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ge-teón

(v.)
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In stafas and on leornunge getogen litteris edoctus, Guth.

HRING

(n.)
Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.

A RINGcirclecircuitcycleorbglobefestoon

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Ǽr sunne twelf mónþa hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 5. Ofer holmes hrincg over the ocean's circuit, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 5; Gen. 1393. Hrincg ðæs heán landes, 137; Th. 172, 34; Gen. 2854. Wíngearda hringa[s] corimbi, Ælfc.

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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twifealdness, Hé ða yfelan and ða twyfealdan geþóhtas forlét (cf. hé hine hider and þyder gelómlíce on his móde cyrde, 28, 8; hé ðám tweógendum geþóhtum wiðstód, 18), and hine S Bartholomeus fréfrode, and hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde, ac ðæt hé wǽre ánrǽd, Guthl

wæl

(n.)
Grammar
wæl, es; n.

the slainthe deada number of slain,a single corpsea slain personslaughtercarnagedestruction

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Hé menigfeald wæl felde and slóh, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 7. in other connections Ðá geát mon ðæt átter út on ðone sǽ, and raþe ðæs ðǽr com upp micel wæl deádra fisca, Ors. 6, 3;Swt. 258, 17. a single corpse, a slain person Hé mé habban wile dreóre fáhne

swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ, adj.
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Drihten mé ys on ða swýþran healfe, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 20. Ðú nymst ðone swýðran bóh, Ex. 29, 21. Gif hwá ðé sleá on ðín swýðre wenge, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 39. Used without a noun, the right hand, the right Godes swýðra(-e ?)

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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Hé hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde, ac ðæt hé wǽre ánrǽd, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 30, 7. Ðá ðæt folc ongan tweógan on heora heortan, Blickl. Homl. 143, 8. Tó tweónne nutabundum, Hpt. Gl. 459, 5. Tuígendi anceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 40. Tweógende, 7, 2.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Hí hæfdon wóh nebb, and wóge sceancan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 22-27. not right, perverse, froward, wrong, unfair Hit is riht ðæt mon yfelige ða yfelan, and hit is wóh (wóg, v. l. ) ðæt hí mon lǽte unwítnode, Bt. 38, 3 ; Fox 202, 6.

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Com se foresprecena wræcca . . . hine se kyning hider and þider wide áflýmde, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 76, ' 12. Wundorlíc wræcca (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 256, 1 ; Dan. 634. Ic mé féran gewát folgað sécan, wiiieleás wræcca. Exon.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

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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Gode lác onsægdon, 201, 13: Guthl. 20; Gdwin 32, 13. On ðám lácum geleáfsumra fidelium oblationibus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 38. Geoffrode lác obtulit holocausta, Gen. 8, 20.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to takereceivegetsumereaccipereto takekeepholdtenereto takecatchto containto take (with one)carrybringto take (to one)giveto take forciblyseizetake awaycarry offtollerecapessereauferrerapere

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Gúþ nimeþ freán eówerne, 5066; B. 2536. Þeófas ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 22. Manige men ða moldan neomaþ on ðǽm lǽstum, 127, 11. Nimaþ capessunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 33. Nam capessit, 20, 8. Hé nam tulit, Kent. Gl. 209.

Linked entry: bi-nom

ge-limpan

(v.)
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, Guth. 80, 21. to fall in with, be suitable to Gelimpan quadrare, An. Ox. 4262. Forgylde hé ꝥ ángylde, and ꝥ wíte swá tó þám ángylde gelimpan wylle, Ll. Th. i. 66, 3

ge-cweþan

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Heó word gecweþan ne mihte, Guth. 88, 25. Ðá ðe in ðióstrum gié cuoedon in léht biðon gecoeden, Lk. L. 12, 3. Gecuoedno (gicuedeno, R.), 19, 28. with the words spoken, v.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor desidiosa mens in lapsum casus impellitur, Past. 279, 2. of persons. troublesome, oppressive Wæs hé náwiht hefig his yldrum nullius molestiae parentibus fuit Guth. Gr. 107, 22.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Secg gára láf se ða gúþe genæs, 94; Th. 121, 32; Gen. 2019. Ða Norþmen dreórig daraþa láf, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 3; Æðelst. 54.

Linked entries: lǽf

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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Þigede, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 18: 5; Gdwin. 34, 7. Ðygede, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 17. Wit eaples þigdon, Cd. 290, 7; Sat. 411. Hé sumum liéfde tó ðicgganne ðætte hé nolde ðæt hí ealle ðigden, Past. 59; Swt. 451, 29.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor, (-ur, -er), es; n.

Gloryvainglory

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Seó fǽmne, wuldres wynmǽg (Guihlac's sister, seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20 ; Gdwin. 92, 2), Exon. Th. 182, 32; Gú. 1319: (St. Juliana), 278, 20; Jul. 600: 269, 23; Jul. 474. Seeorðan dǽl. . . se wuldres dǽl the body . . . the soul, 184, 11 ; Gú 1342.

Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full

forþ

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S. 27, 44: Guth. 26, 14. Diácon forþ folige ( prosequatur ), Angl. xiii. 416, 728. marking position in place or time, at an advanced point, at a later part of a book Þá gestód hé æt ánum éhðyrle oð forð nihtes ( until far on in the night ), Hml.

ge-standan

(v.)
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D. iii. 272, 33. to remain undisturbed Léton hí hine áne hwíle ábídan and gestandan sistere illum paullisper fecerunt, Guth. Gr. 129, 153. to cease to move, stop, stand still Se Hǽlend gehýrde þone blindan cleopian, and hé sóna gestód, Bl.

ge-weorþan

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Th. ii. 158, 26. with clause Þá gewearð him betweónan þæt hí þá flaxan gehýddon facto consilio flasculas absconderurt, Guth. Gr. 151,. 3: Hml.

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Ða bóc ic gesette I composed the book, Guthl. prol; Gdwin. 2, 8: Homl. Th. i. 70, 7: Th. Apol. 28, 13. Hiora birhto ne biþ to gesettanne wiþ ðære sunnan leóht their brightness is not to be compared with the sun's light, Bt. Met.