wicca
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Ða fǽnman ðe gewuniaþ onfón wiccan, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 52, 10. Ne áxa náne wicca[n] rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat nec divinos, Deut. 18, 11
sín-lǽca
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Ða fǽmnan ðe gewuniaþ onfón gealdorcræftigan and scínlǽcan (-lácan, MS. H.) and wiccan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 50, 10. v. two following words
staþol-fæst
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Gl. 439, 63. stationary, keeping in one place Staþolfæst ne mæg gewunian in gebedstówe, Exon. Th. 265, 1; Jul. 374. Faraþ hý geond missenlíce þeóda, néfre staþolfeste, nǽfre wuniende, náhwár sittende, R.
FEN
FEN ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt ⬩ pălus ⬩ lŭtum ⬩ līmus ⬩ sordes
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Þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian the spectre shall dwell in the fen, Menol. Fox 545; Gn. C. 42: Beo. Th. 2595; B. 1295. Se ðe móras heóld, fen and fæsten who held the moors, the fen and fastness, Beo. Th. 208; B. 104.
langung
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness
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Hé for ðære langunga and for ðære geómrunga ðæs óðres deáþes leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte ... him nǽfre seó langung ne geteorode for grief and sorrow at the other's death he could not live in that land any longer ... his grief never wore itself
meltan
to melt ⬩ become liquid ⬩ be consumed, dissolved ⬩ to digest
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Ða ðe on ðære uferan wambe gewuniap and ne mágon meltan, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 17. Myltan, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 18. Wel meltende mettas, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 21
ge-béd
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Hé from gebede swíceð, ne mæg gewunian in gebedstówe, Jul. 373. Hié on gebed feóllon, Gen. 847. a prayer Críst sylf sang Pater noster ǽrest and þæt gebedd his leorningcnihtum tǽhte; and on ðám godcundan gebede sýn .VII. gebedu, Wlfst. 20, 16.
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13
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mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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On mynstrum fæste gewunian and regollíce libban ( said of abbots ), ix. 32; Th. i. 348, 1. In mynsterum, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 16; Gú. 387. Coloman twá mynstro geworhte, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 30. Twá æðele mynstere, 4, 6; S. 574, 12. Mynstru, R.
tácnung
Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering
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Gewuniaþ tó tácnuncge his mægenes gelómlíce wundor hǽlo geworden beón ad indicium virtutis illius solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, 4, 3; S. 570, 9. an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic Is seó stów nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó
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eard
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Eard gesécan to return to their country, 2, 4; S. 70, 15. of a more limited area, the place where a person lives, habitation, dwelling, home Hé leng on þám lande gewunian ne mihte, ac of his cýððe gewát and of his earde, Bl. H. 113, 12.
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian, wulf sceal on bearowe, Menol. Fox 495 ; Gn. C. 18. Sió wilde beó. Met. 18, 5. Seó leó ge-monð ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 12. Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, Exon.
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LAND
LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country
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Hé leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte he could not live longer in that country, 113, 11. On Lindesse lande in provincia Lindissi, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 34.
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þreágan
- Met. 26, 97.
to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproach ⬩ to punish one who deserves punishment ⬩ to chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amend ⬩ to chasten ⬩ correct ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ distress ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress
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Wé sculon men ðreágean swá swá ða gódan fæderas gewuniaþ heora bearn ða hí for heora synnum ðreágeaþ and swingaþ and hwæðere ða sylfan ðe hí mid ðám wítum ðreágeaþ and swenceaþ lufiaþ eác sic nos fidelibus tenere disciplinam debemus, sicut boni patres
grétan
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., 670. to touch, have to do with a person. to treat medically Gif se bríw and se drenc inne gewuniað, þú meaht þone man gelácnian; gif him of fleógeð, him bið selre ꝥ þú hine ná ne gréte, Lch. ii. 320, 20. of sexual intercourse Hé féng wíue his and
fore
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ at the head of ⬩ before ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in place of ⬩ instead of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ to the honour of ⬩ of ⬩ about ⬩ before ⬩ into the presence of
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Hé staþolfæst ne mæg fore leahtra lufan leng gewunian, Jul. 375. marking end to be attained: Wé sellað ðæt lond ... fore hyhte and fore aedleáne ðaes aecan and ðaes tówardon lífes, and fore uncerra sáula héla, C.
Linked entries: fóre-beón fóre-bétan fóre-gilpan
hǽlu
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Gewuniaþ . . gelómlico wundor hǽlo geworden beón solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 365, 16. Wundra manega hǽlo (monig wundur hǽlo, v. l.) gefremede wǽron mulra sauitatum sint patrata miracula, 5, 15; Sch. 649, 11.
spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Þurh ðínra dǽda spéd dagas hér gewuniaþ ordinatione tua perseverat dies, 118, 91. Hafast ðú heáh mægen ðínes earmes spéd wið ealle fýnd in virtute brachii tui dispersisti inimicos tuos, 88, 9. Þurh his ǽgne spéd witan, Exon. Th. 351, 9; Sch. 77.
þanan
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Ðonon him gelamp ðæt sume men gewuniaþ cweþan magis in officina sua residere, quam ad psallendum in ecclesia concurrere consuerat.
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óðer
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Hé for ðære geóm*-*runga ðæs óðres deáþes leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte, Blickl. Homl. 113, II. Án mann hæfde twegen suna. Ðá cwæþ hé tó ðám yldran . . . Ðá cwæþ hé ealswá to ðam óðrum, Mt. 21, 30.