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wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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field, plain, land, country, place Wonge (wongc?) arvum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 51. Mec se wǽta wong wundrum freórig of his innaþe cende roscida me genuit gelido de viscere tellus (Ald.), Exon. Th. 417, 7; Rä. 36, 1. Se wong seomaþ eádig and onsund. Is ðæt

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

ge-scot

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Gif hit wǽre ésa gescot oððe ylfa gescot oððe hægtessan gescot, nú ic wille ðín helpan. Þis ðé tó bóte ésa gescotes, Lch. iii. 54, 9-15. Gescotum calamis, sagittis, Germ. 392, 52. Ðá díglan gescotu (jacula) ðæs sweocolan feóndes, Past. 431, 5: Ps.

un-mǽrlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽrlíc, adj.

Ignoble

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Ignoble Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 29

ongeán-hworfenness

(n.)
Grammar
ongeán-hworfenness, e; f.
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What lies in the way Gehwylce ongeánhworf[enn]esse (ágeánhworfenysse, Hpt. Gl. 470, 2) áwéstendum obuia quęque uastantibus, An. Ox. 2713

Linked entries: -hworfen-ness geán-hworfennis

un-ymbfangen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ymbfangen, adj.
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Incomprehensible, not circumscribed Þú God wást unymbfangenne and unymbwritenne esse non dubitas incircumscriptum Deum, Gr. D. 268, 24. See next word

Linked entries: un-ymbwriten ymb-fangen

gengan

(v.)
Grammar
gengan, p. de, pl. don; pp. ed

To go, pass ⬩ ire, meare, currere, ferri, converti

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To go, pass; ire, meare, currere, ferri, converti Forhwí gengdest ðú on bæcling quare converses es retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 5. He feára sum beforan gengde wong sceáwian he with a few went before to view the plain, Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412.

hyht

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Þú mé gelǽddest mid lufan hyhte deduxisti me quia factus es spes mea, Ps. Th. 60, 2. Þone onwrig-enan hyht reste þǽre écean wé habbaþ revelatam spem quietis aeteritę tenemus, An. Ox. 40, 19: An. 1054.

feónd

(n.)
Grammar
feónd, fiónd, fýnd, fiénd, es; pl. nom. acc. feóndas, fýnd, feónd; gen. feónda; dat. feóndum; m. [feógan, feón to hate]

FIEND ⬩ enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ the devil ⬩ ōsor ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ hostis ⬩ diabŏlus ⬩ διάβoλos

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A FIEND, enemy, foe, the devil; ōsor, inĭmīcus, hostis, diabŏlus = διάβoλos Seó ydelnes is ðære sáwle feónd idleness is the soul's enemy, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii 404, 9. Éhteþ feónd sáwle míne persĕquātur inĭmīcus anĭmam meam, Ps. Spl. 7, 5. Se feónd his

Linked entries: fiénd fiónd fýnd ge-fýnd

riht-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
riht-þeów, riht-þeówa
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a lawful slave Sæge ꝥ ic þín rihtþeówa (-þeów, v. l.) sý servum me juris tui esse profitere, Gr. D. 180, 6

Linked entry: þeów

wyrt-gemang

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Wæs sóht hwǽr se lǽce wǽre þe cúþe wyrt-gemang wyrcan cum medicus atque pigmentarius esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 2. Add

háwian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to look. with the eyes Hé eóde út, and háwode and hercnode egressus est, et erectis auribus adstans, Guth. Gr. 136, 8.

baldsamum

(n.)
Grammar
baldsamum, i; n.

Balsam ⬩ balm ⬩ balsamum

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Balsam, balm; balsamum Swá swá mon héddern ontýnde ða baldsami quasi opobalsami cellaria esse viderentur aperta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19

níd-behóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóflíc, adj.

Necessary

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Necessary Hé sǽde ðæt him wǽre his líf nýdbehóflíc quia multum necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 3

lád-mann

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Þá cwæð Esau: 'Ic bidde þé þæt þú nyme þe ládmenn of mínum geférum, þæt þé wegas wissigeon, Gen. 33, 15. Add

un-geendodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendodlíc, adj.

Infinite

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Infinite Nis nó tó metanne ðæt geendodlíce wiþ ðæt ungeendodlíce infiniti atque finiti nulla poterit esse collatio, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 13

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, to drincenne, ic drince, ðú drincst, he drincþ, dryncþ, pl. drincaþ; p. dranc, pl.druncon; pp.druncen [drinc drink] .

DRINK, imbibe ⬩ bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre

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to DRINK, imbibe; bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre He dranc of ðam wíne, ðá wearþ he druncen bibens vinum inebriātus est, Gen. 9, 21: Lev. 10, 9. We ǽton and druncon befóran ðé manducāvĭmus coram te, et bibĭmus, Lk. Bos. 13, 26.

Linked entries: DRENCAN druncennes drynge druncen

infangeneþeóf

(n.)
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Justicia cognoscentis latronis sua est de homine suo, si captus fuerit super terram suam, L. Ed. C. 22 ; Th. i. 452, 4.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurk ⬩ skulk

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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power over ⬩ to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ temper ⬩ seize ⬩ take ⬩ dominari ⬩ domare ⬩ subigere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ capere

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Alexander hine [Poros] gewildne gedyde Porus captus est, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 35: Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 56, 23. Mid ele wel gewylde well tempered with oil, Herb. 12, 3; Lchdm. i. 104, 6.

Linked entry: ge-wildan

ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.

Linked entries: ge-mægnan ge-mæncgan ge-mencgan ge-mincged

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