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for-scrífan

to condemn

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Eggjar ek deyfi mínna andskota, bítað þeim vápn an velir, Hávamál 58) Áwríteð hé on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstáfas, bill forscrífeð méces mǽrðo he (an evil spirit) writes on his weapon a number of deadly marks, baleful letters, he blunts the

ge-hruxl

(n.)
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Wǽpna gerúxlu armorum strepitus E. S. xxxix. 344

on-égan

(v.)
Grammar
on-égan, p. de

To fear

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Ic mé onégan (onagen, MS.) mæg, ðæt mé wráðra sum wǽpnes ecge feore beneóte, 109, 28; Gen. 1829. Ni anoegun (anoegu ná?) ic mé aerigfaerae egsan brógum, Txts. 151, 13

freónd-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-mynd, e; f.

An amorous mindamātōria mens

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An amorous mind; amātōria mens Ic me onégan [MS. onagen] mæg ðæt me wráþra sum, wǽpnes ecge, for freóndmynde, feore beneóte I for myself may fear that some enemy, through amorous mind, may deprive me of life with a weapon's edge, Cd. 89; Th. 109, 31;

æt-beran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron

To bear or carry tobring forwardproducebear away or forthafferreproferreefferre

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Ðæt [wǽpen] to beadu-láce ætberan meahte might bear forth that [weapon] to the game of war, 3127; B. 1561

Linked entry: æt-bær

weorc-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-þeów, es; m.: e ; f.
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Nabochodonossor him dyde Israéla bearn, wǽpna láfe, tó weorcþeówum ( si quis evaserat gladium, ductus in Babylonem servivit regi, 2 Chron. 36, 20), 220, 21; Dan. 74.

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, p. ode.

to wander roam to go as a pilgrim

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Deóplíc dǽdbót bið ðæt lǽwede man his wǽpna álecge and weallige bærfót wíde, L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 18.

weard-setl

(n.)
Grammar
weard-setl, es; n.

A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard

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Ðá férde his gaśt and mid wǽpne ðone Godes feónd ofstang, his weardsetlum on lócigendum, Homl. Th. i. 452, 13-31. Æt ðǽm weardsetlum ad excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 16. Weardsetl excubias, 81, 20: 30, 11: 71, 11.

æt-steall

(n.)
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Hé gyrede hine mid gǽstlicum wǽpnum, wong bletsade him tó ætstealle (v. Stephens' Waldere's Lay, p. 83), Gú. 150

for-gitan

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Þú hæfst ðára wǽpna forgiten, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 22. Forgetne woeron tó onfóane hláfas obliti sunt sumere panes, Mk. L. R. 8, 14. Add

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.

á-dún

Grammar
á-dún, -dúne (-a).
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Hí lédon heora wǽpna ádúne, Hml. S. 29, 171. Clif áscoren rihte ádúne, 31, 316. Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl. H. 173, 4. Ásend ðeh ádúna deorsum Lk. L. 4, 9. Cumað ádúne of heofonum tácn, Wlfst. 137, 12. Hé his gesyhða ádúna on eorðan besette, R.

cyrc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-weard, cyric-weard,cyrc-werd,es ; m.

A churchwarden, sacristanecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius

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Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were, Homl. Th. i. 452, 2. Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten there was a sacristan called Yware, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33

Linked entry: cyric-weard

oftrǽd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
oftrǽd-líc, adj.

Frequent

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Frequent Ðis syndon ða wǽpena ðe deófol mid oferswíðed biþ, ofthrǽdlíce rǽdinga háligra bóca and gelómlíce gebedu, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 2.

ge-tawa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tawa, pl. f.
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Ðis syndon þá wǽpena þe deófol mid oferswíðed bið; ꝥ is ofthrædlice rǽdinga háligra bóca and gelómlíce gebedu. Ðis syndan þá getawa þe mon mæg heofona ríce mid begytan, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 3

in-gán

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Wé ðá cynelican burh Porres mid úrum wǽpnum ineódon (printed metdon) urbem regiam Pori armis inuasimus, Nar. 4, 19. Add

CEÁS

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁS, e; f: es; n.

A quarrel, strifelis

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A quarrel, strife; lis Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ ðǽr ceás weorþ if a man supply another with weapons where there is strife, L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19. On ceáse in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17.

Linked entry: or-ceás

gǽstlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽstlíc, adj.

Ghostlyspiritualspīrĭtālis

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Mid gǽstlícum wǽpnum with spiritual weapons, 35 a; Th. 114, 24; Gú. 148

for-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrífan, p. -scráf, pl. -scrifon; pp. -scrifen [scrífan to judge] ,

to condemnproscribecondemnāreproscrībĕreto writecut intocut downincīdĕresuccīdĕre

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Th. 213; B. 106. to write or cut into, cut down; incīdĕre, succīdĕre Awríteþ he on his wǽpne wællnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas bill forscrífeþ he writes upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters he cuts into the bill, Salm.

Linked entries: screón fer-scrifen

gefá

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Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille, 64, 18. as pursued Be fǽhðum. Wé beódað, se mon, sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, ꝥ hé ne feohte ǽr þám þe hé him ryhtes bidde, Ll. Th. i. 90, 2.