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tó-stician

(v.)
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Hét mé man ꝥ ic ðone swile tósticode jusserunt me incidere tumorem illum, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 447, 3. Add

wundrung

Grammar
wundrung, <b>. I.</b>
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add: — Wiþ lungenádle, genim þǽre sylfan wyrte seáw, syle drincan; mid heálicre wundrunge hé bið gehǽled, Lch. i. 96, 10

á-gælwed

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; but', and add Þá wearþ ic ágelwed (-gaelwed, v.l. ) and swíþe áfǽred, Bt. 34, 5 ; F. 140, 9

á-stirfan

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., and add: to destroy Ǽghwilc wæstma seten ástærfed bið ( eradicabitur ). Mt. L. 15, 13

Linked entry: á-sterfan

eág-gebyrd

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Substitute: The nature of the eye Is seó eággebyrd stearc the eye is by nature strong; ingentes oculi, Ph. 301

heáfod-stów

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stów, e; f.

A place for the head

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A place for the head Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1

béc-rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
béc-rǽding, e; f.

Reading of books

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Reading of books Se biscop in bécrǽdinge (bóca rǽdinge,v. l. lectioni) geornfull wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 15

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

hyht

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<b>la.</b> </b> in gen. Ne bið him wynne hyht, Ph. 480. Þú mé gelǽddest mid lufan hyhte deduxisti me quia factus es spes mea, Ps. Th. 60, 2.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ben. 116, 20. <b>V a.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

gild

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Bd. 2, l ; Sch. 109, 22. Gield sacra (Deorum destruxit ), Wrt.

mid

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Se wer þe mid his ágene (-on, v. l. ) wíf bið slǽpende, Bd. 1, 27 ; Sch. 86, 1. Ána mid him sylfum alone by himself, Gr. D. 105, 29 : 32 : 106. 24. <b>II a.

ge-beódan

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Hit beó seofon nihtum geboden ǽr gemót sý notice of a meeting must be given seven days before it. is to be held, 208, 27. to offer, to offer for acceptance, of material objects Hé Willferð bæd þæt hé him þæs síðfates látteów wǽre, and him micel feoh

ge-wundian

(v.)
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<b>I b.</b> of the action of animals :--- of a surgical operation (lit. or fig.)

wearg

(adj.)
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wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Lást wergan gástes ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 266; B. 133. Wergan gástes the devil's, 3499; B. 1747. Ðæm wergan gáste wiþstondan, Blickl. Homl. 135, 11. Werigan, Cd. Th. 309, 17; Sat. 711. Wið ðone wergan gǽst, Exon. Th. 373, 30; Seel. 117. Weregan, Cd.

wífian

(v.)
Grammar
wífian, p. ode

To take a wifeto marryon

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Wífigende and gyfta syllende nubentes et nubtum tradentes, 24, 38. with an object governed by on Be ðam men ðe wífaþ on twám ge*-*swystrenum de homine qui duas sorores in matrimonium ducit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 11, tit. ; Th. ii. 180, 18.

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Hond feorhsweng ne ofteáh the hand refused not to strike a fatal stroke, Beo. Th. 4972; B. 2489 : 3045; B. 1520.

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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Seó bóc wæs yfele of Grécisce on Léden gehwyrfed ( translatam ), Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 698, 12.

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Flód blóde weól, Beo. Th. 2848; B. 1422. Weóll, 4282; B. 2138. Wið ðon ðe mon blóde wealle þurh his múð, Lchdm. iii. 44, 22. Wæs on blóde brim weallende, Beo. Th. 1699; B. 847. absolute Benna weallaþ wounds bleed, Andr. Kmbl. 2810; An. 1407.

Linked entry: for-weallen

feran

(v.)
Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]

To gomake a journeyset outtravelmarchsailīreĭter făcĕreproficiscitransīremigrārenāvĭgāre

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; Cri. 1416: Beo.

Linked entry: fyran

frécennes

(n.)
Grammar
frécennes, frǽcenes, frécednes, frécenis, frécnes, -nis, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Dangerperilhazardmischiefharmperīcŭlumdiscrīmenmălum

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He ongon ða frécenisse onweg adrífan cœpit perīculum abĭgĕre, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 25. Ðǽr seó frécnis mǽst wæs where the danger was greatest, 2, 7; S. 509, 24. To swylcre frécnesse discrīmĭni, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 16, MS.