wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Lind. 12, 48. where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment Hie (Adam and Eve) wǽron on helle fíf þúsend wintra and twá hund wintra ǽr ðon God wolde heó ðæs wræces unbindan, Anglia xi. 2, 24.
eard
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Th. i. 558, 24. in connexion with persons. the country where a person lives or is going to live Eardes álýsednys patrie liberatio, Hml. S. 8, 204. For hiora eardes lufan, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 38.
scír
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Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscíre lecge, L. Eth. vi. 21 ; Th. i. 320, 6. Gif preóst on unriht út of scíre hád begite, gilde .xii. ór, and þolie his hádes, búton scíre biscop him hádes geunne, L. N. P. L. 12 ; Th. ii. 292, 13.
Linked entry: scýr
ge-weald
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Hetend hildenǽdran þurh fingra geweald forð onsendan, El. 120. an implement that controls (lit. or fig.), a bridle On gewealde ceacan heora gewríð in camo maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Srt. 31, 12.
warenian
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Wé ágan þearfe, ðæt wé godcunde heorda warnian, hú hý Antecriste wærlícast magan wiðstandan, Wulfst. 80, 2. used reflexively, to be on one's guard, to look to one's self, take heed to one's self, take warning Ðurh gítsunge forlýst oft se árleása his líf
Linked entries: ge-warenian warnian wærnian wearnian
werian
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Utan líf and land ealle werian, L. Eth. v. 35; Th. i. 312, 22: Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 8. Burh werian, Blickl. Homl. 79, 16. Wígsteal wergan, Exon. Th. 315, 31; Mód. 39. Ealle ða ðe hié wergan noldon, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 4. <b>III a.
lǽran
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Add: to show the way (lit. or fig.) to a person Gáþ ealle on þone weg þe eów lǽraþ ðá foremǽran bisna þára gódena gumena, Bt. 40, 4; F. 238, 29. Simle ic þíne weogas wanhogan lǽrde doceam iniquos vias tuas Ps.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Lind. 6, 22. Tó wilnanne ad concupiscendam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 28. Án ðære sáwle gecynda is ðæt heó biþ wilnigende, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 4. Wilnigendum flagitante Wrt.
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Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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A list of his numerous books is given in Wright's Biographia Britannia Literaria, A. Sax. Period, pp. 485-494, and in Homl. Th. i. pp. vii-ix. Ælfric Bata was the pupil of the preceding Ælfric, the grammarian. In the title of the MS. in St.
LǼCE
A LEECH ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician ⬩ a leech
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Eálá lǽce gehǽl ðé sylfne [lá léce lécne ðec seolfne, Lind.] medice cura te ipsum, Lk. Skt. 4, 23. Cyneferþ lǽce se æt hire wæs ðá heó forþférde medicus Cynifrid, qui morienti illi adfuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 41. Hálig lǽce [the Deity] Hy, 7, 62; Hy.
scúfan
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Hé sceáf reáf of líce. Cd. Th. 94, 20 ; Gen. 1564. Hí dracan scufon, wyrm ofer weallclif, Beo. Th. 6254; B 3131. 'Uton hine underbæc sceófan' . . . Hí ðáá næs ácweald þurh ðam heálícan fylle, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 14-20.
Linked entries: æt-sceófan of-scýfende for-scúfan be-scúfan sceófan
þeówan
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Þýde conpressit (the line in Aldhelm is: Dulcia sed Christi compressit labra labellis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 33. Ðýde, 19, 67. Hé ðá hit eft sette on ðæt ylce þyrh and þýde mid his fét, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 72.
ende-mes
together ⬩ coincidence ⬩ straightway ⬩ at once
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S. 15, 62. in like manner Ne tódǽl ðú on tó fela ðín mód, and ðín weorc endemes, Past. 37, 17
ge-metgian
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Add: to set a measure or limit to something to prevent excess. the object personal For ðǽm ðæt gé eówer mód gemetgien on ðǽm níðe ut in increpationis zelo se spiritus temperet, Past. 159, 15. the object a thing Sé ðe gemetegað qui moderatur (sermones
heáp
a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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Ætýwdon monige heápas sweartra lígea (swearte heápas þára líga, v. l.) apparent crebri flammarum tetrarum globi, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 618, 16.
ryne
A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life
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Voc. ii. 50,42 . course of life Honorius æfter ðon ðe hé ða gemǽro his rynes gefyllde of ðissum leóhte leórde (postquam metas sui cursus implevit) Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 25.
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hiw
Shape, ⬩ make, ⬩ form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ species, ⬩ kind, ⬩ appearance, ⬩ symbol, ⬩ hue, ⬩ colour, ⬩ beauty
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On fýres hiwe like as of fire, 232, 15. On cuman hiwe as a guest, ii. 96, 35. Heowe, Blickl. Homl. 235, 29. Æfter his hiwe secundum speciem suam, Gen. 1, 12. Ðú eart wlitig on hiwe pulchra sis mulier, 12, 11.
ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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The indiction is a cycle or revolution of 15 years, like the date of the year from the Birth of our Saviour. Indiction was introduced by Augustine, through the influence of Gregory the Great.
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rǽran
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To cause to rise, to rear, raise. to lift up, move from a lower to a higher position Hé ús tó roderum up hlǽdre rǽrde, Exon. Th. 437, 11; Rä. 56, 6. Hí tó heofenum up hlǽdræ rǽrdon, Cd. Th. 101, 1; Gen. 1675.
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talu
a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series
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Tale wyrðe entitled to bring an action, 266, 11. a tale, list, series Talu laterculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 23. Ða talo canones, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 18