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Hé ne úde ðæt ǽnig óðer man ǽfre mǽrða ðon má gehédde ðonne hé sylfa he would not allow that any other man should have any more distinctions than he himself had, Beo. Th. 1012; B. 504. Wát ic sorga ðý má, Cd. 42; Th. 54, 33; Gen. 886.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Ne ic ðé weán úðe nor did I wish you ill, 163, 3; Gen. 2692. Nysses ðú weán ǽnigne dǽl you knew nothing of misery, Exon. Th. 85, 3; Cri. 1385 Ne lǽd ðú ús tó wíte in weán sorge, Hy. 6, 27.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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On (in) wedde[ge]syllan to give on covenant, to engage to do Ðá cwæð ic ðæt ic him wolde fylstan on ða geráda ðæt hé his mé úðe, and hé mé ðæt in wedde gesealde . . .
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ne dyde ic for feóndscipe, ne for wihte ðæs ic ðé weán úðe did it not from enmity, or from aught of ill will 163, 2 ; Gen. 2692. Hé nele láþes wiht geæfnan. Exon. Th. 357, 22; Pa. 32 : Cd. Th. 16, 13; Gen. 242.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
a-pinsian
To ponder ⬩ weigh ⬩ estimate ⬩ ponderare ⬩ pensare
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To ponder, weigh, estimate; ponderare, pensare Ðá ðá he ðæra Judea misdǽda ealle apinsode when he estimated all the misdeeds of the Jews; cum Judeæ singula delicta pensarentur, Past. 53, 3
a-scirian
To cut from ⬩ separate ⬩ divide ⬩ part ⬩ sever ⬩ separare ⬩ sejungere ⬩ excommunicare ⬩ destinare
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To cut from, separate, divide, part, sever; separare, sejungere, excommunicare, destinare He ascirede Adames bearn he separated Adam's sons, Deut. 32, 8. Ascyrud beón fram mannum moveri ab hominibus, Somn. 280. Ascyred and asceáden scylda gehwylcre sundered
for-trúwian
To be over-confident, rash ⬩ to presume ⬩ præsúmĕre ⬩ præcĭpĭtāre
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To be over-confident, rash, to presume; præsúmĕre, præcĭpĭtāre Ðú ðé fortrúwodest [MS. fortrúwudest] for ðínre rihtwísnesse thou wast over-confident on account of thy virtue, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 13. Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige lest
ge-inseglian
To seal ⬩ to impress with a seal ⬩ signare ⬩ obsignare
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To seal, to impress with a seal; signare, obsignare Hú nǽron ðás geinseglude on mínum goldhordum? whether these thingis ben seelid in myn tresouris? Wyc; nonne hæc signata in thesauris meis? Deut. 32, 34. Annas and Caiphas ðæt loc geinseglodon Annas
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ge-notian
To use, consume
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To use, consume Hie hæfdon hiora mete genotudne they had consumed their provisions, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31
ge-nyðerian
To humble, condemn
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To humble, condemn, Ps. Spl. 17, 29: Lk. 6, 37
weorod
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a host, troop, band, multitude, crowd Weorod agmen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 58. Werod, 6, 42. Werud cetus, i. congregatio, conventus, multitudo, 130, 79. Ðæt æfterfylgende weorod the multitudes (turbae, Mt. 21, 9) which followed, Blickl. Homl. 81, 14. Ðá cwom
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fald
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Falud (-aed) bobellum, Txts. 45, 310. Falod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 21. Falaed stabulum, Txts. 99, 1920. Fald volio (l. (?) ovile), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 62. Mid swylcum monnum byð hell gefylled swá swá fald mid sceápum, Ps. Th. 48, 13. On ðone ealdan fald; of
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða
ge-swælan
To light ⬩ kindle ⬩ inflammare ⬩ accendere
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To light, kindle; inflammare, accendere Geswælud spoon [ = spón,q. v.] vel tynder kindled chips or tinder; fomes, Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 35; Wrt. Voc. 39, 21