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werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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</b> to dam water, v. wering :-- Sume weriaþ on gewitlocan wísdómes streám, welerum gehæftaþ, ðæt hé on unnyt út ne óflóweþ, Past. 65; Swt. 469, 2. to keep off, drive away Wereth abiget, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 18. <b>II a.

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Ðec léhtes ǽr gemǽre bidde te lucis ante terminum poscimus. Rtl. 180, 6

nama

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Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien ǽt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus scientiae sibi nomen extorqueunt, student, Past. 365, 22. <b>IV a.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Þǽt hí wǽron on miclum ege ðám sylfum landágendum ut ipsis indigenis essent terrori, Bd. 1, 15 ; Sch. 42, 19. Ðá hé wæs on fíf and twéntigum geára, þá férde hé tó Róme, Shrn. 50, 24: 59, 28.

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Blód and wæter ætsomne út bicwóman, 68, 33; Cri. 1113. Ealle gewítaþ swá swá wolcn, and swá swá wæteres streám, Blickl. Homl. 59, 20. Úre líchoma wæs gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, of eorþan and of fýre and of wætere and of lyfte, 35, 13.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Gif ðú wylt hine mid ús sendan, Gen. 43, 4. Hé mé on ðisne sið sendan wolde, Exon. Th. 460, 35 ; Hö. 27. Se ðe englas gehét wið mé tó sendenne, Blickl. Homl. 181, 26. Fram Gode hé is send, 247, 19.

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Þá Wylisce menn hí gegaderodon, and wið þá Frencisce . . . gewinn úp áhófon, 1094; P. 230, 1: 1093; P. 228, 26. <b>II b.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Cnut. 73; Th. ii. 542, 13-15. every word has its history by which its introduction and use are best ascertained. Bede tells us [Bk. i. 25, 2] that Ethelbert, king of Kent, married a Christian wife Bertha, a Frankish princess.

Linked entry: bonda

forþ

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Se híréd him forwyrnde þæs forð út mid ealle the convent refused him that out and out, 10. ¶ and swá forþ and so on :-- Ðá cwæð se Hǽlend, 'Dóð þæt þæt folc sitte,' and swá forð on swá wé eów ǽr rehton, Hml.

ge-weald

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Hí héton lǽdan út weras tó gewealde, 2457. Earme men gesealde fremdum tó gewealde, Wlfst. 158, 13. Hé hié mid hungre on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 26. Hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610.

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Gif ðú wyrfst on wege rihtum up tó ðam earde, Met. 24, 44. Gif ðú cymst on ðone weg and tó ðære stówe, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 21. Hé leóde lǽrde on lífes weg, Andr. Kmbl. 340; An. 170: 3357; An. 1682.

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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Ðá hié ðá in ðone heofon lócodan æfter him as they looked after him unto heaven, Blickl. Homl. 121, 21.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Ús is myccle máre nédþearf, ðæt wé winnon ymbe úre sáule þearfe, Blickl. Homl. 99, 6-11. Ealle gé ðe winnaþ (laboratis), and gebyrde sindun, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 11, 28. On worulde ýþum wynnaþ and swincaþ earme eorðwaran (v. Fox 8, 22 supra), Met. 4, 56.

Linked entry: on-winnende

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

BEOWULF

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The story informs us that Hrothgar built a splendid palace at Heorot in the north of Jutland.

Linked entry: Beado-wulf

freó

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ús freó gedyde, Bl.

magan

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. ¶ magan tó :-- Þás úus magon tó genógon nobis istn sufficiunt, Chrd. 90, 8. Hé wæs smeágende hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme. Ll.

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Augustinus ús onwreáh ðissere rǽdinge andgit, ii. 384, 21. Ðás word sind sceortlíce gesǽde, and eów is neód ðæt wé hí swutelícor eów onwreón, i. 278, 14. Onwrión explicare, Kent.

líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe, líð; adj.

Lithesoftgentlemeekmildserenebenigngraciouspleasantsweet

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Lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet Swá fæder þenceþ his bearnum milde weorþan swá ús God ðám ðe hine lufiaþ líðe weorþeþ sicut miseretur pater filiis, ita misertus est Dominus timentibus se, Ps. Th. 102, 13.

Linked entry: líð

stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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Th. 498, 23; Rä. 88, 6. a step, that on which the foot may be placed Ðá ástáh Isachar up on ðone ýtemestan stæpe the topmost of the steps leading to the temple, Homl. Ass. 129, 431. Stapas vel stírápas scansilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 34.

trum

(adj.)
Grammar
trum, adj.
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Th. i. 556, 27. v. med-, mis-, un-trum