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hwearfian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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Swá swá on wǽnes eaxe hwearfiaþ ða hweól as the wheels turn on the axle of a waggon, 39, 7; Fox 220, 32.

Linked entry: hreafigende

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.

Goodgood thinggood deedbenefitgoodnesswelfare

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Se getreówa man sceal syllan his gód on ða tíd ðe hine sylfne lyste his brúcan each man must in this world deserve that the good that his friend does for him afterwards may conduce to eternal rewards.

ge-métan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet withinvĕnīre, compĕrīre

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Ealc ðæra, ðe me gemétt, me ofslyþ omnis qui invĕnĕrit me, occīdet me, Gen. 4, 14. Se ðe gemét hys sáwle, se forspilþ híg qui invĕnit anĭmam suam, perdet illam, Mt. Bos. 10, 39: 24, 46: Lk. Bos. 12, 37, 38, 43.

Linked entries: métan ge-mittan

un-gearu

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gearu, adj.

not readynot promptindisposed to actnot readynot in a fit state for useuncultivatednot ready, not prepared for attack

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Homl. i. 103, 28.] not ready, not in a fit state for use Ðý læs sió earc sí ungearo tó beranne ut ad portandum arcam nulla mora praepediat, Past. 22; Swt. 173, 11. Ðý læs hine ǽnig wuht gǽlde ungearowes (-ewes, Cott.

wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wulf, es; m.

a wolfused in reference to outlaws

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A. 734.] applied to a cruel person Se biscop cwæþ tó ðæm hǽþnan kásere: 'Ne gang ðú ná on Godes hús; ðú hafast besmitene handa, and ðú eart deófles wulf,' Shrn. 58, 9. Se áwyrgda wulf (the devil), Exon. Th. 16, 21; Cri. 256

Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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Wyrþe þú eart ꝥ þú onfó wuldor and áre, Bl. H. 75, 1. Lof secgean þára ára and þára weorþmenda þe Drihten mancynne forgeaf, 123, 4. Ðætte hió him funden suelce londáre swelce hé mid árum on beón maehte, C.

cniht

(n.)
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Se drý wearþ fǽringa geong cniht and sóna eft eald man, Bl. H. 175, 3. Hé þone cniht ( Hæsten's son ) ágef and þæt wíf, Chr. 894; P. 86, 31. Ðone cniht (Alcibiades se æðeling, 19) ðurhseón, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 23.

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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'Eálá Placida, hwí éhtest þú mín?', Hml. S. 30, 28-45. <b>II a.

ge-stígan

(v.)
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Dryhten wile up heonan eard gestígan, Cri. 514: 630. Cwicra gehwylc . . . þára þe wile heofona heáhðu gestígan, Dóm. 97. Úpcund ríce gestígan, Sch. 35.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Cwíðende cwicra gewyrhtu mourning the deeds done in the flesh Cri. 892. desert, merit Æghwæðer ánfealde gewyrht wigeð each gets just what he deserves, Cri. 1578. ꝥ be þǽra (þǽre, MS.) cennendra gewyrhtum (-fyrhtum, MS.) þæs bearnes weorbe ongyten wǽre

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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Ðá cwæð hé: 'Ic eom eald tó híwigenne ... bið mín híwung þám geongum tó forwyrde, Hml. S. 25, 90-97. a pretence, trick: Heówunga praestigias, An. Ox. 2238. pretending to be what one is not, simulation Ǽlc híwung is antsǽte Gode, Hml. S. 12, 246.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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S. 1, 195-203. applied to the Virgin Mary the queen of heaven, Our Lady : Eálá þú hlǽfdige, ealles middaneardes cwén, Hml. S. 23 b, 487: 472.

lícettan

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Add: absolute. to dissemble, pretend, be hypocritical Swá bióð ðá ðe hira gód eówiað beforum monnum and hira yfel helað oninnan him selfum: hí lícettað, and woldon lícian for manna eágum útane búton gódum weorcum innane vitiorum mala inius contegunt,

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Kmbl. 1699; An. 852. to rouse from the sleep of death Býman weccaþ of deáðe eall monna cynn, Exon. Th. 55, 21; Cri. 887. Ic gǽ ðætte of slépe ic wecce hine, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 11.

on-týnan

(v.)

to openof places or things,to make an opening into open, allow to burst forthto open so as to admit of ingress or egressto open (a door)to open the mouth, lips, to speakto open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight toto open the ears, to listen to a personto disclose, reveal, display

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Kmbl. 9, 30. to open the ears, to listen to a person Hé him mildheortnesse eáron ontýnde, Blickl. Homl. 107, 1, Ontýn eárna hleóþor, Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 77. to disclose, reveal, display Se ðe líf ontýneþ, Exon. Th. 2, 15; Cri. 19.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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Ðá hí hæfdon getogen eall Creáca folc to ðǽm gewinnum when they had drawn all the people of Greece to the wars, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 14, 35. He geteág ealde láfe he drew an ancient relic [i. e. a sword ], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407.

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Forlǽt blód of earme, Lch. ii. 130, 6.

gifan

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Cf. gifeþe Þú, Drihten, forgeáfe þám sáwlum eard on hiofonum and him þǽr gifst weorþlice gifa, Bt. 33, 4 ; F. 132, 19. Be ðæs andgites mǽðe ðe God ús gifþ, 42 ; F. 256, 4. God dóm gifeð gumena gehwylcum, An. 1153. Giefeð, Cri. 674 : Crä. 112.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Earme men beswicene and hreówlíce besyrwde, and út of ðisan earde gesealde swýðe unforworhte fremdum tó gewealde Wulfst. 158, 13. Freedom might be forfeited as the punishment of crime; e. g.

GÁST

(n.)
Grammar
GÁST, gǽst, es; m.

the breathhālĭtusspīrāmenthe spiritsoulGHOSTspīrĭtusanĭmusănĭma

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Ðæt ic ofsleá eall flǽsc, on ðam ðe ys lífes gást that I may slay all flesh, in which is the breath of life, Gen. 6, 17. Mid gáste múþes his with the breath of his mouth, Ps. Lamb. 32, 6.

Linked entries: góst gaast gǽst gǽst