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wara

(n.)
Grammar
wara, an; m.

An inhabitant

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Lunden-, Róm-waran, -ware, Bæx-warena land (cf. Bex-leá, 13), Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 5, Cant-ware, Wiht-ware, Sodom-ware, Syr-ware: see also Up-ware. Cf. the Icelandic forms.

Linked entry: -waru

ge-clipian

(v.)

to call out, cry, exclaim ⬩ to call so as to attract attention, call to a person ⬩ to announce loudly, declare ⬩ to call a person, bring by calling ⬩ to call, name

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L. 27, 46: Mk. L. 10, 48. Gecliopade fæder exclamans pater, 9, 24: Lk. L. 4, 33: 9, 38. to call so as to attract attention, call to a person Ðá ðe gecliopadon efnum aldum clamantis coaequalibus, Mt.

beard

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Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13. Þonne hé (one entering a monastery) his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 2228.

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Is sǽd ðæt ðæt land wéste ( desertus ) wunige, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27. Ball ( all of the earth ) ðæt on eallum ðeódum wéstes ligeþ, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 15. On wéstere (wéstre, v. l. ) stówe, Lk. Skt. 9, 12.

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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., to become or be made aware of something Gif man áfindeð his ǽhte, syððan hé hit gebohte hæfeð, unhál if a person's cattle turns out, after he has bought it, to be unsound , Ll. Th. i. 180, 20.

an-sín

(n.)
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<b>Ia.</b> the surface of an object On ansýne scræfes in superficie antri, An.

Linked entry: an-sýn

dynt

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Mid fýstum ł dyntum geslaa colaphis caedere, Mk. L. 14, 65. Dyntas alapas, Jn. L. 19, 3. Martianus hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum ... Ðá cwæð Martianus ... 'Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst,' Hml.

CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus

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Senepes corn granum sinapis Lk. Bos. 17, 6. Heofena ríce is geworden gelíc senepes corne, ðæt seów se man ou hys æcre simile est regnum cælorum grano sinapis, quod homo seminavit in agro suo Mt. Bos. 13, 31,; Lk. Bos. 13, 19.

hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave

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Kmbl. iii. xxxi], and exists still in the forms -low, as Ludlow, Hounslow; and -law, frequently applied to hills in Scotland. [Cf.

Linked entry: hláw

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót.
  • Lchdm. iii. 98, 17,
occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát,
  • ii. 296, 18,
be a compound; ða swát,
  • iii. 72, 28,
may be a mistake for spátl,
  • v. ii. 56, 15.
Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]

sweat, perspiration ⬩ that which exudes like sweat ⬩ that which lies on anything as sweat lies on the skin(?) ⬩ used of other moisture that comes from the body, ⬩ foam ⬩ blood ⬩ sweat that comes from labour, hence labour, toil ⬩ sweat; blood

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His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44. Of ealdum cláðum ðe beóþ eal on swáte, Homl. Ass. 35, 280.

á-weorpan

to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble

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S. 3, 640. to throw upfood :-- Þonne se man mete þigð, þonne áwyrpð hé eft, Lch. ii. 204, 9. fig. of change in condition Heó on þis wræcwíte áworpen wæs, Bl.

ENGEL

(n.)
Grammar
ENGEL, ængel, angel, engyl; gen. engles; dat. engle; pl. nom. acc. englas, engel; gen. engla; dat. englum; m. An ANGEL, a messenger; angelus = ἄγγελος
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He ðam engle oncwæþ he spake to the angel, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 12 ; Gen. 2910: Lk. Bos. 2, 13. God sent his engel befóran ðé Dómĭnus mittet angĕlum suum córam te, Gen. 24, 7: 16, 7.

Linked entries: ængel Angel angel Angle englas engyl

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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Lind. 6, 21: 12, 35 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 45. Striónes thesauri p. 17, 5. Tilða ł stre (= streóna or streón) quaestuum, lucrum, Hpt. Gl. 452, 7. Ða ðe geléfeþ in striónum (on gistrión, Rush.) confidentes in pecuniis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 24.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stæfn, stemn, e; f.
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Hig mycelre stefne bǽdon ðæt hé wǽre áhangen; and hyra stefna swíðredon, Lk. Skt. 23, 23. Stæfna, Ps. Spl. 18, 3. Láðe cyrmdon fǽgum stæfnum, Cd.

wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
wuldrian, (and wuldran?); p. ode.

to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified

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. : wuldrende, Rush.) and heriende, Lk. Skt. 2, 20. to make glorious, bestow glory on Wuldra (uuldra, Lind.) ðú mec clarifica me, Jn. Skt. Rush. 17, 5.

beódan

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Ll. Th. ii. 290, 2. ꝥ hé bude ut (virgini spurca ludibria) inrogaret, An. Ox. 4319

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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—Camp, lamb, plante, dranc, lang, etc.

lang

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Þæt longe líf, Cri. 1464.

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (North.) ; n. m. (?)

that on which one sits ⬩ a settle ⬩ seat ⬩ place to sit ⬩ an official seat of a king, judge ⬩ a throne ⬩ judgment-seat ⬩ seat ⬩ place ⬩ position ⬩ to set ⬩ a seat ⬩ place where one abides ⬩ an abode ⬩ a residence ⬩ dwelling ⬩ a stall for animals ⬩ a see ⬩ seat of a disorder, ⬩ dwelling-place of non-material things ⬩ the part of the body on which one sits ⬩ the seat ⬩ a sitting ⬩ the being in, or assuming a sitting position ⬩ sessio ⬩ stay ⬩ residence ⬩ a siege

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Fr. le coucher do soleil, le soleil se couche) to set Syððan sunne beó on setle after sunset. Lchdm. iii. 8, 19. Ðonne heó (the sun) tó setle gǽþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 27: Salm. Kmbl. 186, 6.

Linked entries: ge-setl sotol sedl seotl setel setl-gang sitl

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Cf. ge-sceap ; 3. to destine a person to (tó) a condition, lot, &c.

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