swíþ
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Hwæt wæs ðé, sǽ swíþa? forhwan fluge ðú swá? Ps. Th. 113, 5. Wyrd seó swíþe, 477, 16; Ruin. 25: Salm. Kmbl. 886; Sal. 442. Hé tóswengde þurh swíðes meaht líges leóman, Exon. Th. 189, 14; Az. 59.
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Kmbl. 1494; El. 749. of scent Ðæt wæs swéte stenc, wlitig and wynsum, Exon. Th. 359, 19 ; Pa. 65. of beauty that appeals to the mind Wynsum and wlitig herung jocanda decoraque laudalio, Ps.
ge-ceósan
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Heó wæs gecoren tó méder hire Scyppende, Bl. H. 13, 14. Gewitnes sý geset tó ǽlcere byrig. Tó ǽlcere byrig .xxxiii. sýn gecorene tó gewitnesse, Ll.
heofon-lic
chaste
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Heofonlic hleóðor and se hálga song gehýred wæs, Gú. 1297. Seó sáwl mót brúcan þæs heofonlican, siþþan heó biþ ábrogden from þǽm eorþlican, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 17. On ꝥ éce wuldor þæs heofenlican ríces. Bl. H. 61, 6.
irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
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Writing concerning an inheritance, a will, testament Ac hit gelamp ðæt Æðelréd cingc gefór ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died
mús
a mouse ⬩ a muscle
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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart. Th. 318, 28.] a muscle Mús ðæs earmes torus vel musculus vel lacertus Wrt.
un-sláw
Not slow ⬩ not sluggish ⬩ active ⬩ ready ⬩ quick
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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican, Wulfst. 72, 15. Ðone ðe him on weorcum gecwémde elne unsláwe, Exon. Th. 159, 7; Gú. 923. Wígan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713. Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wǽpnum, Homl.
weorold-wísdóm
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Secular knowledge, science, learning Ða dohtor befæste se fæder tó láre, ðæt heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen æfter Grécisre úðwýtegunge and Lǽdenre getingnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 20.
ge-streónfull
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Substitute: of things, (i) profitable, advantageous, v. ge-streón; Hí wilniaþ þá heafene þysse gestreónfullan wǽdle exigunt sumptum lucrosae egestatis, R. Ben. 136, costly, precious.
ge-synto
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Add: of physical soundness, of persons Ic wéne ꝥ hé wǽre biddende ðá upplican árfæstnesse mínra gesynta pro mea, ut reor, sospitate supernae pietati supplicans.
nídinga
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Gyf ðú nédinga hyre on ne sóhtest, þonne wǽre heó clǽne, Hml. A. 135, 656. Add
ofer-méttu
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Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta quia initium omnis peccati superbia, 301, 4: 307, 2. Sió scyld ðára ofermétta superbiae culpa, 311, 23 : 271, 23 : 439, 3. Mid ðǽm oferméttum oferswíðed languore superbiae victus, 439, 6.
ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Heó nóht lata ne wæs, Blicki. Homl. 163, 8. Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan, 171, 18. Ne wæs hé nóht feor on oferhygd áhafen, 215, 32. Nóht longe ofer ðis, Exon. Th. 172, 15; Gú. 1144. Æfter nóht langre tíde, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 10.
ge-hwirfan
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Seó bóc wæs yfele of Grécisce on Léden gehwyrfed ( translatam ), Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 698, 12.
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ge-byrd
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H. 161, 23: 167, 18. parentage, lineage Hé wæs of Dauides mǽgðe and wolde andettan mid Marian hire gebyrde, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Tó ǽwisclicum bismer gebyrda ad infame dedecus natalium (i. propinquorum ), Hpt. 507, 10.
ná-wiht
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Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 15. <b>I b.
ofer
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Þá wæs se ele wexende ofer ealne þone weg (all the while they were carrying it ), Hml. S. 31, 1123.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Hé wæs reste fæst he lay on his couch without stirring, Gen. 178. Se légdraca . . . glédum beswǽled . . . wæs deáðe fæst the firedrake . . . scorched by the flames . . . lay a captive to death, B. 3045.
swingan
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[Wæs] suungen exalaparetur (cf. wæs fýstslægenu exalaparetur, 32, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 75. without the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. beat up Mid gelǽredre handa hé swang ðone top, Ap. Th. 13, 13.
wundrian
to wonder at ⬩ to regard with surprise ⬩ admiration ⬩ to make wonderful ⬩ magnify
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Nis ðæt tó wundrigende, þeáh ðe hé wǽre costod, Blickl. Homl. 33, 12. Ða leóda beheóldon swíðe wundrigende, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 186. with gen.
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