D
to cut
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only rejected, but d is changed into t; as from dyppan to dip would be regularly formed dypped dipped, contracted into dyppd, dyppt, and dypt dipped. the Rune ᛞ not only represents the letter d, but stands for dæg a day
cwyld
A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction ⬩ pestis, pestilcntia, clades
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Cwild, m. f. or n. pestis, Wrt. Voc. 75, 54. Mid ceápes cwylde m. f. or n. with a murrain of cattle, Chr. 897; Th. 174. 22, col. 2; 175, 20. Se ðe on þrymsetle cwyldes m. or n. ná sæt qui in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit, Ps. Spl.
Linked entries: cwild cwilde flód cwild-tíd cwyl-tíd
for-búgan
To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre
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Th. i. 82, 26: 206, 6: Num. 22, 26. Se wer wæs forbúgende yfel ĕ rat vir recēdens a mălo, Job Thw. 164, 3. Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325.
ge-wiht
Weight ⬩ pondus
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Nú hæbbe we hit bioht ongén be ðam ylcan gewihte quam nunc eodem pondĕre reportāvĭmus, Gen. 43, 21: 23, 16: Lev. 26, 26. False gewihta false weights, L. Eth. v. 24; Th. i. 310, 13: vi. 28; Th. i 322, 14.
ge-neahhe
Enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly ⬩ satis, sufficienter, frequenter, valde, sedulo, instanter
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Nú ic his geneahhe neósan wille now I will frequently visit him, Exon, 43 a; Th. 145, 7; Gú. 691: 100 b; Th. 379, 13; Deór, 32: 77 a; Th. 289, 31; Wand. 56. He wyscte geneahhe, ðæt ... he wished earnestly, that..., 100 b; Th. 378, 33; Deór. 25: Ps.
GEÓ
Formerly, of old, before ⬩ quandam, olim, pridem
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Formerly, of old, before; quandam, olim, pridem Ða lióþ ðe ic, wrecca, geó lustbǽrlíce song, ic sceal nu heófiende singan the lays which I, an exile, formerly with delight sung, I shall now mourning sing, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7: Bt. Met.
un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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.), ðonne ða heora segene eft gelýfdon, ðe æfter heom ácende wǽron, Wulfst. 2, 12. so as not to cause doubt, unequivocally, indubitably Hé his ǽrendracan ásende tó ðære ðeóde, and him untweógendlíce secgan (say in a way that should leave no room for
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fæþm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist
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Openige nú þín se fægresta fæþm and se clǽna, Bl. H. 7, 25. On fæþme gremio, An. Ox. 32, 11. On fæðme (in fæðem, L.) fædres in sinu patris, Jn. R. 1, 18. the fore-arm Eln ulna, fæðm cubitus, hand manus, Wrt.
ge-férness
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Max Fórster suggests gife(n)nes v. Archiv cxxii, p. 248
hálian
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Smyre ꝥ neb mid; þonne sméþað hyt and hálað, 86, 9. Smyre Þá sáran góman mid oþ ꝥ hý háligen, 348, 17. the subject a wound, sore, &c. Lege on þá wunde; þonne hálað heó sóna, Lch. i. 88, 23.
hlýdan
chatter
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Ox. 1955. where there is disorderly conduct Sé ðe wile drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, ná on Drihtnes húse, Hml. S. 13, 84. Hé onféng þæs hlýdendan folces andgyte tumultuantis turbae suscepit sensum, Gr. D. 265, 6.
wíglere
A diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur ⬩ sorcerer
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Nú cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð mid ððum ðincge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108. On gellcnysse wígleres and rǽdendes ( arioli et coniectoris ), Scint. 75, 12. Wýgleras auspices Germ. 398, 79. Be wiccum, wíglerum, etc.
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tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS. B. of material things, to be sundered, to part Ic tógá dehisco. Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 23.
DEÁÞ
DEATH ⬩ mors
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Nis me ðæs deáþes sorg there is no fear of death to me, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 7; Gú. 350: 40 a; Th. 133, 25; Gú. 495: Cd. 25; Th. 31, 28; Gen. 492: Elen. Kmbl. 1165; El. 584: Bt. 8; Fox 26, 6.
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FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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Ðære fǽmnan líchoma brosnian ne mihte fēmĭnæ căro corrumpi non pŏtuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 36. Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life, Menol.
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HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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Ðe ne beóþ tó ðam hrófe ðonne git cumen fulfremedra mægena nondum ad extremam manum virtutum perfectione perductas, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 22. From hróf eardes a summo terræ, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 27.
æt-íwan
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Hér atéwoden twégen cometan, Chr. 729 ; P. 45, l. with complementary adjective Eall ðá hrægel swá hwít and swá níwe ætýwdon, swá hé ðý ylcan dæge mid gegearwod wáre, Bd. 4, 30 ; S. 608, 41. Cf. oþ-íwan
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deófol
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Add: In sing. both masc. and neut., in pl. neuter (except in northern specimens), pl. nom. deófol, deóflu (-o, -a). the devil Ðæt lytige dióful ( hostis callidus) ðonne hé gesihð . . . Swá déð se dióful (diabolus) . . .
ge-gangan
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Ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, By. 59. to get to a position or point. to get to a person, get into the protection or power of a person Þæt hé Gode gegange (cf. ge-gán; <b>B. II.
hǽlend
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Christ), where it is not definitely applied to the second person of the Trinity Him wæs Hǽlend God wráð geworden, Sat. 281. Bearn Hǽlendes, Sae. 153. Hélendes, 86. Þú (Satan) ús (the fallen angels) gelǽrdest þæt wé Hǽlende hýran ne sceoldan, 54.