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þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Nú habbaþ hig ðæt mynster gesett mid preóstan, and willaþ ðǽr habban þeówdóm eall swá man hæfþ on Paules byrig on Lundene, Chart.

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Ac ðé willaþ ðonne forseón Godes þeówas, for ðám ðe ðín werige flǽsc hafaþ ðín anweald ... Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron, ðonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce voluptariam vitam degas.

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Ðæt ðám gódum, ðe hit(doctrine) gehealdan willaþ, ne sý oftogen seó gástlíce deópnyss, Homl. Th. ii. 96, 4: i. 370, 8. Swelce snytro swylce óðrum ieldran gewittum oftogen is negatas senibus dignitates, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 29

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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Se yfela willa, Bt. 36, 7; Fox 184, 31. Se yfela unrihtwísa cynincg, Met. 15, 1. Fram yfelum menn ab homine malo, Ps. Th. 139, 1. Yflum, Exon. Th. 96, 20; Cri. 1577. From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan a lingua dolosa, Ps. Th. 119, 3.

drífan

(v.)
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To proceed with violence, act impetuously Þá þe hlystan nellað . . . ac willað forð on wóh and gewill drífan and geswícan nyllað those that will not listen . . . but will rush on wrongly and wilfully and will not stop, Wlfst. 304, 13

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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willaþ eów tó gafole gáras syllan, Byrht. Th. 133, 7; By. 46. Hié næfdan for him lamb tó syllenne, Blickl. Homl. 23, 26. to give, furnish or supply with food, medicine, poison, etc. — Hwá sylþ ús flǽsc ? . . .

á-bisgian

(v.)
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Gif ðín willa bið gelóme ábysgod on Godes herungum, 40, 8.

Linked entry: a-bysgian

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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</b> of legal status :--- to bring to or from a state, condition, action, &amp;c. cause to be Seó hrædwilnes ðæt mod gebrengð on ðǽm weorce þe hiene ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 314, 9.

un-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
un-þeáw, es; m.

A bad habitan evil practicea vicefault

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Wé sceolon faran fram unðeáwum tó gódum ðeáwum, gif wé willaþ faran tó ðam écan lífe, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 23. On unðeáwum in abusione, Ps. Spl. 30, 22.

midd

(adj.)
Grammar
midd, adj. with superl. midemest, midmest

Midmiddle

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Gif hí ðone midmestan weg áredian willaþ, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 23. Ða sélestan men ... ða midmestan ... swá bióþ ða midmestan men, 39, 7; Fox 222, 1-10, 15. of time Tó middes dæges Crist wæs on róde áþened, Btwk. 216, 14.

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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We willaþ wið ðam golde grið fæstnian for the gold we will make a truce, Byrht. Th. 132, 53; By. 35. Heó gesóhte Baldwines grið she sought the protection of Baldwin, Chr. 1037; Erl. 167, 3: 1048; Erl. 178, 34: 180, 17, 19.

ge-leáfa

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Gif wé willaþ on Drihten gelýfan . . . wé sceolon þone geleáfan mid gódum dǽdum gefyllan, 23, 10. Ne hí on gewitnesse hæfdon on hiora fyrhðe fæstne geleáfan nec fides habita est illis in testamento ejus, Ps. Th. 77, 36.

tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

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quanta se esse secwrius aestimant, 38; Swt. 271, 18. to be separated, take different directions Hú ungelic sprǽc eode of ðissa tuéga monna múðe. . . . ðeáh heó an tú tefleówe, ðeáh wæs sió sǽspryng sió sóðe lufu, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 11. to spread Suá willaþ

Linked entry: te-flówan

ge-scendan

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Gl. 245, 23. to confound, abash, bring to shame God mundað þá stówe, and þá slihð and géscynt þe þǽr sceaðian willað, Hml. S. 25, 805. Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé, for ðǽm ðú ne weorðesð gescended ( non confunderis), Past. 181. 10.

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealthrichesabundancewealthwealprosperityhappy estate

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Lind. 13, 22 Walana ł weala (willana, Rush.) Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 19. Wiþsacaþ ðám leásum welum . . . and ðám unálýfdum gestreónum Blickl. Homl. 53, 23. Hé weorþode his deórlingas mid miclum welum Bt. 28; Fox 100, 29: Andr. Kmbl. 1509; An. 756.

Linked entries: wala weala weola

déman

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Hleótan man mót . . . ꝥ him déme seó tá, gif hí hwæt dǽlan willað, Hml. S. 17, 86. to deem, think, suppose Doemo ic arbitror, Jn. L. 21, 25. Doema censeo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 58.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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Ic eówea leóda willan geworhte, 1273; B. 634. Næs ðǽr má sínra leóda nemne elleffne orettmæcgas, Andr. Kmbl. 1326; An. 663. Wæs hé eallum his leódum leóf ipse [Oswin] amabilis omnibus præfuit, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 33.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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Nó wandige hé for ðan yflan willan non consideret malam voluntatem, R. Ben. 92, 11(c) where that which is turned aside from is given, by a clause Sume synna beóþ swíþe unsýferlíce, ðæt se man wandaþ ðæt hé hí ǽfre ásecgge, Blickl. Homl. 43, 17.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Th. i. 100, 25. to cause to cease or fail, to bring to nought, destroy, frustrate lc wife ábelge, wonie hyre willan, Exon. Th. 402, 21; Rä. 21, 33.

Linked entry: a-wanian

lufu

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V. an object of desire :-- Hú sægde hire his lust and willan, ꝥ his lufu wǽre ꝥ hé þá stówe neósode þára eádigra apostola indicauit ei desiderium sibi inesse beatorum apostolorum limina uisitandi, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 657, 14. in phrases with a preposition