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wræc-lást

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-lást, es; m.

An exile-track

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Wreclástas wunian to live in exile, 280, 21 ; Sat. 259

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a band ⬩ collar ⬩ a ring

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Skt. i. 23, 608. a ring Ic gesleá ǽnne wriðan on his nosu ponam circulum in naribus tuis (2 Kings 19, 28), Homl. Th. i. 568, 33. Ic geseah in healle bring gyldenne (a cup) men sceáwian, . . . friþospéde bæd God gǽste sínum se ðe wende wriþan. Exon.

Linked entry: wríþan

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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Dearly.Add: in reference to payment Deóre bebohte care vendidit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 16. His ceáp þe hé deóre gebohte, Ll. Th. i. 304, 22. Hí sculon deóre ágildan eal, Wlfst. 190, 22. Hygeteónan seolfre deóre bétan, Gen. 2732.

gemót-mann

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-mann, es; m.
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Gemótmanna contionatorum (qui pro rostris in edito stantes popularibus catervis contionantur, Aid. 32, 7), Wrt.

ge-wyrce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrce, es; n.
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. ¶ Gewyrce plastica (in rerum visibilium plastica Ald. 75, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 35. what is got by work, profit, perquisite, v. ge-wyrcan; Ǽhteswán gebyreð stífearh, and his gewirce ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfð, Ll. Th. i. 436, 23.

Linked entries: ge-wirce wyrce

hrægel-talu

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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3

tellan

Grammar
tellan, <b>. II.</b>
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In l. 4, col. 2, after hwíle insert: wiþ tén þúsend wintra, and add Tell þú swá fela daga, Angl. viii. 325, 8: 327, 9. <b>III a.

sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽlan, de.

to fasten with a cord ⬩ to restrain, repress, confine

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Sǽlde sǽgrundas the bound sea-depths (in contrast with the relaxing of the bonds which held the sea, when a passage was made through it for the Israelites), Cd. Th. 196, 9; Exod. 289

wearp

(n.)
Grammar
wearp, es; n.

the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom ⬩ a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making.

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Wearpum stamina, 430, 74. a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making. v. wearp-fæt Wearp vimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 73. [Warp, threde for webbynge stamen, licium, Prompt. Parv. 517

gum-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cyst, e; f.

Manly virtue ⬩ excellence, munificence,liberality

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He siððan sceal gódra gumcysta geásne hweorfan afterwards shall he pass away wanting in all noble virtues, Exon. 71a; Th. 265, 14; Jul. 381.

CROCCA

(n.)
Grammar
CROCCA, an; m.

A CROCK ⬩ pitcher ⬩ earthenware pot or pan ⬩ vas fictile ⬩ testa ⬩ olla

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Voc. 82, 56 Wyl wæter on croccan boil water in a crock L. M. I. 40; Lchdm. ii. 104, 19.

Linked entries: chroa crohh cryccen

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen

To become dark ⬩ be darkened ⬩ saddened ⬩ angry

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Geswearc ðá sweor the father-in-law then grew angry, 67 a; Th. 247, 13; Jul. 78

fóþer

food ⬩ nutriment ⬩ a covering ⬩ the body of a waggon ⬩ the amount contained in a waggon ⬩ a waggon-load

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; the amount contained in a waggon, a waggon-load Fóþer altitudo, wǽngehrado tabula plaustri (in a list 'de plaustris et de partibus ejus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 52. Fóder altitudo (? alitudo, v. I), ii. 8, 13.

Linked entry: ge-féþrian

Grécisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Grécisc, Gréccisc; adj.
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Greek, Grecian Heora discipulas wǽron well gelǽrede ge on Grécisc gereorde ge on Lédennisc eorum discipuli Latinam Græcamque linguam æque ut propriam in qua nati sunt norunt, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 27: 4, 1; S. 563, 33. Gréccisc, 5, 8; S. 622, 2.

Linked entries: Creácisc Crécisc

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.

The jaw, CHEEK ⬩ maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena

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On hælftre and bridle ceácan heora gewríþ in camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Lamb. 31, 9. Ceácan mandibulæ, Wrt. Voc. 64, 46. Ceác-bán vel ceácan vel cin-bán mandibula, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14.

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán

yfelsung

(n.)
Grammar
yfelsung, eofulsung, e; f.

Blasphemy

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wǽre on God Dionysius dixit blasphemiam id esse in Deum, L. Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 166, 12. Ic ondette eofulsunge, Anglia xi. 98, 33.

Linked entry: eofulsung

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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IV a. in reference to subjects divine or sacred. of honour shewn to a divinity, to worship, adore Aldro úso in móre ðisum geworðadun (adorarunt) and gie cuæðas ꝥte in Hierusolymis . . . geuorðage (adorare) gedæfnad is . . .

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion

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In ðæs wylmes grund befæsted, Elen. Kmbl. 2596; El. 1299. Gold ðæt in wylme bið geclǽnsod, 2617; El. 1310: 1527; El. 765. Wunian in wylme, Salm. Kmbl. 933; Sal. 466. God wylme gesealde Sodoman, sweartan líge, Cd. Th. 115, 26; Gen. 1925.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere

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Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend on his spræce befón ut caperent eum in sermone, Mt.

tæfl

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl, e; f.: es ; n.(?): tæfle, an(?); f.

Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd

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In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess (see Thrupp's Anglo-Saxon Home, c. xvi, sec. 7); and in O. H. Ger. scah-zabel = scacarium.

Linked entry: tebl