for-weallen
To boil away
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To boil away Wylle eft oþ ꝥ þæt eced sié forweallen, Lch. ii. 252, 23. Substitute:
forþ-weg
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Hé his gást ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg (desirous to depart), Men. 218. Add
frófor-lic
Consolatory ⬩ of consolation
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Consolatory, of consolation Hé cwæð fróferlicum wordum tó ús eallum: 'Conuertimini, filii, reuertentes,' Wlfst. 49, 16
sessian
To subside
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To subside Sǽ sessade (sǽs essade, MS.), smylte wurdon merestreáma gemeotu, Andr. Kmbl. 905; An. 453
ge-tregian
to despise ⬩ despicere
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to despise; despicere Þú ne getregedest mǽdenes innoþ tu non despexisti virgins uterum, Te Deum, Lye
Linked entry: tregian
ge-untrýwsian
To be offended ⬩ scandălīzāri
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To be offended; scandălīzāri Hig wǽron geuntrýwsode on him scandălīzābantur in eo, Mt. Bos. 13, 57
ge-wærlan
To go ⬩ pass
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To go, pass Éghuoelc on weg his giwærlde quisque in viam suam declinavit, Rtl. 19, 39
ge-wráðian
To make angry
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To make angry Ðá gewráðede hine Landfranc then Lanfranc was angry, Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 5
Linked entry: wráþian
god-sprec
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An oracle We neáh stódan ðǽm godsprecum we stood near to the oracles, Nar. 28, 32
þearfian
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To be in need Hé þearfigendra sáwla gehǽleþ animas pauperum salvos faciet, Ps. Th. 71, 13
Linked entries: be-þearfod ge-þearfian
þingestre
A female advocate
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A female advocate Ðæt heó ús beó þingestre tó ðam heofenlíce mægenðrymme, Homl. Ass. 137, 698
wigian
To fight
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To fight Gif hé wigie and man gewundie, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 8
Linked entry: wignoþ
ymb-wrítan
to cut round, circumscribe
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to cut round, circumscribe Hine eác ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa, Lchdm. ii. 346, 26
Linked entry: be-wrítan
stíþ-hygd
Resolute, constant
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Resolute, constant Gé tó ðam lifgendan stáne stíðhygde staþol fæstniaþ, Exon. Th. 281, 30; Jul. 654
á-scyndan
to drive away
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Add: to drive away Drihten hí ealle mid gebeáte út áscynde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 8
á-wlencan
To make proud ⬩ splendid ⬩ rich
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To make proud, splendid, rich, v. wlanc Hié áwlencedo sié ł giwoelgado ditentur, Rtl. 59, 1
Linked entry: wlenc
be-forhtian
To fear
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To fear Þá ðincg þe ic swíde þearle sylf be-forhtige, Hml. S. 23 b, 525
Linked entry: forhtian
weódian
To weed ⬩ clear the ground of weeds
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To weed, clear the ground of weeds Me mæig on sumera . . . weódian Anglia ix. 261, 12
wuldrian
to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified
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to glorify, to ascribe glory to Ic wuldrige (glorificabo) naman ðínne, Ps. Spl. 85, 11. Gif ic wuldrige (wuldria, Lind. : wuldrigo, Rush. glorifico) mé sylfne, Jn. Skt. 8, 54. Hí lofiaþ leóflícne; and wuldriaþ ordfruman ealra gesceafta, Exon. Th. 25,
M
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Original m, generally speaking, is preserved in Anglo-Saxon, and is found corresponding to m in the Gothic and other cognate dialects, e.g. mé, manna, dóm; Goth. mik, manna, dóms. When, however, m is not initial, the correspondence is not always maintained