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wansian

(v.)
Grammar
wansian, p. ode [the word seems to occur only late, and perhaps is due to Scandinavian, cf. Icel. vansi want: wanian is the usual word]
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To diminish Swá hwá swá fúre gife óuþer óðre gódene manne gyfe wansiaþ, wansie him seó heofenlíce iateward on heofonríce, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 32, 17. The compound á-wansian also occurs :-- If áni man ðis ilk forward breke and áwansige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv

Linked entry: á-wansian

wítnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wítnigend-líc, adj.

that punishestormentsthat deserves to be punished

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that punishes or torments Seó ðwyre sáwul gǽð tó ðam wítnigendlícum fýre, Homl. Th. i. 408, 23. Wítniendlícum fýre, ii. 344, 12, 17: 590, 13. that deserves to be punished Ne gemétst ðú on mé áht wítniendlíces, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 4. Similar entries Cf

wyrtwalian

(v.)
Grammar
wyrtwalian, p. ode.
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to plant Ongelǽdde wyrtwælæs (plantabis) hié on dúne yrfeweærdnesse ðíne, Cant. Moys. 21 ( = Ex. 15, 17). Wirtwæledæst plantasti, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 3. Wyrtwalodes, 79, 10. to root up, eradicate Ic wyrtwalige (áwyrtwalige, v. l.) uello, uellico, Ælfc.

an-bídung

Grammar
an-bídung, l. an-bidung (and-),
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and add Anbidinc prestolatio, Kent. Gl. 374: 886. Hé mé áhredde, fram ǽlcere anbidunge Iudéisces folces ( de omni expectatione plebis Judaeorum, Acts 12, 11), Hml. Th. ii. 382, 16. On mínre andbidunge (an-, v. l. ), R. Ben. 100, 12. And*-*bidunga inducias

ál-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ál-fæt, es; n.
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A vessel that may be placed on the fire (v. ál), a cooking-vessel Gif hit ( the ordeal ) wæter sý . . . sí ꝥ álfæt ísen oþþe ǽren, leáden oþþe lǽmen, Ll. Th. i. 226, 15. Aalfatu cocula; omnia vasa coquendi sic dicuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 39

blóma

(n.)

a masslump

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a mass, lump Blóma melallum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 77: massa (picea; massa is glossed by clyne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 22), An. Ox. 18b, 55. Blóman ísenes massam ferri, Scint. 97, 2. Hét se geréfa heora ǽlcum gebindan leádes blóman on heora swyran, Shrn. 54,

ceáp-strǽt

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Ceápstrǽte foro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 75. Wið ðá cépstrǽt (cýp-, ceáp-) circa forum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 269, 9. Þæs hagan gemǽre ... æt Wintanceastre líð ... norð on þá ceápstrǽt, þonne eást andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D. B. ii. 305, 22-26. v. cýp-strǽt in

cyning-ǽþe

(adj.)
Grammar
cyning-ǽþe, adj.
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Entitled to make a king's thane's oath(?) Sé þe onsacan wille þæs sleges mid áðe, þonne sceal bión on þǽre hyndenne án kyningǽðe (-ǽde, v. l. ) (cf. ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena and mid ánum cyninges þægne, 154, 9), Ll. Th. i. 136, 12

Linked entry: -ǽþe

dagung

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Add: crepusculum Hwæðer hit sí þe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen d(e)agung (e written above; dagung, v. l.) utrum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an jam advenerit matutinum, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 21. Ǽr þæs uppcumendan leóhtes dagunge ante exsurgentis

eorþ-hrérness

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hrérness, e; f.

An earthquake

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An earthquake Mycel eorþhrérnes bið on ðǽm dæge geworden, Bl. H. 93, 14. Eorðhroernisse, Mt. L. 28, 2. Geséende eorðhroernise viso terrae motu, 27, 54. Biðon eorðhreoerniso (the first e in -hreoerniso is marked for erasure; -hroernisse, R.), 24, 7. Eorðhroernisso

Linked entry: hrér-ness

geond-leccing

(n.)
Grammar
geond-leccing, e; f.
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Moistening Gyndleccincg ofeweard underféhð sáwl þænne heó hí sylfe on teárum heofenríces mid gewilnunge geswencþ; gyndleccing neaþewerd onféhð þænne helle súslu wépende ondrǽt inriguum superius accipit anima, cum sese in lacrimis caelestis regni desiderio

Linked entry: leccing

ge-rid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rid, meat, food (?). v. bed-gerid,
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which may mean the food laid up by the ants in the ant-hill Ball seó lustfulnes and swetiies þæs lichaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride dulcedo illius vermes (Job 24, 20 where the A. V. has, ' the worm shall feed sweetly on him '), Gr. D. 323, 3

Linked entry: -rid

ge-scyldru

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Take here <b>ge-sculdre</b> in Dict., and add: The shoulder-blades Mid gescyldrum his scapulis suis, Ps. Srt. 90, 4. On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum, Lch. ii. 242, 12, Ofer gescyldru super scapulas, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 33

ge-þersc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þersc, es; n.
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Beating, whipping, flogging Þá þá onsittendas þára horsa mid langum geþersce ( diu caedendo ) hyra hors geswencton, Gr. D. 15, 11. Þá gelæhte hé þone fótscamul and beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod ... Ðá þá hé swá swíðe mid geþersce mistucod (swá swíþe geswungen

ge-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bletsung, e ; f.
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consecration, v. ge-bletsian; I Þá geblet*-*sunge heó þǽr tó on Róme begeat þám þe þá áre to Godes þeówdome . . . Lch. iii. 432, 6. blessing, v. ge-bletsian ; III Hé gibloedsade úsig in ǽlcum gibloedsunge gástlicum benedixit nos in omni benedictione

-geaplíce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-geaplíce, l. <b>geáplíce,</b>
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and add: cleverly, cunningly Geáplíce collide, ingeniose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 59 ; procaciter Kent. Gl. 804. Þá betealde hé ( Herod ) hine swíðe geáplíce, swá swá hé wæs snotorwyrde, Hml. Th. i. 80, 9. Hig tósceádað ꝥ stæfgefég on þrým wísan geáplíce

goldhordian

(v.)
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Goldhordað ( thesaurizat ) and nát hwǽm gesomnað þá, Ps. Srt., Rdr., L. 38, 7. Sé ðe him sylfum goldhordað, and nis on Gode welig, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 23: Wlfst. 286, 25. Ná scylon bearn mágum goldhordian ( thesaurizare, i. lucrari ), ac mágas bearnum,

hell-ware

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Add: Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 2 Eall helwara wítu gestildon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 4. Similar entries Cf. hell; II. Þá unrótsodon helware. Hml. S. 4, 292. Helwara hreám. Wlfst. 186, 7. On helwara ríce is seó miccle byrnnys þæs écan wítes, Nar. 50,

lǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrend, es; m. One who teaches, instigates, &amp;c. v. lǽran
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Bepǽcend deceptor, lǽrend (printed læfend) seductor, lǽwend proditor Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 16-18. Drihten ꝥ ongeat, ꝥ se deófol þone Iúdas lǽrde ꝥ hé hine belǽwde . . . Wiste hé ꝥ hé on his godcundre mihte hæfde ǽghwæðer ge ðone lǽwend ge ðone lǽrend, Hml.

Linked entry: lǽfend

mán

(adj.)
Grammar
mán, adj.
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Þá oðswóran hié mid þǽm bismerlicestan áðe þæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre, þéh þá áðas wǽren neár máne (or sbst.?] þonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumulavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3 ; S. 162, 12. Ic eom mánra áþa gewita, Angl. xii. 501, 19