neowol-ness
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Add: of a deep place on earen Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, v.ll.) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.
regn
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Wæs seó eá for regna (réna, v. l.) micelnesse swíðe réðe fluuius prae inundantia pluuiarum ripas suas transierat, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16. Ic wénde ꝥ þá triów for miclum wǽtan and regnum swá heáge weóxon.
scort
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Add Wæs þǽr án stów swýþe sceort ( locus brevissimus) in þæs muntes sídan, Gr. D. 49, 5. Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b.
þán
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Seó sáwel onféhð þán and wǽt bufan ... and heó onféhð þánum and wǽtum beneoðan, 246, 10-12
wild-deór
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Ymb þone Godes man þára manna heortan wǽron gewended in wilddeóra (wildeóra, v.l.) réðnesse, and þæs wilddeóres (wildeóres, v.l.) heorte wæs gehwyrfed in mænnisce bilwytnesse erga illum virum Dei eí ferina corda essent hominum, et quasi humana bestiarum
ríclíce
powerfully ⬩ with power ⬩ as one possessing power ⬩ splendidly ⬩ sumptuously
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On ðám dagum ríxode Æþelbyrht on Cantwarebyrig ríclíce, and his ríce wæs ástreht fram ðære micclan eá Humbre óð súðsǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 18. Ríclíce ł stranglíce ł ríclícost potentissime, Ps.
Linked entry: ríc-líc
wed-loga
One who is false to a pledge or engagement
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One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19.
ǽrend-wreca
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Gabriel wæs ðissa brýdþinga ǽrendwreca, Bl. H. 3, 19. Érendwrica legatus, Txts. 180, 10. Philippes tíd ðæs apostoles and ðæs Godes ǽrendwrecan, Shrn. 78, 4. Ærendwreocan, 108, 14. Ðá sende hé his ǽrendwreocan tó Wulfhearde, Cht. Th. 47, 9.
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Hwæt se wítega him be (by the way, on the road) wege sǽde, Hml. S. 18, 241. marking part handled Se wæs togen ofdúne be þám þeón and upp be þám earmum, Gr. D. 320, 19. Hé geféng be eaxle Grendles módor, B. 1537.
nemnan
to name ⬩ give a name to a person or thing ⬩ to use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing ⬩ to call upon the name of ⬩ address by name ⬩ to invoke ⬩ to mention by name ⬩ to mention ⬩ relate ⬩ to name ⬩ nominate
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Ðæs fæder wæs Wóden nemned, 1, 15; S. 483, 30: Blickl. Homl. 81, 1. On ðǽm bócum ðe nemned is Actus Apostolorum, 133, 11 : 137, 31. Ðæt wæs swíðe heálíc nama ðæt Sanctus Johannes engel wæs nemned, 167, 32.
ge-endian
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Þǽr wæs swíþe ryht dóm geendad a very just sentence was there carried out, Ors. 6, 34; S. 292, 2. Ꝥ ungeháten is sceal beón geendod, Bl. H. 189, 27. Fulwuiht ic hafo ... oðð ðá hwíl geendad sié, Lk. L. R. 12, 50.
A
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It generally appears in the radix before a doubled consonant, as swamm a fungus, wann wan; or two different consonants, as mp, mb, nt, nc, ng, etc.—Camp, lamb, plante, dranc, lang, etc.
tweó
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Him wæs on móde mycel tweó, hwæt hié be ðære dorstan dón, Blickl. Homl. 205, 10. Ná twý ys, ðæt . . . non dubium est, quod . . ., Scint. 48, 10.
wíd
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in reference to the dimensions of an object, wide, of (a certain) width Se arc wæs fíftig fæðma wíd, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 4. Fær gewyrc fiftiges wíd, ðrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta, Cd. Th. 79, 7; Gen. 1307.
cuman
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Mon cymen wæs of Alexandres herewícum, 18, 8. from a place, to get away Þæt hié nysten hú hié þonan cómen, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 16. <b>I a.
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Ða sǽ ðe wæs smylte wedere glæshlútru, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 24. Þeah nine (a sick man) mon on sunnan lǽde, ne mæg hé be ðý wedre wesan (he can't stand the weather), þeáh hit sý wearm on sumera, Exon. Th. 340, 18 ; Gn. Ex. 113.
ge-habban
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S. 3, 325. to treat well or ill Hé fram him fremsumlíce wæs onfangen and micle tíd mid him well gehæfd (-hæfed, v. l.) wæs (habitus est ), Bd. 4, 1; Sch. 340, 16. <b>XII a.
þrúh
Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb
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T.) ... ðá wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære ðrýh (ðonne seó ðrýh, MS. B.) ... Hí tóætýcton lengeo ðære ðrýh ... Ðá ðóhton hí ðæt hí óþre ðrýh (ðúrh, MS. B.) sóhton ... Ðá wæs seó ðrýh (þrúh, Bd.
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ge-hálgian
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Forlét se cyng þá hlǽfdian, seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne, 1048; P. 176, 7. Agustinus wæs gehálgod ærcebisceop Augustinus archiepiscopus ordinatus est, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 60, 10. Mid þǽm mannum þe beóþ Críste tó brýdum gehálgode, Bl. H. 61, 15.
ge-wunelic
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Cf. ge-wuna; 4, 5 Hit wæs þá gewunelic ꝥ man gesette on cranice ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him, Hml. A. 95, 122. Twégen sealmas æfter gewunelicum þeáwe (secundum consuetudinem), R. Ben. 37, 11; more solita, 61, 4.