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Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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Wódnes beorg, Wodnes den, Wódnes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 355. Similar entries See also Wódnes-dæg

ildra

(adj.)
Grammar
ildra, adj.
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Th. 147, 9. deno-ting position, rank, greater, superior, elder Ðá Apostolas and þá eldran (ældran, yldran, v. ll.) bróðor Apostoli et seniores fratres, Ll. Th. i. 56, 13

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility

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Homl. 225, 32. where a claim is made or implied, to deny, refuse to acknowledge a person, Grammar wiþ-sacan, absolute Tó wiðsacenne ad negandum (Deum), Kent. Gl. 1080.

healf-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
healf-mearc, es; n.

A half-mark

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Gylde .xxx. sciłł . mid Englum and mid Denum þreó healfmarc (cf. ii. 292, 12),168, 10.

Indéas

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Add:, Indie Indians; or using the name of the people for that of their country, India ꝥ deór Indéos hátað dentes tyrannum, Nar. 15, 15: 22, 8. Indos, 26, 19. On Indéa londe is xliiii þeóda India habet gentes xliiii, Ors. 1. 1; S. 10, 17. India, 15.

betst

(adj.)
Grammar
betst, betest; adj. sup. def. se betsta, betesta; seó, ðæt beteste; pos. gód [bet good; v. bet-líc good-like]

Best, the best, first ⬩ optimus, primus

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Best, the best, first; optimus, primus Ða þing ðe ge betstan gelífaþ [MS. betst ongelifaþ] ea quæ vos optima credebatis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, note 12. Scipio, se besta [Laud MS. betsta] Rómana witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure

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Ger. insaket litat; insaket delibatus; insaget pim delibor, sacrificio.] to deny, renounce, abjure (O. H.

ge-lómlǽcan

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</b> to denote frequent action :-- Sume word synd gecwedene frequentativa, þæt synd gelómlǽcende, for ðan ðe hí getácniað gelómlǽcunge, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 213, 7. to frequent, visit frequently Gelómlǽcþ frequentat, visitat, Wrt.

þeód-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-cyning, es; m.

the king of a whole nation ⬩ a monarch, ⬩ an independent sovereign. ⬩ the king of all nations, ⬩ the monarch of the world ⬩ the Deity

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Wé Gár-Dena in geárdagum þeódcyninga þrym gefrunon, Beo. Th. 3; B. 2.

Linked entry: þeód-cwén

for-habban

(v.)
Grammar
for-habban, part, -hæbbende; p. -hæfde, pl. -hæfdon; impert. -hafa, pl. -habbaþ; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd; v. trans.

To hold in ⬩ restrain ⬩ retain ⬩ abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ cŏhĭbēre ⬩ prŏhĭbēre ⬩ abstĭnēre

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Hit forhæfed gewearþ ðætte hie sǽdon swefn cyninge it was denied them that they should say the dream to the king, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 1; Dan. 147. Hyra eágan wǽron forhæfde ŏcŭli illōrum tĕnēbantur. Lk. Bos. 24, 16

ge-stígan

(v.)
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Add: A. intrans. to move upwards, ascend, come or go up. in a physical sense Dene fisc se ðe ǽrist gestíge (as cendent), Mt. L. 17, 27. (l a) of motion on the ground :-- Gestág in mór ascendit in montem, Mk. L. 5, l.

plóg

(n.)
Grammar
plóg, es ; m.
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.), the word sulh being used to denote the implement :-- Ic hit (property ) ágnian wille tó ágenre ǽhte, ðæt ðæt ic hæbbe, and nǽfre ðé myntan ne plot ne plóh, ne turf ne toft, ne furh ne fótmǽl, L. O.; Th. i. 184, 6

rand-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
rand-beáh, -beág, es; m.
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Under þiccum randbeáge subter densa testudine, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 29. Randbeág testudinem, Hpt. Gl. 423, 58. Randbeágum umbonibus, 424, 6 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 45

wagian

(v.)
Grammar
wagian, p.ode

To move (intrans.). ⬩ to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards ⬩ to shake, totter

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Ðý wagigendan nutabunto, 83, 71. to shake, be loose, v. wagung His téð ne wagedon nec dentes illius moti sunt. Deut. 34, 9. Wið tóþa sáre and gyf hý wagegen ( wagigan, wagion, v. ll.).Lchdm. i. 126, 15. [Ðe se is eure wagiende, O. E.

Linked entry: wagung

fullíce

(adv.)

in full measure ⬩ abundantly ⬩ fully ⬩ so as to satisfy with food ⬩ in a full manner or degree ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ completely ⬩ fully ⬩ without reservation or qualification ⬩ fully ⬩ without defect

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Engle and Dene tó friðe and tó freóndscipe fullíce féngon, Ll. Th. i. 166, 8. with numerals. Similar entries v. full; V. Wæs án gér fullíce þæt seó eorþe wæs cwaciende per totum fere annum terraemotus fuerunt, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 10.

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf.

swǽfan

(v.)
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All these verbs denote movement, a meaning which does not seem to suit swǽfan in the passage where it occurs. (?)

for-wiernan

Grammar
for-wiernan, Take here for-weornan, -wernan, -wyrnan in Dict. and add:

to refuse ⬩ deny ⬩ to refuse to give ⬩ to refuse admittance ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ to hinder ⬩ prevent ⬩ to prevent

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.), deny Hé þæs teóþan dǽles Gode forwyrneþ, Bl. H. 51, 5. Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27. Him ǽtes forwyrnan, Hml. S. 22, 137. Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes, Ps.

ge-deorf

(n.)

labour, toil, work ⬩ trouble, laborious effort, difficulty ⬩ trouble, tribulation, affliction

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Þæt hý þe glædlícor bútan gedeorfe and miclum geswince heora gebróðrum ðénien ut sine murmuratione et graui labore seruiant fratribus suis, R. Ben. 59, 15.

leóht-gesceot

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-gesceot, -gescot, es; n.
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The various regulations respecting it may be seen in the following passages Gif hwá leóhtgesceot ne gelǽste, gylde lahslit mid Denum, wíte mid Englum, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 4. Gelǽste man leóhtgescot þríwa on geáre, L. Eth.

Linked entry: leóht-sceot