wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Ne férde heó wórigende geond land, ac wæs wunigende binnan Godes temple, Homl. Th. i. 148, 3: ii. 160, 21. Wórigende geond wudas and feldas, 188, 14. Eówre beam beóð wórigende on ðisum wéstene felii vestri ernnt vagi in deserto, Num. 14, 33 : Homl.
á-beran
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Se drenc wæs deádbǽre, ðá ðá hé ne mihte lífes tácn áberan ( the vessel containing the liquor had burst when the sign of the cross was made ), Hml. Th. ii. 158, 23. to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.
be-hweorfan
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Þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþ ꝥ heó bebyrged wæs, Hml. S. 10, 270. Ǽlc preósta æfter forðsíðe georne behweorfe and ne geþafige ǽnig unnit æt þám líce, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 12. Pilatus geþafode ðám ðegene ( Joseph ) þæt hé hine behwurfe. Hml.
crístnian
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Add: to instruct in the Christian religion previous to (adult) baptism, to catechize Þá crístnade hé mé ( me cathecizare ipse curavit ) . . . and æfter medmiclum fæce . . . ic gefullad wæs, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 1-19.
for-wiernan
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Him wæs forwyrned ðæs inganges, Hex. 26, 17.
ge-neósian
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S. 2, 130,' Ic wæs geuntrumod, and gé mé geneósodon (visitastis, Mt. 25, 36)' . . . ' Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé untrumne, and wé ðé geneósodon (venimus ad te, Mt. 25, 39) ?,' Hml. Th. ii. 108, 7-13. Utan seóce geneósian, Wlfst. 119, 9 : Guth. Gr. 163, 49.
ge-sceap
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Nípende niht, scaduhelma gesceapu scríðan cwóman, B. 650. nature, natural condition Án þára nunnena wæs swýþe fægru æfter þæs líchaman gesceape una virginum juxta carnis hujus putredinem speciosa videbatur, Gr. D. 28, 26.
ge-frédan
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Ðonne gefréd (-frét, v. l. ) hé ǽresð hwelc heó tô habbanne wæs, Past. 249, 7. Ðæt hié ongieton and gefrêden ðæt hié suá micle má beóð Godes bearn, 251, 21
hreód
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Wæs seó burh mid þý hreóde . . . þe wé ǽr sægdon geworht oppidum ex his arundinibus quas ante descripsimus erat edificatum, 10, 13.
hungor
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Ic. personified, An. 1089: 1116 (in Dict.). lack of food in a country, a famine Wæs geworden mycel hunger (-or, R. ) facta est magna fames, Lk. 4, 25. Hunger suíðe strong fames ualida, Lk. L. 15, 14.
nacod
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</b> of a surface, bare, without a covering :-- Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on his hǽran (earan, MS., but cf. on flóre licgende, on stíðre hǽran, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 31 : both passages refer to St. Martin) oþþe elles on nacodre eorðan, Bl.
teón
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</b> add :-- Hé plegode and fela fægera þinga forð teáh þe þám folce ungecnáwe wæs, Ap. Th. 17, 13. <b>III 6.</b> add :-- Ofer mǽðe úre þú forð týhst sprǽce ultra aetatem nostrum protrahis sermonem, Coll. M. 32, 11.
wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Hæfde hé mé gebunden mid ðære wynsumnesse his sanges, ðæt ic his wæs swíþe wafiende cum me stupentem carminis mulcedo defixerat Bt. 22, 1;Fox 76, 7. (2a) case uncertain :--Hwæt is ðeós wundrung ðe gé wafiaþ, Exon.
BRÝD
A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman ⬩ sponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier
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Ðá wæs Adames brýd gáste gegearwod then Adam's bride was endued with soul, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 16; Gen. 186. Him brýd sunu brohte his wife brought to him a son, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 16; Gen. 1171.
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ofer-méttu (o)
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness
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Lét befeallan on ðæt éce fýr ðe him gegearcod wæs for heora oferméttum, Homl. Th. i. 12, 4: Met. 5, 32 : Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 9-11. Mid ofermétum superbia Past. 42, 2; Swt. 307, 7. Ne mæg hé wið ofermétta, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 10.
snytro
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Se þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs 66, 14; Gen. 1084. Ic eom gewis ðínra mægena and snytro Lchdm. i. 326, 4. Snyttro Elen. Kmbl. 586; El. 293. Hié ðære snytro gelýfdon Cd. Th. 217, 25; Dan. 28.
ge-sleán
To strike ⬩ pitch [a tent] ⬩ smite ⬩ slay ⬩ quell ⬩ forge ⬩ fight ⬩ obtain by fighting
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Wulfheard aldorman micel wæl geslóg and sige nom alderman Wulfhard made a great slaughter and got the victory, Chr. 837; Erl. 66, 5: 845; Erl. 66, 24: 823; Erl. 62, 17: 867; Erl. 72, 15: Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 23.
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wer-gild
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Theodore brought about peace between them 'ðæt nǽniges mannes feorh tó lore wearþ, ne máre blódgyte wæs for ðam ofslægenan cyninges bréðer, ac hé mid feó wiþ hine geþingode, ðæt heora sib wæs,' Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 24.
healf
a half
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Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs . . . and se healfa dǽl wæs Círuse æfter fylgende, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25-30. Gteald tó healfan dǽle meiddaneardes, Hml. Th. i. 68, 35.
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wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Skt. 1, 3. to write, state in a book Wríteþ Eutropius ðæt Constantinus wǽre on Breotene ácenned, Bd. l, 8;S. 479, 31.