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rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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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. Siððan wæs rodor árǽred and ryne tungla, folde gefæstnad, Exon.

Linked entry: rador

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Th. 180; B. 90. by taste Ne sié on bergnesse tó sweotol ðæs ecedes scearpnes, Lchdm. ii. 224, 22. manifest to observation, that may be noticed by all, public, open, patent His nama wæs swutol geworden, Mk. Skt. 6, 14.

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.
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Tó helle on ðone sweartan síð, 45, 27 ; Gen. 733. On díglum ł on sweartum dymnyssum latibulis, Hpt. Gl. 480, 28. Landa sweartost hell. Cd.

Linked entries: swart swertling

dígle

(adj.)
Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
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On diglum, on dihlum in abscondito, Mt. 6, 4. hard to get knowledge of. of a fact or circumstance We leoraiaþ ꝥ seó tíd sié tó þæs dégol ꝥ nǽre nǽnig mon þe ꝥ wiste hwonne ..., Bl. H. 117, 25.

ed-wít

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Þý lǽs him ætwite and on edwít sette (should make it a reproach to him) his geþoftan ꝥ hé for ege þæs deáþes þá þing dyde ne exprobrarent sibi sodales, quod timore mortis faceret ea, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 636, 18: Gen. 2728. On edwít ásettan, Sat. 639.

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Sió werge sceolu ( the fallen angels ), Elen. Kmbl. 1523; El. 763. Se weriga gást serpens, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 14: malignus spiritus, 497, 19, 26. Se weria feónd hostis malignus, 3, 19; S. 549, 4. Hafaþ werges bleó, Exon. Th. 95, 31; Cri. 1565.

wífian

(v.)
Grammar
wífian, p. ode

To take a wifeto marryon

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Is geset swíðe micel dǽdbót swylcum mannum tó dónne, ðe eft wífiaþ; and eác is ǽlcum preóste forboden, ðæt hí beón ne móton on ða wísan ðe hí ǽr wǽron æt ðám brýdlácum, ðǽr man óðre síðe wífaþ.

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.

Favourprotectiongraceloyaltyallegiance

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Ðeáh ðe ic on mínes húses hyld gegange si introiero in tabernaculum domus meæ, 131, 3. Hyld hæfde his ferlorene he had lost the favour of his chief, Cd. 16; Th. 20, 1; Gen. 301.

Linked entry: held

wissian

(v.)
Grammar
wissian, p. ode.

to shewto shewguidedirectruledeclaremake known

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.), Gif swá gesceád wissaþ si ita ratio dictaverit, Anglia xiii. 443, 1116. Ða ðe him betǽhte sindon tó wissianne, Wulfst. 108, 16. Wissiendum gubernante, Hpt. Gl. 453, 39. Grammar wissian, with dat.

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Grn. 21, 2. with idea of complaint: Gif hé hit mid múðe beceorað oþþe mid móde besárgað non solum ore verum etiam in corde si murmuraverit, R. Ben. 21, 2.

Linked entry: sárgian

gremian

(v.)
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Gif gé nellað forgyfan þám ðe eów gremiað ( si non dimiseritis hominibus peccata eorum, Mt. 6, 15), Hml. Th. i. 266, 32

nán

Grammar
nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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Add Gif ic náne weorc ne worhte on him þe nán óðer ne worhte si opera non fecissem in eis quae nemo alias fecit, Jn. 15, 24. Næs nán rihtwís man ne nán hálig ǽr Abel, Hml. A. 129, 411.

ríht

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Gif wé sculon rynt ágildan (si ratio exigitur) unnyttra worda, P. 281, 9-14. v. ælmes-, bóc-, burh-, cyne-, eorl-, fær-, freó-, geneát-, lah-, swán (not swǽn-), þegen-, þrǽl-riht

ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ríman, p. de.

to count, number to enumerate, recount, describe in succession to calculate, compute, count up to account, esteem as

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Hú nytt rehton wé and rímdon ða cǽga búton wé eác feáwum wordum ætiéwen hwæt hié healden quid utilitatis est, quod cuncta haec collecta numeratione transcurrimus, si non etiam admonitionis modos per singula pandamus? Past. 23 ; Swt. 179, 11.

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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Spl: brégum, Surt.] mínum hnappunga si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem, Ps. Lamb. 131, 4; I shal not ȝiue slep to myn eȝen, and to my eȝe lidis napping, Wyc.

ge-gán

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síð drugon, geeódon tó þæs þe eorla hleó . . . gefrúnon hringas dǽlan, 1967. Hí forð onetton, oð hié gegán hæfdon tó þám wealgeate, Jud. 140: 219. Hié tógædre gegánhæfdon, B. 2630.

licgan

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S. 25, 586. to be or remain in a specified position of subjection, misery, captivity, sin, &amp;c. Þú his sorge ne þearft beran, þǽr þú gebunden ligst, Gen. 734. Þǽr hé ligeð in carcerne clommum gefæstnad, Cri. 734: Sal. 265.

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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Ðætte úre mód ðý fæstre and ðý strengre beforan Gode sié on ðæm cræftum ut cor robustius in virtute solidetur, 65, 6; Swt. 467, 9.

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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Gif sumeres welm (wylm, v. l.) tó swíðlíc bið si aestatis fervor nimius fuerit R. Ben. 65, 20. Ne mihte heora wlite gewemman wylm ðæs wæfran líges. Cd. Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241. Ðæs unmǽtan wylmes ðære sunnan hǽto, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

feáwa

a few

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Manegum is forgifen ðæt hé sprecan mæig, and swíþe feáwum (or sing.? v. 2) ðæt hé sý gesceádwís, Prov. K. 5. with gen., in sing. a few, small number of, in pl. few of Manige weras þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit, Bt. 19; F. 70, 12.