wísian
shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ to shew ⬩ shew ⬩ point put ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ indicate
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where movement takes place, to shew the way, guide, direct, Grammar wísian, absolute Hé stóp on strǽte, stíg wísode, Andr. Kmbl. 1970; An. 987. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, hand wísode, Byrht. Th. 135, 61 ; By. 141. Snyredon ðǽr secg
Linked entry: riht-wísian
stihtung
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A disposition, arrangement, dispensation Wæs ðæt wunderlíco stihtungc ðære godcundan foreseónesse mira divinae dispensatio provisionis erat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 36. Hit wæs sweotole gesiéne, ðæt hit wæs Godes stihtung, Ors. 6, 1 ; Swt. 252, 29.
ge-lecgan
To lay ⬩ pōnĕre
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Hwár he geléd wǽre ubi pōnĕrētur, Mk. Bos. 15, 47. He wæs unscyldig ðæs ðe him geléd wæs he was guiltless of that which was laid to him, Chr. 1053; Erl. 187, 21
tó-brǽdan
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Ox. 23, 47. add: — Se consul wæs wénende þæt eall þæt folc wǽre gind þæt lond tóbrǽd, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 12
ge-brýdian
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To marry Wæs óðres cempan wíf . . . seó wæs án geár gebrýdod and feówer mónað, Shrn. 84, 31. Seó wæs twám werum gebrýdad, and hwæþre heó wæs clǽne fǽmne. Ǽrest heó wæs gebrýdad Tondberhte and æfter þǽm heó wæs seald Ecgferðe tó cwéne, 94, 18-21
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of-hæccan
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To hack off Hí cweðað ꝥ Petrus gewǽpnod wǽre, þá ðá hé his Drihten werian wolde; ꝥ wæs þá hé ofhæhte (amputavit) þæs forscildgdon eáre, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 22
Linked entry: hæccan
wesan
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Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, ii. Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571. Hwæt wæs þám men? quid profuit?, Gr. D. 326, 18. add: cf. .
eorþ-hele
A heap ⬩ tŭmŭlus
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A heap; tŭmŭlus Wæs ðæt deáw abútan ða fyrdwíc, swilce hit hagoles eorþhele wǽre the dew was about the camp, as it were a heap of hail, Ex. 10, 14
Linked entry: hele
un-geworht
not made ⬩ not finished
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not made Gif Hé geworht wǽre, ne wurde Hé nǽfre ælmihtig God ... Hé wæs ǽfre ungeworht, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 69. not finished Ungeworht infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 17
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ge-síclian
To be taken sick or ill ⬩ to be infirm ⬩ ægrōtāre ⬩ infirmāri
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Sum undercyning wæs, ðæs sunu wæs gesýclod on Capharnaum ĕrat quĭdam rēgulus, cujus fīlius infirmābātur Capharnaum, Jn. Bos. 4, 46. Ðá wearþ his hors gesíclod his horse became ill, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 169
Linked entries: síclian ge-seócled ge-séclod ge-sýclian
myrige
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., and add Wæs ðǽr gehende án myrige dún mid wyrtum ámét mid eallre fægernysse and eác ful sméðe. Hml. S. 19, 108. Þeán þe þes middaneard myrge wǽre, 28, 158. Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7.
carful-líce
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Eálá ðú góde ród, ðú wǽre gefyrn gewilnod and carfullíce gelufod, Hml. Th. i. 596, 15. Þis wæs carfullíce ( sollicite ) gehealden, Gr. D. 126, 19. Carfullícor sollcitius, R. Ben. I. 111, 9. Add
þearfedness
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Bonefacies cyrican gelamp ꝥ þǽr wæs hefigu wǽdl and þearfednes hujus ecclesiae gravis valde paupertas inerat, Gr. D. 56, 31. Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse sollicitus suae paupertatis custos, 201, 11. Add
leóhte
Lightly ⬩ easily ⬩ gently
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Ðá wæs heó gesewen þurh twegen dagas ðæt hire leóhtor wǽre videbatur illa per biduum aliquanto levius habere, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 3
Róm
Rome
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Swá mildelíce wæs Rómeburg on fruman gehálgod, Swt. 66, 4. Twám geárum ǽr Rómaburh ábrocen wǽre ... wæs Rómaburh ábrocen fram Gotum, Bd. 1, 11; S, 480, 10-12. On Rómebyrig, Apstls. Kmbl. 22; Ap. 11. Hér Gotan ábrǽcon Rómeburg, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7
Linked entry: Róme-burh
god-fyrht
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Ioachim wæs godfyrht man, Hml. A. 118, 42. Þá synna yrnað æfter þǽre earman sáwle and hire tó cweðað ... 'Wé wéndon þæt þú wǽre godfyrht, ac þú hæfdest deófles geþanc, Wlfst. 240, 27. Add
weorold-dóm
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A secular judgment, judgment by a secular court Sum wer wæs betogen ðæt hé wǽre on stale, and hine man gelæhte and æfter worulddóme dydon him út ða eágan, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 267
plegol
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Playful, sportive, jocose Hwílon wacodon menu ofer án deád líc, and ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæþ swylce for plegan, ðæt hé Swýðun wǽte, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 292
wídness
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Ðæs temples længc waes syxtig fæðma, and seó wídnes wæs twéntig fæþma, and his heáhnys wæs þrítyg fæþma, Anglia xi. 9, 27. Ðæt tempel wæs . . . on wídnysse twéntig fæðma. . .
wæter-seáþ
A water-pit, well, reservoir
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A water-pit, well, reservoir Ðá wæs ðǽr on óþre sídan ðæs hláwes gedolfen swylce mycel Wæterseát wǽre. 4;Gdwin. 26, 8. Wæterseáðes cisternae, Hpt. Gl. 418, 27. [Myrige wæterseáðes ðǽr ábúten standeþ, Shrn. 13, 17.]