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wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Wénst ðú ðe ic nyte ðone wól ðínre gedréfednesse (perturbationum morbum), Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 17. Ic ðone wól (witchcraft) eów forbeóde, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 72

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ;Fox 66, l.

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

swíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-líc, adj.

very great, exceedingly greatwith the idea of violent disturbance, violent, strong (of storm, wind, etc.) of energetic, violent action, vehement, violentof that which affects the senses or the feelings, strong, intense, severeof feeling, or emotion, intense, vehementof discipline or conduct,stern, severe, strict

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For swíþlícum réne, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17. Wið swíðlícne fléwsan ðæs sǽdes, Lchdm. i. 220, 3. On wæterum swýðlícum in aquis vehementibus, Cant. Moys. 10. Hí sáwon swíðlíce rénas, Boutr.

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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Gif hé ðæt þurhtió, ðæt hé getihhod hæfþ, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 4. Cweþan ðæt sió godcunde foretiohhung getiohhod hæfde ðæs ðe hió ne þurhtuge, 41, 3; Fox 248, 21.

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Kmbl. 2479; El. 1241. for, because of, after, by, through, according to; pro, propter, er, secundum He sette word be worde he set word for word, Bt. pro?m; Fox viii. 3. Be hyra weorcum for their works, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 13; Cri. 1290.

ge-sceððan

(v.)

To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy tonocere, adversari

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[with the same form in the infinitive are to be found, apparently, two verbs, one belonging to the strong, the other to the weak conjugation. Corresponding to the Gothic verb skaþjan, skóþ is sceððan, scód; [cf. sceppan, scóp.]

a-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-secgan, -sæcgan; p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd [a out, secgan to say]

To speak outdeclareexpresstellsayrelateexplainannounceproclaimedicereeffariexprimerereferreenarrareannunciare

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Gif seó gemyndelíc wíse asǽd biþ if that memorable thing be told, 4, 22; S. 590, 32 : Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 144, 22 : 35,1; Fox 154, 18. Hím engel Godes eall asægde God's angel told him all, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 19; Dan. 156.

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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  Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

fægere

(adv.)
Grammar
fægere, fægre, fegere; adv.

Pleasantly, softly, gently, fairly, beautifully suāvĭter, bĕnigne, cōmĭter, dĕcenter, pulchre

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Fox 283; Men. 143: Elen. Kmbl. 2423; El. 1213. He fægere mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn he gently sprinkled with water the royal child of glory, Menol. Fox 314; Men. 158.

Linked entries: fægre fegere

GEALLA

(n.)
Grammar
GEALLA, ealla, an; m.

GALLbilefelbīlisa gallfretted place on the skinintertrīgo

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Wið seóndum geallan for straining out bile, L. M. 3, 11; Lchdm. ii. 314, 7. a gall, fretted place on the skin; intertrīgo Wið horses geallan for a horse's gall, L. M. 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 21.

Linked entry: ealla

eall

(adj.)
Grammar
eall, adj.

All tōtus

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Fox 26, 121; Met. 26, 61: 28, 9; Met. 28, 5: Beo. Th. 4091; B. 2042: 4181; B. 2087: Exon. 22 a; Th. 60, 5; Cri. 965: Salm. Kmbl. 2; Sal. 1: Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 9: Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35: 1, 26; S. 487, 37: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 15

Linked entries: eal ealles

ge-healdsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keepingobservancepreservationabstinencecustōdiaobservātioconservātioabstĭnentia

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For gehealdsumnysse sóþre eádmódnysse beóþ fórwel oft Godes gecorenan geswencte for preservation of true humility God's chosen are very often afflicted, Homl. Th. i. 474, 10. Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse with abstinence, i. 318, 8

steorra

(n.)
Grammar
steorra, an; m.
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Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe wé hátaþ morgensteorra; ðone ilcan wé hátaþ óþre naman ǽfensteorra, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 2-4. Tácna on steorrum, Lk. Skt. 21, 25

fadian

(v.)
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Ox. 56, 326. absolute Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers), Ll.

freó-man

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For last passage substitute Hwæt gifest þú me, gásta Waldend, freómanna tó frófre ... ne sealdest þú mé sunu ... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum what freeborn children wilt thou give me, Ruler of spirits, for my comfort? ...

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
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Nán mon ne bið mid rihte for óþres góde nó ðý mǽrra ne nó ðý geheredra, Bt. 30, l; F. 108, 27

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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An ornament, trapping. for a person Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 16. for a horse Ǽfteráp postela, gerǽdu falere, brídel frenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 5-7.

gripe

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.), gúðbilla gripe he had in his hand aid for war, for the assault of battle-bills, Vald. 2, 13. non-material Þǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe, Wlfst. 209, 18. grasp, power, control, mastery, by persons Þín feorh beran in gramra gripe, An. 217

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevationexaltationexultationarrogance, pride

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Elevation. literal Exaltatio sancte crucis, ðæt is on Engliscre sprǽce upáhefednyss ðære hálgan róde, for ðan ðe heó wæs áhafen on ðam dæge, Homl.

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.