wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Wreccena mǽrost, Beo. Th. 1800; 8. 898. Wreccena feormunge, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 62, 16. Hé bebeád ðæt mon ealle ða wræccan an cýþþe forléte jussit omnes exsules patriae resiitui, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 144, 14. Drihlen gehealdeþ wreccan (advenas), Ps.
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Wuldortorhtan weder, Beo. Th. 2276; B. 1136. Wedera cealdost, 1097; B. 546. Wedera cyst, Cd. Th. 238, 6 ; Dan. 350. Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Salm. Kmbl. 621; Sal. 310. Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42.
manian
to bring to mind what ought to be done ⬩ to urge upon one what ought to be done ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ instigate ⬩ to bring to mind what, should not be forgotten ⬩ to admonish ⬩ remind ⬩ suggest ⬩ prompt ⬩ to tell what ought to be done ⬩ to teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ to claim of a person (acc.) what is due ⬩ in jus vocare ⬩ ad malium mannire
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Manaþ swá and myndgaþ sárum wordum Beo. Th. 4120; B. 2057.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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fyrngewinnes, Beo. Th. 3381; B. 1688. ¶ of the writing on the tables of stone On ðe wrát wuldres God gerýno, Andr.
efne
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Simle ic beó gemyndig efne ( etiam ) betweoh tweóndan frecnisse úra gefeohta, Nar. 1, 9. Ꝥ hé efne munuclífe gyta swíþor lifde þonne lǽwedes mannes, Bl. H. 213, 10.
wamm
a spot, mark, blot. stain ⬩ filth, impurity, corruption ⬩ a blot, disgrace, damage, hurt ⬩ moral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilement ⬩ evil, sin, shameful word or deed:
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Hellbendum fæst, wommum gewítnad ( grievously punished), Beo. Th. 6138;B. 3073. moral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilement Idese mid widle and mid womme be*-*smitan. Judth. Thw. 22, 12;Jud. 59. Fram wæmme leahtra a labe criminum, Hymn.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Þá steorran synd fæste on þǽre heofene; þæt (what) menn geseóð feallan of þǽre heofone, swylce hyt sýn steorran, hyt beóð spearcan, Angl. viii. 320, 31: Cri. 940.
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rǽdan
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Wolde dóm Godes dǽdum rǽdan gumena gehwylcum the decree of God would govern the deeds of every man, Beo. Th. 5709; B. 2858. to have the disposal of, have possession of Ðone máððum ðe ðú mid rihte rǽdan sceoldest, 4119; B. 2056.
friþ
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Sé þe on þám húse beó hæbbe frið mid þé qui eccum in domo fuerint, redundabit in caput nostrum, si eos aliquis tetigerit, Jos. 2, 19. ¶ where the authority is superhuman :-- Friðes earnian tó Dryhtne, Reb. 13.
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Hí sume þurh freónda fultum and ælmesdǽdum, and swíðost þurh hálige mæssan beóð álýsede, 352, 25-27. Ðurh ða treówu and ðam streáwe and ðam ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlíce synna, 590, 12-14.
pening
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Twelf síðon twelf penegas beóþ on ánum punde, Anglia viii. 335. 17. Pund ealoþ gewihþ .vi. penegum máre ðonne pund wætres, and .i. pund wínes gewihþ .xv. penegum máre ðonne .i. pund wætres, etc., Lchdm. ii. 298, 16-26.
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þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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Beóþ myccle þuneras on heofnum, Blickl. Homl. 93, 15.
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Ic wille rýman mínne bertún and míne beornu geeácnian (I will pull down my barns and build greater, Lk. 12, 18), 104, 1 : Wulfst. 286, 19.
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be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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H. 77, 22. marking relative position or order, before, in advance of: Óþre apostolas beóþ sende beforan hire bǽre, Bl. H. 147, 22: 163, 34. Ic sende mínne engel beforan þínre onsýne, sé gerweþ þínne weg beforan þé, 167, 29.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Gif hý sammǽle beón, þonne fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe if they are agreed, then let the kinsmen set to work and betroth their kinswoman, Ll. Th. i. 254, 19. to take to, make customary: Hí féngon tó ciningum, Jud.
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Ger. handgemein werden to fight hand to hand ], Beo. Th. 4281; B. 2137.
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LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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Hwǽr beóþ ðonne se ídla lust and seó swétnes ðæs hǽmedþinges ðe hé ǽr hátheortlíce lufode, Blickl. Homl. 59, 16. Lustes veneris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 79. Luste oblectamento, Hpt. Gl. 525, 68.
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swǽsende
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Sittan æt or tó swǽsendum to sit at meat, take a meal :-- Hí æt beóde and æt swǽsendum sǽton sederunt ad mensam 5, 5; S. 617, 10: Cd. Th. 168, 7; Gen. 2779. Sittan tó his swǽsendum residens ad epulas Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 42 : 5, 5; S. 618, 17.
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Beóð Godes streámas góde wætere fæste gefylde flumen Dei repletum est aqua, Ps. Th. 64, 10. Gif geliórade fæst if he were quite dead; si jam obisset, Mk. L. 15, 44. with firm grasp or attachment, fast (in to bind, hold fast) (lit. and fig.)
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ge-staþelian
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Hió tó Gode hæfde freóndrǽdenne fæste gestaðelad, Jul. 107. to build Beóð him of þám wyrtum wíc gestaðelad in wuldres byrig, Ph. 474.
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