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þæs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þæs-líc, adj.
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Gif líf his on wyrþscype sí wel þæslíc si vita honore sit condigna, Scint. 125, 5. Swíde þæslíc anginn menniscre álýsednysse wæs ðæt se engel wearð ásend fram Gode tó ðam mǽdene, Homl. Th. i. 194, 27.

Linked entry: his-lic

wlacu

(adj.)
Grammar
wlacu, and wlæc; adj.

Lukewarmtepid

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Gif wén sí ðæt hé on strengo þeódscipes tó wlæc (tepidus) sý, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 18. Oft ða monðwǽran weorðaþ suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 15

ge-búan

(v.)
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Þá Beormas hæfdon swíþe wel gebúd (-bún, v.l. ) hira land, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 22-28. Gebúgan and gesyttan, Angl. viii. 308, 35. Hæfdon Caldéi þá lond gebún on freódome Babyloniae proprietas apud Chaldaeos fuit, 2, 1; S. 60, 34.

ge-tríwe

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Búton hé hæbbe ðæs teóðingmannes gewitnysse, and sé sý wel getrýwe, Ll. Th. i. 260, 1. Hé tó ǽlcan teáme hæbbe getrýwne borh, 290, 7: 388, 16. Syxa sum ... þe getrýwe sýn, 352, 12. Nime se hláford twégen getrýwe men, 392, 26: 394, 8.

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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A well, spring, stream, fountain (lit. and fig. ) An wielle weól blóde flumen sanguine effluxit Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 184, 21. Welle fontana Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 79. Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29.

Æðel-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Æðel-wulf, es; m. [æðele noble, wulf a wolf]

ÆthelwulfÆthelwulfus

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D. 837, king Ecgbryht died, and Æthelwulf his son succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 34, col. 1. A. D. 855, her, Æðelwulf cyning gefór here, A. D. 855, king Æthelwulf died. Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 24

camp-wered

(n.)
Grammar
camp-wered, -weorud, comp-weorod, es; n. [werod, es; n. an army]
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Ða árleásan cyningas ofslegene wǽron mid heora compweorode the wicked kings were slain with their army, 2, 5; S. 507, 40

Linked entries: camp-weorud comp-weorod

CÉN

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
CÉN, es; m.

a torchpiuusbold

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the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter c, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is céna torch; piuus, tæda; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter c, but for cén a torch, as,— RUNE byþ cwicera gehwám cúþ on fýre torch on fire is well known

Linked entry: C

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, es; n.

Animal-kind, beast-kind animālium vel bestiārum gĕnus

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Animal-kind, beast-kind; animālium vel bestiārum gĕnus Sume wurdon to ðam deórcynne ðe mon hát tigris some were turned to the kind of beast which man calls tiger, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 1.

heorcnian

(v.)
Grammar
heorcnian, hercnian; p. ode

To hearkenlisten

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To hearken, listen Gúþlác eode sóna út and háwode and hercnode Guthlac went out directly and looked and listened, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 15. Ypolitus mid geþylde heora wordum heorcnode Hippolytus listened to their words with patience, Homl.

Linked entry: hyrcnian

mirring

(n.)
Grammar
mirring, e; f.

hinderingleading astraywastesquandering

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MSS.) gielpe and wéne ðæt hé síe kystig and mildheort aut cum effuse quid perditur, largum se glorietur, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 20.

mis-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
mis-, mist-líce; adv.

diverselyvariouslyin different waysin an irregular manner

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Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl hlupon út and mislíce férdon ( went wandering about ) on wuda and on feldon óþ ðæt Eádwine wearþ ofslægen fram his ágenum mannum, Chr. 1072; Erl. 210, 26

rand-burh

(n.)
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Randbyrig ( the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea when the Israelites passed through it) wǽron rofene were riven (when the Egyptians attempted to cross ), Cd. Th. 207, 7; Exod. 463.

geómor-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-mód, geómer-mód, giómor-mód; adj.

Sad of mind, sorrowfulmæstus anĭmo

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Heó wǽron geómormóde they were sorrowful, Elen. Kmbl. 1107; El. 555: 825; El. 413. Gewitan him gangan, geómermóde they retired, sad of mind, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 9; Gen. 858

swǽm

(n.)
Grammar
swǽm, es; m.
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Nú mæg hér manna gehwilc gehýran hwet ðás swǽmas wǽron ðe ure yldra[n] him tó gebǽdon now may every one hear in this account (of the gods) what these vain creatures were, that our forefathers prayed to H. Z. xii. 408, 15

wiþer-rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽdness, e; f.

Contrarietyoppositionhostilityill-willunfavourablenessdisadvantageoppositeness of nature

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. wiþer-rǽde, IV Ðæs fýrhýses hlýwing[e] winterlíces cyles and ungetemprunge wiþerrǽdnes sí gelýht caumene refugio hybernalis algoris et intemperei adversitas leuigetur, Anglia xiii. 397, 462. oppositeness of nature, v. wiþer-rǽde, On wiþerǽdnysse went

Linked entry: wiþer-rǽde

ná-hwǽr

Grammar
ná-hwǽr, <b>. I.</b>
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Hié ne dorston þæt land náwér (náwǽrn, -wérn, v. ll. ) gesécan on þá healfe, Chr. 918; P. 98, 26. Hé of mynstere nolde náwár beón gemét, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 4. <b>I a.

óleccung

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Ic wéne ꝥ hit ne sý unrihtwísnysse, þeáh þú wífes brúce and blysse on lífe.' Ðá andwyrde Eugenia þyssere ólecunge, Hml. S. 2,162. Add Ðæt hé náuðer ne nánum men ne ólicce, ne hé nánes monnes óleccunga ne réce, Past. 383, 12

oþ-wítan

(v.)
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Th. 21, 2. with pronoun and clause in apposition Hé him þæt oþwát ꝥ hé on þám wege dyde ei hoc quod in via egerat improperavit, Gr. D. 129, 24. with charge only Ðæt ilce oðwát Dryhten, ðá hé cwæð, Past. 89, 16

Linked entry: æt-wítan

esne

Grammar
esne, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> add: The word occurs as a proper name, as well as the patronymic Esning. v. Txts. 543