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wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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one who knows, a person of understanding or learning, a wise man Wita (-e, MS.) sophista, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 41. Fród wita, snottor ár, beorn bóca gleáw, Exon. Th. 313, 16; Mód. 1. Se ðe wita (sapiens ) is, mid feáum wordum geswytelaþ, R.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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B, note 57] forbeódan, ðæt he ne móte into his cotan gelogian ðæt ðæt he wille no wife may forbid her husband, that he may not put into his cot what he will, L. Cnut. pol. 74; Wilk. 145, 41; Th. i. 418, 23-25; Schmd. 312, 76, § I.

Linked entry: bonda

dón

(v.)
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Ðoncunge ic dóem (dóm, R.) gratias ago, Jn. L. 11, 41. ic doom (dóe, R.) quod ego facio, 13, 7. Ðás táceno ðá ðe ðú dóas(dóes, R.), Jn. L. 3, 2. Dóæs (dóes, R.), Mk. L. 11, 28. Dóes facit, Mt. L. 7, 24. ðá unrehtan dóeð qui iniqua gerit, Ps.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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On ðam wyrt-túne wæs niwe byrgen in horto erat novum monumentum, Jn. Bos. 19, 41: 19, 42. Com to ðære byrgene venit ad monumentum, Jn. Bos. 20, 1: 20, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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a thing, a single object, material or immaterial Hweðer ðú wéne ðæt ǽnig ðing on ðisse worulde swá gód sié, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 6. Ðonne ða fíf þing ealle gegadorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ðæt án þing biþ God, 33, 2; Fox 122, 18.

cyme

(n.)
Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]

A coming, an approach, advent adventus

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A coming, an approach, advent; adventus Me is ðín cyme on myclum þonce gratus mihi est multum adventus tuus, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 21: Exon. 21a; Th. 56, 8; Cri. 897: 21a; Th. 57, 10; Cri. 916: 44b; Th. 152, 2; . 802: 56b ; Th. 201, 9; Ph. 53: 69b; Th.

Linked entry: cime

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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To conceal, hide, cover Gif ðú hylest ðíne heortan geþohtas if thou dost conceal from me thy heart's thoughts, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 12; Gn. Ex. 3.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Fox 13, 52; Met. 13, 26. On drihten helpe gehogedan speravit in domino, Ps. Th. 113, 18 : Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 5; . 18

sigor

(n.)
Grammar
sigor, es ; m.
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Kmbl. 2613 ; El. 1308 : Exon. Th. 359, 17 ; Pa. 64 : Cd. Th. 237, 5 ; Dan. 333 : Exon. Th. 75, 29 ; Cri. 1229 : Cd. Th. 8, 19 ; Gen. 126 : 106, 13 ; 1770. Bidde ic sigere (-a ?, -es ?) Godes miltse, Lchdm. i. 390, 10

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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.), 12 ; Swt. 75, 12. Ðæt se streca Déma ús geárige, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 13. Ætforan ðæs gesihðe ðæs strecan Déman, 124, 15. Streccere rigidae, durae, Hpt. Gl. 416, 16. Ðære stræcan asperrima, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 24.

Linked entry: strec

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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' Se Hǽlend cwæþ: ' Gif ic ðé ne þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.), næfst ðú nánne dǽl myd , Jn. Skt. 13, 8. Ðú ðwehst (ðwés, Surt.) lavabis me, Ps. Lamb. 50, 9. his handa ðwehþ (ðwéð, Surt.), Ps. Th. 57. 9.

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higherhighestat or i-s/>to a greater heightfarther from a coastfrom a spothigherat or to a more honourable placehigherlater

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Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 10. local, at or i-s/>to a greater height Seó sunne stígþ ufor and ufor, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. Saturnus wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol, 36, 2; Fox 174, 14. Seó sunne is micle ufor (furþor, MS.

Linked entries: yfemest uferor

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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On wéstum lande in terra deserta Deut. 32, 10. férde on wéste stówe, Mk. Skt. 1, 35 : 6, 31, 32: Lk. Skt. 4, 42 : 9, 10: Exon. Th. 209, 12; Ph. 169. sealde him wéste land, Ps. Th. 77, 55.

wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wirdan, p.de

To injurehurtannoyto injure,do wrong toviolate a lawhinder

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To injure, hurt, annoy Werdit officit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 43. Wyrde officit, 63, 36. of physical hurt Ne wyrt ðæt ða seón, Lchdm. ii. 26, 14. Ne bét hit, ac wyrt, 212, 20.

for-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hycgan, p. -hogde, -hygde, -hygede; pp. -hogd

to despiseto disdainscorn

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L. 22, 5. to disdain, scorn to do something. with a case Ðás gerás wyrcanne and ðá ilco ne forhycganne (omittere), Lk. L. R. 11, 42: Mt. L. 23, 23. with a clause Ne forhogde (-hogode, v. l.), ðæt hit eft gecierde, Past. 99, 10.

ge-rýne

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sealde hi[m] hálige gerýne Crístes líchaman and blódes, Hml. S. 30, 97. Clǽne girýne sacrificium, Rtl. 109, 21. Ðá gerýnu (-o, v. l.) þæs heofonlican cyninges sacra­menta caelestis regis, Bd. 2, 9 ; Sch. 143, 17 : Hml. S. 23 b, 112.

Linked entry: rún

hæc

(n.)
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A hatch, heck, [hatch a gate or wicket; a flood-gate or sluice; a contrivance for trapping salmon: heck a grating or frame of parallel bars . . . used to catch fish at a weir, N. E. D.]

grípan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. with personal subject, to grasp at Heó gráp þá tógeánes, gúðrinc geféng atolan clommum, B. 1501. to take hold of, lay hands on. a material object Heó on mec ( an onion ) grípeð, . 26, 7.

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruelbarbarousbloodthirsty

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Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 54, 12: atrox, 9, 66; Zup. 72, 1: trux, 9, 67; Zup. 72, 9. Wælhreówe crudeli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 22. Ða wælhreówan funestam, 38, 20. of living beings Wælhreów werod, Cd. Th. 219, 11; Dan. 53. (Nero) wælhriów wunode, Met. 9, 38.

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight directly, straightway rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, dulycorrectly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Th. 97, 9 : 95, 13. rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly Rihte ys genemned Jacob; nu beswác , Gen. 27, 36 : Exon. Th. 9, 7; Cri. 139.