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wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
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wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Ðæt is wrǽtlíc þing tó gesecganne, 421, 27; Rä. 40, 24. Wrǽtlícne wyrm, Beo. Th. 1786; B. 891. Wrǽtlíce gecynd wildra, Exon. Th. 356, 9; Pa. 9. Ða wrǽtlícan wiht, Salm. Kmbl. 505 ; Sal. 253. Se mé on flíteþ wordum wrǽtlícum, Andr.

a-rédian

(v.)
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a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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Nabbe gé ná gódne tíman áredodne, mín dohtor is nú swíþe bisig, Ap. Th. 20, 5

birnan

(v.)
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birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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Grn. 8, 26. of that which is consumed by fire On ðison geáre barn cyrce, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. For þæs fýres bryne eall se feld born, Nar. 23, 27, Ðet ne byrnan ut non ardeant (vestimenta ), Kent. Gl. 164.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

crístnian

(v.)
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And ðonne þis gedón bið eal fullíce wel, swá tó ðǽre crístnunge gebyreð, þonne is æfter eallum þisum mid rihtum geleáfan tó efstanne wið fontbæðes, Wlfst. 33, 16-36, 1.

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

fíf

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Th. i. 394, 5. in a series a member whose number is five or a multiple of five: Hú mon scule blódlǽse on þára six fífa ǽlcum on mónðe forgán, Lch. ii. 146, 19: 148, 2. uninflected and with a multiple of ten where the number is treated as singular On

geó

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His brýdbedd mé is geara nú iú mid dreámum, Hml. S. 7, 43.

ge-sceap

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K. p. 178, ID. what is shaped, ordered Conditio, natura, sors, regula, lex, rectitudo gescæp, gewyrd, gescæft, gebyrd, Wrt.

ge-frédan

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Add: (i) absolute, To have sensation Seó sáwul is sensus, ꝥ is andgit oððe félnyss, þonne heó gefrét, Hml. S.

gífer-nes

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Án is gecwæden gula ꝥ is gýfernyss on Englisc ; seó déð ꝥ man yt ǽr tíman and drincð, oððe hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml, S. 16, 268.

heofon-ríce

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Þæt we sculon cuman of þisse worolde tó úres Fæder oeðle, ꝥ is tó heofonríce, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 28: Sat. 216. On heofonríce eádge mid englum, Cri. 1246: 1639.

hnesce

softtendersoftgentlesofttendergentleeffeminate

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Gl. 502. yielding to temptation, inclined to wantonness, effeminate Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, þæt is þæt se man sý hnesce on móde tó flǽsclicum lustum, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 4. unable to endure hardship, &c.

hreám

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Heó mid hreáme clypode: 'Mǽre is se god . . .,' Hml. S. 22, 116

líc

(adj.)
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Wacodon menn swá swá hit gewunelíc is ofer án dead líc, Hml. S. 21, 290. Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscryftscíre elles hwǽr lecge, Ll.

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Is seó womb ( of the phenix) neoþan wundrum fæger, Exon. Th. 219, 14;Ph. 307. Be wambe coþum, Lchdm. ii. 220, 1. Be wambe missenlícre gecyndo, 14. Wiþ wambe wærce, 318, 15. Wiþ wambe heardnesse, 358, 3. Be windigre wambe, 162, 23.

ǽlc

allany

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Se ilca is wendende ǽlce onwaldas, Ors. 2, 1; S. 64, 2. Ǽlce misdǽda ágyldan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 15. Hí forbudon ǽlce wífunga, ii. 374, 35: 286, 30.

BRÝD

(n.)
Grammar
BRÝD, bríd, e; f.

A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, womansponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier

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One owned or purchased,— A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman; sponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier Seó gelaðung is gecweden Cristes brýd and clǽne mǽden the church is called Christ's bride and a pure maiden, Boutr.

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

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To be over (with anything) Ðæs ofereode ðisses swá mæg it is all over with that, so may it be with this, that trouble is over, so may this be Exon.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Þá þe áhte syndon, hí sculon beón ofslagene, 295, 14. oblique cases used adverbially Nis þæt ówihtes gód it is no good, Dan. 429. Átes-hwón (v. nátes-hwón) ullatenus, Angl. xiii. 434, 987. Áreccan fier ówihte to recount any further, Cri. 248.

stearc

(adj.)
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stearc, adj.
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stiff, rigid, not soft, not bending Is seó eággebyrd stearc and hiwe stáne gelícast, Exon. Th. 219, 4; Ph. 302. Hláf and stán, streac and hnesce, Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615. Stánas and ðæt starce ísen, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 29.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

ge-gangan

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, Sal. 362. where movement from a place is the primary notion, to depart Gegangende cesuram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 18.