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wiþer-winna

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-winna, an; m.

An adversaryopponentenemy

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Ðǽr (in heaven ) ne wunaþ nán wiþerwinna, Homl. Ass. 78, 145. Úre wiðerwinna is se deófol. . . . Is óðer wiðerwinna, ðæt is Godes word, ðæt word winð on ús, 5, 120-128: 52, 53.

fæstan

to fastto abstain

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Hé fæste fram eallum bigleofum, Wlfst. 285, 24. to fastas a remedy: Gif sió ádl sié weaxende, fæste .ii. dagas tógædere, Lch. ii. 218, 1. to fast as a matter of ecclesiastical discipline. absolute Ic fæste tuwa on wican, Past. 313, 6.

á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Th. i. 570, 28

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.

Wine

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Th. i. 352, 6: ii. 298, 18. Wǽre ðú (the body) ðé wiste wlonc and wínes sæd, Exon. Th. 369, 11; Seel. 39. Wínes glæd, 449, 28; Dóm. 78. Wíne temeto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 42. Ne gemunde hé ðæt hé ǽr gespræc, wíne druncen Beo.

dóm-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-bóc, f. [bóc a book, q. v.]

DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws lĭber judĭciālis

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Ath. i. 5; Th. i. 202, 7: L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 262, 23: i. 5; Th. i. 264, 20. Swá hit on ðære dóm-béc stande as it stands in the doom-book, L. Ed. prm; Th. i. 158, 4. Ne þearf he nánra dómbóca óðerra cépan he need not heed any other doom books, L.

Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing

íren

(n.)
Grammar
íren, es; n.

Irona swordblade

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Gif ðæt gegangeþ ðæt ádl oððe íren nimeþ ealdor ðínne if it come to pass, that disease or sword take off thy prince, 3700; B.1848. Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren, Byrht. Th. 139, 12. Áres and írenes æris et ferri, Bd. 1, I ; S. 473, 23, note.

gliw

(n.)
Grammar
gliw, es; n.

Gleejoyminstrelsymirthjestingdrollerygaudiummusicafacetiæmimus

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Glad wæs ic gliwum glad was I in glee, 94 a; Th. 352, 29; Reim. 3. Gumum to gliwe for delight to men, 57 b; Th. 207, 9; Ph. 139.

Linked entry: gleow

ge-félan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-félan, p. de; pp. ed

To feelperceivesentīre

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Geféleþ fácnes cræftig ðæt him ða férend on fæste wuniaþ the skilled in guile feels that the voyagers firmly rest on him, 97 a; Th. 361, 23; Wal. 24. Gefélde ic me beótiende and wyrpende me mĕlius hăbēre sentīrem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 12.

þriwa

(num.; adv.)
Grammar
þriwa, þrywa, þreowa, þriowa, þriuwa, þriga, þrige, þría; adv.

Thricethree times

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Voc. ii. 126, 35. Ðriga, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 42. -- Cweð þriwa nigon síþan, Lchdm. i. 202, 11. Þriwa seofon beóð án and twéntig, Anglia viii. 302, 43. Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21

Linked entries: þría þriga

hón

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Gá án mǽden-man tó and hó hit on his sweóran, Lch. iii. 42, 10. to suspend on a cross or gibbet as a punishment Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon, Ll. Th. i. 118, 6.

spell

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<b>I b.

tyhtan

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Th. ii. 134, 4

twengan

(v.)
Grammar
twengan, p. de

To pinchsqueezetwinge

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S. ix. 81

Linked entry: twingan

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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comes on him, and orders the sail to be furled, and also sometimes the mast to be lowered and to leave off beating; if he have before in an adverse wind beat, he guards himself against the storm, Bt. 41, 3; S. 144, 28-32

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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.:--- Ic mé nǽfre bet ne baðode, Ap. Th. 13, 21. Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre, Guth. 60, 2: Gr. D. 308, 22. Baþige hé hine on swétum wætre, Lch. ii. 244, 17, 23. Ongan hé hine baðian swá swátigne, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 30.

Linked entry: bæþ

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

To finddetectfeelexperienceinveniredeprehendereexperirisentire

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Ic afínde experior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 55. Ðis wíf wæs afúnden on unrihton hǽmede hæc mulier deprehensa est in adulterio, Jn. Bos. 8, 4: Bt. 35, 5 ; Fox 162, 31

Linked entry: a-fúnden

beorþor

(n.)
Grammar
beorþor, byrþor, berþor, borþor, es; n?

Child-birththat which is borna fetuspartusfetus

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Child-birth, that which is born, a fetus; partus, fetus Æfter beorþre after child-birth Med. ex Quadr. 4, 6; Lchdm. i. 344, 1 : L. M. 3, 37; Lchdm. ii. 330, 1. Ðe him hyra beorþor losie quibus fetus pereat Med. ex Quadr. 4, 4; Lchdm. i. 342, 21.

Finns buruh

(n.)
Grammar
Finns buruh, = Finnes burh; gen. -burge; f.

Finnsburg

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Finns] fýrenu wǽre as if all Fin's castle were on fire, Fins. Th. 72; Fin. 36. This Finnsburg is no doubt the same as the Finnesham mentioned by Beowulf, — Swylce hie æt Finnes hám findaa meahton such as they might find at Finnesham, Beo.

Linked entry: Finn

friclo

(n.)
Grammar
friclo, indecl. f.

An appetiteappĕtītus

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M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 1, 2

Linked entry: fricolo

blíð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blíð-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirthgaudium, exultatio, hilaritas

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On blíðnysse in exultatione, Ps. Spl. 99, 2. Blíðnysse líf vita hilaritatis, Lchdm. iii. 212, 1