swinsung
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Wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse for singing in the ears and hardness of hearing, Lchdm. iii. 70, 23
Linked entry: dreám-swinsung
un-gemetfæst
immoderate ⬩ immodest ⬩ intemperate ⬩ immoderate ⬩ excessive ⬩ irretentive
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in a moral sense, immoderate, immodest, intemperate Ðá forseah se Catulus hine, for ðam hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5.
Linked entries: ge-metfæst un-gemetfæstlíc
un-gewittig
mad ⬩ insane ⬩ foolish ⬩ senseless ⬩ not having reason ⬩ irrational
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mad, insane Ic wát ðæt gé wénaþ ðæt ic ungewittige móde ( insana mente ) sprece, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 1. foolish, senseless Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ, hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt hé ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe
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wiccian
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . .
wudu-fæsten
a place rendered secure by woods ⬩ a wood as a place of security ⬩ a place of security built of wood
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He gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne he pitched his camp in the nearest spot allowed by the woods, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 9. Ða flugon ða Bryt-Walas tó ðam wudufærstenum (cp. silvis sese obdidere, Bd.
Linked entry: wudu-wésten
bil
a falchion ⬩ a bill
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Dict.] a bill, an implement for cutting (wood, stone, weeds) Síðe vel bill falcastrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 16: 34, 16. Bill bidubium (ferramentum rusticum idem quod falcastrum, Migne), i. marra, ii. 12, 74: marra, 57, 70.
cwalu
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Hé his sunu ásende tó cwale for ús, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32. Dón tó cwale to put to death, Hml. S. 21, 372. v. morþor-, súsl-cwalu. Add
ge-bǽran
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Hé ongan biterlíce wépan . . . þá ꝥ his geféra geseah, hé hine ácsade, hwæt him wǽre, and for hwon hé swá gebǽrde (quod intuens comes, quarefaceret, inquisivit), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 498, 8. Hé hreówlíce beforan Gode gebǽrde, Hml. S. 23, 396.
ge-þingan
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D. 206, 15.] to appoint to an office Hraðe sóna wæs æfter mundgripe méce geþinged þæt hit sceáden mǽl scýran móste, cwealmbealu cýðan, B. 1938. to assign an office to a person Seó heordelice gýming tó þám beran wæs geþungen (for a similar incorrect
ge-wítigian
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Án gedæfneð ꝥte sié deád for ðǽm folce gewítgade unum debere mori pro populo prophetizat, 6, 11. Gewítga ( prophetizo ) huælc is sé ðe ðec slóg, Lk. L. 22, 64: Mk.
ge-wealdes
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ofsleá his þone néhstan þurh searwa si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum et per insidias, 46, 26. where what happens is the result of one's action Gif him ðonne gewealdes gebyrige oððe ungewealdes ( whether he is responsible or not for
hana
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. ¶ The word is given by runes contained in the text of Rä. 43, which has a cock for part of its subject. Add: —
nosu
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Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís; for ðǽm mid ðǽre nose wé tósceádað ðá stencas, 65, 19-21. Nosa habbað nares habent, Ps. Vos. 113, 6 second: 134, 17. substitute: <b>nóse,</b> an; f, taking it as a separate word
on-cirran
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. ¶ figurative :-- Micel bið se Meotudes egsa, for ðon hí seó molde oncyrreð (cf, a cujus conspectu fugit terra, Apocalypsis, 20, 11), Seef. 103. Add On midde niht oncierde ꝥ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. <b>B.
wacian
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D. 28, 23. (. 3) to keep a vigil for prayer or religious observance :-- Hí hyre líc bebyrigdon . . . and þǽr gelóme wacodon, Hml. S. 7, 249. Hí wacodon þá niht wið þá byrgene biddende God, 21, 120
sáwel-leás
without life ⬩ without soul
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Similar entries (v. sáwel, II.) without soul On ðæs mannes sáwle is Godes anlícnyss, for ðam is se mann sélra ðonne ða sáwulleásan nýtenu, ðe nán andgit nabbaþ embe heora ágenne Scyppend, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 22. Similar entries (v. sáwel,II.)
wearg-cwedol
Given to evil speaking or cursing
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M. 356, 26) Godes ríce gesittan ne magon, hwæþere is gelýfed ðæt ða ðe be gewyrhtum wyrgede wǽron for heora árleásnysse, ðæt hí hraðe ðurh Drihtnes wræc heora scylde wíte ðrowedon quamvis maledici regnum Dei possidere non possint, creditum est tamen quod
cóðu
A disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ pestilence ⬩ morbus
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Wið wambe cóðum for diseases of the stomach L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 1
slide
A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of an actual slip ⬩ a slip into misfortune or error
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Gr. 11;Zup. 79, 9. of an actual slip Ðá wearþ mé slide and ic him (the horse)of áfeóll lapsus decidi Bd. 5, 6;S. 619, 18. fig. a slip into misfortune or error Forðæm hit ǽr hit nolde behealdan wið unnyt word, hit sceal ðonne niédinga áfeallan for ðæm
eálá
0! alas! Oh! ⬩ eheu! euge! proh
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Eálá hwæt se forma wǽre alas! that the first should have been, 8, 109; Met. 8, 55. Eálá! ðæt hit wurde O! that it might be, 8, 77; Met. 8, 39. Eálá! ðǽr we mágon geseón alas! there we may see, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 27; Cri. 1313