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un-weorþe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-weorþe, adv.

Unworthily

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Gif hé ðæs hálgan húsles unwurðe onbyrigð, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 5

wiþer

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer, (?), es; n.

Oppositionresistance

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Opposition, resistance Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrúnen, wlonces wígcræft; wiðres ne trúwode, ðæt hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, Beo. Th. 5899; B. 2953

wísfæst-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wísfæst-líc, adj.

Wise

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Wise Hé him wísfæstlíc word onsende, þurh ðæt hí hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron misit verbum suum et sanavit eos, Ps. Th. 106, 19

wirgende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
wirgende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Given to cursing

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Given to cursing Ne ǽnig man ne gewunie, ðæt hé mid yfelum wordum tó wyriende (wyrgende v. l.) weorðe, Wulfst. 70, 18

wyrm-galdor

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galdor, es; n.

A charm against worms

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Ðæt wyrmgealdor (cf. ðis ylce galdor mæg mon singan wið smeógan wyrme, 10, 17), Lchdm. iii. 24, 25

áninga

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Is se dæg cumen ꝥ ðú scealt áninga (certainly) óðer twéga líf forleósan oððe lange dóm ágan mid eldum, Wald. 14. Add

be-hrúmig

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Hé clypte ðá hweras and cyste þá pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, Shrn. 69, 30. v. next word. Add

ceorl-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-leás, adj.
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Without a husband, unmarried Ðæt wudewe sitte .xii. mónðas ceorl ǽs. Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað, Ll. Th. i. 416, 3

ceorl-líce

(adv.)
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For 'Bridf' substitute On twám wísum is se dæg gecweden, naturaliter et vulgariter, ꝥ ys gecyndelíce and ceorlíce, Angl. viii. 317, 8

geár-langes

(adv.)
Grammar
geár-langes, adv.
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Cf. dæg-langes

lane

Grammar
lane, Add: <b>, lanu</b>
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Andlang lanan tó Beorhtnaðes stáne; of ðám stáne andlang lanan tó ðæs móres heáfde, C. D. iii. 431, 18. v. strǽt*-*lanu

pos-hlíwe

(n.)
Grammar
pos-hlíwe, an; f.
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Tó posses hlǽwe; of ðǽm hlǽwe, 415, 30

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, to accuse.
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Wrec ðé gemetlíce, and eác swá gebǽr, ðý lǽs ðé men leásunga teó, ðæt ðú ðíne cysta cýðe, Prov. K. 46. Add

up-sprungenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-sprungenness, e; f.

Defecteclipse

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Defect; in reference to the sun, eclipse Eclypsis solis, ðæt is sunnan ásprungennysse (uppsprungennes, MS. B.), Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 10

ǽfen-glóma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glóma, an; m.

Evening-twilight

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Crepusculum ys seó forme, ðæt ys ǽfenglðma, Angl. viii. 319, 27: Lch. iii. 242, 27

Linked entries: niht-glóm glóma

ælmes-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-weorc, es; n.

Alms-deed, work of charity

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Alms-deed, work of charity Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid fæstenum and mid gebedum and mid ælmesweorcum, Bl. H. 25, 17

wíg-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-haga, an; m.

A phalanx

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A phalanx Hé mid bordum hét wyrcan ðone wíhagan, and ðæt werod healdan fæste wið feóndum. Byrht. Th. 134, 50 ; By. 102

ofer-getimbran

(v.)

to raise a building

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to raise a building On ðæm stáne hí ciricean ofer-getimbredon they raised a church on that rock Blickl. Homl. 205, 5

Linked entry: ge-timbran

on-steppan

(v.)

to walk, go

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Lege on lange hwíle óþ ðæt hé onstæppe, Lchdm. ii. 126, 17

orsorg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
orsorg-líc, adj. with gen.

Secure

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Secure Ðæt líf ðara gesinhíwena mæg bión orsorglíc ǽlcra wíta conjugalis vita a supfliciis secura est, Past. 51, 6; Swt. 399, 22