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cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
cwedol, cwidol; adj. Ready of speech, talkative, eloquent
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Dicax, i. facundus, qui verbis jocatur in quamlibet rem, vel cwedel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 11. Quedol dicam (-x?), quedole, dicas, 106, 48, 49.

Linked entry: cwidol

fremsumnes

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Voc. ii. 125, 35.

ge-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfedness, e; f.
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Th. ii. 172, 31. Ðás herigendlicestan gehwyrfednysse ǽgðer ge dǽda ge þeáwa . . . þǽre árwurðan Egyptiscan Marian, Hml. S. 23 b, I. v. ge-hwyrfednes in Dict

ge-rówan

(v.)
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L. 8, 26. to traverse in a vessel, row along a boundary Ða ic sylf stundum gerád, stundum gereów, C. D. v. 331, 2

Linked entry: rówan

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Gif hé on ungehálgedum Crístes mǽle mánswerað si in cruce non consecrata perjuraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 158, 37. Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19.

á-dwelian

(v.)

To wander, stray

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Th. ii. 514, 23. Ðá hrægel from hǽlo gife ne ádweledon indumenta a gratia curandi non vacarunt, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 6. trans. Similar entries (in Dict.) v. next word

ærning

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And ic nóht ðon ǽr ðǽre ærninge blon 'quam magnum vae facis mihi sic equitando.' Et ego nihilominus coeptis institi vetitis, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 19. Mid swíðe geswenctan horse for ærninge vehementer equo in cursu fatigato, Gr. D. 38, 30. Add

be-þencan

consider

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Th. ii. 174, 25. to entrust to (for examples v. Dict.).

botl

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For þám þá æftran cyningas him botl (uillam) worhton on þám lande þe Loidis is háten, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 173, 13-21. Þæs cynges botl, Hml. Th. i. 244, 19: ii. 480, 6. Tó Melantian (cf. wíf wæligon ǽhtum, Melantia gecýged, 133) botle, Hml. S. 2, 262.

be-witan

(v.)
Grammar
be-witan, ic. he -wát, ðú -wást, pl. -witon; p. -wiste, pl. -wiston; pp. -witen; v. trans. [be near, witan to know, see, take care of]

To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administerpræesse, administrare

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To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administer; præesse, administrare Ðe ealle his þing bewiste qui præerat omnibus quæ habebat, Gen. 24, 2. Ne miht ðú leng tún-scíre bewitan jam non poteris villicare, Lk. Bos. 16, 2: Ex. 3, 7: 5,

Linked entry: be-wiste

ríht

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In rihte beborene municipales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 16. Sé ꝥ gebéte his dryhtne .c. sciłł. an eald reht, Ll. Th. 38, 6. Add Méda beeástan ee swé ðér mid riahte tó ðém lande limpað, C. D. ii. 75, 20. <b>III a.

sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽlþ, e; f.

Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity

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Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity (the word is generally in the plural) Ic nú haebbe ongiten ðæt ða míne sǽlþa and seó orsorgnes ðe ic sǽr wénde ðæt gesǽlþa beón sceoldan náne sǽlba ne sint I have now seen that my prosperity and security

ÍSEN

(n.)
Grammar
ÍSEN, es ; n.

Ironsteel

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Ath. i. 14; Th. 206, 23. Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæðer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen, L. Eth. iii. 6 ; Th. i. 296, 4. Ácele ðú wealhát ísen ðonne hit furþum síe of fýre átogen cool very hot iron when it is just drawn from the fire, L.

ge-défe

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III. of things. quiet On tídum gedéfum horis quietis, Hy. S. 4, 30. In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning Ealle þe . . . his gedéfne weg lustum gangað omnes . . . qui ambulant in viis ejus, Ps. Th. 127, 1.

simbel-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
simbel-geféra, an ; m.
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One who continually goes with another, a constant companion Nis hit nó ðæt án ðæt swá eáðe mæg wiðerweard gesceaft wesan ætgædere symbelgeféran, ac hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnigne mæg bútan óðrum bión it is not only that it is so easy for opposites

Linked entries: ge-féra symbel-geféra

cann

(n.)
Grammar
cann, e; f.
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E. 16; Th. i. 34, 12. Ðanne is cirican canne riht then is the church clearance right, L. Wih. 21; Th. i. 42, 1

cwacung

(n.)
Grammar
cwacung, e; f.

QUAKING, trembling tremor

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Th. i. 504, 28. Búton cwacunge without guaking, ii. 32, 18

bige

(n.)
Grammar
bige, es; n? [bycgan, bicgan to buy]

A buying, exchange, commerce, trafficemptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus

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G. 5; Th. i. 156, 2-4

Linked entry: byge

scild-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
scild-hreóða, -hréða, an ; m.
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Voc. ii. 56, 63

Linked entry: scild-réða

helle-fýr

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On hwylc gerád is hit tó gelýfanne ꝥ ꝥ líchamlice hellefýr mage geniman þá unlíchamlican wísan þǽre sáwle ?, Gr. D. 303, 18. Hweþer hit sý tó gelýfanne ꝥ sý án hellefýr (unus gehennae ignis) . . . witodlíce án hellefýr is, 333, 13-16.