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witud

Similar entry: witod

wisc

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For 'a marsh' substitute: A wish (wish a damp meadow, a marsh, D.D.), and add On ðám mǽdum .viii. æceras, and on myclan wysce (cf. in loco uulgari uocitamine æt miclamersce, 218, 18) . v. æceras, C. D. iii. 283, 10. Andlang burnstówæ ðænna ðǽr eást

wíse

Grammar
wíse, <b>. I.</b>
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Add On wunderlicum gemete, wíse mirum in modum, An. Ox. 1252. Add Treówþe, wíse pacto, i. iure, An. Ox. 2690. Ie mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tǽcne ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte, C. D. ii. 122, 2. Add Þá gelamp sum wundorlic wíse (þing

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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Hé ne dorste geopenian ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, ac hé dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

wítega

Grammar
wítega, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðe Hálend cwæð tó ǽs wítgum Iesus dixit ad legis peritos, Lk. R. 14, 3. Add

wí-gár

Similar entry: wíg-gár

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Se swég wæs þurh wítgan wítgod, 133, 31. Grammar wítegian, with a clause Hé wítgode, ðæt se Hǽlend sceolde sweltan for ðære þeóde, Jn. Skt. 11, 51. Hé wítgode suá suá hit geweorðan sceolde, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 11.

Linked entry: wítgian

Wihg(e)ra-ceaster

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bere-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
bere-wíc, (and? -wíce; f. cf. Lot. berewica)
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Mid allen ðám bere-wícan ðe ic habbe intó ðáre hálagen stówe gegifen, C. D. iv. 211, 27: 192, 7. Medeshámstede and tá berewícan þa þár tó héren, and Anláf-estún and þá(m) berewícan þár tó . . . Undelum and tó berewícum þár tó gebyreð, C. D. B. iii. 367

-wille

(suffix)
Grammar
-wille, (cf. willa will)

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to

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Behreówsunge má wyllan ðænne deáð penitentiam malle quam mortem, Anglia xi. 119, 66. ¶ the present participle used with force of Latin forms in -dus :-- Gefeán ðære willendan gesynto cupitae sospitatis gaudia Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 22. with a clause Wilt

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

hellewíte-bróga

(n.)
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helle wíte-brógan. Similar entries v. wíte-bróga. But cf. be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes hé leóþ geworhte de horrore poenae gehennalis carmina faciebat, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15), Wlfst. 151, 24

Linked entry: helle-wíte

nytan

(v.)
Grammar
nytan, = ne witan
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Wé witon ðæt God spæc wið Moyses; nyte wé hwanon ðes is, Jn. Skt. 9, 29. Wé nyton (nutu wé, Lind. : niton wé, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 27. Gé neton, Exon. Th. 282, 9; Jul. 660. Ic wiste ðæt ðú út áfaren wǽre, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33.

Linked entries: nást nát nitan

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, p. ode.

to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office

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Ic wille mid ðære geférrǽdene libban and ðære áre mid him notian ( enjoy with them the property given to them ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 344, 26. Grammar notian, with dat. Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon quis vestrum non utitur arte mea? Coll.

mín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, adj. pron.

Mine ⬩ my

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Grammar mín, with self agreeing with the noun (see also preceding word) On mínne sylfes dóm, Beo. Th. 4301; B. 2147. Grammar mín, agreeing with self Mínes sylfes múþ os meum, Ps. Th. 77, 2. Mínes sylfes gebed oratio mea, 140, 2.

orsorg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
orsorg-líc, adj. with gen.

Secure

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Secure Ðæt líf ðara gesinhíwena mæg bión orsorglíc ǽlcra wíta conjugalis vita a supfliciis secura est, Past. 51, 6; Swt. 399, 22

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum

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Grammar MID, with acc. Wes ðú hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr. Krnbl. 1828; An. 916. with the idea of joint action or companionship, in conjunction with, in company with, along with, Grammar MID, with dat. or inst.

Linked entry: mið

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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a dwelling-place, abode, habitation, residence, lodging, quarters Hé tó him wilniende wæs ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce hé mid árum on beón mehte, and his wíc ðaer on byrig beón mihte on his lífe, Chart. Erl. 69, 23. In locum qui dicitur

wlite-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-lic, Gr. D. 139, 18. v. wíte-lic
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prophetic

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose

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Grammar myntan, with a case Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton sed quae proposuimus intueamur, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 11.

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