godweb-cynn
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K. p. 152, 22. v. god-webb; 1, 3
bile-wit
plausible
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Add: generally in a good sense Biluit mansuetus, Mt. L. 21, 5. Bilwit simplex, Lk. L. 11, 34. Bilewite mitis, Ps. Spl. 85, 4. Bilwite (bylehwit later MS.), Mt. 11, 29. Iacob wæs bilewitte (simplex) man, Gen. 25, 27. Basilius se bylewitta (-wyta, v. l
wearr
A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity
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A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity Wear callus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 12. War. i. 291, 8. Wær callositas, Hpt. Gl. 490, 33. Ða wearras and ða swylas ðe beóð on mannes handum oððe on óðrum limum, Lchdm. i. 356, 16. Wiþ weartum
ge-orwénan
To despair, to be out of hope ⬩ despērāre
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To despair, to be out of hope; despērāre Georwened despērātus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 38. Ðæt he ðý earmlícor georwénedre hǽlo hér nú forwurde quo mĭsĕrābĭlius ipse despērāta sălūte pĕrīret, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 3
Linked entry: or-wénan
wudu-bearu
A grove of trees ⬩ a wood
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A grove of trees, a wood Wudubearwes weard (the Phenix), Exon. Th. 208, 7 ; Ph. 152. On wudubearwe Similar entries (cf. on holtwuda, 1. 16), 209, 11 ; Ph. 169. Ðæt treów, ðe wexeþ on ðam wudubearwe, Wulfst. 262, 6. Wǽrun wudubearwas on wyndagum exultabunt
flot-smere
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Floating fat, fat or grease floating in a vessel in which meat is cooked Gýme hé ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare . . . ne flǽsc ne flotsmeru, ne cyse ne cyslyb, Angl. ix. 260, 13. Substitute:
a-wéstan
To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ depopulate ⬩ ravage ⬩ destroy ⬩ vastare ⬩ devastare ⬩ desertum facere ⬩ desolare
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To waste, lay waste, depopulate, ravage, destroy; vastare, devastare, desertum facere, desolare Hí awéste eam vastavit, Jos. 10, 39. Hí ealle Ægypta awéston they laid waste all Egypt, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 26. Troia awésted wæs Troy was laid waste, 2,
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willan
to boil ⬩ to torment, agitate, with violent feelings
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to boil (trans. ) Wyl (wel, v. l.) on wætere . . . wyl on ealdan wíne, Lchdm. i. 72, 7, 23. Wel on buteran, ii. 22, 25. Wæl, i. 374, 8. Wæll, 378, 3. fig. to torment, agitate, with violent feelings (cf. figurative uses of weallan and seóþan) Hé wylleþ
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denu
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Denu myrtea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 20. On middan þǽre dene, Iosaphaf. Seó dene is betwux þǽre dúne Sion and þám munte Oliueta, Hml. Th. i. 440, 15. Án ðeóstorful dene, ii. 338, 5. Bituih iúih and úsih dene micel ( chaos magnum ) gefæstnad is, Lk. L. 16, 26
a-wédan
To be mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be angry ⬩ to go or wax mad ⬩ revolt ⬩ apostatize ⬩ in furorem agi
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To be mad, to rage, to be angry, to go or wax mad, revolt, apostatize; in furorem agi Awéddon ða nýtena the cattle became mad, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 31. Se ðe for sleápe awéd phreneticus = φρενιτικόs, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 40; Wrt. Voc. 45, 72
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ge-gyrian
To clothe ⬩ put on ⬩ adorn ⬩ endow ⬩ vestire
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To clothe, put on, adorn, endow; vestire Ðú gegyrydist, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 2. Ðone líchoman gegyredon clothed the body, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 21. Gegyrewod endowed, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 12
smeoru
Fat, grease, suet, tallow ⬩ adeps, arvina, unctura ⬩ grease, fat, butter
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Fat, grease, suet, tallow in the following glosses: Smeoru unguentum Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 9. Unsilt smeoro saevo 119, 45. Smero sevo (in a list 'de igne') i. 284, 27. Unámaelte smeoruwe pice, saevo ii. 117, 28. Smerwe sevo 80, 45. Smeruwe Hpt. Gl. 503,
ferde
- Bd. 2, 9 ;
- S. 512, 5: Chr. 737 ;
- Erl. 47, 22 ;
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of feran
rest
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Add [Niht]licere ræste nocturnae quieti ł somno, An. Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36. Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan
on-hebban
to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice) ⬩ to raise (as barm does), to leaven ⬩ to take up, begin ⬩ to take away ⬩ metaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)
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to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice) Ðonne ic mec onhæbbe, and hí onhnígaþ tó mé, Exon. Th. 412, 28; Rä. 31. 7. Ðá onhóf Laurentius his égan up, Shrn. 116, 4. Petrus onhóf his stefne, Blickl. Homl. 149, 21. to raise (as barm does), to leaven Ne ete gé
for-weddod
Pledged ⬩ oppignĕrātus
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Pledged; oppignĕrātus Forweddod [MS. for-weddad] feoh pledged property; fīdūcia, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 13; Wrt. Voc. 21, 8
medu
Mead ⬩ a drink made from honey
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Mead, a drink made from honey Medu medo velmedus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 41. Meodu medo, 82, 30. Medo mulsum, 290, 60. Medo, geswét vel weall defrutum, i. vinum, ii. 138, 24. Meodu, Andr. Kmbl. 3051; An. 1528. Medewes defruti, Hpt. Gl. 480, 74. Ða mǽla ðe
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Icenhilde strǽt
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the old road running from the coast of Norfolk through Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire, thus connecting g Ðis synd ðá landgemǽre intó Uffentúne ( Upton in Berkshire ) . . . intó Ikenilde strǽte; of Ikenilde strǽt, C. D. v. 252, 30. Úp on
weoloc-reád
Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple
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Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple Wiolocreád, wilocreád coccum bis tinctum, Txts. 51, 496. Weolocreád Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 43: cocco, 77, 20. Weolcreád coccum, 14, 57: coccum rubicundum bis tinctum i. 34, 10. Weol[c]rǽd coccinea
Linked entry: wolc-reád
flohten-fóte
Web-footed ⬩ palmĭpes
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Web-footed; palmĭpes Ne ete flohtenfóte fugelas let him not eat web-footed birds, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 9
Linked entry: fleohtan