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mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Swá þæs gyltes mǽð beó secundum modum culpę, Chrd. 62, l. add Nis nánes mannes mǽð ꝥ cunne ásæcgan eal ꝥ gód þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Angl. xii. 514, 29. Se man hæfð gold, þæt is gód be his mǽde, Hml. Th. i. 254, 19. Add Intingan

wæstmbǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
wæstmbǽrness, e; f.

Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity

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Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity Wæst[m]*-*bérnys fertilita, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 80. Wæstmbǽrnes fertilitas,i. habundantia, ii. 147, 77. Wæstmbǽrne[s] ubertas, 151, 33. Wæstembiornis fertilitas, Txts. 180, 19. referring to inanimate things Wæstm*-

heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.

Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing

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Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing Ðǽr is se ungeendoda heáf there is the never-ending lamentation, L. E. I; Th. ii. 394, 10: 400, 7. Wóp and heáf micel ploratus et ululatus multus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 18. Ðǽr biþ heáf illic erit fletus, 24, 51.

Linked entry: heóf

ge-líca

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Add: the like of another (gen. or possessive pronoun), one that has the same characteristics as another. of persons Hwæt wǽron hí búton fearra gelícan, þá ðá hí heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon?, Hml. Th. i. 522, 24. Sindon hiora gelícan

seld-guma

(n.)
Grammar
seld-guma, an ; m.
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A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer. Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.' Heyne says 'seldguma ist hier offenbar

Linked entry: guma

wyrm-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-cyn, wyrm-cynn, es; n.

the genus reptilereptilesserpentsa species of reptileserpent

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the genus reptile, reptiles, serpents Hí gesáwon æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellíce sǽdracan, sund cunnian, Beo. Th. 2855; B. 1425. Betwux dracum and aspidum and eallum wyrmcynne, Homl. Th. i. 488, 1. Betwux eallum deórcynne and wurmcynne, 102, 6.

swangor

(adj.)
Grammar
swangor, adj.

Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, gravidus, praegnans

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Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, physically Nis hé (the Phenix) swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum ac hé is snel and swift non est tarda, ut volucres quae corpore magno incessus

Linked entry: swenge

freó-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
freó-dóm, frió-dóm, frý-dóm, es; m.

FREEDOMlibertylībertasemancĭpātio

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FREEDOM, liberty; lībertas, emancĭpātio Ðæt is se freódóm, ðætte mon mót dón ðæt he wile that is freedom, that a man may do what he will. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 4, MS. Cot. Freódóm emancĭpātio, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 93; Wrt. Voc. 60, 2. Ðám he geaf micle

hwatung

(n.)
Grammar
hwatung, e; f.

Divination

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Divination Álýfed nys ídele hwatunga tó begánne permissum non est vanas divinationes exercere, L. Ecg. P. ii. 23, title; Th. ii. 180, 36. Nis ná sóðlíce álýfed nánum cristenum men ðæt hé ídele hwatunga; begá swá hǽðene men dóþ ðæt is ðæt hig gelýfon

Linked entry: hwat

cwíþan

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Add: to lament Severus cwýþeð and mǽneþ his sáwle (hine bewépð and heófað, v. l.) Severus plangit, Gr. D. 89, 34. Ꝥ ic mæge míne synne cwíþan, Angl. xii. 508, 13. Hé wæs cwíþed fram þám ymbstandendum a circumstantibus plangeretur, Gr. D. 191, 19. Þonne

gástlíce

(adv.)

spirituallyspiritually

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Add: spiritually opposed to physically, corporeally His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan; nis ꝥ ðeáh no líchomlíce tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 14. Tódál þǽra metta wé ne healdaþ, for þon þe ealle þá gástlíce (spiritaliter) wé understandaþ

ge-andswarian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andswarian, ge-ondswarian.

to answerto respond

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Add: to answer in words Geondsuarede respondens Mt. L. 26, 25 : Lk. L. 7, 43. Geondsuarade (giondsworade, R.), 22, 51 : 14, 5. Geondsuearede, Jn. L. 18, 23. Geondswearade, 2, 19. Geondsuærade, 3, 3. Geonsuarede, Mk. L. 14, 61. Geonsuarde, Mt. L. 27,

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.

silent, not speaking silent, not making a noise, still

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silent, not speaking On óðre wísan mon sceal manigean ða swíðe swígean, on óðre wísan ða felaídelsprǽcean, Past. 23; Swt. 174, 24. Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) taciturni. . . nimis taciti

cǽg

(n.)
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For cǽge; f. l. cǽga; m. , and add Cǽg clavis, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 18. lit. Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, Hml. S. 3, 484.Þæs wífes cǽglocan . . . Þǽra cǽgean (cǽgan, v. l. ) heó sceal weardian, ꝥ is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and

drohtnung

Grammar
drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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and add Þæt þú fare tó wéstene þǽr ðǽr nánes mannes drohtnung nis ( where nobody lives ), Hml. Th. i. 466, 32. Drohtnunge religionis, i. conversationis, An. Ox. 2567. Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge ( conversationis ), R. Ben. 5, 18. Angin gódre drohtnunge

grǽg

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Greig feruginius, Txts. 63, 850. Grei gillus ( = gilvus), 67, 967. Hęuui vel grei, háuui vel grei, heáuui, grei glaucum, 66, 473. Grǽg, hǽwe ísene oþþe sinderóme ferrugine (cf. ferrugine, i. ferreo colore ísengrǽg gesweorf, 31), Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34.

fracoþ

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Nis se mæssepreóst on worulde swá synfull ne swá fracod on his dǽdan ..., þeáh hé ǽlc unriht dreóge on his lífe, Wlfst. 34, 6. Gif preóst mid fúlum dǽdum hine fracodne gedéð, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 22. ꝥ fracode wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 160. Hé cwæð ꝥ hié

be-dǽlan

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Dele third passage, and add: where attainment is prevented Hé hine wile selfne bedǽlan dǽre bledsunge on ðǽm ýtemestan dæge . . . weorðað hié bedǽlede (-dǽlde, v. l.) ðæs écean éðles, Past. 333, 3-6. Ꝥ ic heora wurðmyntes ne wurde bedǽled that I might

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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A man (used only in poetry) Secg oððe meówle man or maid, Exon. Th. 387, 15 ; Rä. 5, 5. Nis ǽnig eorl under lyfte, secg searoþoncol, 14, 16 ; Cri. 220. Se beorn, séfteádig secg, 309, 12 ; Seef. 56. Secg, lagucræftig mon, Beo. Th. 422 ; B. 208. Swylc

ofer-gitan

(v.)

to forget, neglect

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to forget, neglect Ealle þeóda ða ðe ofergitaþ oblivis-cuntur God, Ps. Spl. 9, 18. Ic ofergeat oblitus sum etan, 101, 5. Sum wýf ofergeat hyre cyld slǽpende. Shrn. 150, 30. Hí ofergéton (-geáton, MS. A. ) obliti sunt ðæt hí hláfas ne námon, Mk. Skt.