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lang

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Lang and stearc weg itiner Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 36. Rúmre racenteáge, langre línan, Sal. 294. Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554. Werod Waldend sende on langne síð, 68. of a material object Hafað tungan lange, Rä. 59, 8.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Gif þú hí onscunast, wit cweðaþ þonne án we shall agree in what we say, Hml. S. 8, 78. On án gesworene conjurati, Wrt.

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Brengþ eorþe ǽlcne westm and ǽlc túdor ǽlce geáre, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 14 : Met. 29, 58. metaphorical Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988.

Linked entry: tuddor

of-sleán

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Gif mon þæs ofslægenan weres bidde hé mót gecýðan ꝥ hé hine for þeóf ofslóge, 116, 4. the subject an animal Gif se oxa wer oþþe wíf ofslóge, Ll.

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Þæt wæs þám weorode weor[c] (weor[ce]?) tó geþoligenne, An. 1661. v. æfer-, ælmes-, ban- (Ll. Lbmn. 244, 34), ciricsceat-, eorþ-, leóþ-, morþ-, yfel-weorc

dón

(v.)
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Th. i. 286, 23. v. wel-, yfel-dón; riht-, unriht-, wel-, yfel-dónde

ge-hátan

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weán oft gehét, B. 2937.

aldor

(n.)
Grammar
aldor, es; n. [aldor = ealdor life] .

lifethe vital parts of the bodyvitaage

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Wit on gársecg út aldrum néþdon we two ventured out on the sea with [peril to] our lives. Beo. Th. 1080; B. 538: 1024; B. 510. Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig that he with his life should pay [be liable ], Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19; Dan. 450.

dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknownsecrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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Ðæt wit mǽgen smeálícor sprecan and diógolran wordum that we two may argue more closely and with profounder words, Bt. 13; Fox 36, 32. [Laym. digelliche secretly: O. H. Ger. tougal opācus, obscūrus, occultus.]

hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Ðæt ða heofonlícan þinga mid ðam eorþlícum and ða écelíc mid ðam hwílwendlícum geearniaþ, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 196, 27

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ge-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wiht, -wyht, -wihte, es; n.

Weightpondus

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Nú hæbbe we hit bioht ongén be ðam ylcan gewihte quam nunc eodem pondĕre reportāvĭmus, Gen. 43, 21: 23, 16: Lev. 26, 26. False gewihta false weights, L. Eth. v. 24; Th. i. 310, 13: vi. 28; Th. i 322, 14.

Linked entries: ge-wyht wiht

GEÓ

(adv.)
Grammar
GEÓ, gió; adv.

Formerly, of old, beforequandam, olim, pridem

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Geþenc se snottra fengel hwæt wit geó sprǽcon do thou, sagacious prince, bear in mind what we have before spoken, Beo. Th. 2957; B. 1476. Geó ǽr long before, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Geó dagum in days of old, formerly, 4, 27; S. 605, note 2.

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wærlíce, adv.

Unwarilyincautiouslywithout cautionheedlessly

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Þænne gyltas unwerlíce [] forgyfaþ dum culpas incaute remittimus, Scint. 149, 8

Linked entry: wærlíce

wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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Th. 177, 31;Exod. 3. wretched, miserable on ðás wræclícan woruld ácende wurdon. Wulfst. I. 12. Hý wurdon of ðære myrhðe áworpene, ðe hý ǽr on wǽron, and on ðis wræclíce líf bescofene and on earfoðan and on geswince wunedon, 9, 13.

be-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rípan, p. te

To stripdespoilplunder

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habbað Godes hús clǽne berýpte, 157, 18. with spoil, in gen. Man F. ádgife berýpte sélcere are, Cht. Th. 203, 11.

Linked entry: be-rýpan

ge-grétan

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Hyt geríst ꝥ þá regulares feriarum mid leóðe gegrétun, Angl. viii. 302, 6. Gegroeta salutare, Mk. L. 12, 38. Gegroetæ, 15, 18. Gegroeted wæs salutatur, Lk. p. 3, 15. Gegréttre róde salutata cruce, Angl. xiii. 21, 779

hálian

(v.)
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Wyrc him sealfe ðæt hit hálige, iii. 40, 16. to be saved. v. hál; 2 Geþencean eác, gif óþer nýten wǽre tó háligienne and geteód tó þon écan lífe, þonne onfénge hé ( Christ ) heora híwe, Bl. H. 29, 5

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Nú wylle embe ðises godspelles trahtnunge sume swutelunge eów gereccan. Hml. Th. i. 478, 4. Add Se gerǽfa áxude Eugeniam hú heó ána mihte ealle þá gewytan áwǽgan mid áðe, oððe þurh ǽnige swutelunge hí sylfe áclǽnsian, Hml. S. 2, 226

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Hú mycelne ege sceolon witan (hú micel ege sí tó hæbbenne, v.l.) tó þám hálgum werum quantis sit viris sanctis timor exhibendus, Gr. D. 63, 6

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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an observer, one who examines into a matter willaþ ðæt se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde, ðe ðis gewrit áspyraþ, Anglia viii. 331, l.

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc