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hwem

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Drihten wæs gefæstnod mid feówer nægelum tó westdǽle áwend, and his wynstra heóld ðone scýnendan súðdǽl, and his swíðra norðdǽl, eástdǽl his hnol; and hé ealle álýsde middaneardes hwemmas swá hangiende, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 3

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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Cristen cyning sceal wedlogan and wǽrlogan hatian and hýnan, 266, 29. [Þu (the body) were wedlowe and monsware, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 27.]

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Gesceádlíce tósceádan ylde and geóguþe to distinguish discreetly between age and youth, L. de Cf. 4 ; Th, ii. 262, 5. age, old people, chief people [v. eald] Seó yld hí gebæd and seó iúguþ wrát age prayed and youth wrote, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 21.

Linked entries: yld eld

mægen-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
mægen-strang, adj.

Strong in power

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Strong in power Hú ðú mǽre eart mihtig and mægenstrang how great thou (Christ) art, how mighty and strong in power, Hy. 3, 21; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 21. Ðú eart se miccla and se mægenstranga, 3, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 38.

ge-met

Grammar
ge-met, <b>;
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</b> add Unrihte gemeta and wóge gewihta, Wlfst. 70, 3. Add Hé þone regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett, Hml. S. 6, 68. <b>VII ¶.</b> add: Solil.

steallere

(n.)
Grammar
steallere, stallere; es; m.
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Esgár stallere and Roberd stallere, 191, 11-12: 221, 13: Chr. 1047; Erl. 171, 31

Linked entry: stallere

fore-word

(n.)
Grammar
fore-word, es; n.

A provisocondition

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Standan ðá forword betweónan ðan abbode and Ceólríce, iii. 352, 3. Syndon ðis þá forword þe Orecy and þá gegyldan gecoren habbað, iv. 277, 30. Take here for-word in Dict., and add:

lǽþ

Grammar
lǽþ, land, <b>lǽþ</b>
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Take these together, and add On westan Cænt ðǽr ðæt land and ðæt lǽð tó líð, C. D. vi. 81, 19. Of Æglesforda and of ellan þám lǽþe þe þǽr tó líþ de Æilesforda et de toto illo lesto quod ad illum manerium pertinet, C. D. B. iii. 659, 25

on-tyhtan

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Gif hé hit herede and ontyhte (on tyhte?), eft hé stiérde ðǽre gewilnunge, Past. 53, 8. Nát ic hwí þú sý eallinga onǽled and ontihted (-tiht, v. l.) of þára bysne and wiðmetenysse ex quorum comparatione accenderis ignoro, Gr. D. 7, 10.

tó-swellan

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Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod ei caput ac faciem tutudit totumque illius vultum tumentem ac lividum reddidit, 20, 31: 22, 19

á-dwellan

(v.)
Grammar
á-dwellan, p. -dwealde; pp. -dweald.

to lead astray, seduceto retard, impede, obstruct, hindertorpereto delay

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to lead astray, seduce Ðá ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ and mid ðǽm unwære men beswícaþ and ádwellaþ, Bl. H. 61, 24. Hý deófol ádwealde, Wlfst, 11, 8.

fram-byge

(n.)
Grammar
fram-byge, es; m.

A turning aside from what is right backslidingdefectiondefault

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Hig sýn ǽfre underðeódde and gehérsume and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, and gif hig ǽnigne frambyge dón, þolian ðǽre áre, C.D. iv. 137, 23

Linked entry: býge

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Gl. 282. to scoop out grain from a vessel Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe on ðáre strǽte stód, and mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód, and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 13

ge-cennan

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. ix. 265, 13. with object In regula suindrig án éghwelc ðá ne habbas in óðrum gecendon in canone propria unusquisque quae non habentur in aliis ediderunt, Mt. p. 3, 17. with object and complementary adj.

eáþ-mód

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Ábogenre, eádmódre cernua, i. humilis, An. Ox. 1278: suplici, 1329. Eádmódne on gáste humilem spiritu, Scint. 82, 16. Ðá eáðmodan humiles, Past. 299, 1. Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte, Bl. H. 95, 26.

wearp-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wearp-fæt, es; n.

A wicker-basket

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A wicker-basket Corbis vel cofinus wylige, sportella tǽnel, cartallum windel, calathus (cf. wearp, II, and Ovid: Calathos e vimine textos) wearpfæt, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 2-5: 40, 42. [A warpe-fatte alveolus, Cath. Angl. 409.]

hwilc

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, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, II.. in an interjectional clause, what (excessive), cf. hwá ; Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús þæt wǽre hláford ofer óþre mýs, and sette him dómas . . . hú wunderlic wolde eów þæt þincan, hwelce cehhettunge gé woldon þæs habban, and mid

BLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.

BLOOD, goresanguis, cruor

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Lamb. 13, 3: 49, 13: Andr. Kmbl. 46; An. 23.

féle-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
féle-leás, adj. [félan to feel]

Devoid of feelinginsensĭlis

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Devoid of feeling; insensĭlis Biþ his líf scæcen and he féleleás his life is departed and he devoid of feeling, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 26; Vy. 40

ferþ-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
ferþ-grim, adj.

Fierce of spiritanĭmo sævus

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Fierce of spirit; anĭmo sævus Frécne and ferþgrim rugged and fierce of spirit, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 6; Jul. 141: 96 b; Th. 360, 13; Wal. 5

Linked entries: grim ferhþ-grim