wyrd
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add: what is done, a deed, an action Gif hé ó wǽre gecnysseð mid mænniscre herenesse fram þám mægne þyssere wyrde in virtute facti (a miracle just performed) favore humano pulsatus, Gr. D. 59, 31.
wrecan
To drive ⬩ press ⬩ to drive ⬩ force to move ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to express ⬩ utter ⬩ recite ⬩ to drive in ⬩ impress ⬩ inlay ⬩ to drive ⬩ practise ⬩ carry out ⬩ on ⬩ to drive ⬩ press on ⬩ to wreak ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to take vengeance (on)
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Nó ic wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft mine, 499, 14; Rä. 88, 15. to take vengeance (on) Ic wreocu in him vindicator in eis, Ps. Surt. 117, 12. Ic wræc on him ultus sum in eos, Ps. Spl. 117, 11. Wreocende ic earn hié ultus sum eos, Ps.
Linked entries: wracian a-wrecan wreogan ǽrend-wreca
tó-dǽlan
To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter
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To divide, separate, distribute. in the following glosses Ic tódǽle infindo, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 49 : discludo, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 31. Ic tódǽle dispono, ii. 141, 45. Tódǽlan findere, 37, 33.
æftemest
After-most ⬩ last ⬩ postremus ⬩ novissimus
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After-most, last; postremus, novissimus Ðeós bóc is æftemyst on ðære biblioþécan this is the last book of the Bible, Ælfc. T. 31, 22; Grn. Ælfc. T. 16, 3.
Beornica ríce
The kingdom or province of the Bernicians ⬩ regnum vel provincia Berniciorum,
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Beornica Oswi possessed the other part of the Northumbrian kingdom, that is Bernicia Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 35 : 5, 14; S. 635, 6
þurh-wunung
continued dwelling ⬩ residence ⬩ perseverance ⬩ persistence ⬩ constancy
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continued dwelling, residence Óþer cyn is muneca, ðæt is wéstensetlan, ðe feor fram mannum gewítaþ ... geefenlǽcende Élian and Ióhannem, ða þurhwununge on wéstenes innoþe heóldon, R.
gedwol-godas
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A false god Ðes gedwolgod (Mercury) . . . is Óðon geháten on Denisce wísan, Wlfst. 107, 6.
heáh-mægen
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S. 16, 246. sublime power, divine might Is þæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, El. 753. Ongit Godes heáhmægen, 464. Þæt hine werþeóde and eal engla cynn úp on roderum hergen heáhmægen, þǽr is help gelong, Jul. 645.
hlútor-ness
sincerity ⬩ simplicity
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Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add:
un-witende
Unwitting ⬩ not knowing ⬩ not aware of what is done ⬩ unconscious
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the Latin is: Ut voluntariam sibi conscivisse mortem putaretur) áwierged, 6 36; Swt. 294, 11
heáfod-leahter
A capital offence, mortal sin
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I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3. Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam écum fýre he who commits the deadly sins and dies in them shall burn in the everlasting fire, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 17
ge-stæððig
Steadfast ⬩ firm ⬩ stăbĭlis ⬩ firmus
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Steadfast, firm; stăbĭlis, firmus Se án déma is gestæððig and beorht the only judge is steadfast and bright, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 84; Met. 24, 42: 29, 171; Met. 29, 87.
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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It is found, too, as the name of a plaything En la rue vus juvetz a toup (a top of tre), Wrt. Voc. i. 144, 25. Top of chylderys pley trochus, Prompt. Parv. 496. Sweype for a top flagellum, 482
hræd
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Eáðe and hræd on hlehtre facilis ac promptus in risu, R. Ben. 30, 9. Þú wǽre hrædra tó his fultume þonne hé wénde, Ps. Th. 20, 3. Hræd tó yfle prona in malum, Chrd. 54, 31. Ic lǽre ꝥ þú beó hrædra mid hreówlicum teárum, Dóm.
lád
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Aeclesiastici census, id est duos modios de mundo grano, ii. 386, 30.
for-gildan
to pay back ⬩ restore ⬩ pay damages ⬩ to pay for ⬩ buy off ⬩ to repay ⬩ pay out ⬩ requite ⬩ to pay ⬩ perform
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H. 45, 2. with acc. of action that is recompensed Ic heora synne swinglum forgylde visitabo in verberibus peccata eorum, Ps. Th. 88, 29. Forþon þú ús þus dydest, wé hit þé forgyldaþ, Bl. H. 241, 18.
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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On .xiiii. nihte mónan is gód on níwne híred tó fǽrenne, Lch. iii. 178, 32.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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To be mad or furious, to rage, rave Ic wéde saeuio and insanio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Zup. 192, 3. Furo ic wéde macaþ insaniui of insanio ic wéde, 33 ; Zup. 203, 9. Ic wéde grasso. Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 44. Wétt saeuit, Wülck. Gl. 255, 16.
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gifan
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' Ðá andswarode ic : ' Nát ic nánwuht. . . þe swelc gifan mæge ' 33. 3; F. 126, 23. to allow to have, not to withhold, to release Is giwuna iów ꝥte énne ic gefe ł forléte ( dimittam) iów in eóstro, wallad gé forðon ꝥ ic gefe (
án-geld
A single payment ⬩ compensation
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In. 56; Th. i. 138, 9: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 19, MS. G