myndig
Mindful
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Mindful Myndig wæs Petrus wordes ðætte cweden wæs him, Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 72
rǽd-leás
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Gleáw ne wæs gumríces weard, réðe and rǽdleás, Cd.
sǽt
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte
un-gewiss
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Rómáne swíþost for þǽm besierede wǽroi þe him þæt land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, and on ungewis on án nirewett befóran, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 29. Add
scenn
A plate of metal on the handle of a sword
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(Worsaae, Primeval Antiquities, pp. 29, 49, notes that the handles of some of the early swords were covered with plates of gold. v. hilt) Waes on ðǽmscennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre, Beo.
sorh-leás
free from anxiety or care ⬩ secure ⬩ free from sorrow
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Cyning wæs þe sorgleásra (cf. módsorge wæg cyning, 122; El. 61), Elen. Kmbl. 193; El. 97. free from sorrow Wé sorgleáse mótan wunigan in wuldre, Exon. Th. 22, 3; Cri. 346
irfe-weardness
An inheritance
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Drihtnes dǽl wæs his folc and Iacob his yrfeweardnis pars domini populus ejus, Jacob funiculus hereditatis ejus, Deut. 32, 9. God cwæþ ðæt hé sylf wǽre heora yrfweardnyss, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 7.
Linked entry: irf-
crísten
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Heó wæs crístenu, Shrn. 86, 15. Úre crístne Róma, Ors. 24; S. 74, 34. Hé bæd hine crístenne beón . . . bæd ꝥ hé ðurh his bebod crístene gefremed wǽre, Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 3, 16. Crístenum þénungum þeówian, 1, 7; Sch. 22, 6.
fore-spreca
an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor
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Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca, Cht. Th. 169, 26. Þá nyste Paulus ðá gástlican getácnunge ðǽre ǽ, and wæs forðí hyre forespreca, Hml. Th. i. 390, 3. Hí blissodon ꝥ hí swilcne forespræcan him áfunden hæfdon, Hml.
stycce-mǽlum
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Add Heó wæs fleónde. Ðá wæs Zosimus ryna hwaeðra sticmǽlum neár gefremed, Hml. S. 23 b, 189
neáh-tún
A neighbouring town
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A neighbouring town Sum eald man wæs in ðam néhtúne ðǽr ic wæs ðæs nama wæs Malchus there was an old man in the town near where I was, whose name was Malchus, Shrn. 36, 6
seofon-wintre
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Seven years old Mid ðý ic wæs seofonwintre cum essem annorum septem, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 21. Ic wæs syfanwintre, Beo. Th. 4847; B. 2428. Ðá ðá hé syfonwintre wæs, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 5
hund-eahtatig
Eighty
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Ǽr ðæm ðe Rómeburg getimbred wǽre iiii hunde wintrum and hundeahtatigum anno ante urbem conditam cccclxxx Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 4
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woffian
To rave ⬩ blaspheme
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To rave, blaspheme Ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetlíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæð, swylce for plegan, ðæt hé swýðún wǽre . . Hé woffode ðá swá lange mid wordum dyslíce, óð ðæt hú feóll geswógen. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 298. Woffode debacchatur, Hpt.
Linked entry: a-woffian
weddung
Betrothal, espousal
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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys ná sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.
on-sécan
to require something (gen.) of a person (acc.)
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Ðǽr .xxx. wæs and feówere eác feores onsóhte þurh wǽges wylm then was life required of thirty-four by the rage of the wave (cf. under Similar entries á-sécan, Ps. 118, 95), Exon. Th. 283, 13; Jul. 679
teónd
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One who draws Heó behealdende wæs hwylcum teónde hé upp áhafen wæs, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 34
un-gistlíþe
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Inhospitable Him wæs láð þearfendum mannum áht tó syllene, and hé wæs ungystlíðe, Nap. 65. Cf. un-cumlíþe
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un-fére
Incapacitated ⬩ disabled ⬩ infirm ⬩ feeble
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Incapacitated, disabled, infirm, feeble Se wæs Æþelstánes biscopes gespelia syððan hé unfére wæs, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 21