hwílwend-lic
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For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld, 30, 449. temporal, not spiritual Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum, Hml. Th. i. 332, 5. Hú hé geheólde þá hwílwendlican geþincþu. Hml. S. 26, 113.
lyre
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Hé wæs lustlíce þone lyre þæs horses þoliende jumenti perditi damnum libenter ferens, Gr. D. 14, 19.
six
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Þǽra diácona wæs se forma Stephanus. . . þá óþre six wǽron . . . Hml. Th. i. 44, 15. as substantive, the abstract number six Eahta síðon seofon beoð syx and fíftig, Angl. viii. 303, 3.
mann-cynn
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Hié gegæderedon eal moncynnes ꝥ þǽr lǽfed wæs, 2, 6; S. 88, 6. Mann slóh eall þet mancynn ꝥ man árǽcan mihte, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 20. a race of men, a people Ðis mannkynn lifað fela geára hoc genus hominum multos vivit annos. Nar. 38, 22.
rihtwísness
righteousness ⬩ justice ⬩ rightness ⬩ reasonableness ⬩ reason
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Abram gelífde Gode and hit wæs him geteald tó rihtwísnisse ( ad justitiam ), Gen. 15, 6. Ealle rihtwísnesse gefyllan, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 15. Rihtwísnysse sprecan, Ps. Spl. 57, 1. Gelǽd mé on rightwísnysse ðíne, 5, 9. Rechtwísnisse Ps. Surt. 44, 5.
rím
Number
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His dógora wæs rím áumen, 98, 6 ; Gen. 1626 Seofon geteled rímes 80, 30; Gen. 1336. Ic feówertig folce ðyssum wintra rímes wunade neáh forty years in number I dwelt near this folk, Ps. Th. 94, 10.
wearm
Warm
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Sié lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 36. On sumera hit biþ wearm, 21; Fox 74, 23: Exon. Th. 340, 19; Gn. Ex. 113. Wearm weder, 198, 30; Ph. 18. Ðeáh ðé wel lyste wearmes mustes, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32.
gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Wæs se gryre læssa the horror was less, Beo. Th. 2569; B. 1282. Se légdraca grimlíc gryre the firedrake, a fierce terror, 6074; B. 3041: Cd. 195; Th. 243, 20; Dan. 439.
consul
A consul
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Brutus wæs se forma consul Brutus was the first consul Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 41, 40, 41; 2, 4; Bos. 42, 27. Án consul forsóc ðone MS. þæne triumphan one consul [Fabius] declined the triumph 2, 4; Bos. 42, 43.
Linked entry: geár-cyning
tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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Mycel wæl feóll on ǽgðre healfe, and ða heras him sylfe tóeodan, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 20. Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS.
swicol
deceitful, false, treacherous, crafty ⬩ occasioning offence ⬩ subdolus ⬩ treacherous
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Se ðe wæs swicolast and se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóð tó sóðe. Wulfst. 128, 9. Swicolost, 268, 17. of things Ðis líf is swá swicol, ðæt hit symble bepǽcþ, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 65.
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swífan
to move in a course, wend, sweep ⬩ of a course of action, to come to take part in a matter ⬩ to be uncertain ⬩ rove, tarn, sweep ⬩ ferri, volvere, incitari ⬩ to cease, leave off
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Áswífende exorbitans, exorbitantes, 31, 19, 31: 83, 7: 86, 10: exorbitantes, i. circuientes, declinantes, 145, 80.] of a course of action, to come to take part in a matter Ðá swáf Eánulf on wæs geréfa ðá genom eal ðæt yrfe him on ðæt hé áhte tó Tyssebyrig
Swíþ-hún
St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852.
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No. 21] :-- Ðes Swýðún wæs bisceop on Winceastre, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 14. Se árwurða Swýðún (Swíðhún, Gloucester Frg.), 23. Æt Swýðúnes (Swíðhúnes, G. F.) byrgene, 98. Se smið andwyrde ðam árwurðan Swýðúne (Swíðhúne, G.
ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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Wæs him forgolden æfter his ágenum gewyrhtum he was requited according to his own deeds, Blickl. Homl. 45, 2. For heora gewyrhtum for their deeds, 125, 2: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 112. Mid gewyrhtum deservedly, Blickl. Homl. 89, 7.
ge-férness
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Going For þon þe mycelre tíde ǽr þǽre hálignesse hús geclǽnsod beón sceolde and seó gastlíþnes þæs Crístes wícsceáweres and seó gifernes gebúend wæs þæs Crístes engles and seó heall þæs hálgan gástes mundabatur enim longo tempore sacrificii domus, sanctitatis
á-belgan
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Þá áne þe him ǽr ábolgen wæs, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 17. Ábolgene (-bloncgne in text) wéron indignati sunt, Mt. L. 26, 8
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bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.
deád-lícnys
Deadliness, mortality ⬩ mortalĭtas
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Deadliness, mortality; mortalĭtas Ðæt he dǽlnimend wǽre úre deádlícnysse that he was a partaker of our mortality, Homl. Th. i. 36, 34.
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belg
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Ðeáh man þone gársecg embsette mid byligeon . . and tó ǽghwylcum þǽra byligea wǽre man geset. . . ond man bleówe mid þám byligeon. Wlfst. 146, 27-147, 6. Belgum folliginis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 15. Bylgum, 97, 23; 36, I: follibus, 89, 12.
ge-wita
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Hwylcre geearnuqge hé hæfed wǽre mid þone inlican gewitan cuius meriti apud infernum testem habitus sit, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 574, 4. (1 a) a witness of something :-- Ic (St. Peter), Crístes ðrowunge gewita (-wiota, v. l. ), Past. 137, 17.