wíd-cúþ
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Add Sé þe ácenned bið, wídcuð hé bið luna xxiii qui natus fuerit, vulgaris erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 5
wítegendlic
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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add
wǽg-dropa
A wave-drop ⬩ a salt tear
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Hé háte lét teáras geótan, weallan wǽgdropan, Exon. Th. 165, 17; Gú. 1030
riht-gefremed
Rightly constituted, orthodox
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Rightly constituted, orthodox Forðon ðe hé Wilfriþ rihtgefremedne gemétte quia catholicum Vilfridum comperit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 34
gét
poured out
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poured out He gét ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod fudit sanguinem super altare, Lev. 8, 24; p. of geótan
á-stípedness
Bereavement
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Bereavement Hé waes byrnende for þám heáfe þǽre ásteópnesse (-stépednesse,v. L.) orbitatis luctu aestuans. Gr. D. 165, 12
Linked entry: -stípedness
ǽ-welm
A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons
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Gif he gesión mǽge æðelne ǽwelm ǽlces gódet [MS. goodes] if he may see the noble fountain of all good, 23, 7; Met. 23, 4: 20, 517; Met. 20, 259. Andlang Lígan óþ hire ǽwylm along the Lea unto its source, L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 9. Ðære ǽwylme [MS.
cyn-ren
A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posterity ⬩ generatio, genus, natio, progenies, propago
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A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posterity; generatio, genus, natio, progenies, propago He forlét his ríce and his cynren he left his country and his family, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 27. Cynren generatio, Wrt. Voc. 72, 49.
ge-wríðan
To bind ⬩ restrain ⬩ tie ⬩ tie together ⬩ coartare ⬩ alligare
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He his wunda gewráð he bound up his wounds, 356, 28. Ðonne gewríð ðú hý then bind it, Th. An. 116, 13. Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna every man is bound with the ropes of his sins, Homl. Th. i. 208, 3: 456, 9: 462, 1
gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Him wæs metes micel lust ac ðeáh mid nánum ǽtum his gýfernysse gefyllan ne mihte he had great craving for food but yet could he not with any viands satisfy his voracity, i. 86, 6: 168, 12.
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tó-cleófan
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Gif ðú ǽnne stán tóclífst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 26. Tóclýfþ findit, i. rupit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 63. Ðonne God ðysne middangeard tócleófeþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35.
láþ
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Ic wát þæt nán swá gód man ne leofað swá hé is, þéh þe hé mé sié se láþesta, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 244, 1. <b>I b.</b> antithetical to leóf :-- Leóf carus, láð odiosus Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 63, 64.
yrre
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(l β) with preposition :-- Hé wæs yrre wið Aaron adversum Aaron iratus, Deut. 9, 20. Se cyning wæs yrre wið mé iratus rex servis suis, Gen. 41, 10. of an animal Siþþan hé ( an elephant) irre wæs and gewundod, Ors. 4, I; S. 156, II
on-þracian
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Se man þe næbbe of hwám hé mæge rúmlíce ælmessan syllan, ne onðracige hé for ðám ( let him not be alarmed on that account), Hml. A. 141, 80. Scamigan hí and anðracian (reuereantur) þá sécendan sáwle míne, Ps. L. 34, 4.
gang-dagas
days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.
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[Cf. the description of 'lætania majora' On ðǽm dæge eall Godes folc mid eáðmódlice relicgonge sceal God biddan ꝥ hé him forgefe ðone geár siblice tíd, and smyltelico gewidra, and genihtsume wæstmas, and heora líchoman trym-nysse, Shrn. 74, 9-12.]
æl-fylc
a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes
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Kmbl. 72; El. 36. foreigners, a foreign army, an enemy; peregrinus exercitus, hostes Ðæt he wið ælfylcum éðelstólas healdan cúðe that he could keep his paternal seats against foreigners, Beo. Th. 4731; B. 2371
an-líc
Like ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ similis ⬩ æqualis
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Ðæt he bióþ swíðe anlíc that he is very like, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 11. Nis under wolcnum Drihtne ǽnig anlíc? quis in nubibus æquabitur Domino? Ps. Th. 88, 5: 57, 4: 72, 18: 112, 5
burna
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He hine bibaðaþ in ðam burnan he bathes himself in the stream, Exon. 57b; Th. 205, 3; Ph. 107. Burna latex, Wrt. Voc. 54, 21
dún-scrǽf
A mountain-cave ⬩ montāna cavema
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He séceþ dýgle stówe under dúnscrafum he seeks a secret place among the mountain-caves, 96 a; Th. 357, 32; Pa. 37. Weras woldon to dúnscræfum drohtoþ sécan the men would seek a refuge in mountain-caves, Andr. Kmbl. 3076; An. 1541