wǽg-bord
A wave-board ⬩ a plank of a vessel
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A wave-board, a plank of a vessel Ðú of eorðan wæstmum wiste under wǽgbord (cf. lǽd under earce bord, 80, 23; Gen. 1333; be útan earce bordum, 81, 33; Gen. 1354) gelǽde, Cd. Th. 81, 4; Gen. 1340
wǽt
wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture ⬩ wet, moist, having moisture ⬩ wet, rainy
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Nǽfre hé his ða wǽtan hrægel and ða cealdan ásettan wolde nunquam ipsa vestimenta uda atque algida deponere curabat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 24.
wæstm-bǽre
Fruitful, fertile, productive
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Uton beón wæstmbǽre on gódum weorcum, 408, 26
wǽting
Wetting, moistening
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Wetting, moistening Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung (v. wǽtian), swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 17. Mid wǽtingum (v. wǽtan) and mettum gelácnian, 222, 8
weá-mód
Angry, wrathful, choleric, passionate
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Pellican is a leane fowel, so weamod and so wreðful þet hit sleað ofte uor grome his owune briddes, A. R. 118, 8.]
wefan
to weave a web ⬩ to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive
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Ðá sprǽcon hí: 'þú eart úre gingast, ðe miht wefan ðæt hwíte gode*-*web,' Homl. Ass. 132, 550. Wefen wæs ordiretur (colobium de stuppae stamine, Ald. 51), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 18. From ðæm weofendan a texente, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 184, 34.
Wéland
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Hwǽr sint nú ðæs foremǽran and ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii (cf. faber) jacent? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 1.
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ǽfen-gifl
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Uton nú brúcan ðisses undernmetes swá ðá sculon ðe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccan sculon prandete tamquam apud inferos coenaturi Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, i: Past. 27, 8 : 323, 19. Add
æfte-weard
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On æftewyrdne December, and on foreweardan Ianuarie ðám mónþe, Lch. iii. 154, 12. substantive use :-- On æfteweardan ðæs regoles, Hml. S. 3, 150. On æfteweardan ylde heó bið on bedde lange licgende, Lch. iii. 184, 6.
ǽg-hwilc
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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. H. 123, 33: 125, 7. Ǽghwylce áne dæge, 91, 29
ælmes-weorc
Alms-deed, work of charity
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Alms-deed, work of charity Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid fæstenum and mid gebedum and mid ælmesweorcum, Bl. H. 25, 17
æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Gecyrnlede (-u in margin) appla mala granata, Hpt. Gl. 496, 60: An. Ox. 2, 258. Ðá Affracaniscan æppla mala punica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 52. Æpla, Lch. ii. 244, 2. Æpplena pomorum, Ps. L. 78, 1. Appla dactilorum, An. Ox. 2394.
ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
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Add: question, inquiry Uton áhsien úrne Drihten . . . Wé gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.) (post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29.
fýl-ness
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Hwæt sceoldon þé (the soul), þeódeorðan fýlnes, úre ǽlmessan?, Wlfst. 240, 15. Seó fýlnes (foetor) þæs stincendan mistes, Gr. D. 319, 11. Mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebula, 318, 28.
fyrhto
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Gif ðú hafast mid þé wulfes hrycghǽr on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu þú ðone síð gefremest, Lch. i. 360, 22. Blindre fyrhto ceca formidine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 81. Be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes de terrore futuri judicii, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15. Hé mid mycelre
gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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Th. i. 256, 7. to bring together persons Gaderiað eów tó þá þe Godes ǽ lufiað, and wrecað eówer folc on ðám fúlum hǽðenum take unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye the wrong of your people (1 Macc. 2, 67), Hml. S. 25, 268.
H
hail
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In the Northumbrian specimens the use of the initial h, especially in the combinations hl, hn, hr, is uncertain, e. g. eorta = heorta, haald = ald, hlíf = líf, lysta = hlysta, hnett = nett, nesc = hnesc, hræst = ræst, ræfn = hræfn.
hǽl
Health, safety, salvation, happiness ⬩ salus ⬩ good, luck, happiness ⬩ salus
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Cristes þénung is úre hǽl and folca álýsednys Christ's service is our salvation and the redemption of peoples, ii. 586, 32. Him cymþ gód hǽl good health will come to them, Lchdm. i. 342, 9. Sý him hǽl Osanna, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 9.
hǽlþ
Health, healing, cure ⬩ sanitas, salus
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Úre líchamana hǽlþe wé áwendaþ we pervert the health of our bodies, 540, 9. Ealle ða wundra and hǽlþa áwrítan to write down all the miracles and cures, 28, 10
Hæestingas
Hastings
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Hastings And ða hwíle com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan and that time Earl William landed at Hastings, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 3. Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35.