ge-wrixl
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Gelíce þá biscopas syndan on gewrixle þára apostola on þǽre háligra gesomnunge, swá syndan þá mæssepreóstas on þám gewrixle Crístes þegna, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 19-22.
gift
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Swá hwylc sé ðe hafað manual, oððe wíf gifte (geþeódne ? cf. Wer and wíf on hǽmede geþeódde vir et mulier in matrimonio conjuncti. 27. Or is gifte pp. of giftan?)
hræd
Quick ⬩ swift ⬩ speedy ⬩ sudden ⬩ alert ⬩ rapid ⬩ prompt ⬩ active
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Ða hradan ðonne sint tó manianne præcipites admonendi sunt, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 281, 20.
rǽsan
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Geþence se láriów ðæt hé unwærlíce forþ ne rǽse on ða sprǽce, 15; Swt. 95, 9
Linked entry: on-rǽsan
ge-metgian
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari
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Hine selfne of dúneastígende he cúðe gemetgian his hiéremonnum se auditoribus condescendendo noverat temperare, Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 15; Hat. MS. 21 a, 2: 35, 1; Swt. 237, 23; Hat. MS. 45 a; 4.
Linked entries: metgian ge-metegian
twéntig
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Næfde hé má ðonne twéntig sceápa and twéntig swýnas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 14. Hé hæfde twǽm læs ðe twéntig wintra, Blickl. Homl. 215, 34. Twéntig (fífe and twoegentig, Rush.: tuéntig, Lind.) furlanga, Jn.
ge-brecan
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Wong gebrocen tó beorgum, Rum. 33. fig. to crush, destroy Ic gebreocu hié swé swé dúst comminuam illos ut pulverem, Ps. Srt. 17, 43. Hornas synfulra ic gebreocu (confringam), 74, 11. Hé on þám folce feóndgyld gebræc, Ps. Th. 105, 24.
weler
A lip
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Ic ne wirne míne welora labia mea non prohibebo Past. 49; Swt. 380, 10. Gif mannes múð sár sié, genim betonican . . . lege on ða weolore Lchdm. ii. 48, 29
Linked entry: weoler
spor
a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking
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. ; Swt. 5, 18 : Exon. Th. 497, 8 ; Rä. 85, 26.
wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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Ním swá wudu (-a, v. l. ) swá wyrt, of ðære stówe ðe his eard biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit dǽr náuht, for ðam ǽlces landes gecynd is, ðæt hit him gelíce wyrta and gelícne wudu týdrige, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 148,
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Ðý læs hié on unryht hǽmen propter fornicationem, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 14: 51; Swt. 397, 19. Ne gemune ðú ealdra unrihta ne memineris iniquitates antiquas, Ps. Th. 78, 8: Wulfst. 156, 20.
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Ðæt se gítsere his land mid unryhte rýme, Past. 44,8 ; Swt. 329,21 . Hú feor wolde gé rýman eówer land quousque vos extenditis? Swt. 331, 1. Ic eft reorde under roderum rýman wille I will multiply food again under heaven (after the deluge), Cd.
Linked entry: rúmaþ
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Hé slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, ðonne hé on his setl sæt, Ors. 5, 15;Swt. 250, 12. Wáh, Ps. Th. 61, 3. Ða wágas ( the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl. Homl. 207, 18 : (the walls of a palace ), Nar. 4, 24.
be-wealwian
To wallow ⬩ volutare
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To wallow; volutare Swín on ða solu bewealwiaþ swine wallow in the mire, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 29
Linked entry: wealwian
þeáw-leás
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Ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Swýn ðe cyrþ tó meoxe æfter his ðweále, þeáwleás nýten, Homl. Th. ii. 380, 11
swǽp
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enticement, deceit Syþþan þonne ǽnig yfel geþóht þurh deófles swǽp ( suadente diabolo ) on úre heortan cume, Chrd. 38, 15
swin
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v. ge-swin, and following words; and cf. hlyn[n], hlynsian for similar formation
Linked entry: ge-swin
sigorfæstness
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Victoriousness Be sigerfestnisse and swíð*-*módnisse úses Drihtnes mid ðǽm hé ða hǽþnan ofercom, Anglia xi. 173, 12
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on-tyhtan
to incite, instigate, impel
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to incite, instigate, impel Wæs ðæt gifeðe tó swíð ðe ðone ðyder ontyhte, Beo. Th. 6164; B. 3086
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Martha swanc, and Maria sæt ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 1. Se ǽmettega (ǽmetiga, Hatt. MS.) Past. 190, 18. Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd, R. Ben. 84, 19. Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt.