weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Se hlísa ðæt wǽre sum ancra, ðæt missenlícum mægnum for Gode weóhse, Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 58, 14. to be productive Ǽr ðon eówre treówu telgum blówe, wæstmum weaxe priusquam producant spinae vestrae rhamnos, Ps. Th. 57, 8.
yfele
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Evilly, badly, ill Yfele male, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 235, 1. in a moral sense Yfele gé dydon pessimam rem fecistis, Gen. 44, 5. Hit is gecweden, ðæt him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre wǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl.
á-firran
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Hé áfierð fram ús ǽlc gefeoht, Ps. Th. 45, 8. Ðá áfirrað ( elongant) hié from ðé, Ps. Srt. 72, 27. ꝥte from úsig firdest (expelleres ) mæht, Rtl. 23, 38. God áfyrde þæt unrihtwrigels of heora heortan, Bl. H. 105, 30.
glæd
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Add: of living things, cheerful, joyous, lively Glæd alacer, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 44, 8: ludibundus, Germ. 397, 409. of cheerful disposition Swíðe glæd on móde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Þǽr ic ( a woodpecker ) glado sitte, Rä. 25, 7.
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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Ælfc. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 344, 19. God geworhte ðæt ribb tó ánum wífmen ( in mulierem), Gen. 2, 22. Ðæt bisceop . . . næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman, búton hit sý his módor . . . L. Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 13.
Linked entry: wím-man
steóran
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H.) sumum stuntum menn corrigo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 173, 10.
un-sib
unfriendliness ⬩ unkindliness ⬩ enmity ⬩ strife ⬩ hostilities ⬩ war ⬩ division ⬩ variance ⬩ disagreement ⬩ disunion
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Æfter hú monegum wintrum sió sibb gewurde ðæs ðe hié ǽ[re]st unsibbe wið monegum folcum hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 18. division, variance, disagreement, disunion Unsib ( dissensio ) áuorden wæs in ðær menigo fore hine, Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 43.
weorod
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His wered wanode ǽfre, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 4. Fram ðam monnum ðæs feóndlícan weoredes a viris hostilis exercitus, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 3. Mycelnes heofonlíces werydes (-edes, v.l.) multitudo coelestis militiae, Lk. Skt. 2, 13.
Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud
ge-weald
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Th. ii. 362, 19. (7 a) with clause :-- Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæþer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen it depends upon the accuser whether the ordeal be by water or iron, Ll.
gleáw
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Se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man and glǽwne (virum sapientem et industrium), Gen. 41, 33. ¶ as epithet of the mind Ælc gleáw mód behealt hwelcne ende hí habbaþ rerum exitus prudentia metitur, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 23.
swíðe
Very, much, exceedingly ⬩ chiefly, especially, mostly
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Tó ðan swýðe adeo, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 5. with adjectives, of quantity Mid swíþe manigre swétnesse, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 11: 11, 1; Fox 32, 34. Swíþe feáwa manna ongit, 19; Fox 70, 12.
Linked entry: swíðor
þanne
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Ðætte ðonne, ðonne hié ða untruman lácnian willaþ, dætte hié ǽr gesceáwien, Past. 48; Swt. 370, 9. <b>D.
ge-cweþan
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Þis næs gecweden be Críste, ꝥ his fót æt stáne oþspurne, 29, 30. Swá hit be þon gecweden is: 'Se mon þe nú démeþ ...,' 95, 35. to declare, announce, a purpose, intended action Gif hé Italiam gesóhte, swá hé gecweden hæfde. Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 29.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
a-myrran
to hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ obstruct ⬩ check ⬩ disturb ⬩ impedire ⬩ turbare ⬩ obstruere ⬩ to dissipate ⬩ spend ⬩ distract ⬩ defile ⬩ mar ⬩ corrupt ⬩ spoil ⬩ destroy ⬩ dissipare ⬩ perdere ⬩ consummare ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ devorare ⬩ distrahere
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Ic amyrre distraho, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 10
eorþ-líc
EARTHLY, terrestrial ⬩ terrēnus, terrestris
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Ðú meahte ǽlc eorþlíc þing forsión thou mayest look down upon every earthly thing, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 13 ; Met. 24, 7. Hine nolden his eorþlícan mágas wrecan his earthly kinsmen would not avenge him. Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 11, 15.
fandian
To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out ⬩ tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre
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To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out; tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre Gif ðé ǽfre geweorþeþ ðæt ðú wilt oððe móst weorolde þióstro eft fandian if it should happen that thou wilt or must again explore the
ge-ágnian
To own ⬩ possess ⬩ inherit ⬩ appropriate to one's self ⬩ claim as one's own ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ herēdĭtāre ⬩ vindĭcāre sibi
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Ic geáhnige possĭdeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Som. 29, 5. He his gecorenan on ðisum middanearde géágnaþ he owns his chosen in this world, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 28. Ða geyrfweardiaþ oððe geáhniaþ land ipsi herēdĭtābunt terram, Ps. Lamb. 36, 9.
Linked entries: ágnian ge-áhnian ge-ágennud
HWÝ
WHY.
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WHY. in direct questions ― Interrogativa synd áxigendlíce cur hwí, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 58. Hwí didest ðú ðæt quare hoc fecisti? Gen. 3, 13: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 11. Hwý sceal ic æfter his hyldo þeówian?
lind
a shield
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the linden or lime-tree Lind seno vel tilia, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 111; Wrt. Voc. 32, 46. Linde tilie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 29. In ða greátan lindan; of ðære lindan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 24.
meltan
to melt ⬩ become liquid ⬩ be consumed, dissolved ⬩ to digest
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to melt, become liquid, be consumed, dissolved Ic mylte liqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 7. Mylt dissolvitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 25. Swá weax melteþ, Ps. Th. 57, 7. Mylteþ, 67, 2. His sylfes hám brynewylmum mealt ( was consumed ), Beo.