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þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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Ac swá ðeáhhwæðere seó menniscnys wæs ǽfre forestiht, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 25. Nolde ic cwic ǽfre swá þeáhhwæðere ðíne gewitnesse forlǽtan, Ps. Th. 118, 157

Linked entry: hwæðere

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poisonpoison used for purposes of witchcraftwitchcraftsorcery

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poison Sumum men wæs unlybba geseald, ac hit ne mihte hine ádýdan, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 11. Unþeáwas weaxaþ on yfel, swa swa átres unlibba on men; swá hé leng ðæs áttres þigene bedíhlaþ, swá wyrð his untrumnes máre, R. Ben. 135, 16.

Linked entry: ge-unlybba

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis

Linked entry: wríþian

boh

Grammar
boh, l. bóh,

sprig

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Wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt grówende mid bógum, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 15. Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon hwelces yfles bógas snǽde, buton mon wille ðá wyrtruman forceorfan, Past. 222, 15. Bógas wíngerdes propagines uitis, An. Ox. 2016: Hpt. Gl. 496, 76

efen-niht

(n.)
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Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice emniht, 24. Seó emniht byð on .xii. kl. Octobris, Angl. viii. 311, 26.

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Wæs ðæt lond . . . ádrígad and fen (fien, v. l.) and cannon and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Angl. iv. 157, 5. Mid sǽ, mid fænne, Bt. 18, l; F. 62, 23, 26. Mid wudum and mid muntum and mid fænnum, 18, 2; F. 62, 35.

ge-manian

(v.)
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</b> to make demand for a debt, to dun :-- Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund ánum men and wæs oft gemanod for ðǽre lǽne, Hml. Th. ii. 176, 35. (O. Sax. gi-manón : O. H. Ger. ge-manón memorare, admonere, commonere.)

ge-sǽlignes

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lífes, Nar. 7, 21. of things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness, beatitude, v. ge-sǽlig ; Ðú sǽdest ꝥ Godes gódness and his gesǽligness and hé self þæt ꝥ wǽre

Linked entry: sǽligness

fur-lang

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Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx.es furlonga long castra in longum stadia .xx., Nar. 12, 16. an area of land a furrow-long in width (v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., pp. 2-4) Án furlang hína herðlandes betweónan ðǽre strǽte and ðǽre mǽdwe, C. D. iii. 18, 28.

lyt-hwón

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. :--- Lythwón monna geflit paucorum homimum contentio, Mt. p. 2, 10. as adv. of distance Þ á hé wæs lythwón þanon ágán progressus pusillum Mt 26, 39.

on-cweþan

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In l. 2 after 18 insert Rä. 5, 7, and add: to say in response to a statement just made Þá cwǽdon hí tó him, 'Hál wæs ðú, bróðor.' Hé him oncwæð, 'Syb sý mid eów, bróðra,' Hml. S. 30, 250. Him Cain andswarode . .

on-wreón

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Add Hé onwreáh þá eorðan þe ǽr wæs oferþeaht, Ps. Th. 28, 7. Onwríg eágan míne, Ps.

tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, and ealle his tída tógædere, ǽr hé út eóde, Vis. Lfc. 64. <b>I d.

þencan

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Ercol wæs tó gefaren, tó ðon þæt hé hié ábrecan þóhte, 3, 9; S. 132, 12: 4, 13; S. 212, 2. (b i) add :-- Hé þóhte his sunu tó beswícanne, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 9

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Ic wæs be sande sǽwealle neáh, Exon. Th. 471, 14; Rä. 61, 1. Swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycþ on ðám sandum neáh ðære byrig ðe Tarsit hátte, Ps. Th. 47, 6

up-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
up-weard, adj.

turned upwardsmoving upwards.

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For ðam gelómlícum ðeáwe his gebeda, swá hwǽr swá hé sæt, ðæt his gewuna wæs ðæt hé his handa upwearde hæfde ofer his cneówa ob crebrum morem orandi, semper ubicumque sedens, supinas super genua sua manus habere solitus sit, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 25. moving

fýren

composed of fire on fire, flaming, burning.bearing fireburning, red-hot

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Gelamp hit ꝥ ꝥ hús eall wæs innan fýren and ongan semninga byrnan contigit culmen domus subitaneis flammis impleri, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 8.

gærs

herbagea herb, plant the bladepasture, grazing the grass-covered ground

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On þǽre stówe wæs mycel gærs (gers, v. l., gærs ł heig, L., hég ł gers, R. foenum) Jn. 6, 10. Græse gramine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 63. Gers ł hég londes, Mt. L. 6, 30. Ꝥ gærs (gers, R.), Lk. L. 12. 28. 'Underfó hé gærs.'

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windywindyflatulent

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Wæs on ðam ofne, ðǽr se engel becwom, windig (breezy, airy) and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347. Windig wolcen, Exon. Th. 201, 24; Ph. 61. Ðes eindiga sele (Hell), Cd. Th. 273, 14; Sat. 136.

wil-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-sum, adj.

desirablepleasantwillingvoluntaryspontaneousdevoutdevoted

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Hé sylfa wæs se wilsumesta (devolissimus) lǽstend, 5, 22; S. 644, 4

Linked entry: will-sum