hrægl
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Mid swelce hrægle (veste) hé in eóde, mid swelce gange hé út, Ll. Th. i. 46, 3. <b>II a.</b> clothes that a person is wearing, (a person's) dress :-- Gif hwá nunnan . . . on hire hrægl gefó, Ll.
mǽg
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Gif hé clǽne beó nime hé upp his mǽg, 296, 10. Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . and his mǽgas (mágas, v. l. ) hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe, 60, 10: 120, 6: 124, 7: 148, 18: 164, 11: 202, 15: 206, 5: 228, 26 : 238, 31 : 286, 32.
níd
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Hí hine mid nýde (néde, neádlunga, v. ll. ) upp áhófon and on his ágen hors ásetton invitum eum in caballum levaverunt, 15, 27.
útan
from without ⬩ without ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ outwardly ⬩ about ⬩ round ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Ðæt nán neód sý útan tó farenne ut non sit necessitas vagandi foris, R. Ben. 127, 7. Se ðe sceal healdan folc útan wið feóndum, Ps. Th. 120, 4. Se fugel ymbseteþ útan líc hálgum stencum, Exon. Th. 212, 3; Ph. 204.
wamm
a spot, mark, blot. stain ⬩ filth, impurity, corruption ⬩ a blot, disgrace, damage, hurt ⬩ moral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilement ⬩ evil, sin, shameful word or deed:
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Wom nevum (moribus castis vivunt, ut spurcum vitarent pectore nevum, Ald. 168), ii. 92, 82. Synrust þweán and ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan, Exon. Th. 81, 11;Cri. 1322 : 94, 23 ; Cri. 1544.
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Geseah be wealle stondan stánbogan, streám út þonan brecan of beorge, 5077; B. 2542: 5425; B. 2716. Of wealle ( the sea-cliff ) geseah weard, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, 463; B. 229. Winneþ wǽg wið wealle, Exon. Th. 383, 33; Rä. 4, 20.
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Úre ieldran begeáton welan, and ús lǽfdon Past. pref.; Swt. 5, 15. Se man áhte mycelne welan Blickl. Homl. 197, 30. Æhte síne, beágas and botlgestreón welan, wunden gold Cd. Th. 116, 4; Gen. 1931: Exon. Th. 331, 1; Vy. 61: Andr. Kmbl. 603; An. 302.
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Lind. 5, 17. to carp at, back-bite Similar entries v. bæc-slitol Æt ǽrestum lyst ðone monn unnyt sprecan be óðrum monnum ðonne æfter firste hine lyst tǽlan and slítan ðara líf bútan scylde ut prius loqui aliena libeat, postmodum detractionibus eorum
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Ðæt hé his ládteów beón sceolde on Breotone ut ipse eum perduceret Brittaniam, 4, 1; S. 564, 15. Hengest se ðe wæs ǽrest ládteów and heretoga Angelcynnes on Breotene Hengist qui Brittaniam primus intravit, 2, 5; S. 506, 34.
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LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Gé on his wergengan wíte legdon ye imposed pain upon his pilgrim, 43 a; Th. 144, 29; Gú. 685. Ðæt folc geald heom swá mycel swá hí heom on legden the people paid as much as they imposed, Chr, 1052; Erl.183, 15.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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person, a miserable, feeble creature God selfa tyhte Móyses on ðone folgoð, swáðeáh hé him ondréd; and nú fandiaþ swelce wræccan and teóð tó, woldon underfón ðone weorðscipe and eác ða byrðenne Moyses suadente Domino trepidat, et infirmus quisque, ut
ge-ícan
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Gif hwá . . . þás úre gyfe geieácnian wille oððe gemonifældan, geiéce him God eal gód hér on worlde, Cht. Th. 125, 19. Ꝥ hé geéce ut augeat, Kent. Gl. 833. Geíht auctus, Wülck. Gl. 251, 2. God hæfð geéced mínne ege, Bt. 39, 2; F. 212, 33.
ge-mána
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Sé ðonne unryht-líce talað, sé þe talað ðæt hé sié unscyldig, gif hé ðá gód, þe ús God tó gemánan sealde, him synderlíce ágnað cunctis hominibus terra communis est . . .
ge-rǽcan
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L. 24, 33. (2a) with immaterial object to give, yield, grant :-- þte clǽnegirýno ús smyltnisse girǽce (tribuat), Rtl. 31, 30. to succeed in touching by stretching the hand or some other part of the body Se hróf hæfde mislice heáhnysse; on sumere stówe
gilp
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(v. ídel; ) action that shows pride, ostentation Ne sylþ hé hit ús tó þon ꝥ wé hit hýdon oþþe tó gylpe syllan, Bl. H. 53, 17. Nó þæt þín aldor ǽfre wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne þý hraðor hrémde, Dan. 755.
hund
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The dative plural, though sometimes like the nominative, also has both e and um as inflection. as abstract numeral Twéntig síðon seofon beóð án hund and feówertig, Angl. viii. 303, 6. as substantive. without lesser numerals Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru
hring
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Wyrc feówer hringas ( circulos ), and áhóh hié on ðá feówer hyrnan ðǽre earce; and hát wyrcean twégen stengas . . . and sting út ðurh ðá hringas, Past. 169, 20-24.
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Hé ús giefeþ weder líþe, Exon. Th. 38, 12; Cri. 605. Winter bringeþ weder ungemetceald, swifte windas, Met. 11. 59. On sumera ðonne ða hátostan weder synd, Lchdm. ii. 252, 10. Weder cóle*-*don heardum hægelscúrum, Andr. Kmbl. 2514 ; An. 1258.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Hé ús on þæt fýr fylde folca mǽste, Gen. 749.
ge-lífan
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Gif wé ús tó þám hálgan helpe geléfað, Sat. 291. Hé him tó anwaldan áre gelýfde, frófre and fultum, B. 1272: 909. Ne sceolde þe nán man swelces tó geléfan, Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 3. by a clause Gelýfe ic tó Gode, ꝥ úre frið bið betera, Ll.