wǽtan
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Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5. Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10. Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2.
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weard
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Wið wráð seros wearde healdan, 644; B. 319: Exon. Th. 48, 6; Cri. 767: 282, 16; Jul. 664. Weardum excubiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 12. Lux et tenebre ðe ðás werþeóda weardum healdaþ, Exon. Th. 192, 5; Az. 101. Wærda excubias, Hpt. Gl. 476, 29.
wuldor-cyning
The king of glory ⬩ the Deity
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Fáh wið wuldorcyning, Exon. Th. 364, 7 ; Wal. 67
worms
Corrupt matter
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Wið ða gerynnincge ðæs worsmes (wormses, v. l. ), i. 292, 8. On ða ádle ðe mon wormse spíweþ, ii. 200,. 21 : 208, 5. Hreófeligum wormse elephantino tabo, Hpt. Gl. 490, 38.
afor
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Swéte wín sél mylt þonne ꝥ áfre, 196, 25. Por and cawel and eal þá þe sýn áfer, 26, 18. Swá hwylce þincg swá syndon áfore oððe bitere, i. 310, 12. bitter, of complaint, &c. Mid biterum (áfrum) heófum amaris questibus , An.
ge-gremian
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Se wísa ne wilnað ná tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh hé gegremed sié sapiens laesus in praesens se ulcisci non desiderat, Past. 220, 15. Hé geseah þæt hé wæs bepǽht, and wearð þearle gegremod, Hml.
ge-martyrian
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; P. 122, 16. to inflict suffering on, torture Þá clǽnan þe dæghwámlíce campiað . . . wið unlustas . . . Hí beóð Crístes martyras þurh ðá munuclican drohtnunge, ná ǽne gemartirode, ac oft dígollíce, Hml. A. 36, 295
god-fæder
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Add: a godfather Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17: 52, 4-15. Godfæder his godbearn lufie, Wlfst. 74, 13. Petrus wæs his ( St.
leáf
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Ben. 67, 7. v. cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf
práfost
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Ðá ondranc sé þæs wætres and sealde hit þǽm bréðer ðe him æt stód, ðæs mvnstres prófoste ( this detail is not given in Bede's Life) . . . þá hí þá tíd hæfdon ymb ꝥ tó spreconne, þá ondette heora ǽgðer óþrum ꝥ hí nǽfre ǽr sélre wín ne druncon, Shrn. 64
pund
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 11, Mid .v. pundum mǽrra pæninga, 62, 9.
holm
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Wíde rád ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste [ of the ark ], Cd. 69; Th. 84, 5; Gen. 1393.
ge-swícan
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Lind. 5, 11. with the genitive Wile heó ðæs síðes geswícan it will desist from its course, Salm. Kmbl. 647; Sal. 323. Gif he unrǽdes ne geswíceþ if he desist not from mischief, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 7; Rä. 28, 12.
be-sprengan
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Besprengc hyne mid ðam wætere besprinkle him with the water, Herb. 86, 4; Lchdm. i. 190, 11
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bóc-cræft
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Book-learning, learning, literature; literatura Boétius wæs in bóccræftum se rihtwísesta Boëthius, in book-learning, was the most wise, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 13. Ðara bóccræfta of the knowledge of letters, of literature, Greg. Dial. pref. 2
cwylla
A well, spring ⬩ fons
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A well, spring; fons Riht súþ be eástan ðam cwyllan óþ ða wýde strǽte right south by east of the spring as far as the wide road, Cod. Dipl. 409; A. D. 946; Kmbl. ii. 265, 32
fleós
A fleece ⬩ vellus
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A fleece; vellus Gilde ðæt fleós mid twám pæningum let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 11, note 23, MS. B. In fleós in vellus, Ps. Surt. 71, 6
forþ-gelang
Dependent ⬩ pendens ⬩ nixus
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Dependent; pendens, nixus On wísum scrifte biþ swíðe forþgelang forsyngodes mannes nýdhelp on wise confession is greatly dependent the needful help to a sinful man, L. Pen. 1; Th. ii. 278, 2: 9; Th. ii. 280, 12
ge-fótcypsed
Bound with fetters ⬩ compĕdĭtus
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Bound with fetters; compĕdĭtus Infare on ðínre gesihþe geómrung gefótcypsedra introeat in conspectu tuo gĕmĭtus compedĭtōrum, Ps. Lamb. 78, 11 : Ps. Spl. 101, 21. Drihten tolýsþ gecospede oððe ða gefótcypstan Dŏmĭnus solvit compĕdĭtos, Ps.
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ofer-heortness
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Excessive feeling Mid oferheortnesse hé him wæs wánigende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces with bursting heart he was bewailing both his own and the people's hard fortune, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 20
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