umbor
A child
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Ða ðe hine forð onsendon ǽnne ofer ýðe umbor wesende, 92; B. 46.
weorold-ár
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Ða ðe woroldáre wilniaþ, 50; Swt. 387, 1. Hé wilnaþ micie woroldáre habban, 1; Swt. 27, 5. Gif hé worldáre hæbbe, 9; Swt. 55, 16. Woruldáre, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 11. Woroldáre, Beo. Th. 34; B. 17.
wicce
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Ne sceal se cristena befrínan ða fúlan wiccan be his gesundfulnysse, þeáh ðe heó secgan cunne sum ðincg þurh deófol, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108-126. Ánimaþ ða réðan wiccan, seó ðe ðus áwent þurh wiccecræft manna mód, 7, 209. Wiccan pythonissam, Hpt.
ge-winna
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Add of persons, an enemy, opponent Sé bið Godes gewinna sé ðe wilnað ðæt hé hæbbe ða weorðunga ðe God habban sceolde hostis Redemtoris est, qui ejus vice ab ecclesia amari concupiscit, Past. 141, 21. Feónda gewinna ( Guthlac ), Gú. 934.
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raþe
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Ne cwǽde ic þeáh ná ðe raðor 'Genóh', Solil. H. 17, 5. Ne dó ic hí ná ðe raðor gelíce, 12. Hé oft wýscte þæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweóran, þæt hé hiene raþost forceorfan mehte, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 27. Add
sceafoþa
A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of
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Ða scæfþan ðe ðǽron genumene wǽron lǽcedóm bǽron astulae de illo abscissae solent adferre medelam, 4, 6; S. 574,9 . Man scóf ðara bóca leáf and ða sceafþan (ipsam rasuram) dyde on wæter, 1, 1; S. 474, 38.
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ofer-drencan
to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate ⬩ inebriare
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to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate Se ðe þurh fácn óðerne oferdrencþ inebriaverit fæste .xl. daga, L. Ecg. P. iv. 37; Th. ii, 214, 20: Past. 36; Swt. 261, 14. Ðú oferdrenctest hig inebriasti eam, Ps.
hláf-mæsse
Lammas, ⬩ a name for the first of August
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On ðære nihte ðe gé hátaþ Hláfmesse on the day that you call Lammas, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 11. Bringeþ Agustus Hláfmæssan dæg August brings Lammas-day, Menol. Fox 277; Men. 140.
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DRÉFAN
To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble ⬩ commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre
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Gewát him on nacan, dréfan deóp wæter he departed in the bark, to agitate the deep water, Beo. Th. 3812; B. 1904. Hwý ge scylen eówer mód dréfan why should ye trouble your mind? Bt. Met. Fox 27, 3; Met. 27, 2.
láreów
A teacher ⬩ master ⬩ preacher
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On ðære heó mihte Gode willsumra wífmonna láreów and féstermódur gestandan in quo ipsa Deo devotarum mater ac nutrix possit existere feminarum, 4, 6; S. 574, 17.
fore-spræc
advocacy ⬩ excuse ⬩ preliminary speech ⬩ a preface ⬩ prologue
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already said, the contents of a document Ðeós forespréc and þás gewriotu ðe hér beufan áwreotene stondaþ (the reference is to the provisions of a will), Cht.
híwan
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Ðem hiium tó Crístes cirican, i. 299, 35
nama
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Brocceshám ðes dennes nama, ðes óðres dennes nama Sængethryg, Billanora is ðes ðriddan nama, C. D. ii. 74, 1-2. Brettisc cyning, þám wæs nama Natanleod, Chr. 508 ; P. 14, 26: 975 ; P. 120, 8.
cwyld
A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction ⬩ pestis, pestilcntia, clades
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A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction; pestis, pestilcntia, clades Boreas ealne ðone cwyld m. aflígþ Boreas [the north wind] drives every plague away, Bd. de nat. rerurn; Wrt. popl. science 18, 9; Lchdm. iii. 276, 7.
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blǽd
A flower, blossom, fruit ⬩ flos, olus, fructus
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He déþ ǽlc twíg aweg on me, ðe blǽda ne byrþ; and he feormaþ ǽlc ðara, ðe blǽda byrþ, ðæt hyt bere blǽda ðe swíðor omnem palmitem in me non ferentem fructum, tollet eum; et omnem, qui fert fructum, purgabit eum, ut fructum plus afferat, Jn.
wác-mód
of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous
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Beó hit eal mid gemete ðe læs ðe ða wácmódan beón ormóde omnia mensurate fiant propter pusillanimes (for ðám wácmódum, R. Ben. Interl. 82, 7), R. Ben. 74, 1.
weg-férende
Wayfaring ⬩ a wayfarer, traveller. ⬩ travelling, ⬩ going a way, passing by
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Se wegférenda man, se ðe nimð ðone sméðan weg, ðe hine mislǽt, Homl. Th. i. 164, 7. Ánes wegférendes mannes nýten gehǽled wæs jumentum cujusdam viantis curatum est, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 3. Wé sind hér swilce wegférende menn, Homl. Th. i. 248, 15.
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ǽ
- (? in
- Bd. 4, 5 ;
- S. 573, 17 ).
law, &c. ⬩ matrimony
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Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað de eo qui adulterat, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12. Ic lǽrde weras ðæt hí heora ǽwe heóldon, Hml. Th. i. 378, 25: ii. 222, 18. Similar entries See also ǽw in Dict
on-tendness
a burning, fire ⬩ fire, that which kindles passion ⬩ passion, vehement desire ⬩ burning sensation, inflammation
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'Forgif mé ðam men ðe mín mód mé tó spenþ, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 387: 3, 397.
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byrst
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A loss, defect; damnum, calamitas Gylde ðone byrst, ðe ðæt fýr ontende reddet damnum, qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6, 12: Ps. Th. 108, 18. We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21