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wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair

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Hí him wóh godu worhtan, Ps. Th. 77, 58

for-déman

(v.)
Grammar
for-déman, to for-démanne; p. de: pp. ed

To condemn ⬩ damn ⬩ dijudĭcāre ⬩ damnāre ⬩ condemnāre

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On middele sóþlíce godas he fordémþ in mĕdio autem deos dijūdĭcat, Ps. Spl. 81, 1. Ðá geseah Iudas ðe hyne belǽwde, ðæt he fordémed wæs, ðá ongan he hreówsian tunc vĭdens Iudas, qui eum tradĭdit, quod damnātus esset, pænĭtentia ductus, Mt.

Linked entry: for-déming

EÁRE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁRE, an; n: nom. acc. sing, eáre; nom. acc. pl. eáran

The EAR of man or an animal ⬩ auris

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Ger. óra, n: Goth. auso, n: Dan. öre, n : Swed. öra, n: Icel. eyra, n: Lat. auris, f: Grk. οὖς, n: Lith. ausis, f,]

Linked entries: éran eár eárede

lytling

(n.)
Grammar
lytling, es; m.

A little one ⬩ a young person ⬩ child

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Gif hwylc gódra wile his lytlingas hiom [priests ] tó láre befæstan, hig sceolon swíðe lustlíce hig onfón, and him tǽcan, L. E. I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 8

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Eálá gé eargan and ídelgeornan . . . hwý gé nellan ácsien æfter ðám wísum monnum and æfter ðám weorþgeornum . . . ðe ǽr eów wǽron . . . hí wunnon æftr wyrþscipe on ðisse worulde, and tiledon gódes hlísan, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 238, 28-240, 5.

wiþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon

To withhold ⬩ restrain ⬩ check ⬩ hold back

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Godes feónd wiðbrítt ðæm untruman móde ðære sibbe (dilectionem proximorum vulneratis cordibus subtrahens ) ðe hé self forlét, 47; Swt. 361, 2.

á-licgan

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Wyrþ oft gódes monnes lof álegen ( coarctabitur ). Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 31

Linked entry: á-lecgan

camp-dóm

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Campian on Godes campdóme, Hex. 34, 12. Hét se cwellere þæs cáseres cempan geoffrian . . . þá wǽron on þám campdóme (soldiery) Cappadonisce cempan Hml. S. 11, 16.

dípe

(n.)
Grammar
dípe, an: <b>dípu (-o),</b> indecl. or gen. e; f.
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Goth. diupei: O. L. Ger. diupí profundum: O. H. Ger. tiufi: Icel. dýpi

Linked entries: deópe dépe dýp dýpe

fadian

(v.)
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Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. 119, 12. Gif hé his líf rihtlice fadige, Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.

inca

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Ne gedyrstlǽce heora nán ... þæt hé Godes áre gewanige oþþe ǽnigne incan séce, hú heó gewanod weorþe, Lch. iii. 442, 17. a cause of complaint Hyra nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé ... ǽnig ðing áhsige ... þe lǽs þe ǽnig inca (incca, v.l.) geseald sý (ne detur

Iudéas

Grammar
Iudéas, l. Iúdéas, and add: Iúdan, Iúdéan; gen.
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Cóm Godes wracu ofer Iúþan, 6, 3; S. 256, 34. ena, ana

hýr

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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.

munuc-hád

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Oft on lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan mid gódum weorcum and mid ryhte lífe man oferðíhð ðone munuchád and ðá óðre ðe ðone hiérran hád habbað quidam in deteriori ordine sortem extremi habitus bene vivendo transcendunt Past. 411. 36. of a woman Heó

on-bæcling

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Add: of motion, of retreat Gong on bæclinc ł bihionda mec uade retro me, Mk. R. 8, 33. Monige ðegnas his fromfoerdun onbæcling (-bæcc-, L. ), Jn. R. 6, 66. of reversing one's direction Ymbcerred wæs onbæclinc (-bægcling.

samod

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Add Seó Godes gelaðung . . . férde eal samod of ðǽre byrig, Hml. Th. i. 402, 22. Add Gregorius ásende eác Agustine lác on mæssereáfum, and on bócum, and ðǽra apostola and martyra reliquias samod, Hml. Th. ii. 132, 9.

wæstm-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-berende, adj.

Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,

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Ðá wǽron ða wæstmberendan breóst ðæs eádigan weres mid ðam láreówdóme ðæs heán magistres Godes gefyllede, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 8

ge-sigefæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sigefæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [sige victory]

To make triumphant ⬩ crown ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ cŏrōnāre

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Twegen cynelíce cnihtas mid syndriglícre Godes gyfe wǽron gesigefæste dŭŏ rēgii pueri fratres spĕciāli sunt Dei grātia cŏrōnāti, 4, 16; S. 584, 21.

Linked entry: sigefæstan

freó-man

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My steward goes rejoicing in fair sons and daughters, Gen. 2175. Add: Eallum freómannum (frióum monnura, v.l.) þás dagas sién forgifene. Ll. Th. i. 92, 2. Gif ... frígman (fríg man?) frígne ofsleahð, 286, 21. Gif fríman (frí man?)

þing-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
þing-gemearc, es; n.

Measuring (time) by events

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Ðá wæs first ágán þinggemearces bútan þrím nihtum things had gone on till there remained only three days of the allotted time, Andr. Kmbl. 295; An. 148