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eax

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Eax, 7, 54: i. 284, 51. Swylce ex wendende quasi axis versatilis, Scint. 97, 4. Áhóh þæt heáfod nyþerweard oððæt seó ex sý gesóht hang the head downwards until the vertical axis is reached (until it is hanging vertically downwards?

fen-ýce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-ýce, fen-ýce, -úce, an; f.

A snailtortoise

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Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra, regnwyrm, and fenýce fóre hreðre lumbricus et limax et tarda testudo palustris me vincunt certamine currus (Ald. 272, 2), Rä. 41, 70. Substitute:

wyrms

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Ǽgþer ge þá handa ge þá fét wǽron wunda fulle, emne swá þá wyrms fleówan út of þám openum wunde manus ejus et pedes versi in vulneribus fuerant, et profluviente sanie patebant, 302, 9. Add

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Ic ða stówe ne can ne ðæs wanges ( the place where the cross was buried) wiht ne ða wísan cann, Elen. Kmbl. 1364; El. 684. On ðam wange, ðǽr hé sorge gefremede on the scene of his wrong-doings, Beo. Th. 4010; B. 2003.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

ge-wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wilnian, -wilnigan, to -wilnienne; p. ode; pp. od [wilnian to desire]

To wishdesireexpectseekstrive forcŭpĕreconcŭpiscĕredesīdĕrāreexpĕtĕreambīre

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Ðæt sum sume swíðe ondryslícu, and eác to gewilnienne secgende wæs ut quīdam multa et trĕmenda, et desīdĕranda narrāvĕrit, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 3. Ic gewilnige [gewilnie, MS. D,] cŭpio, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 8: 28, 1; Som. 30, 39.

Linked entry: wilnian

under-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
under-gitan, p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -giten

To understandperceiveknow

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Ðá Ulfcytel ðæt undergeat, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 25. Ðá Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl ðæt undergeáton, 1066; Erl. 198, 39: Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 26. Hig ne undergéton (-geáton, MS.

denn

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Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda . . . be súþan stánihtan hyrst . . . be norþan . . . ceorla den, C. D. ii. 216, 6.

ísern

(adj.)
Grammar
ísern, adj.

Iron

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Iron, made of iron Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepannan and sette betweoh hine and ða burg for íserne weall et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream, et pones eum murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 7 : Cd.

norþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
norþerne, adj.

northern

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Ða norþerne men the men from the north of England, Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. applied to the Scandinavians Guma norþerna (guman norþerne, other MSS.), 937; Erl. 112, 18. Godrum se norþerna cyning, 890; Erl. 86, 27

seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.
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., Chr. 1093 ; Erl. 229, 25. Wearð se cyng and his bróðor sehte . . . and eall Normandíg æt him mid feó álísde, swá swá hí ðá sehte wǽron, 1096 ; Erl. 233, 17. Sæhte, 1077 ; Erl. 215, 10

weá-láf

(n.)
Grammar
weá-láf, e; f.

A remnant spared by calamity those who remain after evil times the survivors of calamity

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Et, cum deserta fuerit terra propter peccata populi, et ipsi, qui remanserint tabescentes pronuntiabunt peccata sua, Wulfst. 133, 13: Met. I. 22. Ðæt hé ða weáláfe árum heólde, Beo. Th. 2200; B. 1098: 2172; 1084

floc-rád

(n.)
Grammar
floc-rád, e; f.

A riding companya troopturma

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Fóron hie æfter ðæm wealda hlóþum and flocrádum they went through the wood in bands and troops, 894; Erl. 90, 13

Linked entry: rád

þunor-rád

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D. 208, 22, Mycel mægn lígetslehta and þunurráde (þuneráda, v.l.) magna coruscalionis et tonitrui virtus, 167, 24, Mid þǽre þunoráde . . . betwyh þám lígetslehtum and þunorrádum (þunerádum, v.l.) cum tonitruo . . . inter coruscos et tonitruos, 168, 4-

wilh

(n.)
Grammar
wilh, (wiel); gen. wiles; m.

A slave, servant

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Se ðe his wiel ( servum ) slicð mid girde, oððe his wylne, Ex. 21, 20, 32

Linked entry: wiel

stæl-here

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-here, g. -her(i)ges; m.

A marauding bandpredatory army

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A marauding band, predatory army Hié fóron út mid stælherge nihtes ... and genómon unlytel ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on ierfe, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13. Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9.

drý-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
drý-cræft, es; m. [cræft craft, art]

Magical art, magic, sorceryars magĭca

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Gif hí hwylcne drýcræft hæfdon si quid malĕfĭcæ artis habuissent, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 40 : Ex. 7, 11. Sum man wæs mid drýcræfte bepǽht some man was deceived by magic, Homl. Th. i. 448, 13.

Linked entry: dreó-cræft

fóre-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To foresaypredictprædīcĕrepropōnĕre

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To foresay, predict; prædīcĕre, propōnĕre Hét he him sillabas and word fórecweðan addĭdit et syllăbas ac verba dīcenda illi propōnĕre, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 13.

HEGE

(n.)
Grammar
HEGE, es; m.

A HEDGEfence

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Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and ðǽræfter mid wealle Bamborough was first enclosed with a hedge and afterwards with a wall, Chr. 547; Erl. 17, 9. Gá geond ðás wegas and hegas exi in vias et sepes, Lk. Skt. 14, 23.

Linked entry: fearn-hege

lah-mann

(n.)
Grammar
lah-mann, es; m.
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Ed. C. 38; Th. i. 461, 21 the latinized form of the word occurs Postea inquirat justicia per lagemannos, et per meliores homines de burgo vel hundredo vel villa. See Cl. & Vig. Dict. sub voce lögmaðr

leód-hata

(n.)
Grammar
leód-hata, an; m.

A tyrant

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Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan, Elen. Kmbl. 2597; El. 1300. Cyningas ða habbaþ under him mænigfealde leódhatan reges sub se multos habentes tyrannos, Nar. 38, 19