wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Se snotera bád hwæþre him Alwalda ǽfre wille æfter weáspelle wyrpe gefremman make his lot better, Beo. Th. 2635; B. 1315. v. next word
wrídian
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish
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To put forth shoots, be productive, grow, flourish Þúfaþ and wrídaþ frutescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 13. literal, of vegetable growen Se aeþela feld wrídaþ, wynnum geblówen, Exon. Th. 199, 17; Ph. 27.
Linked entry: wríþian
sand
sand, gravel ⬩ sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore
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Nacan on sande, Beo. Th. 596; B. 295: 3796; B. 1896. Gewát him se hearda æfter sande sǽwong tredan, 3932; B. 1964. Ic wæs be sande sǽwealle neáh, Exon. Th. 471, 14; Rä. 61, 1.
wǽpned-mann
a male ⬩ a man ⬩ a male
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Wæs se gryre læssa efne swá micle swá bið wíggryre wífes be wǽpnedmen, Beo. Th. 2573; B. 1284. God hí geworhte wǽpnedman and wímman (wǽpman and wýfman, MS. A. wǽpned and wímman, MS.
windig
windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent
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Be windigre wambe, 162, 23. Wiþ windigre áþundenesse, 166, 25 : 188, 22. Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 3
sél
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Kmbl. 3129 ; An. 1567 : Beo. Th. 518 ; B. 256. Hwæt sélest wǽre tó gefremmanne, 351 ; B. 173 : Elen. Kmbl. 2328 ; El. 1165. Ellen biþ sélast ðam ðe sceal dreógan dryhtenbealu, Exon. Th. 183, 4 ; Gú. 1322. Biþ andgit ǽghwǽr sélest, Beo.
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a-bifian
To be moved or shaken ⬩ to tremble ⬩ moveri ⬩ contremere
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To be moved or shaken, to tremble; moveri, contremere For ansýne écan Dryhtnes ðeós eorþe sceal eall abifigan a facie Domini mota est terra. Ps. Th. 113, 7
cwid-bóc
The Book of Proverbs ⬩ proverbiorum liber
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The Book of Proverbs; proverbiorum liber Be ðæm is awriten on Salomonnes cwidbócum about which it is written in the Proverbs of Solomon, Past. 36, 8; Cot. MS
fæderen-cnósl
A paternal race, father's kin ⬩ păterna prōgĕnies, părentēla
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A paternal race, father's kin; păterna prōgĕnies, părentēla Be ðæs fædrencnósles wére according to the 'wer' of the father's kin, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 2
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bi-murnan
To mourn, be troubled about, care for ⬩ lugere, curare
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To mourn, be troubled about, care for; lugere, curare, sollicitum esse de re,Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 7; Vy. 14; 34 a; Th. 110, 1; Gú. 101
súþ-rima
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A south coast Ðý ilcan sumera forwearð nó læs ðonne xx scipa mid monnum mid ealle be ðam súðriman, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 15: 1009; Erl. 141, 32
Linked entry: súþ-stæþ
un-gewintred
Not adult
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Not adult Be ungewintredes wífmannes nédhǽmde. Gif mon ungewintrædne wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, sié ðæt swá ðæs gewintredan monnes bót, L. Alf. pol. 26; Th. i. 78, 16
weorold-gewuna
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The custom of the world Hé ásmeáde ðæt godcunde be woruldgewunan he considered the religious question from a secular standpoint, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15
wrocen
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Be eástan wrocena stybbe; ðæt swá tó wrocena stybbe, v. 297, 26
dóm-bóc
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Ic gedó ꝥ man sceall þé wel fæste gewríðan, and þé, eall swá seó dómbóc be swilcum mannum tǽcð, oft and gelóme swingan, Hml. S. 23, 714. Add
for-cúþe
Infamously ⬩ evilly ⬩ wickedly
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Infamously, evilly, wickedly Wé wyllað nú sæcgan be þám ungesæligum Crístes cwellerum, hú forcúðe hi ðóhton þá ðá hí feoh sealdon eallum þám weardmannum, Hml. A. 78, 150
háten
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Perhaps for hátene in the passage should be read háte (cf. for case mid glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 216, 1), or hátum ; in either the termination of ísene (?)
on-hyreness
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Wilt þú ꝥ þú hwæthugu in Nonnoses weorce oncnáwe eác be Heliseus onhyrenesse ? visne aliquid in operatione Nonnosi de imitatione quoque Blisaei cognoscere ?, Gr. D. 50, 5. Add
on-tygness
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the state of a person in respect to the frequency of the charges brought against him Be cirlisces monnes ontygnesse at ðiéfðe, Ll. Lbmn. 22, 23. v. §37
winter-wille
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A spring that can be used in winter (?) Of ðǽm stáne, ðæt on winterwellan; of ðǽre wellan, ðæt on þeófdene, C. D. iii. 394, 7. Cf. winter-burna