fér-rǽden
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On úre fǽrrǽdenne, Vis. Lfc. 20. Add
cweþan
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'Hwí ðú úre goda biggencgas forseó' ... 'Ne cwæð ðú ná goda, ac gramlicra deofla' (say not gods' (worship), but cruel devils'), Hml.
bútan
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Eall úre folc mid fleáme astwand búton wé feówertig Þe on ðám feohte stódon, Hml. S. 11, 74. <b>C. II 1.</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e
reónung
Whispering, muttering
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;Whispering, muttering; Nánes mannes stefn oððe reónung gehýred ne sý, bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes ;nullius musitatio uel vox audiatur nisi solius legentis,; R. Ben. 62, 14
réðen
Wild
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U. réðum) nýtenum, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 102
rím-cræft
The science of numbers ⬩ arithmetic
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Uton witan hwæt saltus lunae sý tó sóðe ... oððe hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðæt hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte that he should have a place in the science of computation, Anglia viii. 308, 22.
sáp
Amber, resin, pomade
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et caprino, duobus modis, spissus ac liquidus: uterque apud Germanos majore in usu viris quam feminis), Hpt.
Linked entry: sápe
scearp-líc
Sharp, keen, searching, effectual
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Ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit, 21, 5; Swt. 163, 16. Hú ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53
útan-landes
Abroad ⬩ in distant countries
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Abroad, in distant countries Þeóda ðe eard nymaþ útanlandes gentes qui habitant fines terrae, Ps. Th. 64, 8
Linked entry: útan-bordes
útera
Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man
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Outer, outmost. of position or order Seó útre wamb venter, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 21. Gif ðæt úterre (úttere, MS. B. útre, MS. H.) bán bið þyrel L. Alf. pol. 44; Th. i. 92, 15.
Linked entry: ýtera
wamb
a belly, stomach ⬩ a womb ⬩ a hollow
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Seó útre wamb venter, 45, 21. Gif sió wamb wund bið, Lchdm. ii. 162, 13. Is seó womb ( of the phenix) neoþan wundrum fæger, Exon. Th. 219, 14;Ph. 307. Be wambe coþum, Lchdm. ii. 220, 1. Be wambe missenlícre gecyndo, 14. Wiþ wambe wærce, 318, 15.
wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26.
Linked entry: wætrian
wæter-þrúh
a water-pipe, conduit
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a water-pipe, conduit Uueterþrúh, uua[e]terthrúch, uaeterthrouch caractis, Txts. 47, 367. Wæte[r]þrúh Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 1. þeotan, wæterþrúh cataractae, 13, 15. Waeterðrúm canalibus, 102, 68
Linked entry: þrúh
wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H.
wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Uae geíácnaþ wáwan, Ælfc. Gr. 48 ; Zup. 278, 17. Sume hí wyrcaþ heora wógerum sumne wáwan, ðæt hí hí tó wífe habbon, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 158. Ðæt gé swá earme eów sylfe fordóþ on wíton and on wáwon, 23, 186.
Linked entry: weá
weal-more
Similar entry: wealh-more
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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MS.) ubi quantum earum natura queat, cito exarescere atque interire non possint, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 22. [Welewen marcescere, Wick. Is. 19, 6. Man welewith as flouris of hay, P. R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit.
Linked entries: walwian wealowigan wealowigan
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Cyning úre gewát ... ðǽr hý tó ségun, ða ðe leófes ðá gén last weardedun ( those who still remained where he had been ), Exon. Th. 31, 16; Cri. 496.
Linked entries: weardere ge-weardian
weg-nest
Food for a journey
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Ðá genámon wit twégen buccan, and wit hig ácwealdon, and gehióldan hiora flǽsc unc tó wægnyste, Shrn. 41, 30: 36, 31. ¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne
Linked entry: nest