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wlacu

(adj.)
Grammar
wlacu, and wlæc; adj.

Lukewarmtepid

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Lukewarm, tepid Mid wlæcre tepida (lepida,MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 43. Grammar wlacu, in a physical sense Gedó ðæt sió wyrt wlacu (blacu, MS.) sý, and þyge hý, Lchdm. i. 80, 13.

á-bǽdan

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Hí ðæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon mid ðám ðingum ðe swá mycles síþfætes nýd ábǽdde quae tanti itineris necessitas poscebat, 5, 9; S. 623, 18. Hí wæron gefédde mid ðæs gecyndes neád;þearfnysse ábǽde (?

ge-hál

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Ne bæd hé nó ðæt hé hine fortýnde mid gehále wáge, ac hé bæd dura tó, Past. 275, 23. Bróhte him se hræfn gehálne hláf, Shrn. 50, 14.

ge-nip

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Mid þýstro genipum þæs muntes cnoll eal oferswógen wæs, Bl. H. 203, 8. Mid þeósterlicum genipum oferhongen, Hml. Th. i. 504, 30. darkness, obscurity. of night; in pl. shades of night Þrang þýstre genip, þám þe hé sceóp nihte naman, Gen. 139.

ge-tǽlan

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Mid fræceðo geyfled ł getéled contumelia adfectus, Mt. L. 22, 6

greát

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Gif mon óðres wudu bærneð ... forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Oð hit mid ealle afielð, and tó náuhte wirð, Past. 279, 4. Tó náwuihte, Solil. H. 62, 28. Hé ne mihte on his móde áfindan þæt hé þone nacodan mid náhte ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25.

CLYPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPIAN, clypigan, clipian, cleopian, clepian, part. clypiende, clypigende, ic clypie, clypige, ðú clypast, he clypaþ, pl. clypiaþ, p. ode, ade ; impert. clypa, pl. clypiaþ; pp. od, ad

To make a vocal soundspeakspeak aloudto cry outcallsayloquiclamarevocaredicere

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He clypode mid micelre stemne he cried with a loud voice Homl. Th. i. 596, 5; Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 21; Byrht. Th. 132, 33 ; By. 25: 139, 19; By. 256.

turf

(n.)
Grammar
turf, gen.dat.tyrf ; pl. tyrf and turf; f.

a turfsodpiece of earth with grass on it turfgreenswardthe grassy surface of the earth

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Ðá gewrohte hé weall mid turfum (cf. vallum . . . de cespitibus,Bd. 1, 5), Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 25. On tyrf in cespites, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 16.

Linked entry: tyrf

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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Hwæt hé is God mín etenim ipse est Deus meus, Ps. Th. 61, 2, 6. Hwæt wé witan nouimus namque, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 81, 21. And hwæt þá se ylca God manna cynn ádwǽscan ne wolde quia itaque isdem Deus humanum genus exstinguere noluit, 77, 12.

AC

(con.)
Grammar
AC, ach, ah, oc; conj.

butsedforbecausenamenimquiabut alsobut yetsed etiamsed etsed tamen

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Ac swylce tunge mín ǽlce dæge smeáþ rightwísnysse ðíne sed et lingua mea tota die meditabitur justitiam tuam, Ps. Spl. 70, 26

Linked entries: ach ah oc

be-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
be-cuman, he -cymþ; p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen; v. intrans.

to BECOMEhappenbefallmeet withfall in withcontingereeveniresupervenireincidereto comeentercome or attain tocome togethervenireingredipervenireattingereconcurrere

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Gehlýde mín to ðé becume clamor meus ad te perveniat, Ps. Th. 101, 1. Ic eft up becom éce dreámas I again on high attained to eternal joys, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 4; Sat. 512. Becumen sí concurratur, R. Ben. 43.

Linked entries: be-com be-cwom be-cymþ

BÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍDAN, ic bíde, ðú bídest, bítst, bíst, he bídeþ, bít, pl. bídaþ; p. ic, he bád, ðú bide, pl. bidon; pp. biden; acc. gen.

To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, enduremanere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere

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Swá mín sáwl bád sicut expectavit anima mea, 55, 6. He geþyldum bád he waited patiently, Exon. 46 a; Th. 157, 4; Gú. 886. Utan we well ðære tíde bídan bene expectemus horam illam, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 5.

Linked entries: a-bídan bád bídende

ge-tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tácnian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [tácen, tácn a sign, token] .

to denote by a signsignifybetokenshowinstructsignāresignĭfĭcāredenŏtāreinsĭnuāremonstrāreinstruĕreto signmarkwitnesssealsignāreinsignīreobsignāre

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Ðú me sóþfæstnysse weg getácna viam justĭfĭcātiōnum tuārum insĭnua mihi, Ps. Th. 118, 27. Him gedafenaþ ðæt hí cunnon hwæt heó gástlíce getácnige it is fitting that they know what it betokens spiritually, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 27.

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽrian, -þwérian; p. ode, ede; pp. od.

to cause to agreeto make accordantmildto be or become in accordto agreeconsentbe agreeableconsentireconcordarecongruereconvenire

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to cause to agree, to make accordant, mild He geþwǽrede ða ðe óþ ðæt ungeþwǽre wǽron he brought those to agree who until then had disagreed, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 31.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽran

fremman

(v.)

To advance get onprevailto advancefurtherpromoteto performcommit a crime

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Ne mæg hé mid þám oþrum nánwuht fremman nihil est quod explicari queat, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 8. Þá geogoðlustas to fremmenne, Bl. H. 59, 9. Mínne willan tó fremanne. Hml. S. 23 b, 419. Geligre fremmende, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 29.

þrístleásness

(n.)
Grammar
þrístleásness, (?), e; f.

Want of boldness

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Want of boldness Ic eom andetta ... þrístleásnyssa mínra synna, Anglia xi. 101, 34

under-fangelnes

(n.)

susceptio

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glosses susceptio in: Underfangelnes heáfdes mínes susceptio capitis mei, Ps. Lamb. 107, 9

wiþer-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-habban, p. -hæfde

To resist

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quid mihi restat? Ps. Th. 72, 20

Linked entry: wiþ-habban

rǽdan

(v.)
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(Cf. last passage under rǽcan.) v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, mis-, ofer-rǽdan