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wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Nis ðæt án ðæt hé him úrewítu ( the pains that we inflict ) ne ondrǽde, 85, 15: Cd. Th. 289, 3; Sat. 392

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Ðonne syþþan gebyreþ ðæt man sylle ðæs slagan forspecan on hand, ðæt se slaga móte mid griðe nýr and sylf wæres weddian. ( The proceedings are then as in the preceding extract, with the exception that fyhtwíte is not mentioned; so that the first payment

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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(b α) where the clause is in apposition to a noun or pronoun :-- Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurfulnesse, þæt hió biþ swíþe wancol. Bt. 20; F. 70, 34. Hé þæt gecýðde, þæt hé cræft hæfde. Sae. 200.

Linked entry: cýþan

gildan

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., as the payment for any eorlcund man is spoken of both as 300s. and as þrió manwyrþ, that for any free man as 100s, or as a manwyrð; in either case if the slayer could not be given up an additional manwyrþ had to be paid, making in the one case four

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Nóe on þá earce eóde, Mt. 24, 38. Eóde eorl tó þám ceorle, By. 132. Ðeáh hí men oððe hundas wiþ eódon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 3. Gá ðé tó ǽmetthylle, Past. 191, 25.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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H. 215, 35: 213, 14. order of nature, system in which things proceed according to fixed laws Ðára unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg weorþan onwend of ðám ryne and of þǽre endebyrdnesse þe him geset is, Bt. 21; F. 74, 5.

scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
scyldig, adj.
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Menn wǽron deádlíce and wið heora Drihten scyldige, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 26: Blickl. Homl. 47, 21. responsible for, liable for, chargeable with an ill result, with gen.

mann

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Beó hys mann, næs þín ágen, and beó geðafa ꝥ þú æart hys þeówa noli esse velle quasi proprius et in tua potestate, sed . . . Domini te servum esse profitere, Solil. H. 53, 14. Gif man his mæn an wiófode freóls gefe, Ll. Th. i. 38, 15.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Engle and Seaxe ofer bráde brimu Brytene sóhton the Angles and Saxons sought Britain over the broad seas, Chr. 937;Erl. 115, 20, note;Æðelst. 71: Exon. 13 a;Th. 22, 25; Cri. 357.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

fram

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þý ǽr fram meahte, B. 754. Fram ic ne wille, By. 317. See also verbs given in Dict. as compounds with fram, from

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Tó ðam porte ðe is nemned Cwento-wíc ad portum cui nomen est Quentavic, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 45. In loco qui vocatur Hremping-wiic, et alia nomine Hafingseota, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 211, 11. Hér wæs Wærinc-wíc getimbrod, Chr. 915; Erl. 103, 19.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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Nóht elles búton ða wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna. Nar. 20, 10. Fæsten Créca, wudu Egipta, Salm. Kmbl. 387 ; 831. 193: Exon. Th. 381, 9 ; Rä. 2, 8: Ps. Th. 82, 10. Fýr ðe bærnð wuda (sylvam), Ps.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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In. 25; Th. i. 118, 11 note. Hí cómon up on Limene múþan mid .ccl. scipa, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 25. Hí up cómon æt Leptan ðæm túne ad Leptim oppidum copias exposuit, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 9. Ðá wé up cómon when we landed, Homl.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Hé gegráp sweord be gehiltum, Gen. 2905. temporal, of a point of time, by, not later than Ciricsceattas sín ágifene be Sc̃e Martines mæssan, Ll. Th. i. 104, 9.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Work; opus. work, operative action, operation Godes willa is weorc God's will is operative Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 24. Ðæt Godes weorc (uoerc, Lind.: were, Rush.) wǽre geswutelod on him Jn. Skt. 9, 3.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Th. 422, 13; Rä. 41, 5. temporal, at Ymbe (embe, v. l.) underntíde . . . ymbe ða sixtan and nigoðan tíde circa horam tertium . . . circa sextant et nonam horam, Mt. Kmbl 20, 3, 5. Ymbe underntíd, ðá ðá se bróðor wæs gewunod tó mæssigenne, Homl.

án-ne

(adj.)

alonesolum

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alone; solum Ðæt ge forlǽton me ánne that ȝe leeue me aloone, Wyc; ut me solum relinquatis, Jn. Bos. 16, 32

dryht-né

(n.)

a dead body of a host

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a dead body of a host

Linked entry: neó

lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Almost, nearly, within a little Lytesná concedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 49. Lytisná, 14, 65: Ep. Gl. 7 d, 31. Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66

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N

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like m (q. v.), in Anglo-Saxon generally corresponds to n in Gothic and in other cognate dialects, e. g. net, hand, án; Goth. nati, handus, ains; O. H. Ger. nezzi, hant, ein; O. Sax. net, hand, én; but, like m, it falls away before ð and s, and the vowel