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wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Swíþe wel ðú mín hæfst geholpen Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 18. well, prosperously Se man wæs wel dónde on eallum þingum erat vir in cunctis prospere agens Gen. 39, 2. marking the rightness, fitness, etc. of an action His nama wæs gereht 'Godes strengo.'

Linked entry: BET

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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For ðam worde hé wæs geunrét he was sad at that saying, Mk. Skt. 10, 22. 'Ic hit eom.' Hí mid ðam worde wendon underbæc . . . Eft áxode se Hǽlend . . . Hí eft andwyrdon mid ðam ǽrran worde . . . Ðá andwyrde hé mid ðam ylcan worde. Homl.

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic , ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp., pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To gocomewalkhappenīregrădievĕnīre

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To go, come, walk, happen; īre, grădi, evĕnīre Uton gán and feligean fremdum godum cāmus et sequāmur deos aliēnos, Deut. 13, 1. Gearo to gánne ready to go, Homl. Th. ii. 32, 7. Ðú gǽst on ðínum breóste sŭper pectus tuum grădiēris, Gen. 3, 14.

hyse

(n.)
Grammar
hyse, es; m.

A young manwarrior

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Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he pierced the man's neck with his javelin, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141. Hysse ðínum puero tuo, Ps. Th. 85, 15. Tó Abrahame his ágenum hysse ad Abraham puerum suum, 104, 37.

Linked entries: hós hese hise

miltan

(v.)
Grammar
miltan, mieltan, meltan; p. te.

To meltto digestto refine by meltingTo meltbecome liquid

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P. 45; Th. ii. 384, 6. to digest Sió wamb seó ðe biþ hátre gecyndo melt mete wel ... Seó ðe biþ wæterigre gecyndo næfþ góde meltunge, swíðost on ðám mettum ðe uneáþe melte beóþ, L.

Linked entries: mealt myltan sám-milt

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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Wæs ðæt bærnet on his sculdre æfre gesewen, 346, 26. On his sculdre in humero, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 15. Oþ ðone swíðran sculdor, Lchdm. ii. 198, 19. Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in, Blickl. Homl. 127, 9. Sculdra scapula (-ae?), Wrt.

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mindanxietytroublegriefdifficultyseverityharshness

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uneasiness of mind, anxiety, trouble, grief, difficulty Hé ealle ða word gehýrde, and ǽfre wæs his uneáðnys wexende, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 621. Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinu, ne nǽnig unéþnes, ne sorg ne wóp, Blickl. Homl. 103, 35.

un-rihtwís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtwís, adj.

Unrighteousunjustevil

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wæs mid unrihtwísum (-rehtuísum, Lind.: -rehtwísum, Rush. iniquis ) geteald, Mk. Skt. 15, 28. Be ðám ofermódum and ðám unrihtwísum cyningum, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 1: Met. 25, 2

Linked entry: riht-wís

un-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽte, adj.

Immenseenormousexcessive

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Ic wæs on unmǽtum costnungum winnende, Homl. Ski. ii. 23 b, 578

Linked entry: un-gemǽte

yfelness

(n.)
Grammar
yfelness, e; f.
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Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 10. in a moral sense Micel yfelnys ( malitia ) manna wæs ofer eorðan, Gen. 6, 5.

á-belgan

(v.)
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Þá áne þe him ǽr ábolgen wæs, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 17. Ábolgene (-bloncgne in text) wéron indignati sunt Mt. L. 26, 8. [Laym, abalh; p.; abolȝen; pp.: O. Sax. á-belgan: O. H. Ger. ar-belgan.]

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

andettan

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Onditien Dryhtne wundur his bearnum monna oh that men would praise the Lord for his wonderful works to the children of men, 106, 31. to confess a purpose, to promise, vow Wæs hé swá swýþe onbryrded, þæt hé andette Gode, gif hé him ðæs mergendæges geunnan

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, es; n. l. e; f., but also gen. andlifenes, acc. ondlifen,
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Seó eá mǽst eall genom þæt binnan þǽre byrg wæs þǽra monna ondliefene, Ors. 4, 7; S. 180, 19. Gode þancie hé his dæghwámlicre ondlyfene, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 7.

á-sceacan

(v.)
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wæs hyne ásceacende eal swá earn þonne hé myd hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 35

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

be-settan

to setplaceto applyto surroundto besiege

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Wítum besette on helle, Wlfst. 145, 31. to besiege Gé beóð lange inne besette, Deut. 28, 53. to set with something inserted Hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum, Hml. S. 32, 117. Hié wǽron ymb eal útan mid eágum besett, Past. 195, 19

byrgen

(n.)
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Áne tóbrocene byrgenne, swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan of stánum worhte sepulchrum dirutum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 4. Ofer ryhtwísra monna byrgenne super sepulturam justi, Past. 327, 2. Byrgenu openodon, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 4.

bufan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
bufan, prep. adv.
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S. 18, 24. upon Byrgenne, swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan worhte, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5: 2, 4; S. 74, 19. of time, above, more than Fram ánum mónðe and bufan þám, Num. 3, 15. with acc. above, to a point higher than Hé up

dígolnes

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Hé árímde ðá diógolnesse (dígol-, v. l. secreta) ðæs ðriddan hefones . . . hé geimpod wæs tó ðǽm hefenlicum diógolnessum (dígol-, v. l. ), Past. 99, 7, 18. Dígelnyssa abstrusa, An. Ox. 1952.

eafora

(n.)
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Þám eafera wæs æfter cenned, 12. Zebedes afera, Men. 136. Afera (afora, eafora, v. ll. ) Eádweardes, Chr. 942; P. 110, 24. Ne þearf þé þæs eaforan sceomigan, Gen. 2327: B. 2451. Hé þám yldestan eáfóran lǽfde folc, frumbearne, Gen. 1214.

ge-árian

(v.)
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carnis subsidiis reficiantur proximi, ipsi remaneant a justitiae pane jejuni, 137, 24. to refrain from unkindness, spare Se ilca monegum yfelum wið hine selfne forworhtum ǽr geárode malis ante noverat pie parcere, Past. 37, 1. to endow, present Hé wæs