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weolcen-reád

(adj.)
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weolcen-reád, adj.

Scarlet ⬩ purple

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Ðeós wyrt hæfð wolcenreáde blóstman. Lchdm. i. 244, 5. v. weoloc-reád

wyrcan

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(l b) add :-- Fíf hund and feówer and syxtig atomi wyrcað án momentum . . . syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, and seofon dagas áne wucan, Angl. viii. 318, 43-319, i.

ge-brýsed

(v.)
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Þeáh se rihtwísa áfealle, ne wyrð hé gebrýsed, ne his nán bán tóbrocen cum ceciderit justus, non conturbabitur, Ps. Th. 36, 23. to season Gebrýsdre (-brydre, MS.) condito (pul*-*mentario). An. Ox. 2, 248. Gebrýsde (-bryrde, MS.), 7, 271

geár-getal

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geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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Nime hé him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 22. Cf. winter-getæl

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation

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Lchdm. ii. 228, 24. changing, mutation Ne wyrð ðisses nǽfre nán wending non movebor de generations in generationem Ps. Th. 9, 26. Wendincg 29 6. Earfoðe ys fǽrlíc wendincg difficilis est subita permutatio Scint. 63, 20.

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law

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Se slite byþ wyrsa pejor scissura fit Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16; Mk. Skt. 2, 21. a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite Similar entries v. slítan, IV. Wið hundes slite Lchdm. i. 148, 7. Íces slite oððe hundes ii. 86, 2. Be hundes slite.

Linked entry: slítan

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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Ðú wéndest ðæt ðiós slíþne wyrd ðás worulde wende bútan Godes þeahte Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 4. Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147.

Linked entry: slíþe

ǽ-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-spryng, eá-, -sprynge; m. f. (?): -spring; n.
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source, fountain, spring Oft ǽspringe út áwealleð . . hé siðþan tósceáden wyrð, Met. 5, 12. Wæs se ǽspring (sió ǽspryng, Hatt. MS. ) sió sóðe lufu, Past. 48, 12. Gif wé ðone biteran wille æt ðǽm ǽsprynge forwyrcean, 307,1.

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
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ge-rǽde, adj.
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Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed properly Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wise wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað a people's condition will never be well ordered in the land where wrongful gain is loved, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28.

un-gesoden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesoden, adj.

Unsodden

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Unsodden Nim ðú ða ylcan wyrte ungesodene, Lchdm. i. 92, 29

Linked entry: ge-seóþan

cæpse

(n.)
Grammar
cæpse, an; f.
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A box Wyrcað áne níwe cæpsan eówrum lácum tó fætelse. Nap. 11

on-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
on-gripe, es; m.

Attack, assault

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Attack, assault Ðǽra wyrma ongrype and ðæra sorhwíta mǽst, Wulfst. 187, 2.

salfige

(n.)
Grammar
salfige, an; f.

Sage

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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man saluian nemneþ. . . . Genim ðás ylcan wyrte salfian, i. 218, 6-11. Saluian sǽd, iii. 72, 7: ii. 358, 18. Nim saltian, iii. 48, 3. Wyl sealuian, 44, 17

þegen-wer

(n.)
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þegen-wer, es; m.
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The wer-gild of a thane Hé sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe, L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 21: vi. 5; Th. i. 316, 14.

Linked entry: wer

þrowend

(n.)
Grammar
þrowend, es; m.

A scorpion

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Se wyrm ðrowend slihþ mid ðam tægle tó deáðe ... Ondrǽd ðé ðone ðrowend ... Bið hiht geǽttrod mid ðæs ðrowendes tægle, Homl. Th. i. 252, 4-11. Se ðe gegrípð þrowend ( scorpionem ), Scint. 86, 11: 225, 4. Þrowendra regulorum, serpentium, Hpt.

un-gecynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecynde, adj.

Unnatural

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Unnatural Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of ðære stówe ðe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on ungecynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27 note.

Linked entries: ge-cynde un-cynde

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Ne beó hé nánes andsæces wyrðe he shall not be entitled to make denial, 288, 9. Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14. 'Ne mæg ic wunian.' . . . Ðá ðáá Þú ondsæc dydest, þæt þú on feorwegas féran ne cúðe, An. 929. Add

godcundlíce

(adv.)
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Hé wæs godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) gefultumod, 4, 24; Sch. 482, 2. in respect to religion or to the church, ecclesiastically Ne sín ealle circan ná gelícre mǽðe worldlíce wyrðe, þeáh hí godcundlíce habban hálgunge gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 340, 27: 360, 17

búta

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búta, unless.
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Ne bið hit bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn, Hml. S. 27, 152. Add

cólian

(v.)
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Wyrc swylc án lytel cicel . . . swá ðú hátost forberan mæge . . . þonne se cicel cólige, Lch. iii. 30, 21. Cólgendre frigenti, Angl. xiii. 38, 318. [ O. Sax. kólón.] Add