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wandung

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Add: e; f. a turning aside from a task. v. wandian ; <b>II a.</b> Tó þám cyninge ic mé dæghwámlíce bútan ǽlcre wandunge ( sine intermissione) tó gebidde, Chrd. 99, 19. feeling of respect. v. wandian ; <b>II b.

wæter-flód

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-flód, es; m. n.

A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b

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On wæterflódum in aquoso, 62, 2

hár-hune

(n.)
Grammar
hár-hune, [and hár hune], an; f.

Horehound ⬩ marrubium vulgare

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Rómáne marubium nemnaþ and eác angle háre hune the Romans name it marrubium, the English also call it horehound, Herb. 46; Lchdm. i. 148, 14. Genim ða háran hunan take horehound, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 110, 24.

Linked entry: hune

socian

(v.)
Grammar
socian, p. ode

to soak ⬩ to steep in a liquid ⬩ to soak ⬩ to lie in a liquid

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. dagas oþþe má Lchdm. ii. 252, 11.

torn-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
torn-wyrdan, p. de

To address abusive words to ⬩ to vituperate

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: Uxores eorum obviam occurrunt, orant, in praelium revertantur: cunctantibus obscoena corporis ostendunt, quaerentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere), Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 2

Linked entry: torn-word

ge-wittig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wittig, -witig; adj.

Wise ⬩ knowing ⬩ sane ⬩ conscious ⬩ intelligens

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Th. ii. 24, 12: 142, 19. Ne forlǽt ðé nán ðe gewityg byt nor does any one forsake thee that is wise, Shrn. 166, 28. Sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege beórhyrde gód one is expert at feasting, a good keeper of beer, Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 26; Crä. 74: Beo.

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rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.

readiness, promptness ⬩ an arrangement, agreement, condition

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On rǽdnysse in maturitate, Blickl. Gl. Ðone þóþor mid swiftre rǽdnesse geslegene ongeán gesænde tó ðam plegendan cynge, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rǽdnisse (hrædnisse ?) concursionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 24.

á-wiht

alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything

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Gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan if the fire is to be effectually extinguished, Wlfst. 157, 9. Ealle þá ðe Crýst áwyht cúðon, Hml. A. 188, 208. Heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede that in any way belonged to him, Cht. Th. 337, 23.

FREÓ

(adj.)
Grammar
FREÓ, frió, freoh, frioh, frig, frí, frý; adj.

FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus

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Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3, MS. H: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3, MS. B: Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 23.

be-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tǽcan, p. -tǽhte, pl. -tǽhton; pp. -tǽeht; v. a. [be by, tǽcan to teach, shew]

to shew ⬩ ostendere ⬩ to BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trust ⬩ impertire, adsignare, tradere, commendare ⬩ to send, follow, pursue ⬩ mittere, insequi, amandare

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Grn. ii. 289, 82: Runic pm. 20: Kmbl. 343, 18; Hick. Thes. i. 135. to send, follow, pursue; mittere, insequi, amandare Betǽcan [MS, betæcen] cildru on scóle to send children to school; mittere pueros in scholam Obs. Lun. § 4; Lchdm. iii. 184, 28.

under-wreðian

(v.)
Grammar
under-wreðian, -wreoðian, -wriðian

to support ⬩ sustain ⬩ supponere

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Th. i. 444, 35. Urlderwreððedo suffulti, Rtl. 71, 17. ¶ The word glosses supponere in: Drihten underwriðaþ ł [under]set handa his Dominus supponet manum suam, Ps. Lamb. 36, 24

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be-weddian

(v.)

to betroth ⬩ pledge ⬩ plight

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Th. i. 72, 10. ꝥ nán man nán má wífa næbbe búton .I., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen ii. 300, 13 Gif hió óðrum mæn in sceát bewyddod sí, i. 24, 5. Ácenned of beweddodan mǽdene, Hml.

cirlisc

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Th. i. 68, 9-14. in a general sense, common, vulgar, rustic, plebeian, peasant Hwæt is þes ceorlisca wer quis est iste vir rusticus?, Gr. D. 35, 2. Ceorlisc bysmrung, 46, 18.

for-sacan

renounce ⬩ abandon ⬩ forsake

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Add Ic forsace detracto, ne forsace ic non detracto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 1, 2. Forsooc detractavit, 106, 15. Forsóc, 25, 24. to refuse to receive what is offered Hé forsóc þá feáwa axan (cf. ꝥ hé underfénge þá gerýnu, 46), Hml. S. 12, 58.

on-fón

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<b>IV c.

druncen

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen, adj.
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Voc. ii. 96, 62: 53, 9: paponius (paponius = ebriosus, v. Goetz, s. v.), i. 61, 2. Is tó wyrnanne bearneácnum wífe ꝥ hió beór drince, ne swínes flǽsc ete, ne druncen gedrince ( get drunk ), Lch. ii. 330, 8.

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
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. ¶ The word glosses uapuldre in Lk. p. 7, 19 Esne . . . huónum gemérsia gefæstnað seruum . . . paucis uapulare confirmat. In the text, Lk. 12, 47, uapulabit is glossed gesuuincgde ł gemǽnde

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To wallow, roll

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Ðonne tyht hié ðæt ierre ðæt hié wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse impellente ira in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 6. Hé wealwode on ðæm gedrófum wætere in lutosa aqua semetipsum volvit, 54; Swt. 421, 8.

Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.

The Sicilians ⬩ the people of Sicily ⬩ Sicily

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The Sicilians, the people of Sicily, or (as in the older stage of the language the name of a people was used where now that of their country is put) Sicily. Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15. Sicilia ðæt ígland is þrýscýte, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2.

cýs-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-wuce, an; f. [cýse cheese, wuce a week]

Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent ⬩ septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ

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In the Greek church quinquagesima Sunday is the last day on which cheese may be eaten till Easter. The same rule prevailed in monasteries of the Benedictine order, which only were known in England before the Conquest.