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wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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Ic ofslóh wer on míne wunde (in vulnus meum), Gen. 4, 23. Gástes wunde sins, Ps. C. 51. Beóð wunde (wunda, Soul Kmbl. 177) onwrigene, ða ðe firenfulle men geworhton, Exon. Th. 372, 9; Seel. 89. Mínra wunda sár dolorem vulnerum meorum, Ps.

gird

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Hé him bebeád ꝥ hí náht on wege ne námon búton gyrde (gerde, R., gerd, L.) áne, Mk. 6, 8. a rod for chastisement or punishment Mid gierde mon bið beswungen, and mid stæfe hé bið áwreðed.

CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boyyouthattendantservantKNIGHT:puerjuvenisadolescensservus

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He seðle gesette in ðære cneohtas and geonge menn lǽrde wǽron he set up a school in which boys and young men were taught Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45, col. 2. Ðyssum cnyhtum wes líðe be gentle to these boys Beo. Th. 2443; B. 1219.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Ne ðon má se ðe gehát gehǽt, ne wéne hé ðæt hé sié á ðý neár hefonríce, gif hé hine from went ðæm gehátum nor any more let him that vows a vow suppose that he be ever the nearer heaven, if he turns from those vows, Past. 51; Swt. 403, 2.

Linked entries: þanne þon

ge-riht

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Landlaga sýn mistlice swá ic ǽr sǽde; ne sette na ðás gerihtu ofer ealle ðeóda, 440, 20.

cyne-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-ríce, cyne-rýce, es; n.

A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm regnum

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He ge-eóde ealle ða cynerícu ðe on Crécum wǽron he over-ran all the kingdoms which were in Greece, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 58, 39. Cyneríca mǽst greatest of kingdoms, Exon. 85a; Th. 321, 1; Wíd. 39.

Linked entry: cyning-ríce

DELFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DELFAN, ic delfe, ðú delfest, dilfst, he delfeþ, dilfþ, pl. delfaþ; p. ic, he dealf, ðú dulfe, pl. dulfon; subj. delfe, pl. delfen; p. dulfe, pl. dulfen; pp. dolfen; v. a.

To dig, dig out, DELVEfŏdĕre, effŏdĕre

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Wæterpyttas ðe ge ne dulfon wells which ye dug not, Deut. 6, 11. Hí dulfon áne mycle díc they dug a great ditch, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 22: Ex. 7, 24: Ps. Lamb. 21, 17: Ps. Th. 56, 8.

FORD

(n.)
Grammar
FORD, gen. fordes; dat. forde, forda; m.

A FORDvădum

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Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum the Welsh staked the ford of a river all with great sharp piles, Chr. Erl. 5, 9, 12. Ofer ðone ford trans vădum, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 38: Byrht. Th. 134, 22; By. 88: Beo.

Linked entry: fyrd

frum-cenned

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
frum-cenned, -cend; def. se -cenneda; part.

first-begottenfirstbornprimogĕnĭtusprimitiveprimĭtīvus

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Ðe on ðæm lande frumcennede wǽron who were firstborn in the land, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 5. He ætbræd me míne frumcennedan primogĕnĭta mea tŭlit, Gen. 27, 36.

fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Ceadwalla fór to Róme, and fulwihte onféng from ðam pápan Ceadwalla went to Rome, and received baptism from the pope, Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 6: 878; Erl. 80, 18: Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 3; Seel. 86: Andr. Kmbl. 3258; An. 1632: Elen. Kmbl. 383; El. 192.

heófian

(v.)
Grammar
heófian, p. ode

To lamentmournwailbewail

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Wá eów ðe nú hlihgaþ gé sceolon heófian and wépan woe to you that laugh now, ye shall mourn and weep, 180, 15. Ðá ongann Ypolitus sárlíce heófian then Hippolytus began sorely to lament, 428, 12: 408, 9: L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 398, 36.

ge-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séðan, p. de; pp. ed [séðan to affirm]

To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirmeffāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre

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Ða wurdon mid manegum tácnum geséððe which were proved by many miracles, Homl. Th. ii. 130, 11

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An oratorspokesman

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Th. 320, 5; Víd. 24 : -- Þyle weóld Rondingum. ¶ In Beowulf the þyle of the Danish king is mentioned : -- Húnferþ þyle, Beo. Th. 2335; B. 1165. Þyle Hróðgáres, 2917; B. 1456.

Linked entries: þele þyl-cræft

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Weak, sick, ill, infirm Untrum infirmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 45. Untrum ic eom infirmus sum, Ps. Spl. 6, 2: Mt. Kmbl. 25, 36. Næs ðæra leóda ǽnig untrum non erat in tribubus eorum infirmus, Ps. Th. 104, 32. Þeówa untrum servus male habens, Lk.

weorold-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-spéd, e; f.
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Ðé Dryhten geaf welan and wiste and woruldspéde, Andr. Kmbl. 636; An. 318. Ðonne hié wilniaþ ðæt hié hira woruldspéda (world-, Cott.

eáþe-lic

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Th. i. 358, 28. inconsiderable, slight. of living things, weak, tender Swilce hé tótǽre sum eáðelic ticcen, Jud. 14, 6. Wyrta sind eáðelice gesceafta, and ðurh winterlicne cyle symle forseariað, Hml. Th. ii. 464, 6.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

ge-hwider

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D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition Hé hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.

ge-scrífan

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Gewát hé féran, swá him Scyppend wera gescrifen hæfde, 788. ' of the orders of secular or ecclesiastical law Symble se man þám óðrum byrigean gesette, and þám riht áwyrce þe tó hiom Cantwara déman gescrífen, Ll.

ge-teórian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teórian, l. ge-teórian,
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and add: of persons, to be exhausted, be fatigued. of bodily weariness Gif mon fram longum wege geteórod sié, Lch. ii. 150, 19. Mé genihtsumiað þás tintrega, for þon ic eom geteórod . . . þú wást þá menniscan týddernysse, Bl.

geára

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Sé wæs geára (gára, v. l.) and longe þǽm Godes were in wǽre geðeóded gástlices freóndscipes iamdudum uiro Dei spiritales amicitiae foedere copulatus Bd. 4, 29 ; Sch. 527, 16. Ná ealles full geáre (geáro, v. l.) non ante longa tempora Gr. D. 228, 5.