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un-gewítendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gewítendlíce, adv.

Without passing awaypermanently

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Without passing away, permanently Gehiéren hí ðæt ðás andweardan gód bióð from ǽlcre lustfulnesse swíðe hrædlíce gewítende and swá ðeáh sió scyld ðe hí ðurh ða lustfullnesse ðurhtióð ungewítendlíce bið ðurhwuniende mid wræce audiant quod bona praesentia

wiþ-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-steall, es; m.

a defencean obstructionobstacle

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a defence Ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte, hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht I scan the mind to see how the soul is fortified within, how its defences are built, Exon.

Linked entry: wiþer-steall

wrǽsnan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽsnan, p. de

To twistchange the character of

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To twist, change the character of something Ic (a woodpecker) eom wunderlícu wiht, wrǽsne míne stefne, hwílum beorce swá hund, hwílum blǽte swá gát, hwílum grǽde swá gós (cf.

wrǽþþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþþu, (-o); indecl. : wrǽþþ, e; f.

wrathangerinjury

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Mið wrǽððo cum ira, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 5. Hæbbe hé Godes curs and wrǽððe ealra hálgena, Chart. Erl. 253, 14. injury Ðú in wrǽððo giscildnise tu in injuria defensio, Rtl. 105, 9

be-sylian

(v.)
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Hér líð se ealdorman (Holafernes) mid his blóde besyled, Hml. A. 113, 369. Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute

cwacian

(v.)
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Ðonne þú pipor habban wille, þonne cwoca þú mid þínum scytefinger ofer óþerne, Tech. ii. 123, 14. Gif sino clæppette and cwacige, Lch. ii. 6, 15. Eal hit bið bifiende and cwaeiende, Wlfst. 26, 1. Cwacende (cuaciende, L.) tremens, Lk. R. 8, 47.

dæg-lic

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Sýn simle þá dæglican tída begunnene mid ferse semper diurnis horis dicatur versus, 41, 21. On þǽm dæglicum tídum, 69, 2. Dæglicum dédum diurnis actibus, Rtl. 162, 23. v. twá- (twi-), þri-dæglic

dǽl-niman

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Þæt hié sýn dǽlnimende þínra geofena mid mé, Bl. H. 191, 25. Hé ús gedyde dǽlnimende þæs heofonlican ríces, 11, 2. Se Hǽlend his ðægnas ðæs godcundlican gereordes dǽlnimende dyde, Hml. S. 23 b, 632. Add

fám

foam

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Fám, hwastas molles, 55, 72. foam of living creatures Mid fámæ cum spuma, Lk. L. 9, 39. Dó þǽrtó báres fám, Lch. i. 360, 1. foam, froth of boiling liquid Dó on pannan, wyl swíðe, dó ꝥ fám of clǽne, Lch. ii. 94, 8, 20

Linked entry: fámwæstas

flíte

cream

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Ete ealdes spices iii snǽda, and súpe mid flétum, Lch. ii. 316, 13. Take here fléte in Dict., and add

Linked entry: flot-smere

ge-læswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læswian, l. ge-lǽswian,
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and add: to pasture, feed cattle Ic gilése scíp míno ego pascam (printed parcam, but see Ezech. 34, 15) oves meas, Rtl. 10, 3. Ðá ðe gelésuadon qui pascebant, Lk. L. 8, 34. Ꝥte gelésuade ł gefoede ðá bergas ut pasceret porcos, 15, 15.

ge-neát-scólu

(n.)
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A band of retainers (v. ge-neát; I a) Swylt ealle fornóm secga hlóðe and hine sylfne (Heliseus, who is described as æðeles cynnes ríce geréfa, 18) mid . . . hý helle sóhton.

ge-swel

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Wearð Cúðberhtes cneów mid heardum geswelle áléfed, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 24. Se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ꝥ pound; geswell (incidere tumorem, Bd. 4, 19), Hml. S. 30, 63. Add

ge-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryttan, p. te
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Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9

Linked entries: bryttan ge-brittan

geanðe

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Mið ðý wæs Petrus in worð from geanðe ł sunduria (deorsum.

ge-bǽte

Grammar
ge-bǽte, ge-bǽtel.
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Hé hét þǽm þearfan ꝥ hors syllan mid þám cynelican gebǽtum (gerǽdum, v.l.) praecepit equum, ita ut erat stratus regaliter pauperi dari, 3, 14; Sch. 257, 14. v. preceding word

ge-twisa

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His wíf wearð mid getwysan (-tweosan, v.l., 12th cent.), Hml. A. 38, 338. Add

hilt

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hilt, helt
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Wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum, Hml. S. 12, 226. Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd capulotenus abdidit ensem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272, 17. Dele all derivates but fetel-, and add:

hól

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Sennacherib mid hóle (v. 2 Kings xviii. 19 sqq.) him ( Hezekiah ) on wan, Hml, S. 18, 396. Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add

on-líc

(adj.)
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Hé bið getiéged óðrum monnum mid onlícre gecynde aequa ceteris naturae conditione constringitur, 111, 20.