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hreów

Grammar
hreów, sorrow.
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in hreówe teárum ( lacrimis paenitentiae ) Drihtne þeówode, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 13. Hæbben wé góde hreówe úra synna, Verc. Först. 95, 15. v. ge-hreów, and next word. Add

irgþ

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Hwí wolde geðafian þæt his ðegen ( St. Peter) hine for yrcðe swá oft wiðsóce?, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 3. Add

on-wæcenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-wæcenness, e; f.
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Excitement, excitation sóhte dǽdbóte and inbryrdnesse wóp, tó ðon ꝥ þurh þá onwæcenesse his mód áburne fletum compunctionis inquirebat; quatenus per haec excitata mens ejus inardesceret, Gr. D. 337, 37

Linked entry: -wæcenness

un-gefeá

(n.)
Grammar
un-gefeá, an ; m.
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Unhappiness Ðá men þe mǽstne dreám bútan Godes ondrysnum úp áhebbað hér on wornlde, hié þonne eft mǽste unrótnesse bútan ende and mǽstne ungefeán bútan ǽnigre blisse hiá onfóó. Nap. 64

Linked entry: ge-feá

wíd-mǽran

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Add: to make widely known Wæs eác wiidmǽred ꝥ betweoh gebedum his líf geendode uulgatum est autem, quod etiam inter uerba orationis uitam finierit. Bd. 3, 12 ; Sch. 245, 13

Wissi

(n.)
Grammar
Wissi, Wissigotan
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Ealle Wissigoiena þeóde ( Wisigothorum gentem) gelǽdde tó þám sóðan geleáfan, 19

burg-geat

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Add Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hæfde ... bellhús and burhgeat(for burhgeat as implying tln importance of a residence see first passage under burh; I a), Ll. Th. i. 190, 16

sceaþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþ-dǽd, e; f.

A misdeed, crime

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[Þat he hine awreke a þan awarriede uolke, þa hine isend hafden mid heore, scaðededen, Laym. 29578.]

Linked entry: sceþ-dǽd

wæl-hlem

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-hlem, wæl-hlemm, es; m.

A deadly onslaught

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A deadly onslaught Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte, ðæt him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong ...; næs forht swáðéh, ac forgeald hraðe wælhlem ðone, Beo. Th. 5931; B. 2969. Cf. hilde-hlem

wígbed-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-hrægel, es; n.

An altar-covering

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An altar-covering sende ða ðing eall ða ðe tó cyrican ðénunge nýdþearflíco wǽron, húselfatu and wígbidhrægl (-bed-, Bd. M. 90, 2) ( veslimenía altarium ), Bd. 1. 29; S. 498, 9

for-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hewcut downcut in piecesslaughterconcīdĕreoccīdĕre

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To hew or cut down, cut in pieces, slaughter; concīdĕre, occīdĕre forheówan Heaðóbeardna þrym they slaughtered the host of Heathobeards, Scóp. Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115

letanía

(n.)
Grammar
letanía, an; also with pl. -as; m.

A litany

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A litany Ðæt ðysne letanían sungan quia hanc litaniam modularentur, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 24. Mid reliquium and mid letanían, Wulfst. 170, 18. Cristes folc mǽrsiaþ letanías, Shrn. 79, 28

niþerness

(n.)
Grammar
niþerness, e; f.

Lownessa low positionthe bottom

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Lowness, a low position, the bottom Ðá geseah swá þýstre dene under him in nyþernesse gesette vidit quasi vallem tenebrosam subtus se in imo positam, Bd. 3. 19; S. 548, 9

ge-eádmódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eádmódian, -eáþmódian

to humiliatedeign

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Ðæt he ge-eádmódige ut ipse dignetur, 2, 2; S. 502, 19

Linked entry: ge-eáþmódian

þearlwísness

(n.)
Grammar
þearlwísness, e; f.
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hine wæs frignende mid ða apostolícam ðearlwísnesse sciscitabatur apostolica districtione, 2, 6; S. 508, 14

ge-cneordlíce

(adv.)
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Þá hǽðenan mid lácum heora leásra goda gecneordlíce munde bǽdon, Hml. Th. i. 504, 19. Godes beboda gecneordlíce mid weorcum gefylð, ii. 228, 24. Gecnyrdlícost studiosius, Wülck. Gl. 250, 39. Add

hwíl-stycce

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Leáf ꝥ moste him sum hwílstycce gebiddan licentia paululum orandi Gr. D. 254, 24. Þéh þe þes middangeard sum hwílstycce cwéme, 258, 26. Hwílsticcu intervalla . Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 61. Add

slídan

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Add spræc þýsne cwyde be þám wrǽnan and slídendan (slidenan, v. l., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467

spédig

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Se ríca and se þearfa sind him betwýnan nýdbehéfe. Þám sþédigum gedafenað þæt héspende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30-33. Add

Súþ-Dene

(n.)
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the South Danes gesóhte Súd-Dena folc, B. 463. Ic wæs mid Súð-Denum, Víd. 58. Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996