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þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Se síþfæt is þyder tó lang, 231, 26. Ǽrende wé þyder habbaþ, 233, 11. <b>I a.</b> in an indefinite sense :--- On healfa gehwǽr, sume hyder, sume þyder, Elen.

Linked entry: þyder

ge-féran

(v.)
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Þá hí hæfdon heora síðfæt geféredne peracto itinere, Bd. 4, 25 ; Sch. 497, 18. to travel a road, traverse a surface (land, sea) Þone gársecg nǽnig mon mid scipe geféran ne meahte, Nar. 20, 18 : Bt. 18, 2 ; F. 62, 9 note.

hopian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs hé eallunga áfealle ðonon ðe hé fæsðlícost tó hopian scolde ne ab eo, quad robuste sperare debuit, funditus cadat Past. 395, II. to be hopeful about (with gen.)

horn

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Srt. 117, 27. each of the pointed extremities of the moon in her first and last quarters, Rä. 30, 2 (in Dict.]. <b>VI a.</b> each end of a bow. Cf. horn-boga Hé forbricþ hornas bogana confringit cornua arcum Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 75, 4.

wǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdl, (v.
  • P. B. viii. 535
), e: wǽdle, an; f.

Povertywantpovertyindigencewantpenuryunproductivenessbarrenness

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Ðe læs ðe þurh wǽdle and hæfenleáste ðære ǽfestnesse welm áwlacige, Lchdm. iii. 442, 19. Wédle egestatem, Kent. Gl. 316.

Linked entry: wéðel

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Náh náðer to farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðe má, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23. Tremerin se Wylisca (Wylsca, v. l. ) biscop (bishop of St. David's ), Chr. 1055; Erl. 191, II.

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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Ne sý neáta cwyld ne ádl ne hláfes hungor let there not be murrain among cattle, or disease, or lack of food, Shrn. 104, 27.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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'Sý on eorðan sibb ðám mannum ðe synd gódes willan. ' Ne bið nán lác Gode swá gecwéme swá se góda willa . . . Hwæt is gód willa búton gódnys . . Hwæt is ǽnig lác wið ðisum willan ? Homl. Th. i. 582, 33-584, lo : Hy. 8, 6.

blis

(n.)
Grammar
blis, bliss, blys, blyss, e; f. [contracted from blíþs, q. v. ]

BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasurelætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitasfriendship, kindness, benevolence, gracecomitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia

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Lamb. 99, 2. Ðis is se dæg ðæne Drihten worhte eádigum to blisse this is the day which the Lord made for joy to the blessed, Menol. Fox 125; Men. 62: Exon. 15 b; Th. 35, 2; Cri. 552.

Linked entry: blíþs

stund

(n.)
Grammar
stund, e; f.
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Halliwell), a while, time, hour Nis seó stund latu ðæt ( the hour will not be long in coming when ) ðé wælreówe wítum belecgaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2422; An. 1212: Exon. Th. 156, 16; Gú. 875.

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p. swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))
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Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, ðeáh hé sóðra swá feala tácna gecýðde. Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Wile se Waldend, ðæt wé wisdom á snyttrum swelgen, Exon.

Linked entry: swylfende

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Ðú mé þeódscipe lǽr ðínne tilne bonitatem et disciplinam doce me, Ps. Th. 118, 66. Gebiddaþ ealle hálige tó ðé on tilne tíman (in tempore opportuno), 31, 7. [Cf. Goth. dags gatils (εὔκαιρος, opportunus) a convenient day, Mk. 6, 21.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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.), Laym. 13929. ] a thane of king Egbert of Kent Ermenréd gestrýnde twégen sunu ða syððan wurðan gemartirode of Ðunore, Chr. 640; Erl. 26, 4. See for more details of the event thus recorded, Lchdm. iii. 422 sqq., and the Latin charter, Cod. Dip.

un-riht

(n.)
Grammar
un-riht, es; n.

wrongeviliniquityinjusticea defect

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Ðý læs hié on unryht hǽmen propter fornicationem, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 14: 51; Swt. 397, 19. Ne gemune ðú ealdra unrihta ne memineris iniquitates antiquas, Ps. Th. 78, 8: Wulfst. 156, 20.

wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
wyrhta, an ; m.

a wrightworkmanartificerlabourerone who works at some tradea makerproducerauthorcreatorfabricatorthe CreatorMakera doerworker

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Mon sceal simle tó beregafole ágifan æt ánum wyrhtan (the labourer who is the tenant of land. Similar entries Cf. Hér synd gewriten ða gerihta ðæ ða ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan. Æt ælcan híwisce ... þreó pund gauolbæres, Chart.

Linked entry: werta

á-brecan

(v.)
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Ábrocen land broken ground; anfractus, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 12. Gif sceáp sý ábrocen ( have the skin broken by disease) . . . geót in ðæt ábrocene sceáp, Lch. iii. 56, 15. Up ábrecende rumpente (of a chain), Hpt.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wylle eów gyt cúðlícor secgan, þæt gé hit magon þe swutelícor ongytan, Wlfst. 15, 7. (1 a) with verbs of guidance, with skill, expertly :-- Ic méde gehét þǽm þe ús cúþlíce gelǽddon þurh þá uncúðan land pollicitus his praemia qui nos periti regionum

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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Feól sum preóst of þám weorce, swá ꝥ hé sámcucu læg . . . and fleów eall blóde, Hml. S. 6, 165. to flow with. of a stream, where the material of the stream is given Ðeáh ðe him ealle streámas hunige fleówan, Sal.

ge-bígan

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Englisce menn ꝥ land gebégdan þan kyninge tó handan, Chr. 1074; P. 209, 20. þæt hí mé gebýgen oð eorðan, Ps.

ge-déman

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Th. 103, 20. to settle, decide, decree Wiþersacana [dofunga] wiþsacan [fædera] laga áwritenum gesettnessum gedémdan apocrifarum deliramenta abdicare patrum scita scriptis decretalibus sancxerunt, An. Ox. 1967.