ge-mótian
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or if people want to upset every law that king Alfred made, when have our meetings and discussions been to any purpose ?, Cht. Th. 172, 4-10
Linked entry: mótian
ge-stæppan
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</b> where fót is subject :-- -Symble wæs drýge folde swá his fót gestóp, An. 1584. of inanimate objects Se rodor þǽre eorþan on nánre ne mót neár þonne on óðre stówe gestæppan (cf. ðeáh se rodor þǽre eorþan náwer ne geneálǽce, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130
huntaþ
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D. hunt, sb. 2 b) Hwæt wæs sé þe mé ǽr bróhte of huntoðe and ic æt þǽrof? quis ille est qui dudum captam venationem attulit mihi et comedi ex omnibus ?, Gen. 27, 33, 31, 19. 25
hund-nigontig
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Hé wæs nigon and hundnigontic geára nonaginta et novem erat annorum, Gen. 17, 24. Ofer nigon and hundnigontigum (hundneántig, L. hund*-*niontig, R.) rihtwísra super nonaginta nouem iustis, Lk. 15, 7.
Indéas
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Þá þá hé wæs on Indéum, 136, 6. Ðeáh hé rícsige ofer eallne middangeard ... from Indéum ꝥ is se súðeástende þisses middaneardes licet Indica tellus tua jura tremiscat, Bt. 29, 3; F. 106, 22
mere
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Hí þá hálgan geléddon tó ánum brádum mere. . . se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, Hml. S. 11, 141. Hí cwǽdon ꝥ wé fundon sumne swíþe micelne mere in þǽm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg ingens nos stagnum dulcissime aque inuenturos, Nar. 11, 26.
ólehtung
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Gif þú þá ilcan ólectonge þám líchoman [dó, hit ná] híwfægere bið, þonne hit ǽr wæs, 166
wita
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Add Hé wæs him sylfum þæs wita (testis), Gr. D. 265, 22. Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wǽre se cúðesta wita (gewita, v.l.) hyre clǽnnesse dicens se testem integritatis suae esse certissimum, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 440, 21
sceandlíce
disgracefully, shamefully, infamously ⬩ opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly
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Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl. As. 59, 202. opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly Hiera wíf [sægdon] ðæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton.
wælhreówlíce
cruelly ⬩ horribly ⬩ atrociously
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cruelly Se wælhreówlíce (crudeli caede) wæs ofslægen, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 14. Æt ðæm cirre wurdon Ahténiense swá wælhreówlíce forslagen quam pugnam atrociorem fuisse ipse rerum exitus docuit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 22.
wafung
amazement, wonder, astonishment
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Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit, Ald. 62),509, 33. amazement, wonder, astonishment On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.
Linked entry: wafung-stede
weg-nest
Food for a journey
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Hé wæs hine trymmende mid ðý heofonlícum wægneste, 4, 24; S. 599, 2
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on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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Th. 289, 8; Wand. 45. Ðá hí onwæcnedun vigilantes, Lk. Skt. 9, 32. 'Nú us is tíma ðæt wé onwæcnen of slǽpe.' Ond eft hé cwiþ: 'Onwæcnaþ, gé ryhtwísan,' Past. 63; Swt. 459, 33-461, 1.
Linked entry: on-wacnian
or-mǽte
Immense, excessive
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Hé mid ormǽtre angsumnysse wæs gecwylmed. Homl. Th. i. 88, 5. Bifigende mid ormǽtre cwacunge, 504, 28. For ðære ormǽtan éhtnysse, ii. 542, 20. Hié woldon ormǽte feoh gegaderian. Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 17.
Scottas
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Mid Scottum ic wæs and mid Peohtum (or under Cf. Scotta cynn Breotone onféng on Pehta dǽle, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 24), Exon. Th. 323, 15; Víd. 79
á-fédan
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Chr. 1085; P. 216, 1. of material which is food Manna wæs geháten se heofon-lica mete þe áfédde þæt folc on wéstene. Hml.
ge-béd
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Hé féng on his gebedo, swá his gewuna wæs, for þǽr. wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, 32. v. ǽfen-, cneów-, in-, úht-, wíg-gebed
ge-lang
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Þæt wæs swíþost on ðǽm gelong, þæt Hasterbal swá late fleáh for þon þe hé elpendas mid him hæfde diu incertus belli eventus fuit, elephantis maxime Romanam infestantibus aciem, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 26.
ge-niþerian
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S. 23 b, 14. to accuse Mið ðý (wæs) gewroeged ł geniðrad ( accusaretur ), Mt. L. 27, 12. [O. H. Ger. ge-nidaren prosternere, dejicere, humiliare, condemnare.]
Linked entry: niþerian
heofon-ríce
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Críst wæs ácenned . . Hǽlend geháten, heofonríces weard, Men. 4.