weler
A lip
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Th. 363, 15; Wal. 54. Weoloras Ps. Th. 11, 3. in Ps. Surt., and occasionally elsewhere, the word is feminine Wégende welere lying lips; labium mentiens (cf. [wele]ra labium, 418) Kent. Gl. 596. Welure labia Ps. Surt. 11, 3.
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sweotole
of a physical action, clearly, without obstruction ⬩ in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly ⬩ openly, without reserve or concealment, plainly ⬩ of thinking, knowing, stating, explaining, etc., clearly
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Th. 287, 8; Wand. 11. of thinking, knowing, stating, explaining, etc., clearly Sweotole ongitan, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 34: Met. 26, 107. Sueotole, sweotule, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 2. Sweotule cunnan, Ps. Th. 118, 12.
CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Ymb fisca cynn de piscium genere, Exon. 96b; Th. 360, 6; Wal. 1. in grammar, — Gender; genus Syndon twá cynn — masculinum, ðæt is werlíc, and femininum, wíflíc.
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Næs lang tó ðý ðæt his bróðor ðyses lǽnan lífes tíman geendode it was not long before his brother died, 434, 24. Nis hit lang tó ðon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 5.
worn
A swarm ⬩ band ⬩ Jlock ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ many ⬩ a great number ⬩ a great quantity ⬩ much ⬩ many
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Wæs ðér worn (grex) swína michil, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, ii. 13. Ðǽr witena biþ worn ætsomne, 295, 35; Crä. 43 : Salm. Kmbl. 802 ; Sal. 400. Weard Seme suna and dohtra worn áféded, Cd. Th. 99, 5; Gen. 1641.
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an-gin
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Seó wyrt gehnǽceþ ðá anginnu (the beginnings of the disease) þám wæterseócum, Lch. i. 272, 15. an enterprise, undertaking, attempt ꝥ angin (building a fleet] wearð tídlice þurhtogen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 3. ꝥ ꝥ angin (a war ) nǽre gestilled, 6, 4; S.
ceaster
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Ic wát heáhburg, lytle ceastre, Gen. 2518. Sodoma ceastre (cf. Sodoman burg, 2402), 2425. Wæs hé tó þǽre mǽran byrig cumen in þá ceastre, An. 41. Hæleð tó Hierusalem cwómon in þá ceastre, El. 274. Nineuen ceastre, Sal. 188.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Sé fandað Godes, sé þe his ágen gesceád forlǽt þe him God forgeaf, and swá bútan gesceáde sécð Godes fultum, Scrd. 22, 2-4. to visit Ic wæs on cearcerne, and gé mín noldon fandian in carcere eram, et non visitastis me, Past. 329, 5.
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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Feorma (farma, L.) giworden wæs cena facta, Jn. R. 13, 2. Tíd farmes hora caenae, Lk. L. 14, 17. Tó feorme ad agapem, An. Ox. 4834. Æt ánre feorme convivio, Ors. 237, 4. Aman unþances cóm tó þǽre cwéne feorme, Hml. A. 99, 247.
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Wæs heó gestanden mid hefigre untrumysse líchoman she was seized with a heavy illness, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 16: 5, 13; S. 632, 17: Blickl. Homl. 227, 6
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hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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Ðá wæs Maria eft hweorfende tó hire húse, 139, 3. Hie ymb ðæt fuhton on hweorfendum sigum Samniticum bellum ancipiti statu gestum, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 3.
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gód
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Noe wæs gód . . . dómfæst and gedéfe (cf. Noe wæs rihtwís, Gen. 6, 9), Gen. 1285. Ic þé gódne wát, fæsthýdigne, 1346. Oft þá gódan déman (cf. þá unrihtwísan déman, 21) habbað yfele gingran, Ll. Lbm. 475, 28.
reccan
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Hé his intingan wæs reccende causam dicturus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 19. Reccendes loquentis, narrantis, Hpt. Gl. 460, 68.
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neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Ðá se swég mé nýr wæs, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 31. Swá swá sió nafu férþ néhst (Cott. MS. neáhst) ðære eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 1.
waroþ
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On ðæm warðe (worðe, Rush. ) in litore, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 4. Gewát him tó waroðe rídan þegn Hródgáres, Beo. Th. 473 ; B. 234. Ða líchoman cóman tó ðam waroðe, Shrn. 54, 23. Óð ðone mǽran wearoð ( of Sicily ), Met. 1, 14.
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wundorlíce
Wonderfully
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And eác ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geðúht swilce hé sprǽce mid his gereorde, Homl. Th. i. 318, 26. Se fugel wrixleþ wóðcræfte wundorlícor ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde, Exon. Th. 206, 16; Ph. 127
bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Add: to wait, remain. Similar entries For exs. v. Dict. to await, wait for, bide one's time, with gen. Hé bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . Past. 226, 11: 220, 10. Hé bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34.
be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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Th. ii. 226, 12. with clause Hé betealde hine wið Eádward, þet hé wæs unscyldig, Chr. 1052 ; P. 183, 7. to excuse a fault, plead excuse for Hé ne mihte his mándǽda betellan, Hml. S. 9, 145
crísten-dóm
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A. 25, 30. the Christian faith Hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se crístendóm wæs, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 34. Áwácyge se crístendóm, sóna scylfð se cynedóm, Wlfst. 267, 23. Þæt sixte muneca cyn ásprang on anginne cristendómes, R. Ben. 136, 7.
eáþ-mód
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Wæs heó on eallum þingum þe eáþmóddre, Bl. H. 13, 3. gracious, gentle, condescending Þú ( the Deity ) eádmód eart ealre worlde, Hy. 7, 57. Leófa Hǽlend, þú eart se miccla and se eádmóda, 3, 39