wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Ic gefó heortas, and báras, and rǽgan, and hwílon haran, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 29. Wyrmas and wildeór, Beo. Th. 2864; B. 1430. v. wilde-deór, and following words
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ge-tellan
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Wé geségon eówic standan twelfe getealde [twelve in number), An. 885. (1 a) getellan wiþ to compare one amount with another :-- Gif þú getælest (-tel-, v. l.) ðá hwíle þisses andweardan lífes wið ðæs unge*-*endodan lífes hwíla, hwæt bið hit þonne ?
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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Swá hwilc swá gearo wearþ hraðost whosoever was soonest ready, Chr. 755; Erl. 51, 3. Hé árás swá hé hraðost meahte he arose as quickly as ever he could, Exon. 49 a; Th. 168, 24; Gú. 1082. And hraðost is tó cweðenne in short, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 60.
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hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Hwilce hryras quantas ruinas, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, i. v
óþ
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On ðære hwíle óþ ðæt up to the present time Homl. Skt. i. 4, 265. Óþ ǽfen usque ad vesperum Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47. 46. Óþ ende his lífes, Blickl. Homl. 21, 36. Óþ ðone deáþ, 59, 30.
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swícan
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to move about, wander Oðer lifaþ lytle hwíle, swíceþ on ðisse sídan gesceafte, and ðonne eft mid sorgum gewíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. 737; Sal. 638. [O. H.
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on-drǽdan
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Ne geleofað man náht miriges ðá hwíle ðe mon deáð ondrǽt, Prov. K. 16. Hé ná syþþan ǽnige hyre yfelan weorc ondréd (-drǽd, v. l. ), Lch. i. 176, 2.
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Óþ oreldo hí hine hwílum lettaþ they sometimes defer it (death) until extreme old age, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 10. Ðæt syððan ná brimlíþende láde ne letton so that afterwards they did not hinder seafarers from their course, Beo. Th. 1142; B. 569.
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mengan
to mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ combine ⬩ to mingle together ⬩ stir up ⬩ disturb
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Of sexual intercourse :-- Is eác bewered ðæt mon hine menge wið his bróðor wífe cum cognata misceat prohibitum est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 16, 10. intrans Hát and ceald hwílum mencgaþ, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 6; Sat. 132. to mingle together, stir up, disturb
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godcundnys
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Be þám dǽle þe sió mennisce gesceádwísnes mæg ongitan ðá godcundnesse, 39, 10; F. 226, 28. divine service Ic wille ðet ðá híwan á hwílæ ðǽ crístendóm sié fullícæ mid hira godcundnessæ for mé sién uolo ut familia ... quamdiu christianitas permanserit
ge-weald
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Hit gesǽleþ ... hwílum þurh wífes geweald, hwílum þurh weres, Bl. H. 195, 5. power to do. v. wealdan; Ic hæbbe geweald micel tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól, Gen. 280.
hríðer
ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer
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Hwílum hý him ráredon on swá hrýðro sometimes they bellowed at him like oxen, Shrn. 141, 10. Gif hrýðera steorfan if cattle are dying, Lchdm. iii. 54, 31. Ðǽron næs orfcynnes nán máre búton vii hruðeru, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 275, 7: Ex. 34, 19.
hár
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Voc. ii. 128 25. of frost, hoar: — Hwílum hára scóc forst of feax[e], Rä. 88, 7. of stone (cf. ræg-hár Ofer hárne stán, B. 1415 : An. 843. a. the word occurs often as epithet of stones and trees used as boundary-marks Tó ðám háran stáne; of ðám stáne
wesan
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Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, ii. Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571. Hwæt wæs þám men? quid profuit?, Gr. D. 326, 18. add: cf. .
sár-líc
sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous ⬩ causing pain, grievous ⬩ sad, mournful
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Hwílum gyd áwræc sárlíc Beo. Th. 4224; B. 2109. Næs heo næuere swa sarlic, ꝥ wes Wenhauer þa quene, sarȝest wimmone, Laym. 28457
á-biddan
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Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 8. (1 a) the object a clause Ðá ábǽdan hý uneáðe, ðæt mon geðylgode sume hwíle, Wlfst. 100, 7. (1 b) the object an acc. and infin.
for-fang
a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property ⬩ apprehensio ⬩ the reward for rescuing such property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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Hwílon stód, ðæt man æt ǽlcon þeófstolenan orfe ... and be his forfange sylle, ðæt is, æt ǽlcon scill. penig, sý ðæs cynnes orf ðe hit sy, gyf hit man æt þeófes handa ahret; gyf hit ðonne elles on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón
ge-winnan
to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare
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On ágenum hwílum mid earfeþum gewunnen laboriously gained in their own time, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 55. Ðá wæs Rómána ríce gewunnen then the empire of the Romans was conquered, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 34; Met. 1, 17
scop
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Scop hwílum sang hádor on Heorote, Beo. Th. 997 ; B. 496. Hróðgares scop, 2137 ; B. 1066 : Exon. Th. 379, 21 ; Deór. 36. Sceop oððe leóðwyrhta poeta, Wrt. Voc. I. 73, 68. Ðes sceop hic poeta, ðises sceopes huius poetae, Ælfc.
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þrǽl
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Þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, Wulfst. 158, 38. Antecristes þrǽlas, 55, 9. Ðonne beó gé ealle þrǽlas tunc eritis omnes servi, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 25