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ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesert

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Th. 27, 5: 102, l0. Be gewirhton we þoliaþ ðás þing deservedly do we suffer these things, Gen. 42, 21. Ǽlcum men wrecan be his gewyrhtum to punish every man according to his deeds, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 26.

Linked entries: ge-weorht ge-wriht

wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
wríþan, p. wráþ, pl. wriþon; pp. wriþen.

to twistgive a curved form toto bind upwrap roundbandageto bindto bindfetter

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Kmbl. 47; El. 24. to bind up, wrap round, bandage Hé wráð (alligavit) his wunda, Lk. Skt. 10, 34. Ða ðe forbrocene wǽron, ða gé ne wriþon quae fractae erant, eas non ligavistis, L. Ecg. P. iii. 16; Th. ii. 202, 26.

be-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rípan, p. te

To stripdespoilplunder

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L. Ger. bi-rópian to strip: O. H. Ger. bi-roufen depilare.]

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cyn

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On mæniges cynnes misdǽdan, Ll. Th. i. 322, 20. Mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglenged, Bt. 28; F. 100, 27. Ǽlces cynnes gimcyn, 32, 3; F. 118, 18. Nánes cynnes hæftnung, Hml. Th. ii. 358, 20.

deór

(n.)
Grammar
deór, an animal.
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Se camal ꝥ micla dear, Lk. L. 18, 25. Se micla dear, Mk. L. 10, 25. Of camele ðǽm deáre, Mt. p. 19, 11. Wildu diór þǽr woldon tó irnan and stondon swilce hí tamu wǽron, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, l. Deór and neát bestiae et universa pecora, Ps. Th. 148, 10.

fæþm

a bosomlapthe fore-arma cubitarmsbosom a fathomfist

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Add: a bosom, lap Faethm gremium (gremen, MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 3. Faeðm sinus, 120, 66. Openige nú þín se fægresta fæþm and se clǽna, Bl. H. 7, 25. On fæþme gremio, An. Ox. 32, 11. On fæðme (in fæðem, L.) fædres in sinu patris, Jn.

ge-langian

(v.)
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Hé hét gelangian him tó ealle ðá burhwara tógædere, 23, 20. to get hold of Gif hit þeóf beó, and gif hé hine binnan twelf mónðum gelangian mæge, ágife hine tó rihte, Ll. Th. i. 268, 11

inc

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Lǽt inc geséman. Past. 349, 12. with bégen Þé and ... þín ágen bearn ... inc bám ic geháte, Hml. S. 23 b, 449: Sat. 488: Wlfst. 259, 15, 16: Gr.

six

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Fato sexo (sex, L.) hydriae sex, Jn. R. 2, 6. Æfter dagum sex, Mt. L. R. 17, 1. Æfter dagum sexum (sex. L.), Mk. R. 9, 2. Mónoðas sexu (móneðum sex, L.) mensibus sex, Lk.

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Se mon sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, Ll. Th. i. 90, 3. with gen. , cf. nytan Ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie, Gr. D. 138, 4.

manig-feald

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Mislicu wítu and manigfeald earfoþu carcer, lex, ceteraque legalium tormenta poenarum, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 27.

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

follystupidityignorance

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Mid unwísdóme gefyllede, Lk. Skt. 6, 11. Hit com of ðæs abbotes unwísdóme, ðæt hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan, Chr. 1083 Erl. 217, 3. Se ðe samnaþ ungemætlíce weolan, for his unwísdóme (stultitia) sylle hé ðone þriddan dǽle þearfum, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: wís-dóm

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, (see also wǽge), e; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balance

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Tó wége ł tó disce ad mensam, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 23. Ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge, Wulfst. 240. Wǽga trutina ... lytle wǽga momentana vel statam, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 38, 42

galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Ne wyrta gaderunge mid nánum galdre (incantatione) bútan mid Pater noster, Ll. Th. ii. 192, I. Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen . . . and þá ðe cunnan galder ágalan, Wlfst. 194, 18. ꝥ ic móte þis gealdor tóðum ontýnan, Lch. i. 400.4.

bæftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Th. i. 287, 5. adv. behind, in contrast with before (lit. or fig.) Ic geseah þone bæftan þe mé geseah I saw him behind that saw me, Gen. 16, 13. Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle let not any man backbite other, Wlfst. 70, 14.

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bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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it was before fixed; and thrice in the year let a city-moot be held; and twice a shire-moot; and let there be present the bishop of the shire and the ealdorman, and there each expound both God's law [right] and the world's law, L.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Ðǽr læg secg manig, There lay many a soldier, gárum forgrunden, — by the darts brought low, — guman norþerne, northern men, ofer scyld sceoten, over shield shot, swylce Scyttisc eác so also [eke] the Scotchman's wérig wígges sǽd. wretched war-spawn.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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&lt;b>III a.&lt;/b> with infin. instead of acc. Hwílum ic deórum drincan selle. Exon. Th. 393, 25; Rä. 13, 5.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Hé wæs ðǽr iii. gear on wrece (wræce, wreccesíð, v. ll. ) ; hæfde hine Penda ádrifenne, Chr. 658; Erl. 34, 4. Hé (Abraham) on wræce lifde he lived a wanderer, Cd. Th. 202, 5; Exod. 383.

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to cursemaledicereto do evil

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Spl.: wyrian ł yfel wilnian, Ps. Lamb) in profetis meis nolite malignari, Ps. Surt. 104, 15