windwian
To winnow ⬩ ventilare ⬩ literal ⬩ figurative
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To winnow; ventilare, literal Hé corn ðærsc and windwode, Shrn. 61, 19. figurative Fiónd úre wé windwiaþ inimicos nostros ventilavimus, Ps. Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7
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wín-getred
A place inhere the juice is trodden out of the grapes
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A place inhere the juice is trodden out of the grapes Wíngetred forus, ubi uva calcatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 66
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winter-gerím
numbering by years ⬩ a number of years
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numbering by years Ymb þrítig wintergerímes after thirty units of a numbering which takes a year as the unit, i. e. after thirty years (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, 39, 3; Fox 214, 25 ), Met. 28, 26. a number of years Gé ða wintergerím on gewritu setton,
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Ic eom fægerre frætwum goldes, þeáh hit mon áwerge wírum útan, 424, 31; Rä. 41, 47. Wírum bewunden, Beo. Th. 2066; B. 1031. Hygeróf gebond weallwalan wírum wundrum tógædre, Exon. Th. 477, 7; Ruin. 21
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29. Is sǽd ðæt wylle (án welle, v. l.) (fons) áweólle, seó wæter geóteþ, 5, lo ; S. 625, 23. Lífes wylle (waelle, Ps. Surt.) fons vitae Ps.
Brent-ford
- Sim. Dun
- Hunt.
the river Brent ⬩ a ford, Brenford, ⬩ Brendeford ⬩ BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames ⬩ oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius
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BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames; oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius Eádmund cyng férde ofer Temese æt Brentforda king Edmund went over the Thames at Brentford
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brice
use, service
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use, service God híg gesceóp eallum mannum to brice God created them for the use of all men. Deut. 4, 19
brim-faroþ
the shore ⬩ The sea-shore ⬩ maris litus
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The sea-shore; maris litus Bebúgaþ brádne hwyrft óþ ðæt brimfaroþ [MS. brimfaro] they shall inhabit the spacious orb unto the sea-shore, Cd. 190; Th. 236, 17; Dan. 322
BRÓÐOR
A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father
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abl. fram úrum bréðer a nostro fratre: pl. nom. úre gebróðra nostri fratres; g. úra gebróðra nostrorum fratrum; dat. úrum gebródrum nostris fratribus; acc. úre gebróðra nostros fratres; abl. fram úrum gebróðrum a nostris fratribus, Ælfc.
brodetung
A work, workmanship, fashion, forged tale, a lie ⬩ figmentum
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A work, workmanship, fashion, forged tale, a lie; figmentum He oncneów brodetunge [MS. brogdetunge] úre ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 13
brýce
Useful, profitable ⬩ utilis
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Useful, profitable; utilis He monegum on Godes cyricum brýce wæs multis in ecclesia utilis fate. Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 33. He monegum brýce lifde vitam multis utilem duxit, 4, 26; S. 602, 41: Ps. Th. 118, 35
gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Add: a weapon with a pointed head. where the use is uncertain Gár oft þurhwód fǽges feorhhús, By. 296. Þurh gáres gripe gást onsendan (cf. gripon under sceát werum scearpe gáras, Gen. 2064), An. 187. Gáras spicula, i sagitte, An.
gár-æcer
A strip of land tapering at one end
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., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on ánne góran; andlanges ðǽre fyrh . . . on áne gáræcer . . . and se gáræcer in on ðæt land . . . tó twám gáræcer[urn]
ganra
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Gif wíf eteð hanan flǽsc oððe ganran, Lch. iii. 144, 24. in a place-name Andlang weges upp on gandran dúne, C. D. v. 166, 6
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Þæs bysceopes líf on bysceopháde ge ǽr bysceopháde cujus uiri et in episcopatu et ante episcopatum uita Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 382, 7. with eác Hit God wrecende wæs on him selfum . . . ge eác (ac) . . . ealle eorþan wæstmbǽro gelytlade, Ors. 2, l ; S. 58, 19
gé
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L.) ille uos docebit et suggeret uobis omnia quaecumque dixero uobis 26. Hé foreliórað iówih (eów, R.) praecedit nos Mt. L. 28, 7. Iúc uos . Jn. L. 3, 7. Þæt gé healdan eów sylfe (uosmet) ǽnlíce, Coll. M. 35, 37.
geá
etiam, jam
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., and add; where a question is answered in the affirmative. where the question is put positively Sume aduerbia syndon con- vel adfirmatiua . . . mid ðám wé áséðað úre sprǽce. Etiam geá: manducasti hodie ? ǽt ðú tódæg ?
rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Tó rehtanne foet úsra in woege sibbe ad dirigendos pedes nostros in uia pacis, Lk. Skt.
gúþ-fana
A military standard, ensign, banner ⬩ signum vexillum
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Ðæt heofonlíce tácn ðære hálgan róde is úre gúþfana wið ðone gramlícan deófol the heavenly sign of the Holy Rood is our banner against the fierce devil, H. R. 105, 16: 52. Ða gúþfonan signa, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 260, 1.
gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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He swá geornfulle gýmenne dyde ymb ða hǽla úre þeóde tam sedulam erga salutem nostræ gentis curam gesserit, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 3. Weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan sæculi curas relinquere, 4, 19; S. 587, 38 Gýmene dó se Abbod curam gerit abbas, R.