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swinsung

(n.)
Grammar
swinsung, e ; f.
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetfæst, adj.

immoderateimmodestintemperateimmoderateexcessiveirretentive

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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.

un-gewittig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewittig, adj.

madinsanefoolishsenselessnot having reasonirrational

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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

Linked entry: un-wittig

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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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

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-fæsten, wudu-fæstenn, es; n.

a place rendered secure by woodsa wood as a place of securitya 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

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona 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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingan, to determine.
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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

(v.)
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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

(adv.)
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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

Grammar
on-cirran, <b>A. I a.</b>
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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

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, (I b)
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
sáwel-leás, adj.

without lifewithout 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

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg-cwedol, -cwidol; adj.

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

(n.)
Grammar
cóðu, e; f; cóðe, an; f; cóða, an; m.

A diseasesicknesspestilence morbus

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Wið wambe cóðum for diseases of the stomach L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 1

slide

(n.)
Grammar
slide, es; m.

A slip, falllapsusof 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

(int.)
Grammar
eálá, æálá, ǽlá, hélá; interj.

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

Linked entries: æálá ǽ-lá eáw