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efne

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Him ne bið nǽfre nán rest seald búton emne þý dæge, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 37. even Hit áwriten is be Salamonne hú hé áfióll emne oð ðæt hé dióflum ongan gieldan Salomon usque ad idololatriam cecidisse describitur, Past. 393, 14.

mǽg

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</b> a parent, kinsman of an earlier generation :-- On Ines dæge mínes (Alfred's) mǽges, Ll. Th. i. 58, 24. Be wurþscipe mága (parentum) . . . ne scylon bearn (filii) mágum (parentibus) goldhordian ac mágas bearnum, Scint. 173, 7 -3.

wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wamm, es; m. n.

a spot, mark, blot. stainfilth, impurity, corruptiona blot, disgrace, damage, hurtmoral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilementevil, sin, shameful word or deed:

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Nǽnig bihelan mæg on ðam heardan dæge wom unbéted, ðǽr hit ða weorud geseóð, So, 25 ;Cri. 1312. Wer womma leás, Cd. Th. 233, 29;Dan. 283: Menol. Fox 415;Men. 209: Exon. Th. 89, 4;Cri. 1452. Clǽne, womma leáse, 12, 19;Cri. 188: 450, 27;Dóm. 94.

Linked entries: wom wam

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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On ðæm dæge plegedon hié of horsum, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt, 118, 29. <b>II b.</b> to play (with anything) :-- Hé mid bǽm handum upweard plegade he waved both hands aloft, Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 805.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Hwá is ðe ne wundrige wolcna færeldes, roderes swifto, hú hý ǽlce dæge útan ymbhwerfaþ eallne middangeard? Met. 28, 2. Ǽlc wile ðæs wundrian for hwý hí swá dón, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 14. with prepositions Hé wundrode æfter ðære gesihþe, Blickl.

Linked entry: wyndrian

eáster

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., Eóstru, R.) ete, Mk. 14, 12. of the Christian festival, Easter In swá hálgum dæge þǽre Eástron (þára Eástrena, v. l. ), Gr. D. 308, 24. &#39;Arís . . . nú tó dæg wǽron Eástran&#39; . . .

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Th. i. 434, 21. jiock of sheep Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hsebbe . . . his heorde meolc .vii. niht æfter emnihtes dæge. Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. His gebróðru wǽron mid heora fæder heordum on lǽsum . . .

hwanne

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,' 39, 9; F. 224, 27. as co-ordinating relative Se forma dæge ðaere daerstana, ðonne ł huoenne eóstro ásægcas primo die azymorum, quando pascha immolant, Mk. L., R. 14, 12.

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Sǽ marmora, 91, 73. sea (water as opposed to air and earth) On ðæm dæge gewíteþ heofon and eorþe and sǽ, and ealle ða þing ðe on ðǽm syndon, Blickl. Homl. 91, 21.

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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On ðæm dæge plegedon hié of horsum, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 29 : 3, 9; Swt. 132, 19. with the idea of origin or source Ða nítenu of eallum cinne and of eallum fugelcynne, Gen. 7, 8.

Linked entry: ob

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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On dæge wræce in die ultionis, Scint. 178, 11. On dæge wræce (vindiele), 179, 6. Áhebban hine ofer ða scyldgan mid andan and mid wræce se peccantibus zelo ultionis anteferre. Past. 17; Swt. 115, 5.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Gif twégen on ánum dæge tó Gode gecyrrað ..., R. Ben. 115, 10-13. to turn, change Se wlite tó ylde gecyrreþ, Bl. H. 59, 7. Gecerreð ísmere on his ágen gecynd, weorþeð tó wætere, Met. 28, 61. <b>VII a.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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On ðam ýtemestan dæge his lífes, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 19, col. 1. Lífes alive:-- Ætýwde ðæt hé lífes wæs quia viveret demonstrans, 5, 19; S. 640, 24. Geáxtan hwæðer hé lífes wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 1: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 14: Chart.

húsel

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Gá hé tó húsle þý dæge þe hé tó ordále gán scyle, Ll. Th. i. 210, 30. ꝥ gé tó ó húsles onbyrgan, húsl þicgan (cf. húsles þigen. Hml.

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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Hér Certic and Kynríc onféngon West-Seaxna ríce . . . and siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cynebarn of ðam dæge, 519; Erl. 15, 24. Hér Ceadwalla ongan æfter ríce winnan, 685; Erl. 40, 16.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Hí hæfdon ǽlce dæge heora wítena gemót, and wǽron gesette synderlíce tó ðam ða senatores, Jud. p. 161, 32. Ná synderlíce for ðære ðeóde non tantum pro gente, Jn. Skt. 11, 52.

Linked entry: sundorlíce

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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For dæge oððe for twám per ūnum aut duos dies, Ex. 21, 29. according to; pro, sĕcundum, juxta Eall sió lufu biþ for gecynde, nallas for willan omne illud dĕsĭderium juxta nātūram est, non juxta vŏluntātem suam, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 14, 15.

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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Th. 1819; B. 907: 4466; B. 2237: 6062; B. 3035. the time for eating, a meal Ðás hálgan lenctenlíce tide gehealdan mid clǽnum fæstene ælce dæge tó ánes mǽles (having only one meal a-day, cf.Icel. fasta einmælt). Wulfst. 285, 2.

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Swilce óþre dæge ðæt ilce hié dydon, 241, 30: Cd. Th. 81, 2; Gen. 1339: 247, 24; Dan. 502. Swilce is seó feorðe there is also the fourth, 15, 14; Gen. 233. Wǽglíðende swilce wíf heora the seafarers, their wives too, 86, 18; Gen. 1432. Swylce, Beo.

Linked entry: swálíce

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wrothangryincensed

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On ðám wráðan dæge diem tentationis, 94, 9. Wráþe hægle, 77, 47. Wráð yrre ðín, 78, 5. Þurh wráð (evil) gewitt. Elen. Kmbl. 915; El. 459. Hearmstafas wráðe (bitter) and woruldyrmðo, Cd. Th. 58, 2 ; Gen. 940. Wráþe wyrde, Exon. Th. 468, 14; Phar. 8.