un-lybba
poison ⬩ poison used for purposes of witchcraft ⬩ witchcraft ⬩ sorcery
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Gif heó mid hire unlybban man ácwelleþ si mulier artem magicam, et incantationes, et maleficia exerceat ... si maleficiis suis aliquem occiderit, L. Ecg. C. 29; Th. ii. 154, 8-11.
Linked entry: ge-unlybba
wergild-þeóf
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Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge.
wirman
To warm ⬩ make warm
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For ðý hé cwæð be ðam cólan wætere, ðæt nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ðæt hé fæt næfde, on hwý hé hit wyrman mihte, Homl. Ass. 141, 84. Tó wyrmanne ðone cealdan magan, Lchdm. ii. 188, 22.
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wrídian
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish
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Mán wrídode geond beorna breóst. Andr. Kmbl. 1534; An. 768. Weóx ðá and wríðode mǽgburg Semes, Cd. Th. 102, 19; Gen. 1702.
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á-cuman
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Strang gyld, ðæt man hit uneáðe ácom (mihte ácuman, v. l. ), Chr. 1040; P. 160, 30. Heó éhtnysse ácom, Hml. S. 7, 3. Hé ǽlc þing dó and ácume, R. Ben. 113, 10. Hé wítu ácóme, Hml. S. 23, 119. Ðæt hí ðone cyle ácóman, 11, 221.
brycg
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Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, þæt se ælmesman mæge mid þám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, þæt him bið micel méd for Gode, Wlfst. 239, 9.
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23.
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flór
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Lǽt sittan þone man onmiddan húses flóre, Lch. iii. 70, 13. On flóre in area, An. Ox. 3432. Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. Ðá wearp ic mé sylfe forð on þá flór, Hml. S. 23 b, 469. Mon þǽre cyrcean flór emlice gewyrce, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12.
ge-recedness
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.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam . . . An.
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furh
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Þonne man þá sulh forð drífe, and þá forman furh on sceóte, Lch. i. 404, 2. Fúra sulcorum, An. Ox. 2733. On fúrum scrobibus. i. fossulis, scrobes sunt fosse, 2018. Furhum scrobibus, Txts. 94, 884. Andlang strǽte on ðá deópan fúra, C. D.
ge-fillan
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Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle. Ll. Th. i. 170, 10. Ealle ic mihte feóndas gefyllan, hwæðre ic fæste stód, Kr. 38. Ne wearð wæl máre folces ge-fylled sweordes ecgum, Chr. 937 ; P.
on-cweþan
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Clipiendra gehwylc wolde ꝥ him man oncwǽde omnis inuocans cupit audiri, Angl. ii. 373. to say in reply to a question 'Hwæt wearð eów . . . ?' Earmsceapen ágef andsware . . . and his fæder oncwæð, An. 1348. Ongan his magu frignan . . .
stæf
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</b> an official staff, staff emblematical of office :-- Cóm ƀ and forneáh man sceolde tóbrecan his stæf (stef, v. l.), for ðan hé ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swá hé sceolde fere perdidit baculum suum, quia nescivit ministerium suum, Chr. 1047
wæl-grim
Cruel ⬩ destructive ⬩ bloodthirsty ⬩ cruel ⬩ cruel ⬩ dire ⬩ destructive
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Wælgrimme wyrd (the fall of man) 61, 12; Gen. 996. Ðé sind heardlícu, wundrum wælgrim (wel-, MS.) wítu geteohhad, Exon. Th. 258, 12; Jul. 264. Gefyistan of ðám wælgrimmum. tintregum, L.E.I. proem.; Th. ii. 396, 4. Þolian wælgrim wítu, Andr.
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wil-sum
desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ willing ⬩ voluntary ⬩ spontaneous ⬩ devout ⬩ devoted
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Him (a child whose father is dead) man an his fæderingmágum wilsumne (willing, ready to undertake the guardianship; or under I (?), desirable, suitable, sufficient) berigean geselle his feoh tó healdenne, L. H. E. 6; Th. i. 30, 5.
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spédig
having good speed ⬩ prosperous ⬩ having means ⬩ wealthy ⬩ opulent ⬩ rich in material wealth ⬩ rich in ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundant ⬩ copious ⬩ powerful ⬩ uber, efficax, brevis
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Th. 107, 3; Gen. 1783. having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth Hé wæs swýðe spédig man on ðǽm ǽhtum ðe heora spéda on beóþ, ðæt is, on wildrum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 8. Ic ne eom swá spédig (dives) ðæt ic mǽge bicgean mé wín, Coll.
á-spendan
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Man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende, Hml. S. 16, 327. Áspendre erogatae (stipis). An. Ox. 1841. with abstract object (time, life, talents, etc.) Þá ðe mid gýmeleáste heora dagas áspendað, Hml. Th. ii. 78, 8.
ge-bídan
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Feala ic ( the cross ) gebiden hæbbe wráðra wyrda, Kr. 50. to live through a period, live (many) years Mín fæder gebád wintra worn, B. 264. Gif on mihtigum mannum geweorðeð, þæt hí hundeahtatig ylda gebíden, Ps. Th. 89, 11.
ge-wendan
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Beád mann ꝥ ǽlc mann þe feor wǽre forð gewende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 6. Gif hit Críst ús ne behéte, and for ðí tó middanearde gewende, Hml. Th. ii. 412, 13. Seó unfriðflota wæs gewend tó Ricardes ríce, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 16. ¶ with reflex. dat.
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Sum ungesceádwís man hine sylfne áhéng ... Martinus hine unwurðne of deáðe árǽrde, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 1.