weald-swaþu
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A forest-track Lástas wǽron æfter waldswaþum wíde gesýne the steps were to be seen far along the forest-tracks, Beo. Th. 2810; B. 1403
wesend
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A bison, buffalo, wild ox Weosend, uusend, wesand bubalis Txts. 47, 337. Wesend, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 40: bubalus, 126, 60: urus i. 22, 45
Linked entry: weosend
winter-gewǽde
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A wintry weed, wintry garment Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ wintergewǽdum frost and snow cover earth with winter's weeds, Exon. Th. 215, 8; Ph. 250
a-blýsgung
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Reddening with shame, confusion Tó sceame and tó áblysunge hí sint ús nobis rubor confusionis est R. Ben. 133, 11
cræfte-líce
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With art, skilfully Hé his láre suá cræftelíce ( tanta arte ) tósceád, Past. 291, 20. Hé sceal gemetgian swá cræftelíce ( tanta arte ) his stemne, 453, 12
ge-betron
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Preóstas . . . mid heora modes gebetron (with the superior condition of their mind? Cf. betera as substantive ?) witon wel hwæt byð lamentum, Angl. viii. 313, 12
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heals-wærc
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Pain in the neck Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5
on-stingan
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to be angry with (?) Sê ðe on þâm sylfan cildan bûtan smêgunge onstingð qui in ipsis infantibus sine discretione exarserit, R. Ben. I. 115, 16
rex-geníþla
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geníþlan Elene; either word alliterates with cwéne), hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. (?)
þrí
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Add: as multiplicative, three times Se earma man wile drincan ðreó swá feala, ge feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml. A. 145, 29
wiþ-weorpan
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In El. 293 a suggested emendation is ealle for þǽre which is in keeping with the Latin text repellentes omnem sapientiam. See Beiblatt 21, 174
bræd-ísen
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.), the vowel is short, but if it may be compared with Icel. bragð in bragð-alr the vowel is long
GEARO
YARE ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ complete ⬩ promptus ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ perfectus
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Geofum biþ gearora with gifts is more prepared, Exon. 128 b; Th. 493, 15; Rä. 81, 31
Linked entries: án-wíg-gearo gare gearu gearuwe
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Bide mé lóce hwæs ðú wille ask me for whatever you will, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 10. Lóc hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban wherever I will have it protected, L. C. S. 81; Th. i. 420, 26. Lóca hwonne whenever, Wulfst. 199, 16.
Linked entry: LÓCIAN
sorh-full
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fool seldom rejoices with trembling, unless he know that hostility (or death?
hlystan
listen ⬩ to listen
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Bodian láreówas godcunde þearfe, and ǽlc ꝥ gescád wite hlyste him georne, Ll. Th. i. 424, 19.
hlyst
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Lǽcedómas wið yfelre hlyste leechdoms against bad hearing, L. M. 1; Lchdm. ii. 2, 14. Gif [mon] yfelne hlyst hæbbe if a man have bad hearing, i. 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 26
hnáh
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Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor And hé hnáh tó eorþan áleát wið ðæs engles adoravitque eum pronus in terram, Num. 22, 31. Næs hió hnáh ne tó gnéþ gifa she was not mean nor too sparing of gifts, Beo. Th. 3863; B. 1929.
medu
Mead ⬩ a drink made from honey
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Medewa, wín defruta, decocta vina, Hpt. Gl. 468, 38
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ofer-ǽt
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Hine wið oferǽt beorge, L.E. I. 24; Thh ii. 422, 3. Þurh oferǽt per commessationem, Confess.