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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.

éhtan

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

ge-sleán

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Siþþan þá fǽhðe feó þingode, sende ic Wylfingum ealde mádmas, 8. 459-472. Þára folca ǽgðer on ððerum micel wæl geslógan, Ors. 3, I; S. 98, 6. of an adder, to sting Fram nǽdran geslegene a serpente percussi, Bd.

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

lim

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fét; for ðǽm ðe innor bið se hierde þe hielt ðá leomu (limu, v. l.) útan (interior est custodia, quae ordinata servat exterius membra), Past. 359, 5. a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head or trunk Ne mæg se múð clypian . . . ne eáge

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.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Ðá ðú heán and earm ǽrest cwóme when abject and poor thou first didst come, 39 a; Th. 129, 23; Gú. 425. Démaþ ðam rícan swá ðam heánan and ðam litlan swá ðam miclan judge the high as the low, and the little as the great, Deut. 1, 17: Homl.

wine

(n.)
Grammar
wine, es; m.

A friend.applied to an equalapplied to one who can help or protecta friendly lorda (powerful) friendused of a husband or loverapplied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn

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Se eádga wer (Guthlac) ágeaf andsware : "Hwæt, ðú (the disciple) mé, mín Łwine, frignest," Exon. Th. 175, 25; Gú. 1200. Ða gástas ðus ðone líchoman grétaþ: "Wine leófesta," Soul Kmbl. 266; Seel. 137: Andr. Kmbl. 614; An. 307: 2862; An. 1433.

Linked entries: dæg-wine wine-leás

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.

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Bothambobothamboambæambobothambo et ambæ vel ambæ et amboof bothamborumambarumamborumto bothambobusambabusambobusbothambosambasambobothambos et ambas velambas et ambwithby bothambobusambabusambobus

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Sceolde bú witan ylda ǽghwilc yfles and gódes each of men must know both of evil and good Cd. 24; Th. 31, 3; Gen. 479.

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.

heáfod

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Ꝥ hié eal hiera heáfod besceáren, Ors. 4, 11; S. 204, 8.

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

mín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, adj. pron.

Minemy

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Grammar mín, as predicate Eall eorþe ys mín, Ex. 19, 5. Ealle ða þing synd míne, Gen. 31, 43. Ðíne twegen suna beóþ míne, 48, 5. Grammar mín, used substantively Wlwine habbe ðæt land ðe hé mínes hafde, Chart. Th. 580, 24. Ic heóld mín tela, Beo.

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrowstraitconfinednot spaciousnarrowlimitedpoorrestrictedstraitoppressivecausing anxietyoppressednot having free actionstrictsevere

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Eálá hú neara (MS. A. nearu : Lind. naruu : Rush. naru) is ðæt geat intrate per angustam portam ... Quam angusta porta, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13-14 : Lk. Skt. 13, 24. Se sǽ ðe ǽgðer is ge nearo ge hreóh, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 12.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niþerlícan gescæfte, Shrn. 63, 9. Sió eorþe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft búton ðam rodore, forðam se rodor hine hæfþ ǽlce dæg útane ... on ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20, 23.

Linked entry: rador

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To goproceedreach by goingarriveireproficiscimeareto departdieto proceedget onfareTo get by goingexperienceoccupyreachobtaingo against

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Eall under hróf gefór all came under the roof, Gen. 1360. Óþ ðæt drihtweras gefóran ðǽr is botlwela bethlem háten until the men arrived where is a village called Bethel, Cd.

Linked entry: ge-fór

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed
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Eádge biðon ða ðærfendo (ðorfendo, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 20) beati pauperes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 3. Þearf endra béne orationes pauperum, Ps. Th. l01, 15: 108, 30. Hleó ðarfendra refugium pauperum, Rtl. 40, 25.

ge-beódan

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Ic him Geáta sceal eafoð and ellen gebeódan, B. 603. þé gúðgewinn geboden wyrðed, An. 219