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ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Th. ii. 446, 17. attention, cultivation. v. ymb-hweorfan, Gif se wíngeard næfð ðone ymbhwyrft, and ne bið onriht gescreádod, ne bið hé wæstmbǽre, ac for hraðe áwildaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 14

heán-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
heán-mód, adj.

Dejected, cast down, humiliated

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Ic sceal feor ðonan heánmód hweorfan I must go far thence with humiliated heart, 71 a; Th. 265, 32; Jul. 390

þeóh-geweald

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-geweald, pl. n.
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Genitalia Ða þeóhgeweald mid ðǽm þeóh-hweorfan genitalia cum genuclis, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 20

Linked entry: ge-weald

hám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-leás, adj.

Homeless

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Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9

níd-wædla

(n.)
Grammar
níd-wædla, an; m.

A needy person

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A needy person Ðú scealt on wræc hweorfan nacod niédwædla, neorxna wanges dugeþum bedǽled, Cd. Th. 57, 16; Gen. 929

Linked entry: wǽdla

scip-lád

(n.)
Grammar
scip-lád, e; f.
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Sailing, navigating Hé wolde on scypláde mid ða fǽmnan hám hweorfan navigio cum virgine redire disponebat, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 27

ceác-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
ceác-ádl, (ceóc-)
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Wiþ ceócádle, nim hweorfan, bind on his sweoran, and swile innan mid háte meolce, 310, 21

Linked entry: ceáce

eád-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
eád-gifu, -giefu, e; f.

Blessed grace, gift of blessednessbeāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum

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Blessed grace, gift of blessedness; beāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum Ðæt ðú me ne lǽte of lofe hweorfan ðínre eádgife that thou let me not turn from the praise of thy blessed grace, Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 2; Jul. 276

Linked entry: eád-giefu

sin-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
sin-dreám, es ; m.
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Tó heofonríces gefeán hweorfan móstan and ðǽr siððan á in sindreámum tó wídan feore wunian móstun, Exon. Th. 154, 20 ; Gú. 811 : 164, 23 ; Gú. 1016 : 225, 6 ; Ph. 385

geásne

(adj.)
Grammar
geásne, adj. c. gen.

Deprived ofvoid ofexpers

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Deprived of, void of; expers He sceal gódra gum-cysts geásne hweorfan he shall pass away, deprived of good blessings, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 15; Jul. 381. Ða sind geásne góda gehwylces those are void of every good, 68 b; Th. 255, 18 : Jul. 216

on-hinderling

(adv.)
Grammar
on-hinderling, adv.

Back

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Back Onhinderling hweorfaþ míne feóndas convertentur inimici mei retrorsum, Ps. Th. 55, 8: 69, 3

Linked entry: -hinderling

ge-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfedness, e; f.
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cf. ge-hweorfan ; ) Þone bryne þǽre flǽsclican gehwyrfednysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 523. conversion Seó sóðe gehwyrfednes ( conversio ) mæg beón on þǽre ýle-mestan tíde, Ll. Th. ii. 172, 31.

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18), An. Ox. 23, 36

þanc-word

(n.)
Grammar
þanc-word, es; n.
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A word of thanks Swá scríþende hweorfaþ gleómen, þearfe secgaþ, þoncword sprecaþ, simle sumne gemétaþ geofum unhneáwne, Exon. Th. 326, 32; Víd. 137

feðer-hama

(n.)
Grammar
feðer-hama, -homa, an; m.

Feather-coveringfeathersplumagewingsplūmārum tegmenplūmapennæālæ

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Feather-covering, feathers, plumage, wings; plūmārum tegmen, plūma, pennæ, ālæ Geseó ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan mid feðerhaman I see his angels encompass him with feathery wings, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 6; Gen. 670.

Linked entry: fæðer-homa

nón-tíd

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Tó þǽre nóntíde hám hweorfan, Gr. D. 206, 18. Hé is deád gyrstandæge on þá nóntíde, 306, 10. Add

á-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwirfan, p. de
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Gedwolan fram Godes eágum áhwyrfan (-hwerfan, -hweorfan, v. ll.) errores a Dei oculis abscondere, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 642, 11. Áhwerfedum síþe uersa uice, An. Ox. 592. Áhwerfde deruta, i. eversa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 6

Linked entries: á-hwerfan á-hwyrfan

stræcness

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D. 345, 2. cf. stræc; : rigidity Gehýr nú þá ꝥ mín mód is gebéged mid þissere cýðnesse tó geleáffullnesse, ac swá þéh eft onsænded hit hweorfað tó þǽre strecnesse ecce testimonio ad credulitatem flectitur animus, sed dimissus iterum ad rigorem redit,

sinc-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gifa, an ; m.
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Se ðe wát his sincgiefan holdne beheledne hé sceal heán hweorfan he who knows his gracious lord buried shall wander downcast, Exon. Th. 183, 13 ; Gú. 1326. Hé his sincgyfan ( Byrhtnoth ) wrec, Byrht. Th. 139, 62 ; By. 278. Cf. sinc-gim, -þegu

wræc-lást

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-lást, es; m.

An exile-track

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Ic sceal hweorfan ðý wídor, wadan wræclástas, wuldre benémed, duguþum bedéled. Cd. Th. 272, 17; Sae. 121. Hé longe sceolde hréran mid hondum hrimcalde sǽ, wadan wræclástas (to wander an exile). Exon. Th. 286, 23; Wand. 5.