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wang

Grammar
wang, a cheek.
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Add: — Slóh þone Godes wer mid his brádre handa ofer his wange, Gr. D. 200, 15

á-wácian

(v.)
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Add: to make gentle, mollify, appease God áwácað tó him placat Deum, Verc. Först. 126, 6

folm

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Add: m. pl. folmas áþenede his folmas (folme, v.l. ) upp tó heofonum, Gr. D. 166, 7

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e ; f.

A saw

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sceal habban æcse, adsan, sage, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entries: saga saga

sceadwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceadwian, sceadewian; ode

To cover with shadow

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To cover with shadow scadewode (scaduaþ, Ps. Lamb.: sceadewede, Blickl. Gl.) obumbrabit, Ps. Spl. 90, 4

wæl-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fǽhþ, e; f.

Deadly feudhostility that leads to slaying

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Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying wælfǽhða dǽl, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028

wæter-scíte

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scíte, an; f.

A towel

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A towel wearð bewǽfed mid ánre wæterscýtan (linteo, Jn. 13, 4),Homl. Th. ii. 242, 25

Linked entries: scíte wæter-sceát

wece-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
wece-drenc, es; m.

An emetic

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An emetic Wecedrenc . . . sele ðæt lytlum súpan . . . óþ ðæt spíwe, Lchdm. ii. 268, 31: 170, 8

heáh-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-beorg, es; m.

A high mountaina high rocka high fell

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A high mountain ðás heáhbeorgas healdeþ swylce et altitudines montium ipse conspicit, Ps. Th. 94, 4

Linked entry: heáh-torras

snytro-hús

(n.)
Grammar
snytro-hús, es; n.

The house of wisdom

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The house of wisdom ðá swá gelóme wiðsóc snytruhúse repulit tabernaculum Silon Ps. Th. 77, 60

be-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrgan, be-byrgean

to save

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to save Ꝥ mihte þá gedýglian and him bebyrgean (-beorgan, v. l.), Gr. D. 109, 33

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Wé ælþeódige wǽron, siððon se ǽresta ealdor Godes bebodu ábræc we have been exiles, since Adam broke God's commands, Blickl. Homl. 23, 4. lang tíd is, syððan him ðis gebyrede ? Mk. Skt. 9, 21.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

for-trúwian

(v.)
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Ðæt hié ðencen tó him selfum and ne fortrúwigen hié for óðerra monna weorcum ut ad suum cor redeant, et de alienis actibus non praesumant, 231, 12

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Sé þe foran lǽdeð brídels he that in front guides the bridle, El. 1184. in front of that which is defended hiene foran forstód he stood in front and defended him, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 25. in front of that which is i obstructed or interfered with

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Ne gefeáh he ðære fǽhþe he rejoiced not in the enmity, 218; B. 109: Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 17; Cri. 1441. He nó mearn fore fǽhþe and fyrene he mourned not for his enmity and crime, Beo. Th. 274; B. 137: 3079; B. 1537.

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
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hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Someanysome one

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Swá síe mid hwilcre-hwega byrþenne gehefegod as if he is weighted with some burden, L. M. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 212, 11. Gif man forleóse gehálgodne mete hwylcne-hwugu dǽl si quis perdiderit cibi consecrati aliquantulum, L. Ecg.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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B. i. 156, 4. to allot, assign as a person's share, give Hít wæs gehloten tó Jósepes bearna lande fuit in possessionem filiorum Joseph Jos. 24, 32. [Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819. Þú art ilote to him, H. M. II. 13.] intrans. To be allotted.

tó-gán

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

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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He smat Frolic uppen þæne hælm þat he atwa helden (toȝeode, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 23980

bæftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Add: prep. local hine scét bæftan his bæce Hml. S. 18, 336. Bæftan þǽre healle, 36, 97. Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús forestæpð, Hml.

Linked entry: bæfta

for-weornian

(v.)
Grammar
for-weornian, p. ode; pp. od

To dry upwither awayfadegrow oldrotdecaymarcescĕresĕnescĕretābescĕre

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Ðonne forweornaþ he and adeádaþ then it decays and dies, Homl. Th. i. 168, 31. forweorniaþ they wither away, Salm. Kmbl . 629; Sal. 314. Ðæt gé hrædlíce forweornion that ye may speedily fade, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15

Linked entries: for-wurnian weornian