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swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de
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swéged óþer tácn, Anglia xiii. 380, 215. to signify Gregorius is Grécisc nama, se swéigþ on Lédenum gereorde Uigilantius, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 12. Biscop sceal beón ealle ofersceáwigende, swá swá his nama swégþ, ii. 320, 7, 12. Swégeþ, L. Ælfc.

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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ǽlc wydewe (wuduwe, v.l. ) on Godes griðe and on ðæs cynges; and sitte ǽlc .xii. mónað werleás; ceóse syþþan ðæt heó sylf wille, L. Eth. v. 21; Th. i. 310, 1. Be wudewan . . . Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað . . .

Linked entries: weodewe weoduwe

wunung

(n.)
Grammar
wunung, e; f.

dwellinglivinga dwellinghabitationplace to live inbeingexistenceliving

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dwelling, living Gif hé hine sylfne tó mynstres wununge gefæstnian wyle if he will settle to living in a monastery; the Latin is: Si voluerit stabilitatem suam firmare, R.

Linked entry: wunian

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Gif mon him oftíhþ ðara þénunga and ðæs anwealdes detrahat si quis superbis vani tegmina cultus, Bt. 37,; Fox 186, 10. Oft ic sýne ofteáh, âblende beorna unrím, Exon. Th. 270, 21; Jul. 468. Wé oftugon ðé londes wynna, 130, 15; Gú. 438.

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Kmbl. 2245; El. 1124. to shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explain Ic wéne ðæt ðás word ne sind eów fullcúðe, gif wé hí openlícor eów ne onwreóþ, Homl. Th. i. 580, 27. Augustinus ús onwreáh ðissere rǽdinge andgit, ii. 384, 21.

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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Biscopes and ealdormannes burg-bryce biþ lx scillinga a bishop's and an ealdorman's burh-bryce shall be sixty shillings, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 8, note 19, H.

hǽþen

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Ceprl gefeaht wiþ hǽþene men, 851; P. 64, 11. not baptized Ǽghwilc cild gefullod binnon nigon nihton . . . and gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren . Ll. Th. ii. 292, 6. Cild gyf hit hǽðen swelte. . . .

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Gif ðæt léht, ðætte in ðé is, þeóstru sint, ðæt þeóstre hú micel biþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 23. On ðæt gemǽre leóhtes and þeóstro, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 13. Mid þýstro genipum, Blickl. Homl. 203, 8: 209, 33.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Wite ðú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig, and mid hondum ámet, 308, 29; Sat. 699, Is ðár on ðære myclan ciricean geworht emb ða lástas útan, hwéne wíddre ðonne byden, fæt up óþ mannes breóst heáh. Blickl.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Ðæt ungestæððige folc wundraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, ðeáh hit læsse wundor sié, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 2: Met. 28, 49. Hwæt stondaþ gé hér and ðyses wundriap? Blickl. Homl. 123, 22.

Linked entry: wyndrian

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Mé ceigendæ ðæt ic sié Godes wracco me damans esse sacrilegum, Mt.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

hyht

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Add: hope, expectation of something desired Ðæt sió manung hine tó hyhte gehwierfe ut admonitio eum ad&#39;spent reducat, Past. 265, 21. <b>la.</b> </b> in gen. Ne bið him wynne hyht, Ph. 480.

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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Gif mon twýhyndne mon mid hlóðe ofsleá, gielde se ðæs sleges andetta sié . . . L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 7. For geclǽnsunge his unrihtes slæges ob castigationem necis ejus injustae Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 25.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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A thief [the secrecy implied by the word is marked in the following passage from the Laws dealing with injury done to a wood: Fýr biþ þeóf ... sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19-23. Cf.

Linked entry: þeáf

micel

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and Add: great with reference to size, bulk, stature Geseah hé swýþe mycele weorud. . . and wæs án þǽra. . . swýþe heáh and swýðe mycel ofer eal þæt oþer folc. Vis. Lfc. 14.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Ðonne hé ys tóweard on micelre mǽgþe and ða strengstan mǽgþe nú ealra eorþan mǽgþ beóþ on him gebletsode cum futurus sit in gentem magnam ac robustissimam et benedicendæ sint in illo omnes nationes terræ, Gen. 18, 18. Fremde þeóde, óðre mǽgþe, Ps.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, trýw, e; f.

truth to a promise or engagement,faith good or bad faithto keep faith with a persontrothtruth to a person,fidelityfealtyloyaltythe truth of the stronger to the weaker,gracefavourhelpan assurance of faith or truthword (in to give or pledge one's word)a promisean engagementa covenantleaguefaith in somethingbelieftrustconfidence

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Ða bebodu ðe giet máran sint . . . ðæt is, ryht dóm, and mildheortnes and treówa (cf. Mt. 23, 23 where geleáfa renders fides). Past. 57; Swt. 439, 31.

DÓN

(v.)
Grammar
DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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Eádig ys se þeów, ðe hys hláford hyne gemét ðus dóndne, ðonne he cymþ beātus ille servus, quem cum venĕrit domĭnus ejus, invenĕrit sic facientem, Mt. Bos. 24, 46: Lk. Bos. 12, 43. Ic dó ago, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Sam. 32, 12: făcio, 28, 6; Som. 32, 36.

be-gán

(v.)
Grammar
be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].

to go overto surroundoccupydwellcultivatetillperambularecircumdareincolerehabitarecolere to go tovisitattendto cherishhonourworshipobirecolereexcolereto commitexercisepractiseobservecommittereperficereobservare

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swýðe lufode and árwyrþode and be-eóde eadem regina hoc monasterium multum diligebat, venerabatur, excolebat Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 15 : 2, 13; S. 517, 1. to commit, exercise, practise, observe; committere, perficere, observare Synne, ða ic selfa be-eóde sins

cúþ

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
cúþ, comp.ra; sup. ost, est ; adj. [cúþ known, pp. of cunnan] .

known, clear, plain, evident, manifest notus, cognĭtus, manifestus known, well known, sure, safe, noted, known as excellent, famed, celebratednotus, certus, præstans, egregius familiar, intimate, related, friendlynotus, familiāris, amīcus, benevŏlus

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Ne sint me winas cúþe eorlas elþeódige the strange men are no affable friends to me, Andr. Kmbl. 396; An. 198. Feor ðú me dydest freóndas cúþe longe fecisti notos meos a me, Ps. Th. 87, 8. Míne cúþe notos meos, 87, 18: 54, 13: 131, 18