winestra
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Godes fiónd, ðeáh hí on ðære winstran handa bión geðigene, hí beóð mid ðære swíðran tóbrocene, 50; Swt. 389, 10-25. Him wæs gelíce gewylde his wynstre and his swíðre... Ðá ábrǽd Aoth his swurd mid his wynstran handa, Jud. 3, 15, 21.
óleccung
soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement
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Ðá áhsode heó hine georne mid hire ólæcunge, on hwam his miht wǽre, Jud. 16, 6. Olæcunga blanditiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17. flattery, fawning, adulation Olæcung adulatio, Hpt. Gl. 527, 40.
be-clýsan
to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place
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S. 23, 326-9. ¶ mid inseglum beclýsan to seal up, Guth. 8, 15: Wlfst. 259, 20. to shut out Þá com Martinus tó þám cásere, ac man hine beclýsde wiðútan, Hml. S. 31, 660
streónan
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Mid ðý ðe hé sceolde his gestreón tóweorpan, mid ðý hé hié gadraþ, Past. 8; Swt. 55, 10. Strýneþ foeneratur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 45. Se ðe him sylfum strýnþ qui sibi thesatirizat, Lk. Skt. 12, 21.
Linked entries: striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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Grammar un-rím, in the following the construction is peculiar, the word seeming indeclinable; Similar entries v. next word, ¶ : -- Nalæs mid ánes mannes geþeahte, ac mid gesægene uníim geleáffulra witena non uno quolibet auctore, sed fideli innumerorum
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Far ðé on fiscnoð mid mé, Ap. Th. 12, 6. by other living creatures Geseah hé scealfran . . . éhtende þǽra fixa . . . þá bebeád hé þám scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml.
hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Mid ðý hé sóhte hwá ða wigbed and ða heargas ðara deófolgylda mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron ǽrest áídlian and tóweorpan scolde cum quæreret quis aras et fana idolorum cum septis quibus erant circumdata primus profanare deberet, 2, 13; S. 516, 39
Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtenne ðæt wundor ðe ðes hálga wer foresǽde nor is the wonder which this holy man foretold to be lightly dismissed, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 77, 10 [cf. 70, 2].
Linked entry: ídel-gild
BLÓD
BLOOD, gore ⬩ sanguis, cruor
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Gebletsode Romulus mid his bróðor blóde ðone weall, and mid ðara sweora blóde ða cyrican, and mid his eámes blóde ðæt ríce Romulus blessed [consecrated] the wall [of Rome] with his brother's blood, the temples with the blood of their fathers-in-law, and
Linked entries: deád blód blód-forlǽtan blód-lǽtan blód-hrǽce
stefn
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Se ðridda hád hæfþ syx clypunga, forðan ðe hé ys hwílon mid, hwílon on óðre stówe, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 93, 2-8
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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'Þeód áríst ongeán þeóde:' Mid ðisum wordum hé foresǽde manna ungeðwǽrnyssa, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 26, 17. trouble, disquiet.
Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes
wuldrian
to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified
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Hé wuldraþ mid Gode on ðam heofenlícum setle, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 25. Basilius ðe ðá wuldrode mid Gode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 661
ge-wilnian
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Ne gewilna ( concupisces ) þú þínes néhstan ierfes mid unrihte, Ll. Th. i. 44, 21. with dat.
wægn
A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain
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Mid ðý hé ðá se wǽn (wægn, MS. T.) com ðe man ða bán on lǽdde cum venisset carrum in quo ossa ducebantur, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 17 note. Hé ofer wǽg gewát, wǽn æfter ran, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 32; Rún. 22. Wægnes hweól rotam, Ps. Th. 82, 10.
Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Wrít. iii. crucem mid oleum infirmorum, .... nim ðæt gewrit, wrít crucem mid ofer ðam drence, 350, 9-11. to form letters, to write Mycel yfel déð se ðe leás wrít, Homl.Th. ii.2, 23. Hé wrát mid his fingre on ðære eorþan. Jn. Skt. 8, 6, 8.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Mid wuldres welan cum gloria, Ps. Th. 72, 19. Mid welan bewunden Cd. Th. 27, 19; Gen. 420: 42, 2; Gen. 668. Beóð ðínes wífes welan gelíce swá on wín-gearde weaxen berigean uxor tua sicut vitis abundans Ps. Th. 127, 3.
teón
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Se Hǽlend mé lǽrde mid onwrigenysse, Homl. Th. i. 378, 9. Hé iunge men teáh georne mid láre, swá ðæt ealle his geféran sceoldon sealmas leornian, Homl.
sǽ-grund
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Add: the deep Se apostol Paulus sǽde ꝥ hé sylf wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht ( nocte et die in profundo mares fui; a night and a day I have been in the deep, 2 Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 899
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Hí mid wedde and mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon, Chr. 926; Erl. 111, 44: 1016; Erl. 159, 4. Mid worde and mid wædde, 1014; Erl. 150, 14. Trymme hé eal mid wedde ðæt ðæt hé beháte, L. Edm. B. 5; Th. i. 254, 17.
burh-waru
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Wæs mycel menegu ðære burhware mid hyre erat turba civitatis multa cum illa, Lk. Bos. 7, 12. Ic gefrægn leóde tosomne burgwaru bannan I learnt that the people, the body of citizens, were summoned together, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096
Linked entries: burg-waru buruh-waru land-waru