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sundor-cræft

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Þeán þe sýn ealle sundercræftas and wuldorsangas in gesamnode, Verc. Först. 114, 10. Add

wrǽstlung

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Hé út férde of líchaman tó gewinne and tó wrǽstlunge lífes and deáðes de corpore ad certamen vitae et mortis exiit, 321, 3. Add

Linked entry: wraxlung

Datia

(n.)
Grammar
Datia, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3, = Datie; gen.Datia ; pl. m.

The DACIANS Dāci

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D. 106, and colonised it with Romans.

wynsumian

(v.)
Grammar
wynsumian, p. ode

To rejoiceexultbe joyful

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Ða eádigan ceasterwaran gefeóð and wynsumiaþ on lisse and on blisse and on écum gefeán, 265, 12: Shrn. 118, 4. Heora heortan and líchoman wynsumedon (exultaverunt) on God, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 37.

Linked entry: wyn-sum

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Mynegunge gegódude monitu freti, Angl. xiii. 375, 142. to do good physically Genim þá ylcan wyrte and syle þigccean; heó gegódað, Lch. i. 72, 15. to make (morally) good, improve Ꝥ seó stów þurh hine gegódod and geriht wǽre, R.

ge-fægnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fægnian, -fagnian, -fagenian; p. ode; pp. od

To rejoicebe gladexultgaudēreexultāre

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Blissian and gefægnian þeóda lætentur et exultent gentes, Ps. Spl. 66, 4

Linked entry: ge-fagnian

Sumer-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Sumer-sǽte, -sǽtan; pl.
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Sumorsǽte alle and Wilsǽtan, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 6-10. Mid Sumursǽtum, 845; Erl. 66, 21. On Dorsǽtum and on Sumærsǽton (Sumersǽtum, MS. C.), 1015; Erl. 152, 12. Ofer Sumersǽton and ofer Wealas, 1048; Erl. 180, 27

wyrm-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-sele, es; m.
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A serpent-hall [cf. the hall, thick swarming now, With ... scorpion, and asp ... Cerastes horned, hydrus, and elops drear, And dipsas, Par.

Linked entry: wyrm-geard

ge-spornan

Grammar
ge-spornan, <b>ge-speornan</b>
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., and add: n : tread upon, light upon : — Ðæt deófol on ðá eorðan gewíteð, and þanon helle wésten gespyrreð (-spyrneð ?), Sal.

ge-staþolfæstnian

(v.)
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Add: to establish, secure from disturbance De ilca ðerhgiendiga and gitrymma and gistaðolfæstniga ðǽm wuldor and onwæld ipse perficiet et confirmabit solidabitque ipsi gloriam et imperium, Rtl. 22, 5. to make effectual, carry into effect Geþeahta þá

Linked entry: staþolfæstnian

rǽde-fæsting

(n.)
Grammar
rǽde-fæsting, e; f.
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and ealra angelcynnes monna and ælþeódigra rǽdefæstinge, C.

Linked entry: fæsting

will-gespryng

(n.)
Grammar
will-gespryng, es; n.

A spring

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A spring Ðeós eorþe is berende missenlícra fugela and sǽwihta and fiscwyllum wæterum and wyllgespryngum avium ferax terra marique generis diversi, fluviis quoque multum piscosis, ac fontibus praeclara copiosis, Bd. l, I; S. 473, 16.

Linked entry: ge-spryng

on-drysnlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drysnlíc, -drysenlíc; adj.

Terrible

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Ðá ætýwde hire micel mon and ondrysnlíc, Shrn. 106, 9. Hé wæs of líchoman álǽded, and hé geseah má ondrysnlíces and eác wundorlíces ðonne hé mihte ásecgan, 51, 31

ge-gerwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gerwan, -gærwan, -girwan, -gierwan, -gyrwan; p. -gerede; pp. -gered, -gerwed

To preparemake readyclothearrayadornfurnish

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Ðǽr weofod inne wlitelíce geworhtan and gegyredon therein they wrought and adorned an altar beautifully, 205, 6 : Beo. Th. 6265; B. 3137. Gegyre ðú hine clothe him, Blickl. Homl. 37, 21. Mid heora geatwum gegyrede equipped, 241, 29 : Nar. 4, 13.

Linked entries: ge-gærwan ge-gyrwan

eád

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Wæs hyra tíres æt ende, eádes and ellendǽda, Jud. 273. Þá hyra týr and eád ýcað, Rä. 27, 23. wealth, riches Siððan his eaforan eád bryttedon ... him wæs beorht wela, Gen. 1602.

mægden-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-mann, es; m.

A maidvirgin

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án mǽdenman to, and hó hit on his sweoran, Lchdm. iii. 42, 9. Gif hwylc mǽdenman on geférrǽdene mid gehádodum wunaþ si puella aliqua in societate cum ordinatis habitet, L. Ecg. P. ii. 17; Th. ii. 188, 9. Gif man wið cyninges mægdenman geligeþ, L.

Linked entry: mægþ-mann

bitre

(adv.)
Grammar
bitre, bitere, bittre; adv.

Bitterly, sharply, cruellyamare, acriter, atrociter

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Hí gebléndon bittre tosomne unswétne drync ecedes and geallan they mingled bitterly together an unsweet drink bf vinegar and gall, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 11; Cri. 1438: 119 a; Th. 457, 4; Hy. 4, 78

Linked entries: bitere bittre

wiþer-cora

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cora, an; m.

an adversaryopponentrebela reprobate person

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an adversary, opponent, rebel Wiþercora contrarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 75. Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, v. l. rebellio), R. Ben. 113, 13. Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5.

Linked entry: -cora

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
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II. to bind a thing, put a cord, chain, &amp; c. round an object, to secure by binding :-- Hé hét gebindan beam ǽrenum clammum and isernum and gesǽledne in susl don (clamavit: ' Germen radicum alligetur vinculo ferreo et aereo, '.

ge-scrýdan

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Gescrýd circumamicta, An. Ox. 1024. Seó slápolnys byð gescrýdd mid tætticum dormitatio vestietur pannis, Hml. A. 9, 237. Mid hǽran gescrýd tó hire líce, 108, 207. Gescríd mid goldum and mid gimmum, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 9.