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stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Ða deóflu ðe on ðám anlícnyssum sticodon, ii. 482, 8. of direction, to run, lie (cf. sceótan) Út æt ðæs croftes heáfod ðæt sticaþ on ðære lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 37, 24.

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Sege hwænne ic ǽfre ǽr þillíc ðé gedyde dic, quid simile unquam fecerim tibi, Num. 22, 30. Nǽfre wé ǽr þyllíc ne gesáwon numquam sic vidimus, Mk. Skt. 2, 12: Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 3. Hwam beóð ðás ðyllecan gelícran quibus isti sunt similes?

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pridehigh spiritpridearrogancehaughtinessinsolencedistinctionsplendourpompdignitymagnificencewealthgreatness

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Hé breác longe ǽr wlencea under wolcnum (cf. his mód ǽr tó ðám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 1), Met. 1, 76. Ic cwæð on mínum wlencum and on mínre orsorhnesse ego dixi in abundantia mea, Ps. Th. 29, 6: Past. 65; Swt. 465, 15.

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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S. 36, 91-99. as the place for meals: Swylc þú æt swǽsendum sitte mid ðinum ealdormannum and þegnum on wintertíde, and sié fýr onǽled and þín heall gewyrmed (calido effecto cenaculo), Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 18.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Hwá is ðe ne wundrige wolcna færeldes, roderes swifto, hú hý ǽlce dæge útan ymbhwerfaþ eallne middangeard? Met. 28, 2. Ǽlc wile ðæs wundrian for hwý hí swá dón, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 14. with prepositions Hé wundrode æfter ðære gesihþe, Blickl.

Linked entry: wyndrian

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Ælfc. P. 48; Th. ii. 384, 32. Ýdel biþ se lǽcedóm ðe ne mæg ðone untruman gehǽlan vain is the medicine that cannot heal the sick, Homl. Th. i. 60, 34.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUSTdesirepleasurevoluptuousness

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Lust oððe gǽlsa luxus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 11. 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.

Linked entry: lustume

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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., and add: to humble, humiliate Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga swíþe bismrade

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

of

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Swilce hé ǽte of þám spice, Hml. S. 25, 92. Hé Pehta þeóde of þám mǽstan dǽle (maxima ex parte) Ongelcynnes ríce underþeódde, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 313, 19. Add Godes gást him wæs on wunigende ǽfre of ðám dæge, Hml.

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Valskr Norman) æt-tforan mid ðam cynge, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 15, 24. 1a. referring to the Celts of England, Welsh:-- Be Wilisces monnes londnæfene. Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, L. In. 32.; Th. i. 122, 9. Englisc . . .

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Ǽlc wuht cwices [cwuces Cot.] biþ innanweard hnescost everything alive is inwardly softest, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 5. Ne ofsleá ic ǽlc þing cuces non percutiam omnem animam viventem, Gen. 8, 21: Wrt. Voc. 85, 51. On cwicum ceápe in live stock, L.

lang

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Lang bið syððan þæt se gást nimeð æt Gode . . . Seel. 5. Ne bið lang ofer þæt þæt Israhéla æðelu móten rícsian, El. 432

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Sume forlǽtaþ ða hig ǽr hæfdon and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimaþ some leave the wives they had before, and while the wife is still living, take another, Wulfst. 269, 23. Sum ðéh hé forlǽte ða hé ǽr hæfde, hé be lifiendre ðære eft óðere nimþ, L.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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Ǽr sunne tó setle code, Ex. 17, 12. Sunne setlgonges fús, Exon. Th. 174, 33; Gú. 1187. Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifaþ, 206, 1; Ph. 120. Sunne gewát tó sete glídan, Andr. Kmbl. 2609; An. 1306.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

ceorl

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Hæbbe ǽlc monn his wíf, and ǽlc wíf hiere ciorl, Past. 99, 12. Wóhhǽmed begangan mid óþerra ceorla wífum, Bl. H. 61, 14. a man of inferior class, peasant, rustic Hwæt is þes ceorl ( rusticus )?, Gr. D. 35, 2: 45, 24. Se mǽra landbegenga ( St.

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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Ðæt hig bereáfodan æt háligdome and æt eallon þingan they plundered the monastery of the relics and of every thing, Chr. 1055; Erl. 188, 40. On ðam háligdóme swerian to swear on the relics, L. Eth. 3, 2; Th. i. 292; 14: Th.

ge-biddan

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Ær man hæbbe þriwa his rihtes gebeden, Ll. Th. i. 386, 13. to ask, make request to a person Ne sceal nán faran . . . búton hé gebeden sý, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 6. Swá swá hé gebeden wæs þurh þá geleáfullan, Ælfc. T.

ge-rihtan

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Ðas béc hé sceal néde habban, gif hé wyle þám folce æfter rihte wísigan, . . . and beó hé æt þám wær ꝥ hí beón wel gerihte, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll.

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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Voc. i. 81, 8: 290, 7: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26;Zup. 52, 12. Ǽlces húses wáh biþ fæst ǽgþer ge on ðære flóre ge on ðæm hrófe, Bt. 36, 7;Fox 184, 12.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Hé ðæs beran ceaflas tótær búton ǽlcum wǽmne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Gif man wǽpn ábregde ðǽr mæn drincen, L.H.E. 13; Th. i. 32, 11.