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EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Us is eallum neód to us all it is needful. Exon. 11 b; Th. 15. 33; Cri. 245. without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive Eal [acc. n.] ic recce I govern all, Exon. 110 b; Th. 424, 2; Rä. 41, 33.

Linked entries: al all eall

CWÉN

(n.)
Grammar
CWÉN, gen. dat. cwéne; acc. cwén, cwénn, cwéne; pl. nom. acc. cwéne, cwéna; gen. cwéna; dat. cwénum; f: cwéne, cwýne; gen. dat. acc. cwénan, cwýnan; pl. nom. acc. cwénan; gen. cwénena; dat. cwénum; f.

a woman femina a wife uxor a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress regina, imperatrix, augusta

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Ðone hie ðære cwéne agéfon they gave him up to the queen, 1171; El. 587: 2257 ; El. 1130 .

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Deóplícor mid ús ðú smeágast ðonne yld úre anfón mǽge profundius nobiscum disputas quam ætas nostra capere possit, Th. An. 33, 11. Hé wæs ðá sixhund geára on ylde he was six hundred years of age, Gen. 7, 6.

Linked entries: yld eld

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Tó ðam stówe (-um ?) ad loca, Ex. 3, 8. Geseóþ ða stówe ðe se Hǽlynd wæs on áled, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 6. Ðæt hé ðǽr forgeáfe stówe mynster on tó timbrianne, Bd. 3, 24 ; S. 557, 26. On wéstum stówum in desertis locis, Mk. Skt. 1. 45.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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' Asende us on ðás swína heorde' . . . And hig férdon on ða swín, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30-32. Hé (Ohthere) hæfde tamra deóra syx hund . . Hé wæs mid ðǽm fyrstum mannum on ðæm lande (Norway); næfde hé þeáh má ðonne twentig swýna.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Se drihten, se ðe deáð for ús geþrowode, þeóden engla, Cd. Th. 306, 19; Sat. 666: Elen. Kmbl. 971; El. 487

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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Ðæt wé ǽgðer ge ús sylfe, ge ða ðe wé wísian sceolan, swá gewísian mótan, swá swá úre ealra þearf sý, L. P. 21; Th. ii. 332, 24.

Linked entry: riht-wísian

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Gelíce hwítum byrgenum, ða þinceaþ mannum útan wlitige (wlittig, Lind.speciosa ), Mt. Kmbl. 23, 27. Ne seleþ ðé wæstmas eorþe wlitige, Cd. Th. 62, 18; Gen. 1016. Ðás wlitegan tungl, Met. 28, 6. Ðe weorð wæstm ðý wlitegra, Cd. Th. 33, 14 ; Gen. 520.

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Þás tída úre Drihten ús tó bóte and tó clǽnsunga úrra dǽda forgifen hafaþ, 131, 1. Ic þá bóte gemon, cume tó gif ic mót, Hy. 4, 19. amends, reparation, compensation for injury, in a general sense Him eft cymeð bót in bósme, Rä. 38, 7.

efne

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Uton ús gesettan efne nú ( even now, at once ) heretogan, Num. 14, 4. just, only, no other than Wundurlic wíse and efne heofonlic mira res et non nisi caelitus facta, Bd. 4, 11; Sch. 408, 11.

ge-dréfan

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Gl. 252, 7. in a physical sense, to disturb, move violently, stir up, trouble water, make turbid Se súþerna wind miclum storme gedréfeþ þá sǽ mare volvens turbidus auster, Bt. 6; F. 14, 24 : Met. 5, 8.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ic eów hálsie þæt gé mé of þyssum earfeðum úp forlǽten heánne, El. 701. Heáne, hróðra bidǽled, hyhta leáse helle sóhton. Jul. 681. of things. of little importance Dryhten ðá heánan gelócað Dominus humilia respicit, Ps.

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealthrichesabundancewealthwealprosperityhappy 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.

Linked entries: wala weala weola

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Wite ðú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig, and mid hondum ámet, 308, 29; Sat. 699, Is ðár on ðære myclan ciricean geworht emb ða lástas útan, hwéne wíddre ðonne byden, fæt up óþ mannes breóst heáh. Blickl.

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

(v.)
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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

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmospheregood weatherwind, storm, breeze, airweather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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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.

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Hé fræt fíftýne men and óðer swylc út offerede láðlícu lác he (Grendel) devoured fifteen men and as many bore away, horrid sacrifices, Beo.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc