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weorold-gítsere

(n.)
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weorold-gítsere, es; m.
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One who is covetous of this world's goods Hwæt bið ðæm welegan woruldgítsere (cf. gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 13) on his móde ðe bet, þeáh hé micel áge goldes and gimma and gooda gehwæs, Met. 14, 1

wrixlung

(n.)
Grammar
wrixlung, e; f.

changealternationa loan.

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change, alternation, Similar entries v. wrixlan, II [Bi his cloðes wrixlunge, uu red, nu hwit, him on hokerunge, O. E. Homl. i. 207, 3.] a loan. Similar entries v. wrixlan, IV Wrixlung mutuum, Wrt.Voc. i. 21, 3: 58, 60

árlíce

(adv.)
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árlíce, honourably.
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Hé him árlíce tó spræc, Past. 305, 8. Heó wyllað geunnan healfes ꝥ þý árlícor on þǽre stówe beón mæge, Cht. Th. 137, 19. Ꝥ hé cume and sí micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add

begen

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
begen, l. bégen,
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and add Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ( utrimque) and þǽr wǽron þá cyningas bégen (ambo reges ) gewundod, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 1-3. Gedó bégea emfela on ampullan, Lch. ii. 30, 18

ge-rótsian

(v.)
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Substitute: To gladden, delight Se ilca lust ðe hine geunrðtsað on ðǽre dégelnesse his módes hine eft gerótsat, gif he him wiðstent, Past. 417, 9. Girðtsiað coniristani, Rtl. 56, 20. (Either ge- unrðtsiað or un-gerðtsiad should be read. )

Linked entry: rótsian

ge-swincness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swincness, e; f.
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Tribulation, trouble, trial On mínre geswinc*-*nysse (tribulatione) ic þé tó clypige, Guth. 28, 23. Sé þe manigfealdlice geswincnysse and earfoðnysse dreógeð qui suffért temptationem, 12, 6. Geswincnyssa ł gedréfednyssa tribulationes, Ps. L. 24, 17.

Linked entry: swincness

híwcúþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
híwcúþ-lic, adj.

domesticfamiliar

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domestic Híwcúðlic geter domestica scissura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 70. Of híwcúþlicere geférrǽddene domestica sodalitate, An. Ox. 2531. used substantively: On híwcúðlicum ðínum in domesticis tuis, Scint. 194, 9. familiar Mid híwcúlþlicre byldo familiaritatis

heáh-tíd

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Heó seldan on hátum baþe baþede búton þám heáhtídum tó Eástron and æt Pentæcosten and þý twelftan dæge ofer Geohhel (praeter sollemniis maioribus, uerbi gratia paschae, pentecostes, epifaniae), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 6: Hml. S. 20, 45. Add:

lǽn

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Gif ðæt God geteód hæbbe, and mé ðæet on lǽne gelíð ( it is to be granted me ) ðæt gesibbra ærfeweard forðcymeð wépnedhádes, C. D. ii. 121, 26. Þæt þæt þe heó tó lǽne onféng, Gr. D. 97, 12. Add

irre

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irre, anger.
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Hierre, Past. 289, 12. Bið onǽled yrra ( ira ) his. Ps. L. 2, 13. God ús forgyfeð his erre gif wé úre monnum forgeofað, Shrn. 80, ii. On mé þurhfóron eorru ( irae ) þíne. Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 87, 17. Add

médan

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Substitute: to put courage into a person (?) Ondsware ýwe sé hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him make answer that can encourage himself to say in words how the wood is called, Rä. 56, 15

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, <b>; I.</b>
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Hí lange mótodon, Hml. S. 34, 214 : 310: 36, 365. Þá gehýrdon hí mótian wið Martine lange ( they heard a long conversation being carried on with Martin ), and he wæs ána ǽr innan þám húse belocen, 31, 694. Add

næs-þyrel

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Ðæt ádl þ e wé hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add

reám-wín

(n.)
Grammar
reám-wín, es; n.
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Thick wine, wine with a froth on it (?) Reámwín dulcisapa (quantum distal dulcisapa a merulento temeto, Ald. 81, 1), An. Ox. 8, 417: 8 b, 12. Cf. Merum hlúttor wín, dulcisapa áwilled wín, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 55-56

rihtend

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Add: a ruler Hé heom gesette gewisse práfostas and rihtend substitutis praepositis, Gr. D. 119, 21. a director, one who arranges matters Sum wer wæs on þyssere byrig,.. . sé wæs séma and rihtend manigra manna, Gr. D. 297, 7

scealfor

(n.)
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Add: es; m. Gesáwon hié wel feala þára fugela þe wé scealfras nemnaþ, Bl. N. 4, 32. Geseah hé scealfran swimman on ánum flóde . . . þá bebeád Martinus þám mǽðleásum scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml. S. 31, 1322

ufe-weard

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ufe-weard, <b>. I.</b>
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add: ofe-weard Strýc þú of ufwerdum heáfde mid þínum twám scytefingran nyþerweard, Tech. ii. 119, 17. Andlang mearce on ðone gáran ufwerdne, C. D. v. 356, 17. Gyndleccing ofeweard . . . gyndleccing neaþewerd inriguum superius . . . inriguum inferius,

wyrcend

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wyrcend, <b>. II.</b>
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Beóð þæs wordes wircendras estote factores uerbi, Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 37. Hé ys Godes þén . . . on þám yfelum wyrcendum tó wræce gesett Dei minister est; vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit (Rom. 13, 4), 20, 28. Add

bletsian

(v.)
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Add: <b>I a</b> α. to pronounce the benediction in a religious service Hé hæfeð nú gemæssod, and bletsað nú þis folc, Vis. Lfc. 17. Þonne gé bletsiað on Israhéla folc, Num. 6, 23

un-wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wlitigness, e; f.

Uglinessdisfigurement

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Ugliness, disfigurement Semninga gehrán hé his eágan; ðá gemétte hé hit swá hál swá swá him nǽfre nǽnig swyle oððe unwlitignes on ætýwde (ac si nil unquam in eo deformitatis ac tumoris apparuisset), Bd. 4, 32; S. 612, 7

Linked entry: wlitigness