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ge-wrecan

Grammar
ge-wrecan, In l. 9 before 84 insert. Ps. Th.,
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hyne sylfne gewræc, 2875. þóhte ꝥ his fæder and his fæderan gewrǽce, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 15. Þæt hié heora hláford gewrǽcen, 3, 9; S. 134, 30.

sand-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
sand-pytt, es; m.
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A sand-pit hét lǽdan þá hálgan tó ánum <b>sandpytte,</b> and setton þǽron, and bewurpan mid eorþan and mid weorcstánum, Hml. S. 35, 325

of-teón

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ofteáh his bréðer landes and ǽhta bútan hwæt æt him geearnode,C. D. vi. 127, 9. heofonan scúras oftugon, and eft miltsigende getíþoden, Hml. Th. i. 540, 29

fæst-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-mód, adj.

Constant in mindconstans anĭmo

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Constant in mind; constans anĭmo He wiste fæstmód he wæs on his geleáfon he knew how constant in mind he was in his belief, Ors. 6, 33; Bos. 129, 28

ge-leáfa

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him sylfum séllan þúhton þonne Críst; gelugon him æt þám geleáfan, Hy. 4, 56. Þá men þá þe Godes ríces geleáfan habbað the men who believe in God's kingdom, Bl. H. 55, 17; 77, 4.

wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.

to rollfig.to joincompoundcompose

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hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas praecepit: 'Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncae,' Jos. 10, 18. swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 170. fig.

un-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wérig, adj.

Not wearyfresh

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Not weary, fresh Æt níxtan wurdon ealle geteorode, and ána unwérig him æfter fyligde, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 34. Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8.

eorþ-hús

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Se cásere hét hine gelǽdan intó ánum eorðhúse, and hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him, Hml. S. 30, 415. [He hehte hine makian an eorðhus . . . wes Astrild i þissen eorðhuse þat na mon heo þer nuste, Laym. 2360, 2381.] Add

dirn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dirn-líce, adv.
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Secretly on niht gemartirode swá dyrn*-*lícost mihte, Lch. iii. 424, 30

þurh-borian

(v.)

to bore throughperforate

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to bore through, perforate Ðá wolde ic witan hwæðer ða gelícnissa wǽron gegotene ealle swá sǽde; hét hié ðá þurhborian simulacra quae an solida essent scire ego cupiens omnia perforavi, Nar. 20, 1

Linked entry: borian

hǽman

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Add: in a not criminal sense. to have sexual intercourse Gif wer and wíf gesomnien, and heó secge ꝥ ne mæge hǽman (coire) mid hire . . . nime hire óðerne, Ll. Th. ii. 146, 37. to marry Ne beþærfeþ ꝥ mon hǽme non expedit nubere, Mt.

þæt

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næfþ his fóta geweald ꝥ mæge gán, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 13. On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22.

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerfulgentle

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feól tó his fótum, and bæd ꝥ him blíþe wǽre (ut sibi placatus esset), Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 259, 3, 13.

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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Ox. 11, 114. eternal éce ðæt is ðæt hié wilniað, gewítende ðæt is ðæt hié onscuniað . . . éciu (écu, v. l. aeterna ) ðá ðing sint, Past. 299, 8-10. Deádlic and gewítendlic, þe á libbendu and écu, Solil. H. 3, 5.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Hwý ne wundriaþ ðæs, ðæt hit hwílum þunraþ, hwílum ná ne onginþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 33. Hwá is ðe ne wundrige wolcna færeldes, roderes swifto, ǽlce dæge útan ymbhwerfaþ eallne middangeard? Met. 28, 2.

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þurh-féran

(v.)

to pass through or overto penetrateget into

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Voc. ii. 96, 38. to penetrate, get into Hér Rodla ðurhférde ( penetravit ) Normandi mid his here, Chr. 876; Th. i. 145, col. 3

Linked entry: þurh-faran

of-stician

(v.)
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hét. . . ðæs pápan lima gelóme prician, oð þæt swulte ðurh swylcum pínungum, Hml. Th. ii; 312, 11. Add

freónd-rǽden

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Add: cf. freónd, him getíðað þæs ðe bitt, ná for freóndrǽdene (cf. for þám his freónd ys, Lk. 11, 8), Hml.

on-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
on-cirran, -cerran, -cyrran; p. de.

to turn (trans.) make a change in position or directionto turn (into another form)to turn, to goto turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc.to turn, changeto turn from good to bad, to pervertto turn aside, avertto turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoketo turn (intrans.)

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Se nýdde Clementem ðæt Cryste wiðsóce, ðá ne mihte hyne oncyrran he could not turn him, Shrn. 150, 18. Angan þencean þider meahte Crécas oncerran, Met. 1, 61. to turn, change Ðú ða wyrde oncyrrest fata mutabis, Nar. 31, 24.

ge-wyrcan

Grammar
ge-wyrcan, <b>; V.</b>
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áxode ... geworht wǽre on woruldlicere drohtnunge (cf. ongan ácsian be his lífe, Gr. D. 322, 4), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 3. Add