wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Ða yfelan bióþ micle gesáligran ðe on ðisse worulde habbaþ micelne weán and manigfeald wíte for hyra yfelum, ðonne ða sién ðe náne wræce nabbaþ, ne nán wíte on ðisse worulde for hiora yfle feliciores esse improbos supplicia luentes, quam si eos nulla
féðe-wíg
A foot-battle ⬩ pĕdestris pugna
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m? A foot-battle; pĕdestris pugna Féðe-wíges of the foot-battle, Beo. Th. 4717; B. 2364: Wald. 88; Vald. 2, 16
flyge-reów
Wild-flying ⬩ wild inflight ⬩ vŏlātu férus
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Wild-flying, wild inflight; vŏlātu férus Flygereówe þurh nihta genipu neósan cwómon, hwæðere . . . the wild-flying [evil spirits] came in the darkness of night to find out, whether . . . Exon. 37b; Th. 123, 10; Gú. 320
forþ-snoter
Very wise ⬩ săpientissimus
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Very wise; săpientissimus Elene héht gefetian on fultum forþsnoterne Elene bade to fetch to her aid the very wise [man ], Elen. Kmbl. 2104; El. 1053. Forþsnotterne, 2320; El. 1161. Fundon fífhund forþsnotterra they found five hundred very wise [men ]
ge-wyld
Power ⬩ dominion
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Power, dominion Æfter ðam ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Inde him to gewyldon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67. 21
deór-cynn
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Add:after deórcynn (l. 4) and ealle nýtena þe on feówer fótum gáð (cf. God geworhte þǽre eorðan deór ( bestias) æfter hira híwum and þá nítena (jumenta ). Gen. 1. 25)
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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Grammar micel, neuter used substantively Grammar micel, with gen. Ic nát náht gewislíce hwæðer ðæs feós swá micel is, ne ic nát ðeáh his máre sý, Chart. Th. 490, 15. Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 35.
Wil-tún
Wilton in Wiltshire
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Wilton in Wiltshire Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wiþ alne ðone here lytle werede æt Wiltúne, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Hér forðférde Ælfgár cinges mǽg on Defenum, and his líc rest on Wiltúne, 962; Erl. 120, 3.
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Grammar þrítig, in combination with other numerals Ðæt is ealles .xxx. and vi. peningas, Anglia xi. 8, 18. Mid þrym and ðrittigum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 128.
deófol-gylda
A worshipper of the devil, an idolater ⬩ idololatres = είδωλoλάτρηs
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A worshipper of the devil, an idolater; idololatres = είδωλoλάτρηs Ða deófolgyldan gecwǽdon ðæt hí woldon ðone apostol to heora hǽðenscipe geneádian the idolaters said that they would force the apostle to their heathenship, Homl. Th. i. 70, 23
fisceran
- Ors. 1, 1 ;
- Bos. 20, 5
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of fiscere
full-gangan
To fulfil ⬩ accomplish ⬩ finish ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ fīnīre
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To fulfil, accomplish, finish; perfĭcĕre, fīnīre Ðæt hí móstan ðám gewinne fullgangan that they might finish the war, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 54, 21
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Grammar wirnan, with acc. See II b
unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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Grammar unnan, with dat. of person and clause : --- Þenden lífes weard unnan wolde, ðæt hé blǽdes hér brúcan móste, Exon. Th. 158, 2; Gú. 902. to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) Ða ðe mé yfeles unnon them that wish me evil (A.
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Ǽlcum witum láþ and unweorþ omnibus invisus, Bt. 28; Fox l00, 28: Met. 15, 6. Se ídela gylp ús beó ǽfre unwurð (-wyrð, MS. U.), Hornl. Skt. i. 16, 367.
nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Grammar nǽnig, with other negatives Nǽnig mon ne sceal lufian ne ne géman his gesibbes, 23, 16. Ðæt wíte ðe nǽfre nǽnig ende ne becymeþ, 51, 31. Ne hé nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, ne hine nǽnig man yrne ne funde, 223, 32.
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þus
Thus ⬩ in this manner, degree
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Grammar þus, with adverbs Nó wé ðé þus swíðe swencan þorftan, Exon. Th. 129, 58; Gú. 423: 268, 16; Jul. 433: Judth. Thw. 22, 36; Jud. 93.
Wir-healh
Wirral ⬩ the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey
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Wirral, the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey Fór se here of Wírheale (-healan, v. l.) in on Norð-Wealas, Chr. 895; Th. i. 170, 171. Hié fóron ðæt hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum; seó is Légaceaster geháten, 894; Th. i. 170, 171
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wín-tiber
An offering of wine ⬩ a libation
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An offering of wine, a libation Wíntifer libatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 52
wíg-bil
A battle-blade ⬩ a sword
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A battle-blade, a sword Ðæt sweord ongan æfter heaþoswáte hildegicelum, wígbil wanian, Beo. Th. 3218; B. 1607