ terræ, Gen. 7, 3 : Jos. 2, 13 : Mt. Bos. 9, 17. Gehealdne, pp. pl.

hund

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'Ic (the fowler ) sylle lustlíce, gif þú sylst mé ǽnne swyftne hund,' Coll. M. 25, 31. Nán hara ne onscunode nǽnne hund, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 10. Wildu diór wolde stondan swilce hí tamu wǽron ðeáh hí men oððe hundas wið eódon, 3.

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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A.) is ðín heorte ubi est thesaurus tuus, ibi est cor tuum, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 21 : 18, 20. Sceáwa þǽr dust and drýge bán, þǽr þǽr ðú ǽr gesáwe fægre leomu, Blickl.

Linked entry: þár

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Ðá com Sparhafoc be weg[e] tó him, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 19. Fela þúsenda be wæge for*-*fóran, 1096; Erl. 233, 21. Heó forðférde be Róme wege ((in itinere Rome), 888; Erl. 87, note 10.

ge-cweþan

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D. 147, 27) ... þá se hálga wer ne cóm, swá swá hé gecweden hæfde (cf. on þám gesettan dæge and ǽrgenamnedan ne cóm, Gr. D. 148, 27), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 9-21. Hié gecwǽdon folcgefeoht him betweónum, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 10.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Ic cóm . . . and nú git ic ná mínne múþ ne ontýnde, and hé cóm and slóh cymbalan, Gr. D. 62, 21. Hé næfde gefylled ðá giet (git, v. l. ) ðone rím his gecorenra, 43, 21: 213, 24. Hé ðá giet nolde hí lǽran, 459, 21. Þá giet, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 14.

fægnian

(v.)
Grammar
fægnian, fægenian, fagnian, fagenian, fahnian; p. ode; pp. od [fægen, fægn glad, joyful]

To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish forgaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre

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Cott. Onginnaþ fægnian mid folmum plaudent mănĭbus, Ps. Th. 97, 8. Ic afétige oððe fægnige [MS. fegnige] plaudo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 28. Fægnaþ Israhéla lætābĭtur Israel, Ps. Spl. 13, 11.

FEFER

(n.)
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.

FEVERfebris

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Wið ðone cólan fefor against cold fever, Herb. 138, 2; Lchdm. i. 256, l0. Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde the fevers will be forced away, 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13. On mycelum feferum magnis febrĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 38.

Linked entries: fǽr fefor

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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the ground, floor of a house; ārĕa Ne cume on bedde, ac licge on flette let him not come into a bed, but lie on a floor, L. P. M. 2; Th. ii. 286, 21. Heó on flet gecrong she sank on the ground, Beo.

Linked entries: fled flett

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vilefilthyunseemlyhatefulabominableworthlessuselessturpisdetestābilisindĕcōrus

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Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 11. Næs seó ecg fracod hilde rince the edge was not useless to the warrior, Beo. Th. 3155; B. 1575. On ðam fracodan gilte in făcĭnŏre, Jos. 7, 15. On his fracedum dǽdum in his abominable deeds, Ælfc. T. 34, 25

frymþ

(n.)
Grammar
frymþ, frumþ, es; m: e; f. [frum original, first]

A beginningfoundationoriginfirst-fruitsinĭtiumprincĭpiumconstĭtūtioŏrigoprīmĭtiæ

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Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian, swá ic ðé æt frymþe gehét that event shall yet come to pass, as I promised thee at the beginning, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 16; Gen. 2390: 6; Th. 8, 30; Gen. 132: 174; Th. 218, 6; Dan. 35: Bt. Met.