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ge-mengednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mengednys, -mengdnys, -mencgednys, -mencgdnys, -mencgnys, -nyss, e; f.

A mingling together, mixing, mixture, connection ⬩ commixtio, admixtio

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Ðære sǽ gemengednyssa the minglings of the sea, 610, 11 : 608, 20

Linked entry: ge-mencgednys

seglan

(v.)
Grammar
seglan, siglan, seglian ; p. de, ede, ode
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To sail Ðá hé hámweard seglde, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 1. Hé siglde ðá eást be lande, 1, 1 ; Swt. 17, 16. Se sciphere sigelede (seglode, MS. E.) west ymbútan, Chr. 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Hé hys segl up áhóf, and swýðe forð seglode, St. And. 38, 33.

Linked entries: seglian siglan

mid-dæg

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Se middæg wæs fram Abraham oð Móysen, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 19. Seó tíd middæges, Hml. S. 23 b, 160. Hwæt déstú gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde ? what wilt thou do if to-morrow I live to see midday? Hml. S. 3, 590.

beáh-gifa

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Ꝥ him God forgyue . . . and eác swá his beáhgifan, ꝥ is se sélesða sinces brytta Ælfryd, Gr. D. 2, 14

hirdenn

(n.)
Grammar
hirdenn, e; f.

A hardening

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A hardening xii ðúsendum sí ða sceatpra ðonne seó án flán ðe sý fram hundtwelftigum hyrdenna geondhyrded, Sal. K. P. 150. 28

stole

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Sí ymbútonseald him stole circumdatur ei stola, Angl. xiii. 443, 1116. Se abbud mid stolan (stola) gefratewud, 405, 566: 403, 546. Add

wlátung

(n.)
Grammar
wlátung, e; f.
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Sight, spectacle Þe lǽs þe se hlyst and seó gesihí wurðe gefýled mid besmitenysse fracodlicra wurda and wlátuncga (spectaculorum), Chrd. 79, 4

cwealm

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Add: and, with mutation, cwelm, cwilm, cwylm (see, too, cpds. with cwealm-) Se wræc biít miceles cwelmes ǽlcum, Verc. Först. 106, 13

be-westan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-westan, prep, with dat. or adv.
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. ; besúþan Istria is se Wendelsǽ, and bewestan þá beorgas þe man hǽt Alpis . . . bewestan him Frofentsǽ, Ors. I. I; S. 22, 13, 15, 30. Beeástan him is se Risca sǽ, and bewestan Addriaticurn, S. 28, 1, 10

án-waldeg

(adj.)
Grammar
án-waldeg, adj.

Having sole power ⬩ powerful ⬩ solus potens

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Having sole power, powerful; solus potens Ðæt se síe ánwaldegost that he is most powerful, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 16

cwealm-bǽrnes

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Heó heóld þá líc oþ ꝥ seó éhtnys geswác, and se crístendóm ácucode æfter þǽre cwealmbǽrnysse, Hml. S. 29, 330. Add

spelian

(v.)
Grammar
spelian, p. ode

To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another

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Se abbod, for ðig ðe hé Godes gespelia is (quia uices Christi in monasterio creditur agere), sig hláford geháten ... for ðæs lufe ðe hé spelaþ for the love of him whom he represents, R. Ben. 114, 24. Næs Isaac ofslegen ac se ramm hine spelode, Homl.

Linked entry: speliend

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
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Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 32. Se wind se ðe ða bærnnisse in ða burg strægd ventus qui urbi incendia sparserat, 2, 7; S. 509, 28. Óðre ða telge strédun (sternebant) on ðone woeg. Mk. Skt. Rush. II. 8. Ðú somnas ðér ðú ne strugdes ( sparsisti) . . .

Linked entries: strédan strégan

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Gif mon twyhyndne mon unsynnigne mid hlóðe ofsleá, gielde se ðæs sleges andetta sié wer . . . Gif hit sié syxhynde . . . se slaga wer . . . Gif hé sié twelfhynde . . . se slaga wer . . .

wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wulf, es; m.

a wolf ⬩ used in reference to outlaws

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Index. in the phrase wulfes heáfod ( Similar entries v. wulfheáfod-treów), used in reference to outlaws Si postea repertus fuerit et teneri possit, vivus regi reddatur, vel caput ipsius, si se defenderit; lupinum enim caput geret a die utlagacionis sue

Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów

cyste-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cyste-líce, adv. [cyst munificence]

Munificently ⬩ largiter

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Munificently; largiter Sý wuldor and lof ðam wélegan Drihtne, se ðe his gecorenan swá cystelíce wurþaþ be glory and praise to the bounteous Lord, who so munificently honours his chosen, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 2. Cystelíce largiter, Ælfc.

Linked entries: cystig-líce cystlíce

ofer-findan

(v.)
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to put to the proof, make trial of For ðon nǽre se breóst nánra þinga oferfunden, gif hine seó árfæstnes ðæs árwyrðan weres ne oferswýðde virtutis enim pectus non esset, si hoc pietas non vicisset, Gr. D. 18, 19.

Linked entry: ofer-fundenness

wæterig

(adj.)
Grammar
wæterig, adj.

Watery

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Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig and blódig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 7. Seó wamb ðe bið wæterigre gecyndo, 220, 26. On wæterigum in aquoso, Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. 62, 3. Mid ðam wæterian bleó, Scrd. 21, 27. Rixe weaxst on wæterigum stówum, Homl.

mid-winter

(n.)
Grammar
mid-winter, es; m.

Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas

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Mid-winter, Christmas Gif se (seo, MS.) mid-winter biþ on Wódnesdæg, ðonne biþ heard winter and grim ... Gif heó byoþ on Ðunresdæg, ðonne byoþ gód winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendædlíc winter ...

Linked entry: winter

griþ

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Sé ðe Godes cyrican rýpe oððe reáfige oððe hálignessa grið brece si quis ecclesiam Dei denudauerit vel sanctimonia violauerit, Wlfst. 68, 1. Add

Linked entry: FRIÞ

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