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mete-láf

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Add:: — For hwí ne mót se ðearfa onfón þínes metes, þe mid ðé is tó onfónne heofona ríce ? . . . Hwí nis sé wyrþe ꝥ hé onfó þínra meteláfe, þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeótscipe?, Hml. A. 142, 102-107

on-warian

(v.)
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to take heed, beware Is ús tó behealdanne, þæt wé onwarigan þæt þǽra yfela and þǽra unríhta ne sý tó feala, Verc. Först. 105, 4. Is mycel þearf ǽghwylcum men tó onwariganne þæt hé þis symle hæbbe on gemyndum, 109, 10

Linked entry: warian

búgian

(v.)
Grammar
búgian, búian, búwian, to búgianne; p. ode; pp. od. intrans.

To dwell ⬩ habitare ⬩ To inhabit, occupy ⬩ inhabitare, incolere

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To inhabit, occupy; inhabitare, incolere Ðis is land to búgianne this is to inhabit land, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4

Linked entries: búwian bógian búian

tó-sceótan

(v.)
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Ungesǽlge men deáþ ǽr willaþ foran tó sciótan = tóforan sceótan anticipate, rush in front of; cf. ða ungesǽligan menn forsceótaþ deáþ foran, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 3; Met. 27, 19, is rather to be taken under sceótan. The passage is:

towettan

(v.)
Grammar
towettan, p. te

To associate with

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To associate with Riht is ðæt mynecena ne towettan woruldmannum ne ǽnige sundorcýððe tó heorn habban ealles to swíðe (the other reading is nǽfre wið worldmen ǽnige gemánan worldlícre cýððe habban tó swíðe), L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 33

un-áwendendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwendendlíc, adj.

Unchangeable ⬩ unalterable ⬩ invariable

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Unchangeable, unalterable, invariable Heora nán nǽfre of ðam háde ðe hé is ne áwent, forðan ðe God is unáwendendlíc, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 27: Bt. 35, 2; Fox 158, 4.

Linked entries: un-andwendlíc un-áwendedlíc

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

wíde

(n.)
Grammar
wíde, an (wídu; indecl.? cf. brǽdu, lengu, and O. H. Ger. wítí); f.
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Width Heora wíde ( longitudo ) is .cc. míla, Nar. 36, 28

ǽ-wilm

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Ðǽre anwilnesse ǽwilm is ofermétta, Past. 307, 2. ꝥ Add

Linked entries: ǽ-welm wilm

ge-cynn

(n.)
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The better reading is ge-cynd. v. Sch. 82, 20

un-grípendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-grípendlic, adj.
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Irreprehensible Drihtnes ę́e ungrîpendlic (inreprehensibilis) is, Ps. Cant. 18, 8

ongeán-cirrendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ongeán-cirrendlíc, adj. Relative
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Relativum ðæt is ongeáncyrrendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 62

á-sellan

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—Ásald is mé data est mihi Mt. L. 28, 18

á-þrotsum

(adj.)
Grammar
á-þrotsum, adj.

Wearisome

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Wearisome Áþrotsum is pertæsum est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 80

Linked entry: ǽ-þrot

wlátian

(v.)
Grammar
wlátian, p. ode; impers.

To cause a person ⬩ loathing

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Búton ðú git tó full sý ðæs ðe ðé lǽfed is, ðæt ðé for ðý wlátige, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20

agof

(n.)
Grammar
agof, = agob
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Agob [MS, agof] is mín noma eft onhwyrfed agob is my name transposed, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 12; Rä. 24, 1

dæg-rima

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-rima, an; m. [dæg day, rima a rim, edge]

Daybreak, morning ⬩ aurora

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Daybreak, morning; aurora Hwæt is ðeós ðe astíhþ swilce arísende dægrima what is this which ascends like the rising morn? Homl. Th. i. 442, 33. Dægrima aurora, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75, 128; Wrt. Voc. 53, 9: Hymn. Surt. 8, 21

fisc-wylle

(adj.)
Grammar
fisc-wylle, -welle; adj. [cf. weallan to swarm]

Full of fish ⬩ abounding in fish ⬩ piscíbus abundans ⬩ piscōsus

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Full of fish, abounding in fish; piscíbus abundans, piscōsus Ðæt eálond is fiscwylle the island is abounding in fish, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41. Fiscwyllum wæterum flŭviis piscōsis, 1, 1; S. 473, 15. Fiscwelle bisarius? [= piscārius ], Wrt. Voc. 66, 8

tæl-met

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-met, es; n.

A measure expressed by number

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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113

heáfod-wind

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-wind, es; m.

A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass

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A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass Feówer heáfodwindas synd se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ... se óðer heáfodwind is súðerne ... se þridda heáfodwind hátte zephirus ... se feórþe heáfodwind hátte septemtrio, Lchdm. iii. 274, 12-23

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