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wealh-moru

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Wealmoru pastinaca, An. Ox. 56, 426. Add

wealh-wyrt

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Wǽlwyrt ebulo, An. Ox. 26, 57. Add

webb

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Webb telas, An. Ox. 26, 8. Add

wigle

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Wigles diuinationis, An. Ox. 7, 165. Add

windel

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Windlas corbes, An. Ox. 2, 265. Add

wíte-steng

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Wítstenges eculei, An. Ox. 2, 147. Add

wiþer-winn

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Wiþerwinnes certaminis, An. Ox. 2, 3. Add

ýce

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Ýcan rubetae, An. Ox. 26, 21. Add

bed-gerid

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Substitute : The food in an ants' nest

ge-swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swelgend, es; m.

An abyss ⬩ chasm ⬩ vorago,

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An abyss, chasm; vorago, Hpt. Gl. 507

Linked entry: swelgend

hilde-þrym

(n.)
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hilde-þrym, mes; m.

Warlike prowess

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Warlike prowess, Andr. Kmbl. 2064; An. 1034

ge-cneórness

(n.)
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ge-cneórness, e; f.

Posterity

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Posterity Gecyneórnessa posteritatis, An. Ox. 11, 113

DREÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREÓSAN, ic dreóse, ðú drýst, he dreóseþ, drýst, pl. dreósaþ; p. dréás, pl. druron; pp. droren

To rush, fall, perish ⬩ cadĕre, ruĕre

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To rush, fall, perish; cadĕre, ruĕre Wæstmas ne dreósaþ the fruits do not fall, Exon. 56 a; Th. 200, 2; Ph. 34. Dreóseþ deáw and rén dew and rain fall, 16 b; Th. 38, 19; Cri. 609. Druron dómleáse they fell ingloriously, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997.

be-wrítan

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dwellan

(v.)
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Dele 'p. dwelede,' and (see dwelian, 1 a), and add: trans. To lead astray, lead into error Unwærlicu sprǽc menn dweleð incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit, Past. 89, 8. Ðæt hí mid ðǽre lícettunga óðre men ne dwellen, 449, 24. intrans.

fant

a fount ⬩ a font

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Add: a fount Font gurges, An. Ox. 358. a font Heó eóde tó ðám fantfæte, and tólýsde hire feax, and bedýpte on ðám fante, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 17. Hí on fante gefullode wurdon, Hml. S. 2, 90. On þám háligan fante, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 14.

ge-tawian

(v.)
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Án man wæs yfele getawod, and hine æt se cancor, Hml.

hirde-leás

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Add: without a shepherd Swá swá hyrdeleáse sceáp sicut oves quibus non est pastor, Hml. A. 110, 260. without a pastor, without an ecclesiastical ruler Seó cyrice æt Hrofesceastre wæs hyrdeleás Hrofensis ecclesia pastorem minime habebat.

wedd

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wedd, <b>. I.</b>
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<b>I a.</b> add :-- Giftlicum wedde nuptiali dote. An. Ox. ii. 159. Add

síþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
síþlíce, adv.

Late ⬩ after some time ⬩ at last ⬩ in the end ⬩ lately

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, after some time, at last, in the end, lately Eft ðá siððan óðre twegen swearte hremmas síþlíce cómon and his hú tǽron mid heardum bile again afterwards two other black ravens came after some time, and tore his house with hard bill, Homl.