wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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León, wynsume wiht, wel átemede, Met. 13, 19. Eálá gé góde cildra and wynsume (venusti) leorneras, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 33. Hé wæs se swétesta láreów and se wynsumesta doctor suavissimus, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 3. joyous.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
ge-swencan
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Úre fæder biddeð ꝥ gé eów on þone weg ne geswencean rogat pater noster ne fatigati debeatis, Gr. D. 39, 16.
ge-wita
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H. 35, 695) Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ symle mid heom wunian wel geþungene witan ꝥ hí wið rǽdan magan . . . and ꝥ heora gewitan beón, Ll.
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Gr. 14; Som. 16, 57 : ;ferus,; 38; Som. 41, 45: ;trux,; 9, 67; Som. 14, 10 : ;ferox,; 9, 66; Som. 14, 6 : Wet.
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on
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Ic ongite ꝥ sóðlíce þín dohtor gefeól on swégcræft, ac heó næfð hine nú wel geleornod I perceive that of a truth your daughter has bestowed much pains on music, but she has not been taught it well, Ap. Th. 16, 23.
lama
Lame ⬩ maimed ⬩ crippled ⬩ weak ⬩ paralysed ⬩ palsied ⬩ paralytic
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Lame, disabled in the limbs, maimed, crippled, weak, paralysed, palsied, paralytic On sídan lama pleuriticus, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 25; Wrt. Voc. 19, 31. Lame debilis vel enervatus, 77; Som. 72, 22; Wrt. Voc. 45, 55.
Mirce
The Mercians ⬩ Mercia
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On West-Sexan and on Myrcan and on Eást-Englan, 72; Th. i. 414, 14: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 146. Hine on Mierce (Myrce,MS. E.) lǽddon, Chr. 796; Erl. 58, 12. Hé fór ofer Mierce on Norþ-Walas, 853; Erl. 68, 10. Innan Mierce (Myrce, MS.
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GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Hí wurdon gehwyrfede to deórwurþum gimmum they were turned to precious gems, Homl. Th. i. 64, 5. used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc. [cf.
seonu
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weak forms also occur; f. A sinew, nerve, tendon Sionu nervus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 67. Sinu, i. 71, 42. Gif sin[o] scrince . . . and gif sino clæppette. Lchdm. ii. 6, 13 - 15.
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ge-féran
To go ⬩ travel ⬩ go on ⬩ behave ⬩ fare ⬩ get on ⬩ come ⬩ get to a place ⬩ To perform a journey ⬩ reach or get by going ⬩ obtain ⬩ attain ⬩ experience ⬩ suffer
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Ðá férdon ða Pyhtas and geférdon ðis land norðanweard then the Picts went and got the north part of this land, Chr. Erl. 3, 13. Hafast ðú geféred ðæt ðé weras ehtigaþ thou hast attained [this] that men will esteem thee, Beo. Th. 2446; B. 1221.
ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Hí hæfdon ǽlce scire on West-Sexum stíðe gemarcod mid bryne and mid hergunge they had severely marked every shire of Wessex with burning and harrying, Chr. 1006; Erl. 141, 2. Gemearca hú hý ǽr stódon mark how they stood before, Lchdm. i. 398, 5
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þeór
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It seems to denote an inflamed swelling or ulcer; it is mentioned in connection with wens (Lchdm. ii.
æþeling
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Ceadwalla West-Seaxna æþeling ( de regio genere Geuissorum ), Bd. 4, 15; S. 583, 25. Æðelwald ( Edward's cousin ) æðeling and Byrhtsige Beornóðes sunu æðelinges, Chr. 905; P. 94, 12. Hér ádranc Ǽdwine æðeling ( son of Edward ), 933; P. 107, 4.
cild
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Gesceád wexð on cildrum, 1, 110. Cild parvulos, Ps. Srt. 114, 6. Cild (cildo, L., cild. R.) infantes, Lk. 18, 15. as a title of dignity Eádríc cild, Chr. 1067; P. 200, 35 (see note, vol. ii. p. 259).
gódian
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óðre menn gódigað (gódiað, v. l.) quantae infelicitatis sint, qui melioratione proximi deteriores fiunt, Past. 231, 19. with hit as subject Wolde man geswícan þára mándǽda, þonne gódade hit sóna if people would cease to do evil, then would it soon be well
hlít
lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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R. 15, 24. the urn in which the lots were placed: Hléte urna (matronam, quam suprema sors gemina mortis mulctaverat urna, Ald. 25,9), Hpt.
weler
A lip
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[wele]ra labium, 418) Kent. Gl. 596. Welure labia Ps. Surt. 11, 3. Weolure 62, 6: 65, 14: 70, 23. Weolere 30, 19: 62, 4. Weolre 11, 5: 118, 171. Weolera labiorum 20, 3: 58, 13. Weolerum labiis 58, 8: 118, 13: 119, 2: 139, 3. Weolure labia 11, 4.
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bryne
to burn ⬩ A burning, fire, flame, heat ⬩ ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor
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Brego Caldéa gewát to ðarn bryne the prince of the Chaldeans went to the fire, Exon. 55b; Th. 196, 27; Az. 180. Hie ðone bryne fandedon they proved the fire, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 29; Dan. 455: Exon. 72b; Th. 270, 31; Jul. 473.
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of-þyncan
to cause regret or sorrow ⬩ to cause displeasure or offence
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Ðá sceolde ðám gigantum ofþincan þæt hé hæfde hiera ríce it is said that the giants were displeased at his having their kingdom, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, II. Mæg ðæs ofþyncan þegna gehwam, Beo. Th. 4070; B. 2032.
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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It does not occur often in the earliest English, but it is found as the second part of many place-names in districts which were affected by the Danes, v. Taylor's Names and Places.In the Prompt.