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ǽ-welm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-welm, -wellm, -wylm, -wylme, -wielme, es; m. [eá water, wælm a welling or boiling up]

A welling up of waterspringfountainsourcehead of a riverbeginningaquæ fons

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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10.

Linked entries: ǽ-wylm eá-wylm

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Ðá ðáá Þú ondsæc dydest, þæt þú on feorwegas féran ne cúðe, An. 929. Add

and-speornan

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and-speornan, l. and-spornan, -spurnan,
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to strike against Þy lés ðú andspurne æt stáne þínum fótum ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Mt. R. 4, 6.

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, -lifen, -lyfen, es; n.

livingfoodsustenancenourishmentpottagevictusalimentapulmentumthat by which food is procuredmoneywagesalmsstipendiumstips

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Ðú winnan scealt and ðíne andlifne selfa gerǽcan thou shalt labour and thyself get thy sustenance, Cd. 43; Th. 57, 25; Gen. 933. Sealde him andlyfene dedit eis alimenta, Gen. 47, 17: Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 494, 16.

ang-ness

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Add: of physical pain Hwílum wyrmas geséceð þá uferan dǽlas and heortcoþe wyrceað and angnessa and geswówunga, Lch. ii. 176, 13. in a more general sense Ne bið þǽr a[n]gnes ne nǽnigu gnornung non angor, moeror, Dóm. L. 266.

Linked entry: agnes

æ-wén

Grammar
æ-wén, l.
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ǽ-wéne

ár-wéla

Grammar
ár-wéla, l.
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ár-wela

ǽ-mynde

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-mynde, es; n.

Want of care (?), neglect

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, neglect Funde ic hwæt eorðe mæg wið andan and wið ǽminde and wið ðá micelan mannes tungan . . . beó gé gemindige mínes gódes, Lch. i. 384, 22

Linked entry: -mynde

ǽ-bær

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-bær, ǽ-bǽre (-bére); adj.

Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved

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Ǽbǽre þeóf occurs in a list of privileges granted to a monastery :-- On eallan þingan . . . ðe ðǽr mid rihte tó gebyrað, mid fyrdwíte and fyhtwíte and ǽbǽre þeóf and griðbryce and foresteall and hámsócne, C. D. iv. 222, 23

ǽ-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽte, an; f.: es; n.

A desert

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A desert Ǽlǽtan (á-, Wrt.) deserta, s. vocata quae mm seruntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 14. Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Th. 483, 31. worldly property, property not belonging to the church Ðæt mon ælles ðises freólses áre ǽfre for áne híde werian scolde; for ðam ðe Godes ár ǽfre freogre beón sceal ðonne ǽnig woruldár, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 113, 35

and-giet

(n.)
Grammar
and-giet, es; n.

understandingintellectknowledgeintellectus

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understanding, intellect, knowledge; intellectus Ic ðec, mon, ǽrest geworhte, and ðé andgiet sealde I first wrought thee, O man, and gave thee understanding, Exon. 28a; Th. 84, 30; Cri. 1381: 117a; Th. 449, 16; Dóm. 72

am-byr

Grammar
am-byr, l. am-byre.
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Dele down to 'equal,' and add cf. byre

ǽ-þrýtness

Grammar
ǽ-þrýtness, l. ǽ-þrytness,
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and add Ǽþrytnesse tedium, Hy. S. 133, 28. Ǽþretnysse, 25, 24

ár-full

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Add: shewing honour or respect Ǽghwylc man wið óðerne árful sý on ǽlcum þǽra góda þe hé him tó áre gecweðan oððe gedón mæge, Hml. A. 160, 191.

ǽ-swice

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-swice, es; m.
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Failure in the keeping of the law Þurh lahbrycas and ǽswicas, Wlfst. 164, 3

Linked entry: swice

and-wreþian

(v.)
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to support Stæf ꝥ hí mægen manna untrumnyssa and-wreðian (sustentent), Chrd. 62, 29

Linked entry: wreþian

ang-breóst

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Add: — Wiþ hwóstan and wiþ angbreóste, Lch. ii. 58, 11. Wið angcbreóste, iii. 48, 1

ǽ-rǽfe

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-rǽfe, (-reáfe); adj.

Discovered

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Discovered Hí drifon stacan on Wulfstánes feder, and ðet werð ǽreáfe, Cht. Th. 230, 16

Linked entry: ǽ-reáfe

æfter-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-ǽ, f.

Second-law, Deuteronomy

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Second-law, Deuteronomy Seó bóc ðe is genemned . . . on Grécisc Deuteronomium . . . and on Englisc seó æfterǽ, Deut. proem