rúh
rough, hairy, shaggy ⬩ rough, untrimmed, uncultivated ⬩ rough, knotty ⬩ rough, undressed
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Ðá gesáwe wé rúge (pilosos ) wífmen and wǽpnedmen, wǽron hié swá rúwe and swá gehǽre swá wildeór, Nar. 20,3-5. Ða rúwan ( pilosae ) handa wǽron swilce ðæs yldran bróður, Gen. 27, 23.
ge-lǽran
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Philippus þá hé cniht wæs . . . mid Paminunde gelǽred wearð Philippus apud Epaminondam . . . eruditus est, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 23. with acc. of person and of thing Ic ðé geongne gelǽrde snytro, Bt. 8; F. 24, 28. to train an animal or bird Wildu hors
síþ-fæt
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Síþfæt sægde ðe hé mid wilddeórum áteáh told of his life with the wild beasts, Cd. Th. 256, 31 ; Dan. 649. Nú ðú ædre const síþfæt mínne. Ic sceal sárigferþ hweorfan . . . now thou shalt speedily know my course. Mournful must I wander . . . , Exon.
Linked entry: fæt
holm
A mound, ⬩ hill, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ wave, ⬩ ocean, ⬩ water, ⬩ sea ⬩ land rising from the water, ⬩ an island in a river
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Eów is holmes hlæst and heofonfuglas and wildu deór on geweald geseald the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth are delivered into your hand, 74; Th. 91, 20; Gen. 1515.
scín-lác
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Bt. 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 30) beornas forbrédan and mid balocræftum weorpan on wildra líc, Met. 26, 74.
irnan
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Wildu diór þǽr woldon tó irnan, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, l. Ðá wildan hors scealden iornan on hearde wegas and him ðá limo tóbrecan, Shrn. 72, l.
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Grammar wís, of animals Sió wilde beó ðeáh wís sié, Met. 18, 5. Wísran sapientiora, Prov. 30, 24; Kent. Gl. 1101. Grammar wís, of things Worde and gewitte, wíse þance, Cd. Th. 118, 1; Gen. 1958. Wísne wordcwide, 249, 28; Dan. 537.
hálig
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Th. ii. 432, 15. of animals, not destructive or dangerous, tame cattle us opposed to wild beasts Inc is hálig feoh and wilde deór on geweald geseald, Gen. 201. <b>B</b>. substantival. that which is holy, a holy thing. Cf. <b>A.
lǽfan
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Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen carnem quae a bestiis fuerit praegustata, Ll. Th. i. 54, 1. <b>III a.
wann
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Gewát se wilda fugel ofer wonne wǽg, 88, 8; Gen. 1462. Hé wolde ðæt wanne wæter tó wíne áwendan. Homl. Th. ii. 58, 16. Sweart wæter, wonne wælstreámas, Cd. Th. 78, 30; Gen. 1301 : 86, 13; Gen. 1430.
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, óþþæt seó heoroswealwe wynsum weorþeþ, Exon. Th. 332, 18; Vy. 87. León, wynsume wiht, wel átemede, Met. 13, 19. Eálá gé góde cildra and wynsume (venusti) leorneras, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 33.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Gl. 508, 22. to reprove, rebuke On wuda ðú wildeór wordum þreátast increpa feras silvarum, Ps. Th. 67, 27.
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Hé (the Phenix) sylf bicreþ in ðæt treów innan torhte frætwe; ðǽr se wilda fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ (cf. hé heánne beám on holtwuda wunaþ, 209, 15; Ph. 171), Exon.
ge-grípan
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Ne bið gegripen non rapitur, 71. to take, catch game Wildeór gegrípan, Hml. S. 23 b, 735
þeód
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Þeóda wlítaþ ... hú seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ, Exon. Th. 221, 28; Ph. 341. Hé þeóda gehwam ( to every one on earth ) hefonríce forgeaf, Cd. Th. 40, 19; Gen. 641; Exon. Th. 429, 4; Rä. 42, 8. Geþola þeóda þreá endure men's oppression, Andr.
á-bisgian
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occupatae sunt Nar. 35, 15. wiþ, to employ against Hé wið ðone here ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; P. 37, 8. with acc. of time, to employ time in a pursuit Munecas ðe heora cildhád habbaþ ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 27. with acc. of place Wildeór
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sígan
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Gewát se wilda fugel earce sécan, wérig sígan tó handa hálgum rince, 88, 9 ; Gen. 1462. Sígende preceps, Germ. 399, 460. [Þe kinge sah to grunde (deide, 2nd MS.), Laym. 10255. Scal þi saule siȝen to helle 14589.] <b>Ia.
wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Sum sceal wildne fugel wloncne átemian, hafoc on honda, 332, 15; Vy. 85. in an unfavourable sense, proud, bold, arrogant, haughty, insolent. Similar entries v. wlencu, Hé (a dog) leánaþ grimme ðe hine wloncne weorþan lǽteþ, Exon.
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ge-fón
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Hwylce wildeór swýþost geféhst þú? Ic gefeó heortas. Coll. M. 21, 29 Mænige gefóþ ( capiunt) hwælas, 25, l. Hú geféncge hú hig? Heortas ic gefénge (-fengc? cepi ) on nettum and bár ic ofslóh, 22, 9-11.
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Ða wildan hors scealden iornan and him ða limo all tóbrecan, Shrn. 72, 2. Tó gehwylcum bryce, hundes brægen áléd on wulle and ðæt tóbrocene tó gewriþen, Lchdm. i. 370, 19. Wiþ ealdre wunde tóbrocenre, ii. 92, 1.