Wóden
Woden
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Wódnes beorg, Wodnes den, Wódnes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 355. Similar entries See also Wódnes-dæg
witon
let us
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Th. 48, 14; Cri. 771. Utun faran transeamus, Lk. Skt. 2, 15. Grammar witon, ¶ the word was originally a tense of the verb wítan, and its verbal character is occasionally still marked by the use of the pronoun Wuton wé ðæt gemunan, Blickl.
æþele
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Æþeleste cyn celeberrimum, i. opinatissimum (spectaculi) genus, An. Ox. 2082
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bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Hé héht þæt wítehús wræcna bídan, . . . gásta weardas Similar entries (cf. Hél. 4829-30), Gen. 39. with a clause Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume, Rä. 16, 9. Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne, Jul. 706: Cri. 802.
gebed-rǽden
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Ðæt hié mé on heora gebeddrédenne hæbben, C. D. v. 333, 9.
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ge-forþian
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Add: to put forth, proffer, present, contribute Hé ongan smeágan hwaet him sǽlost tó geforðienne of his cynelicum mádmum Gode tó lofe and him silfum tó écere þearfe, C. D. B. ii. 389, 13. [Cf.
ge-tucian
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Th. ii. 454, 17. of malicious ill-treatment, persecution, &c. Hé Godes þá gecorenan wítnode and hí on yrmðum getintregode, and hí buton gewande getúcude ( the MS. has the accent ) eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15.
hú-hwega
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Nóht feor . . . ꝥ is húhwega (swilce, v. l.) on óþere healfre mile fæc, 5, 2; Sch. 556, 4. (1 a) of extent :-- Þá þá ꝥ weorc húhugu (hwæthwugu, v. l.) healf wæs geworht cum opus ad medium ferme esset perductum, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 225, 10. of time measurement
on-ufan
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D. 185, 14. cf. I. 3 Mæht hénisæs onufa all mæht fióndes potestatem calcandi supra omnem uirtutem inimici, Lk. L. 10, 19
rihte
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H. 61, 10. v. eall-, hér-, ofdún- (cf. ádún, C. D. iii. 406, 26), sceaft-, súþ-, þǽr-, un-, úp-, west-rihte
Wéland
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Andlang strǽte on Wélandes stocc (boundaries of land at Princes Risborough, Bucks) Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 13
Linked entry: Weolud
ǽg-hwilc
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Ǽlce wígwǽpna and ǽghwylce woruldsaca lǽte man stille, Wlfst. 170, 9. with án, substantival, cf. I. 2 Ðæt úre ǽghwylc án mæg éce líf geearnian, Wlfst. 283, 21. Æt ǽghwylcum ánum ðára, Bl. H. 127, 33. adjectival Ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan, Bl.
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðæs cynges wil, Chr. 1015; Th. i. 276, 4, col. 2. a pleasant or desirable thing Willa (wilna? v. willa. VIa) spédum, dugeða gehwilcre stépan, Cd. Th. 142, 18 ; Gen. 2363. Al his wil to don, Laym. 2793. Ðu wurchest mi wil, .
sófte
Softly, gently ⬩ softly, quietly, without disturbance ⬩ calmly, at ease, without trouble ⬩ gently, not harshly ⬩ without discord ⬩ easily, without opposition ⬩ facile
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Th. 10, 3; Cri. 146. Hí willniaþ manifeald earfoþe tó þrowianne, for ðam ðe hí willniaþ mǽran áre mid Gode tó habbanne, ðonne ða habbaþ ðe sóftor libbaþ Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 17: Shrn. 163, 20.
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spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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, Cd. Th. 196, 13; Exod. 291. of convulsive movement (?), to writhe, twist Sum ungesceádwís man hine sylfne áhéng ðæt hé fótum span (for sparn?
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swǽman
To trouble, afflict, grieve.
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Cf. also: His hert began to melt For veray sweme of this swemeful tale, Lydgate (cited ib. p. 199). Swemyn molestor, mereo; sweem, swemynge or mornynge tristicia, molestia, meror Prompt. Parv. 482, col. 1. In A.
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tyllan
To draw ⬩ attract
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Cf. also tollen to draw, attract
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týn
To instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ teach
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Se ðe ðone mǽran noman abbodes underféhþ hé sceal mid twyfealdre láre ða wyldan and týn ðe him underþeódde synt cum aliquis suscipit nomen abbatis dupplici debet doctrina suis preesse discipulis, R. Ben. 11. 12.
beátan
to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on
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M. 31, 7. with dat. to beat on:-- Ne se bryne beót mæcgum (cf. Milton's 'the torrid clime smote on him sore'), Dan. 265. intrans. To beat on Hé on his breóst beót, H. R. 15, 29. Þeáh man mid hameron beóte on þæt þell, Wlfst. 147, 6
be-clýsan
to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place
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S. 23, 326-9. ¶ mid inseglum beclýsan to seal up, Guth. 8, 15: Wlfst. 259, 20. to shut out Þá com Martinus tó þám cásere, ac man hine beclýsde wiðútan, Hml. S. 31, 660