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wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.

a weedan article of dressa garmentclothingdress

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Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda, Prov. Kmbl. 80. Mið ðý gewearp woedo (giwédo, Rush.) his proiecto uestimento suo, Mk. Skt. 10, 50. Hé sette uoedo (giwédo, Rush.) his ponit uestimenta sua, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 8.

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Þá ealdan race, hú þú yfle gehogdes, Cri. 1398. Þæt is fyrn sægen, hú hé weorna feala wítu geþolode, An. 1492.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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Ðú eall geworhtest þing þearle gód thou didst make every thing exceeding good, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 88; Met. 20, 44. For úres lífes dǽdum ðe we geworhtan for our life's deeds that we have done, Blickl. Homl. 63, 32.

Linked entry: ge-worht

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Se egorhere eorðan tuddor eall ácwealde, búton ðæt earce bord heóld heofona freá, 84, 24 ; Gen. 1402. of plants Beorc byþ blǽda leás, bereþ tánas bútan túdre. Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 29; Rún. 18.

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háwian

(v.)
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Th. 21, 16. figurative Creft ealra crefta is þæt man spurige æfter Gode, and hys háwie and hine geseó, Solil. H. 30, 24.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Voc. ii. 32, 63. of animate objects, to exist, live Wesaþ and weaxaþ ealle werþeóde, lifgaþ bi ðám lissum ðe ús Dryhten sette, Exon. Th. 192, 30; Az. 113. On frymðe wæs word, Jn. Skt. 1, 1. God ðe ǽr worulde wæs, Ps. Th. 54, 19.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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Similar entries [See also síþ in Dict.] on ǽr previously, beforehand :-- Drihten ðe on ǽr wát eal ðæt tóweard is, Lch. iii. 436, 20:Hml. Th. i. 114, 3: Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Hé wolde warnian on ǽr, Gen. 6, 6.

ENGEL

(n.)
Grammar
ENGEL, ængel, angel, engyl; gen. engles; dat. engle; pl. nom. acc. englas, engel; gen. engla; dat. englum; m. An ANGEL, a messenger; angelus = ἄγγελος
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Be-heóldon ðæt [MS. ðær] engel Dryhtnes ealle all the angels of the Lord beheld it, Rood Kmbl. 18; Kr. 9. Hér sindon nigon engla werod here are nine hosts of angels, Homl. Th. i. 10, 14: 12, 8 : Elen. Kmbl. 2559; El. 1281.

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Ealle ða ísenan scyttelas helle loca wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Hwylc manna is ðæt his ágene sáwle fram helle locum generige quis eruet animam suam de manu inferi, Ps. Th. 88, 41.

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menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A manymultitudecrowdgreatnumber

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Ic álýse ealle ða menigo, Andr. Kmbl. 201; An. 101. Menigeo (MS. A. mænio) turbam, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 25. Mænegu (Rush. mengu), 15, 33. Mænego, Cd. 91; Th. 116, 7; Gen. 1932. Manegu, Hy. 10, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 8. Mengu multitudinem, Ps. Surt. 9, 25.

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Here ealre ðe hér bé gewitnesse of all those that here are witnesses, Chr. 675; Erl. 39, 21. Ymb huæd we willnias gewitnesa quid desideramus testes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 63.

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scúr

(n.)
Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Seó lyft liccaþ ðone wǽtan of ealre eorþan and of ðære sǽ and gegaderaþ tó scúrum, Lchdm. iii. 276, 13. Weal sceal wiðstondan storma scúrum, Exon. Th. 281, 25; Jul. 651. <b>I a.</b> metaph. a shower of missiles :-- Flána scúras, Judth.

Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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Cnut cing grét . . . ealle míne þegnas twelfhynde and twihynde, Chart. Th. 308, 16: Chart.

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þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Boldboldpresumptuousaudaciousshameless

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Wed gesyllan eallra unsnyttro, þrístra geþonca, Elen. Kmbl. 2569; El. 1286. Ic þrísta sum þeófes cræfte, Exon. Th. 486, 24; Rä. 72, 20

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un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensityan immense numberimmoderationexcessto excesswithout measureexcessivelyimmenselyvery

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Ic bidde ðínre ansýne ungemete georne, mid ealre gehygde heortan mínre deprecatus sum faciem tuam in toto corde meo, Ps. Th. 118, 58: 108, 3: 115, 1. Ungemete neáh, Beo. Th. 4832; B. 2420: 5450: B. 2728.

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ge-macian

(v.)
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</b> with dat. of f to use Se ælmihtiga wyrhta geworhte on anginne ealne middaneard on his mycclum cræfte, ac hé sylf wæs ǽfre unbegunnen scyppend, sé ðe swá mihtiglíce gemacoáe swylcne cræft, Hex. 4, 4. to cause to be. with adj. complement Þá

gódnes

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L. 127, 5. a good act or deed Hé þancode Gode eallra his gódnyssa, ꝥ hé hine gescylde ... and him sige forgeaf, Hml. S. 14, 163. Habban ús on handa úre leóhtfatu ꝥ sýn hálige weorc, on ælmesdǽdum and on eallum gódnessum, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 38.

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, fate.
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Be þysse gewyrde þe wé tódæg weordiað ealle Godes hálige sǽdon, Verc. Först. 96, 3-II. Gewyrde ( secundum) historiam, An. Ox. 8, 15 a (v. ge-wyrdelic; gewyrd-wrítere). Ge-wyrda fata, i. fortuna, eventus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 28. Cf.

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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Þá hálgan weras . . . heora gemynd þurhwunað . . . þá gímeleásan men þe heora líf ádrugon on ealre ídelnisse, heora gemynd is forgiten, Ælfc. T. Grn. I. 12. Sume ic funde bútan Godes tácne gýmeleúse ungebletsade, Jul. 491.

ǽg-þer

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Ǽgðer ge ðone cyning, ge his sunu, ge ealle ðá ðe cynecynnes wǽron, 36: Chr. 897; P. 90, 16. Ǽgðer be ðám sǽriman on Eást-Seaxum, and on Centlande, and on Súð-Seaxum, and on Hamtúnscíre, 994; P. 129, 7

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer