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ge-wand

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wand, es; n.
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a turning aside, shrinking, hesitation Godes þá gecorenan búton gewande getúcude eall swá wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142.

rignan

Grammar
rignan, <b>I a.</b> add: (a α)
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to cause to fall like rain rínð (ríneþ, Ps. L. pluet) ofer synfulle grýn, Ps. Rdr. 10, 7. rínde (rán, Ps. L.) him heofone hláf pluit illis manna, 77, 24. <b>I b.

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, l. wáfian,
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and add: forhtmód wáfode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 43. ðis gehýrende ongan micclum wáfian. Hml. S. 33, 311. (2 a) :-- On úrum tídum hí syndon ús swíðe tó wáfienne sunt haec nostris valde stupenda temporibus, Gr. D. 187, 8.

breóst-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst
the breast, the heart, mind,
cófa
a cave,
chamber
]

the breast, the heart, mind, a cavechamberThe breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind;pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus

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He wæs ðe blíðra on breóstcófan > he was the blither in his heart, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 64; Met. 9, 32: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 19; Gen. 574: Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 22; Wand. 18

Linked entry: in-cofa

on-orettan

(v.)

to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking)

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to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking) Nó ofer Offan eorlscype fremede (he did not excel Offa), ac Offa geslóg cyneríca mǽst; nǽnig efeneald him eorlscipe máran onorette áne sweorde no one of equal age had done such heroic

Linked entry: orettan

ge-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tímian, -týmian; p. ode; pp. od [tíma time]

To happenbefallaccĭdĕre

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Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it happened very justly to them, 88, 29: ii. 160, 14; 304, 24.

Linked entries: ge-tíman tímian

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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</b> intrans. to strike, make a stroke yrringa slóh in anger he struck, Beo. Th. 3135; B. 1565: 5350; B. 2679. On ðone eádgan andwlitan men hondum slógun, Exon. Th. 69, 22; Cri. 1124. Ðæt mé ongeán sleá, Beo. Th. 1367; B. 681.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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Seó sául þá hwíle þe heó on þám lícuman byð ne mæg God geseón swá swá heó wilnað for þæs lícuman hefenesse and gedréfednesse, Solil. H. 29, 14. disease Ðe ilca úsra untrymnise í hefignise gebær ipse nostras aegrotationes portavit, Mt.

leornung

(n.)
Grammar
leornung, e; f.

Learningstudymeditationreading

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Micel is tó secganne langsum leornung ðæt in lífe ádreág much is it to tell, lengthy the reading, what he in life underwent, Andr. Kmbl. 2962; An, 1484. Geleoso ðære godcundan leornunge studia divinæ lectionis, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 29.

á-ídlan

Grammar
á-ídlan, á-íd(e)l(i)an.
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Þæt þá þe mid oferméttum hý sylfe for áht teliaþ áídele, R. Ben. 139, 1. Ðí com þæt áídlige ealle ðá hǽðengyld, Hml. Th. i. 456, 14. Ðisne geleáfan woldon ge*-*dwolmen áídlian and of Crístes gelaðunge mid ealle ádwǽscan, Hml. S. 23, 361.

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craftmilitary skilla warlike arta warlike enginewarlike forcemilitary power

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(Christ) mihte, gif wolde, wígcræft habban sóna genóhne (cf. Mt. 26, 53), L. Ælfc. P. 51; Th. ii. 386, 34. Ðá beþóhtan hié ealle heora wígcræftas Exantipuse Xanlhippum, cum auxiliis accitum, ducem bello praefecerunt . Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 30

GANG

(n.)
Grammar
GANG, geng, gong, gung, es; m.

GANGgoingjourneystepwaypathpassagecourse (of time)ĭtergrădusgressusincessusambŭlātiosēmĭtaa passagedrainprivylatrīnasecessus

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Ðonne him to gange lyst when he desires the privy, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 23 : L. Ælf. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 6 : Homl. Th. i. 290, 19

un-hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.

bad healthdiseasesicknessinfirmityunsoundnessmisfortunemishap

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Ðám ðe under hý migaþ ... ða unhǽle heó gehǽlþ, Lchdm. i. 360, 9. Ðás unhǽle ( blotch ), ii. 76, 16. Untrymmnise ł unhǽlo infirmitates, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entries: hǽlu un-hǽl

wíte-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-dóm, es; m.

knowledgeprophecyforeknowledge

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Ðæt heó ðurh wítedómes gást ða ádle forecwéde, 4, 19 ; S. 588, 15 : 4, 28 ; S. 606, 20. Ðæt wundor, ðæt þurh wítedómes cræft [] wiste and him cýdde, Guthl. 17 ; Gdwin. 70, 2. Wítedóme vaticinatione, Hpt. Gl. 520, 17.

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Withoutwithoutoutside ofwithoutwithout

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Man scolde fandian gif man mihte betræppan ðane here áhwár wiþútan, Chr. 992; Erl. 130, 43. Grammar wiþ-útan, as preposition.

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

boga

an archa vault

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gebende his bogan and mid flán ðone fearr ofsceótan wolde, Hml. Th. i. 502, 18 : Bl. H. 199, 18. folded parchment [cf. Ger. bogen]: Cine quaternio, boga diploma, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 12.

efen-niht

(n.)
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Macað heó lenctenlice emnihte, 250, 26: 252, 2. Twégen sunstedas synd and twá emniht on þám twelf mónðum, Angl. viii. 311, 9. geendebyrde þá twelf mónðas on twám emnihtum, 299, 18

ge-manian

(v.)
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Ne þurfon wé ná þæs wénan, þæt úre Drihten ús nelle þára leána gemanian, þe ús hér on eorðan forgyfen hafað, Wlfst. 148, 16: 261, 18. <b>IV a.

hálsung

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Cf. hálsian; 1 b α Heó þus cwæð and mid áðe geswór . . . áforhtode for ðǽre béne hálsunge ( expavit petitionis illius juramentum ), Gr. D. 17, 30. adjuration. Cf. hálsian ; 3 Hálsung. Ic hálsige þé . . . Ll. Lbmn. 413, 1 : 415, 10.

lustfullian

(v.)
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Wæs heó lustfulliende (-igende, v. l.) þǽre gódan foresetenesse delectata bono proposito, 5, 19; Sch. 657, 17. (3 a) with acc. (and dat. ?)