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wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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Ním swá wudu (-a, v. l. ) swá wyrt, of ðære stówe ðe his eard biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit dǽr náuht, for ðam ǽlces landes gecynd is, ðæt hit him gelíce wyrta and gelícne wudu týdrige, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 148,

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

á-hebban

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Ongan winn up áhebban wið heofnes wealdend raised war against heaven's ruler , Gen. 259. to remove Hé ðám menn undeádlicnysse onweg áhóf immortalitatem homini abstulit , Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 7. to bear, support Se maga and se unmaga ne magon ná gelíce

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

eft

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Add: of repetition, again Eft gelíce identidem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 50. Eft rǽdende lectitando, 50, 23. Wé nú gehýrdon þis godspel rǽdan, and þéh wé hit sceolan eft ofercweþan, Bl. H. 15, 31.

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Ben. 139, 4. a church, minster (v. mynster-clǽnsung) Ne sín ealle circan ná gelícre mǽðe worldlíce wyrðe . . . Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L.

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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Íne gelícre geswencednysse ða mǽgþe yfelade Ini simili provinciam illam adflictione mancipavit, Bd. 4, 15; S. 583, 31.

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Gelíce hwítum byrgenum, ða þinceaþ mannum útan wlitige (wlittig, Lind.speciosa ), Mt. Kmbl. 23, 27. Ne seleþ ðé wæstmas eorþe wlitige, Cd. Th. 62, 18; Gen. 1016. Ðás wlitegan tungl, Met. 28, 6. Ðe weorð wæstm ðý wlitegra, Cd. Th. 33, 14 ; Gen. 520.

efne

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H. 119, 2: 129, 16. of manner, degree Mid wíne and hunige gemenged gelíce efne ( just alike ), Lch. i. 363, 14. ¶ followed by swá, swelce :-- Cirican mund*-*byrd is efne swá cynges, Ll. Th. i. 330, 21.

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealthrichesabundancewealthwealprosperityhappy estate

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Beóð ðínes wífes welan gelíce swá on wín-gearde weaxen berigean uxor tua sicut vitis abundans Ps. Th. 127, 3.

Linked entries: wala weala weola

slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten

To slit, tear, rendto tear a garment rendto tear, split, rend, cleave, divideto tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, to tear, bite irritateto tear to destroy, waste, consumeto carp at, back-biteto tear attero to tear, split to tear, break scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere to slit, tear, break

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Ða wyrmas mid ðæm scillum gelíce mid ðé múþe eorþan sliton and tǽron oribus scamisque humum atterentes Nar. 14, 12. Gif hund slíte Lchdm. ii. 92, 10. Hié (lions and bears) noldon slítan hý (St. Tecla ) Shrn. 133, 10. Gesáwon fuglas slítan Cd.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Wese ic earmum gelíc ðe on sweartne grund syððan astígaþ ero similis descendentibus in lacum, Ps. Th. 142, 7. Ic of grundum cleopode de profundis clamavi, 129, 1. Ofer deópnesse ealra grunda above the depth of all abysses, Blickl. Homl. 241, 9.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Gelíc ðam wísan were (viro sapienti) Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. Se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man and glǽwne (virum sapientem et industrium), Gen. 41, 33. Hié sǽdon ðæt hié wǽren wiése (wíse, Cott.

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Hý árérdon unrihte tollas, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 15. that which is paid to individuals Sume men syllaþ cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclíce mylna ... ac hit ne gedafnaþ dæt man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 248-253.

gilpan

(v.)
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Tó þǽm tídun þe ús Rómáne oþwítað and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié ús ealneg fore giel-pað, ꝥ úre ne sién ðǽm gelícan, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 182, 16. Þæt sindon þá gódan tída þe hié ealneg fore gielpað, 5, I; S. 214, 4.

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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Hwelce bisena hé stellende wæs, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 24. of things Gelíce and seó burg wǽre tó bisene ásteald eallum middangearde, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 24. an exemplar, a model, pattern for the being, doing or making of something Wé sint gesceapene æfter

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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D. light; 10 b) Sé þe þeóf wrecan wille and ǽhlíp gewyrce oþþe on strǽte tó gelíht, Ll. Th. i. 230, II.

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VI. in phrases Gelíc ðám scipe ðe ðá ýða drífað út on sǽ swá hú swá se wind blǽwð, Hen. 46, 21. Begite hé, swá hú swá hé mæge, septies cxx manna, Ll., Th. ii. 286, 25

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Grammar wirsa, marking inferiority Hé bið swíðe gelíc sumum ðara gumena ðe him þringaþ ymbe útan; gif hé wyrsa ne bið, ne wéne ic his ná beteran, Met. 25, 20. Ǽlc man sylþ ǽrest gód wín, and ðonne hig druncene beóð ðæt ðe wyrse (wyrest, Rush.

húru

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Húru gif hé cwǽde þæt hé nǽre sumum óðrum mannum gelíc, ac hé cwæð, &#39;Ic ne eom swilce swá óðre men,&#39; 428, 21.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Swá gelíc swá ðú æt swǽsendum sitte, Bd. 2, 13; S. 556, 15. Suá suíðe suá hé of ðære ǽwe ne cerre so as he turn not from the law, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 4. Búton hé suá monige gecierre suá hé mǽsð mǽge, 28; Swt. 191, 9.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Þá maciað praeteritum on aui, 138, 11. to prepare or provide a meal, feast for guests Gelíc þám cyninge þe macode hys suna gyfta simile regi qui fecit nubtias filio suo, Mt. 22, 2. used with of to designate the action of causing what is denoted by the