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wit-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-seóc, adj.

Lunaticpossessed

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Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23. Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc.

wiþer-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cwide, es; m.

Resistanceoppositioncontest

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Ic on unriht lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8

á-gíta

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á-gíta, -giéta.
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Oððe eft se gilpna and se ágíta for his góda mirringe gilpe and wéne ðæt hé sié cystig and mildheort aut cum effuse quid perditur largum se glorietur , 19

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eálá

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Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, 219, 6. Eálá men þá leófestan, mycel wæs þes ǽrendwreca, Bl. H. 9, 12. Eáwlá, Ps. Srt. 117, 25. Add

ge-hýþness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýþness, ge-hýdness, e; f.
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commodity, convenience, advantage Ðý lǽs hié gedwelle sió gehýdnes and ðá getǽsu ðe hié on ðǽm wege habbað ne subsidia itineris in obstacula perventionis vertant, Past. 387, 13.

Linked entries: ge-hýdness -hýþness

ge-swætan

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, weld (cf. O. H. Ger. ge-sweizen frigere: Ger. schweissen to forge together) Gisuétit ferru*-*minatus. Goetz ii. 579, 58. ( See Angl. xx. 395. ) to cause to labour (?). v. swǽtan; <b>I a.

glæs

(n.)
Grammar
glæs, es; n.
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Án wurðlic weorc of glæse and of golde, Hml. S. 5, 252. Hwylce þinc gelǽdst þú ús? Mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs ( vitrum ), Coll. M. 27, 11.

tó-stregdan

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Swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten wearð geond eall ꝥ hús tanta illic fragrantia odoris aspersa est, Gr. D. 282, 19. Þá tóstrýddan gebricu dispersa fragmina. An. Ox. 11. 139

un-myndlinga

Grammar
un-myndlinga, <b>. I.</b>
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., inopinate) wearð ábysgod wíneard tó settanne, Gr. D. 88, 16

weorpan

Grammar
weorpan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>Ib.</b> where the implement used in throwing is given
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Þá hét hé mid þǽm palistas . . . þæt hiere mon mid þǽm þwyres on wurpe, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 10. 2. add Þá forceáw hé his ágene tungan, and wearp hine þǽr mid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 25.

spearnlian

(v.)
Grammar
spearnlian, p. ode

To spurnstrike out with the feetkick

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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht .

to do wrongbe guiltyto injuredestroy by wrongful workingto treat improperlyuse badlyto bring to an endto ruinto make guiltyto commit crime againstguiltycriminalsinfulto bring to an ill conditionto lose by evildoingto forfeitto bring aboutcause what is evil

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Tó ðám earde wǽron gesceapene, ac hit forwyrhton, ii. 222, 12. as a legal term Þá .iii. hída þe Wístán forworhte wið þone cyning mid unrihtum monslihte, Cht. Crw. 20, 27 (see note p. 113 on crimes for which forfeiture of land was a penalty).

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or downto transcribedescribecomposetranscriberedescribereconscriberecontexereto inscribeinscribereinscriptione ornareto carvedelineatedrawsculperedelineare

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Nú hæbbe we awriten ðære súþ now have we described the south, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 42.

Linked entry: a-wrát

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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We ðé willaþ ferigan efne to ðam lande we will convey thee even to the land [to the very land; in eandem terram], Andr. Kmbl. 587; An. 294: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 95; Met. 8, 48.

K

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For many years previous to 1111 the form is cyng, in that year we have Kyng Henri; again until 1122 the opening line of each annual contains the phrase Cyng Henri, then until the end the spelling is k.

wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
wuldrian, (and wuldran?); p. ode.

to glorifyto ascribe glory toto make gloriousbestow glory onto gloryto receive glorybe glorified

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sculon wuldrian and herian úrne Dryhten, Homl. Th. i. 44, 2 : Hy. 8, 1. Se is tó weorþienne and tó wuldrienne, Blickl. Homl. 197, 6. God wuldriende (wuldrigendo, Lind. : wuldrende, Rush.) and heriende, Lk.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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MS.) him sellað, nealles úre, 334, 18. Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, Prov. K. 51: Wlfst. 158, 37. Tó his ágenum hé com in propria venit , Jn. 1, 11. Cúþan mon ofslóg, and Ceaulin hwearf tó his ágnum, Chr. 584; P. 20, 4.

georn-full

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Hié cwǽdon ꝥ genóg raðe tó þǽm mere becwóman, gif geornfulle wǽron, Nar. 11, 28: Met. 19, 27. desirous, eager Geornful cupidus (castitatis amator ), An.

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Ne fó nó on ðá bisna . . . for ðára leásena spella lufan, ac for ðǽm ðe wolden mid gebécnan þá sóðfæstnesse, Bt. 35, 6; S. 101,12. Mid þám þe hé cwæþ: 'Uton wircean,' ys seó Ðrinnys gebícnod, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 15

ge-efenlǽcan

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sceolon geefenlǽcan þysum hyrdum, and wuldrian úrne Drihten, Hml. Th. i. 44, i. absolute Nelle þú geeuenlǽcan mid þám áwyrgendum noli emulari in malignantibus, Ps. L. 36, 1. Earfoþe tó geefenlǽcenne, R.