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wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
wrégan, (wrecan) ; p. wrégde, wréhte; pp. wreged, wreht

To bewrayaccusedenounceto accuseto accuseto accuseto denounce

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Ðe læs wrége ðé tó Drihtene ne clamet contra te ad Dominum, Deut. 15, 9. Ðeáh ðín wíf ðé hwane tó wrége, ne gelýf ðú ná tó hraðe, Prov. Kmbl. 4. Ongan hí wrégean tó ðam cyninge, Lchdm. iii. 424, 21.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Biþ on écne weán bedrifen, 95, 5.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce tócnáwan not one of them could understand another's speech, 318, 20. Heó ða mód ðé geopenaþ ðínra freónda and eác ðínra feónda, ðæt ðú hié miht swutele tócnáwan . . .

gird

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hét hí ealle beswingan mid gyrdum, and siððan beheáfdian, Hml. S. 29, 283. <b>I a.

ǽfen-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-spræc, e; f.

Evening speechvespertina loquela

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Evening speech; vespertina loquela Gemunde ǽfenspræce he remembered his evening speech, Beo. Th. 1522; B. 759

fore-þýstrian

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þýstrian, p. ede; pp. ed

To darkenobscūrāre

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To darken; obscūrāre He sende þýstru and foreþýstrede mīsit tĕnebras et obscūrāvit, Ps. Spl. 104, 26

for-heardian

(v.)
Grammar
for-heardian, p. ode; pp. od

To hardenbecome hardindūrăre

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To harden, become hard; indūrăre He forheardaþ and fordrugaþ indūret et arescat, Ps. Lamb. 89, 6

fréfrung

(n.)
Grammar
fréfrung, e; f.

A comfortingcomfortconsolationconsōlātio

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A comforting, comfort, consolation; consōlātio He nolde náne fréfrunge underfón nōluit consōlātiōnem accĭpĕre, Gen. 37, 35

Linked entry: frófrung

fyren-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
fyren-þearf, e; f.

Dire distressnĭmia mĭsĕria

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Dire distress; nĭmia mĭsĕria Fyrenþearfe ongeat he perceived the dire need, Beo. Th. 28; B. 14

Linked entry: firen-þearf

hrindan

(v.)
Grammar
hrindan, p. hrand, pl. hrundon

To pushthrust

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To push, thrust hrand [MS. rand], Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 4

ge-treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-treówþ, -trýwþ, e; f.

A covenanttreatypledgefæduspignus

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A covenant, treaty, pledge; fædus, pignus He gemunde ðara getreówþa recordātus est fædĕris, Ex. 2, 24

Linked entries: ge-trýwþ treówþ

geond-leccan

(v.)
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to moisten thoroughly, irrigate Gif hine of flódum Godes wordes gindlecþ ( inriget ), Chrd. 108, 26

greáda

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Add: figurative Sý bróht tó þǽre hálgan cyrcan greádon ( in gremio aeclesie ), Chrd. 37, 14

ge-bótad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bótad, part.

Betteredmendedresartus

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Bettered, mended; resartus Ðá him gebótad wæs when he was better, Chr. 1093; Erl. 228, 30

ge-fellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fellan, p. -felde; pp. -felled

To fillfulfil

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To fill, fulfil Se gefelde xx daga he had fulfilled twenty days, St. And. 4, 23

sele-ful

(n.)
Grammar
sele-ful, [<b>sele-full</b>], es ; n.
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A cup used in a hall geþah symbel and seleful Beo. Th. 1242 ; B. 619

stód-hors

(n.)
Grammar
stód-hors, es ; n.
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A stud-horse Gyf mon mǽte ðæt feola stód*-*horsa habbe, Lchdm. iii. 176, 5

stodle

(n.)
Grammar
stodle, (-a; m. ?), an ; f.
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A slay, part of a loom sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . stodlan, Anglia ix. 263, 11

tǽl-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
tǽl-leás, adj.

Blameless

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Blameless Biscepe gedafnaþ ðæt sié tǽlleás oportet episcopum irreprehensibilem esse, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 10

súþan-eásterne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþan-eásterne, adj.
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South-eastern ferade súþaneásterne wind of heofenan transtulit austrum de coelo, Ps. Lamb. 77, 26