ge-wǽcednyss
Weakness
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Weakness Him nán þing ne eglaþ ǽnigre brosnunge oððe gewǽcednysse nothing pains him of any corruption or weakness, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 29
ge-wemmedness
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Hé búton ǽlcere gewemmednysse wuldrað mid Gode ... him nán þing wiðinnan ne eglað ǽnigre brosnunge oððe gewǽcednysse, Hml. Th. ii. 552, 24. moral, corruption, pollution, impurity Gewemednysse corruptionis (humanae spurcitiis carens ), An. Ox. 3712.
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lǽððu
An injury ⬩ offence ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malice
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Hé mid lǽððum ús eglan móste, Thw. 24, 12; Jud. 185. Ðone Jacobum Judǽa leorneras otslógan for Cristes lǽððum that James the disciples of the Jews slew from hatred to Christ, Shrn. 93, 12.
ge-yflian
to injure ⬩ to become ill
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Him geyfelade and ðæt him stranglíce eglade he fell sick and it afflicted him severely, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 33. Lazarus wæs geyfled Lazarus infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. 11, 2
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Wiht
the Isle of Wight
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Hié sealdon hiera nefum Wiht eáland (Wihte eáland, Wiht ðæt égland, Wihtland, v. ll.), 534; Th. i. 28, col. I. Ymbe Wiht ðæt ígland (Wiht-land, v. l.) Vectae insulae . Bd. pref. ; S. 472, 14.
healm
stubble ⬩ straw ⬩ a straw ⬩ stalk
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Th. i. 140, 13. a straw, stalk Eár spica, egla arista, healm culmus, codd folliculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 49: 67, 36. Healm vel stela culmus, ii. 137, 48. Ðá halm geberned paleas comburet, Lk. L. 3, 17. Ða halmas, Mt. L. 3, 12
hálig-nes
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</b> Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen . . . þæs hálines and wundor wǽron manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland (cf. cujus quanta fides in Deum, quae deuotio mentis fuerit, etiam post mortem uirtutum miraculis claruit, Bd. 3, 9), Chr. 641; P. 27, 24.
swimman
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Hié swumman ofer tó ðæm églande. Ðá hié ðá hæfdon feórðan dǽl ðære eá geswummen. Nar. 10, 29. Com tó lande lidmanna helm swymman, Beo. Th. 3252 ; B. 1624. Swimman hine geseón hearm getácnaþ. Lchdm. iii. 212, 18.
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eardian
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Wé witon óþer égland, þér gé magon eardian, pref.; P. 3, 12. to live, pass one's life Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ, Bl. H. 41, 28.
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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D. 565 Columba, messapreóst, com to Pyhtum, and hí gecyrde to Cristes geleáfan; ðæt sind ðonne ðone MS. wærteras MS. wærteres be norþum mórum; and heora cyning him gesealde ðæt égland ðe man nemnaþ Ií, ðǽr sindon v hída, ðæs ðe men cweðaþ.
irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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For eówre forhtnysse and yrhþe ðe eów eglaþ propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, Deut. 28, 67.
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hér
here . . . there
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Wé witan óþer égland hér be-eáston (to the east of this country), Cl. r. P. 3, II. beforan Ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuurifene siondon. C. D. i. 294, 3: Hml. Th. ii. 368, 5. Swá hit hér beforan gecweden is, Ll.
ge-cýþan
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His hálines and wundor wǽron manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland, Chr. 641 ; P. 27, 25
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Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Ne wearþ wæl máre Was no greater carnage on ðísum [ðys] églande ever yet, ǽfre gyta, . . . within this island, . . . syððan eástan, hider since from the east, hither Engle and Sexan up came upp becóman. Angles and Saxons [Engle and Sexe]. Gst.