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hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Swelc ic wǽre hwelc folclíc mon and mé wǽre mete and wínes þearf ut vini et carnis quidam emptor, Nar. 18, 4. Wén is ðæt hwilc wundor ineode on ðaet carcern, St. And. 14, 28.

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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Srt. 118, 152. to make firm. in a physical sense, to cause not to be relaxed Þá sóna wǽron gestaðelode and gehǽlde ealle þá leomu and þá seonu in hire líchaman omnes in ejus corpore nervi ac membra solidata sunt. Gr.

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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Ðæt behýded wæs tó teónan cristenum folce the cross had been hidden to the detriment of Christians, Elen. Kmbl. 1973; El. 988.

Linked entry: teóne

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Him wæs hild boden, wíges wóma, Elen. Kmbl. 37 ; El. 19 : Andr. Kmbl. 2709; An. 1357 : Exon. Th. 277, 5 ; Jul. 576. Sumum wíges spéd hé giefeþ æt gúþe, 42, 16; Cri. 673. Wæs Hróðgáre herespéd gyfen, wíges weorðmynd. Beo. Th. 130; B. 65.

Beorg-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Beorg-ford, Beorh-ford, es; m. [beorg a hill, ford a ford; collis ad vadum]

BURFORD in Oxfordshire

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BURFORD in Oxfordshire Hér Cúþréd, Wæst-Seaxna cining, gefeaht ðý xxii geára his ríces, æt Beorgforda [MS.

earnung

(n.)
Grammar
earnung, earning, e; f.

An EARNING, desert, reward, good turn, compassion mĕrĭtum, misĕratio, compassio

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Hwylce earnung. uncre wǽron such deserts have been ours, Exon. 100a; Th. 377, 3; Seel. 166. Se gewuldorbeágaþ ðé on earnunga qui cŏrōnat te in miseratiōnĭbus, Ps. Spl. 102, 4

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fæted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fæted, fætt; part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented bracteātus

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Gesáwon fæted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre they saw the golden cup, the precious drinking vessel, Beo. Th. 4499; B. 2253: 4553; B. 2282: Exon. 113 b; Th. 434, 27; Rä. 52, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301

Linked entries: fætt fǽtan

láðian

(v.)
Grammar
láðian, p. ode

hatefulloathed

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To be hateful or loathed Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.

stíme

(n.)
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Perhaps the alternative reading stune is the better, as it is said of the plant : stunaþ heó wærce . . . wið*-*stunaþ heó áttre. (?)

súþ-folc

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-folc, es; n.
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Norðmen wǽron súðfolcum swice, Cd. Th. 120, 17; Gen. 1996

un-hyldu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hyldu, (-o); f.

Disfavourunfriendliness

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wǽron ( who were hostile to the king ), Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 20

á-brégan

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Wǽron ðá fýnd ábrégede mid ðý egesan, Shrn. 136, 15. Add:

be-stapan

Grammar
be-stapan, l. be-stæppan,

to stepto tread

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Ð æt ðín fót ne bestæppe on his grinum, Hex. 52, 13. to tread, print a footstep þá lástas beóþ on þǽre ilcan onsýne þe hié þǽr on forman on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron, 61. H. 127, 21

fǽred-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽred-lic, adj.

Sudden

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Sudden Wundrodon ealle men ꝥ on swá lytlan fæce hine nán man findan mihte . . . and se cásere and his þegnas wǽron sárie for his fǽredlican (cf. fǽrlican, 225) áweggewitennysse all men wondered that all of a sudden nobody could find him . . . and the

mán

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Hwǽr syndon úre godas þe swylcra mána gyrnen swilce hiora wǽron, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 29. Add

bróc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bróc, es; m? [bróc, p. of bracan]

An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jadecaballus, equus vilior

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An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade; caballus, equus vilior Ðæt hie sécen him bróc on onráde, and on wǽne, oððe on ðon ðe hie á þrówian mǽgen that they look for themselves to ride on a horse, and in a wain, or in that which they can ever endure,

hlec

(adj.)
Grammar
hlec, adj.

Having cracks or rents

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Swíðe lytlum síceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýþ déþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr útáweorpe hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella sæviens, Past. 57, 1; Swt.

Linked entry: lec

spyrte

(n.)
Grammar
spyrte, an; f.

A basket

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Of ðære láfe wǽron gefyllede seofon spyrtan . . . . Spyrte biþ, swá swá gé sylfe witon, of rixum gebroden, oððe of palmtwygum, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 6-9: 396, 8. Siofun sperta septem sportas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 37: 16, 10

Linked entries: sperte spirte

á-stípan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stípan, p. te; pp. -stíped, -stípt

To bereave

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wǽron ástýpede (-stýpte, v. /. ) þæs heofenlican ríces, Wlfst. 252, II. Astýpte, Bl. H. 107, 4

Linked entries: stípan á-stépan

a-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-belgan, ic -beige, ðú -bilgst, -bilhst, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ, pl. -belgaþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen, v. trans. [a, belgan to irritate]

To cause any one to swell with angerto angerirritatevexincenseira aliquem tumefacereirritareexasperareincendere

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Wæs swýðe abolgen erat graviter offensus, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 8