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under-þeód

(adj.)
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under-þeód, adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively.

Subjectsubordinate

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Landfranc wæs geháded on his ágenum biscopsetle fram eahte biscopum his underðióddum, Chr. 1070; Erl. 206, 5

Linked entry: þeódan

þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
þwǽnan, p. de

To soften by moisture, ointmentto soften

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Ðá hé ðam feaxe onféng ðæs hálgan heáfdes ðá wæs hé monad ðæt hé tó gesette and sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde and ðwénde (ðwǽnde, MSS. B.

Linked entry: þwénan

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrouslycuriouslywondrouslyexcellentlybeautifullyelegantlynobly

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Seó wiht wæs wrǽtlíce, wundrum gegierwed, 418, 8; Rä. 37, 2: 422, 14; Rä. 41, 6: 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: 428, 2; Rä. 41, 102. wondrously, excellently, beautifully, elegantly, nobly Ðǽr wrǽtlíce symle telgan gehladene gréne stondaþ, Exon.

yfelsung

(n.)
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yfelsung, eofulsung, e; f.
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wǽre on God Dionysius dixit blasphemiam id esse in Deum, L. Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 166, 12. Ic ondette eofulsunge, Anglia xi. 98, 33.

Linked entry: eofulsung

á-cweþan

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Ácueden wæs, 21, 4. Ácueðen bið dicitur, Mk. p. 1, 19. Ácuoeden wéron dicta erant, Lk. L. 2, 18. Ácwoedoni dicto, Mt. L. 26, 30. to respond. v. on-cweþan Wé lǽrað ðæt ǽnig mæssepreóst ána ne mæssige, ðæt hé næbbe þone þe him ácweðe, Ll.

be-habban

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Þeáh þe ꝥ mód behæfd wǽre in líchaman. Gr. D. 4, 21. <b>II a.</b> to hold, have in a receptacle :-- Þone ic behæfde on bearme quod continui in sinu, Bl. Gl. to hold back, withhold Behæfð God mildheortnysse his?, Ps. Spl. 76, 10

burg-leód

(n.)
Grammar
burg-leód, es; pl. -leóde (-a); m.
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Hé gelende tó þǽre byrig, and mid micle gefeán þára burgleóda ( ciuium ) onfangen wæs, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 24. Siracussa cyning þára burgleóda rex Syracusanus, 4, 1; S. 158, 14. Buruhleóda oppidorum, ciuium, Germ. 392, 65. Burhleódum civibus, Hy.

bringan

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Voc. ii. 28, 56. ꝥ yrfe ꝥ him brungen (bróht, v. l.) wæs, Gr. D. 201, 10. Add

dǽd-béta

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Drihten cwæð þæt micel blis wǽre on heofenum be ánum dǽdbétan, 350, 8. Þæt forbod húslganges and inganges intó cyrican is eal þearflic þám dǽdbétan, Wlfst. 155, 3. Be dǽdbétan, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 1. Add

deádian

(v.)
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deádian, p. ode (in Northern specimens)
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Deádade ł deád wæs Heródes defuncto Herode, Mt. L. 2, 19. Ðiós deádade (deódade, R.) haec moriebatur, Lk. L. 8, 42. Ꝥte deádege ut pereat, Mt. L. 5, 30. Ꝥte ne deádige (deódige, R.) ł nére deád quia non moritur, Jn. L. 21, 23.

Dene-mearc

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Dele the bracket, and add Wæs him on þæt bæc*-*bord Denamearc, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 26. Sume férdon tó Dænmarce (tó Dænmercan (Denmarcon, v. l. ), 30), Chr. 1070; P. 207, 16. On Denemearcon, 1036; P. 159, 18. Tó Denemarcon, 1076; P. 211, 22, 36.

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Th. ii. 118, 20. parsimonious, close-fisted For hwí wǽre þú swá fæsthafol mínra góda þe ic þé sealde?, Wlfst. 258, 12. Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15.

ge-segnian

(v.)
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Hí gesáwon ꝥ hé wæs gemearcod mid þý gerýne Crístes róde tácnes, þá cwǽdon hí: 'Þis is ǽmtig fæt and gesegnod (signatum),' Gr.

ge-swicennes

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Add: cessation from doing, a leaving off of a practice, v. ge-swícan; 1 Beháte hé ǽrest bóte and geswicenesse ealra þǽra unþeáwa þe hé fore ádrǽfed wæs, R. Ben. 53, 10. Hé synna forgyfð þám ðe mid dǽdbóte dóð geswicennysse, Hml.

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to roast.
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Gebrǽdde ǽgru, 100, 11. fig. of fiery trial Se gebrǽdda fisc getácnode þone Hǽlend þe wæs on ðǽre earfoð *-*nysse his ðrowunge gebrǽd, 292, 5-7. Háligne líchaman on weófode róde gebrǽdne sacrum corpusculum in ara cruets torridum, Hy. S. 82, 13

íþ-ness

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Ús wæs ánes þinges éþnes ( una res fuit saluti ), ꝥ se snáw leng ne wunede þonne áne tíde, Nar. 23, 21. Hié for hira ágenre iéðnesse ðæt fleóð quietem propriam spectando refugiunt, Past. 41, 10.) Þára þe ǽrest on earfoðum byð and eft on éðnesse, Ps.

lufiend

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Cf. lufian ; I. 4 Hé wæs þearfena lufiend cultor pauperum, Gr. D. 329, 13. a lover of a thing. cf. lufian ; II. 4 Þú cwén, láre lufigend, Ap. Th. 18, l. . . Ðæs wýsdómes lufiendas amatores sapientiae, Solil.

of-sittan

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Add Wæs álýfed þám ealdum mannum þæt hí móston heora fýnd mid stranglicre mihte ofsittan, and mid wǽpne ácwellan, Hml. Th. i. 522, 15. <b>II a.

on-beódan

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Þá sóna wæs onboden of ðám mynstre þæt hé selfa cóme dum protinus mandatum de monasterio fuisset ut veniret ipse, Gr. D. 130, 24

on-wealh

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Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material objects, physically or morally perfect Cwǽdon hí þæt heó wǽre onwelges mægðhádes and unwemme, Hml.