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burg-waran

Grammar
burg-waran, -ware.
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Hwylcra burgwara for worulde þú wǽre, Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 4. Þára uplicra burhwara and þæs écean geférscipes, Bl. H. 197, 16. From Hierusolimiscum ðǽm burguærum (burugweorum. R.) ab Hierosolimis, Jn. L. 1, 19. Sé ðá burhware ofercymð, Past. 218, 18

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt þǽr ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, ne þurb inwitsearo ǽfre gemǽnden, þeáh hié hire beággyfan banan folgedon (though they were following the slayer of their lord, this was not to be mentioned with the malicious intent of provoking quarrels

ge-bregdan

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R. 18, 10. to withdraw, take away Nis cúð hú oððe on hwylcere tíde hyre líchama gebróden wǽre, oððe hwider hé áhafen sý, Hml.

ge-tígan

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Ðæt esulcweorn tó ðǽm suíran wǽre getíged (-tigged, v. l., suspendatur ), Past. 31, 18. Gé gemétað getígedne ( alligatum ) assan, Hml. Th. i. 206, 10.

glæd-mód

(adj.)
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having glad thoughts, cheerful, joyous. of permanent disposition. v. glæd; 1 Sé þe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. of an occasional frame of mind.

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
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Add: without much pressure or force Þweah leóht-líce mid wvlle wætre, Lch. ii. 308, 11. to no great amount Wyl on ealað swíþe, geswét mid hunige leóhtlíce, Lch. ii. 62, 20. <b>II a.

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Ðá wǽtan hrægel ádrugedon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 25. Míne bán ádrúchedon, Ps. L. 101, 4. Hig ádrúwodon aestuaverunt, Mt. 13, 6. Ádrúwodon ðá hláfas swá swá stán, Hml. S. 23 b, 520. Oþ ðæt ðæt dolh ádrúgie, Lch. ii. 208, 24.

swígan

(v.)
Grammar
swígan, p.de.

to be silentto become silent from astonishmentstuperesilere, reticere

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Geót swígende ðæt blód on yrnende wæter, Lchdm. ii. 76, 14: 140, 26: 290, 26: 292, 25. Ðæt eall swígende gedó, 104, 10. Swígende (suígende, Hatt. MS.) hé cwæð on his móde ... Ða swígendan (suígendan, Hatt.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ðá cwæþ se cing ðæt hé nolde ðæt ðæt land mid ealle út aseald wǽre, ac ðæt ðæt land eft intó ðære hálgan stówe ágifen wǽre, 300, 13-33- Ofgán tó rihtan gafole to hold at a fair rent, 355, 23: 478, 21. Ofgán land wið gersumen, 587, 7.

Linked entry: of-eode

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: , tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.

Twoabsolutelydistributively

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Andreas wæs óþer of ðám twám (tuǽm, Lind.: twǽm, Rush.) erat Andreas unus ex duobus, Jn. Skt. 1, 40. Be ðám neáhstan twám is æfter tó cweþanne, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 12. Him twám duobus ex eis, Mk. Skt. 16, 12.

Linked entries: tuu twá

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

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Nimðe wén wǽre ni forsan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 3. Cómon hí tó Eald-Seaxna mǽgþe gif wén wǽre ðæt hí ðǽr ǽnige ðurh heora láre Criste begitan mihte (si forte aliquos ibidem praedicando Christo adquirere possent) Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 13

Linked entry: wéna

lǽdan

(v.)
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wæs eft swá ǽr lof lǽdende, An. 1479. to pass, go through life Líf lǽdan on gefeán, Bt. 12; F. 36, 24.

Dún-stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-stán, es; m.

Dunstan Dunstānus

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On ðam ylcan geáre wæs Dúnstán abbod adrǽfed ofer sǽ in the same year [A. D. 957] abbot Dunstan was driven away over sea, 957; Th. 217, 2-4, col. 1. Hér Eádgár sende æfter S.

EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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On ðǽm dagum wæs mycel ege fram ðǽm wífmannan in those days there was a great dread of these women, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 26: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 143; Met. 1. 72. Ege Drihtnes tĭmor Domĭni, Ps. Spl. 18, 10.

Linked entries: æge eige

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Wæs seó fǽhþe open on úhtan the deadly feud was open at early morn, Cd. 222; Th. 289, 30; Sat. 405. Ðæt ys sió fǽhþo that is the feud, Beo. Th. 5990; B. 2999: 4971; B. 2489. Sceal ic fǽhþu dreógan I must endure enmity, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 7; Kl. 26

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

FLǼSC

(n.)
Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.

FLESHcăro

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Ðæt Word wæs geworden flǽsc, and wunode on us the Word became flesh, and dwelt in us, Homl. Th. i. 40, 17: Exon. 9b; Th. 8, 25; Cri. 123: 16b; Th. 37, 23; Cri. 597.

Linked entries: flǽc fléc flésc

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfortsolaceconsolationhelpbenefitprofitrefugesōlāmensōlātiumconsōlātioauxĭliumrefŭgium

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Wæs frófor cumen comfort was come. Cd. 72; Th. 89, 4; Gen. 1475. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum comfort afterwards came to the sad in mind, Beo. Th. 5875; B. 2941.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Wæs swá mycel mancwealm ðæt manige land binnan ðære byrig wǽran bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde there was so great a pestilence that many lands within the city were without any to inherit them, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 13.

leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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Se hálga Cúðbertus Lindisfarnensiscere gelaþunge leódbiscop [cf. hé wæs tó biscope gecoren ðære cyricean æt Lindisfarena eá, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 7], Homl. Th. ii. 148, 22. Gif hwá arcebisceopes oððe æþelinges borh abrece ...

miltsian

(v.)
Grammar
miltsian, mildsian; p. ode

To have or take pity upon a personshew mercybe mercifulpity

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Hǽlend wæs miltsigende Adame, 87, 35. Grammar miltsian, with genitive Hé þearfendra miltsude, Ps. Th. 106, 40. Miltsa mín miserere mei, 56, 1. Tíd tó mildsiende his tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Surt. 101, 14.