wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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As in this gloss the word seems used in wylde (or cf. weald?) elfen hamadryades (cf. feldelfenne amadriades ii. 8, 14), i. 60, 17. in reference to animals, wild, not domestic, not tamed, not broken in Rébra þonne ǽnig wilde deór, Blickl.
Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet
willan
to boil ⬩ to torment, agitate, with violent feelings
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Wæll, 378, 3. fig. to torment, agitate, with violent feelings (cf. figurative uses of weallan and seóþan) Hé wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, wunaþ unlustum he gives himself no peace in that pain, lives unpleasingly Salm. Kmbl. 537 ; Sal. 268
Linked entry: a-wyllan
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Be ðínum ágenum wille ð ú férdest tó ðínes fæder híwrǽdene ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui Gen. 31, 30. Hí móston ðes cynges wille folgian, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 33.
spówan
To succeed. ⬩ to be successful ⬩ it succeeds with a person (dat.)
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To succeed. used personally with instrumental of that in which the person succeeds, to be successful Hú mæg hé ǽnige gewinne wið mé spówan how can he succeed in any struggle with me? Nar. 16, 20. Ne mót ic ǽnige rihte spówan, Elen.
spyrd
stadium ⬩ a course ⬩ a measure of distance ⬩ a course ⬩ a distance ⬩ stadium
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In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang
stípel
A tower
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Hí clumben upp tó þe stépel, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 9. Þá com se fír on ufenweard þone stépel, and forbearnde ealle þe minstre, 1122; Erl. 249, 6
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stocc
a stock, trunk, log ⬩ a wooden trumpet
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Hé gefeól on ðone stocc be ðære stǽnenan strǽte ðe is geháten sacra uia, and tóbærst on feówer dǽlas. Ðá genáman men eft ðone stoc on weg and feówer syllíce stánas on ðære ilcan stówe álegdon, Blickl. Homl. 189, 12-15.
streám
A stream, current, flowing water
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A stream, current, flowing water; in the plural used of the sea in poetry Streám vel wǽto irriguum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 9. Streám fluens, ii. 149, 68: alveus, i. 54, 26. Streám, streúm rema, reuma, Txts. 92, 855.
strangness
strength ⬩ force, violence
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Spl. 58, 10. force, violence Of him is bodud Godes ríce and ealle on ðæt strangnysse wyrcaþ ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, et omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. Skt. 16, 16
á-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ move an object to a place ⬩ To move one's self ⬩ transport one's self:-- ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ build ⬩ to put in ⬩ out ⬩ of an office ⬩ to lay, impose punishment, ⬩ to set ⬩ propose a riddle, ⬩ to oppress
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To move one's self, transport one's self:-- Hý upp ásetton on ǽnne síþ ꝥ hý cóman tó Æþelingadene, Chr. 1001; P. 132, 3. Hié ásettan him (hí,v. l.) on ánne síþ ofer mid horsum mid ealle, 893; P. 84, 3.
á-spendan
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Áspendan úre spéda on þearfum, Hml. S. 3, 51. Eal ðeós niht sceal beón áspend on ðé mid pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 428, 29
á-spyrgend
An investigator
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An investigator Úra breósta áspyrgend (investigator), Ps. Srt. ii. p. 204, 1
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Athéniense
The Athenians
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Latin forms are also used: -- Pelopensium and Athéniensium, Gréca þeóda him betweónum winnende wǽron Peloponnensium Atheniensiumque bellum commissum est, l, 13; S. 56, 7. Wið þǽm Athénienses, 2, 7; S. 90, II. Wið Athénienses, 2, 5; S. 78, 21.
á-þreótan
To make weary. ⬩ alone
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Add: To make weary. used impersonally with acc. of person, alone Hwæðerne áþreóteð ǽr which will be tired out first, Sal. 428. with gen. of object of weariness Eów þæs lungre áþreát, El. 368. Áðreát ðá hiéremenn ryhtes lífes, Past. 129, 4.
á-wlǽtan
To make loathsome ⬩ disfigure ⬩ pollute
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Ðás gyltas ne magon úre sáwle ofsleán, ac hí magon hí áwlǽtan, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 29. Áwlǽttre pollutae, oblitae, Germ. 397, 466
á-wildian
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Add: of persons Sume synd tó mándǽde on dyrnlican gálscipe inne áídlode and úte áwildode, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 15. of uncultivated growth Gif se wíngeard ne bið on riht gescreádod, ne bið hé wæstmbǽre, ac for hraðe áwildað, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 15
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bǽl-blys
Similar entry: blysian
bǽtan
To spread a covering ⬩ to saddle a horse
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Of boetingum úsum de cubilibus nostris, Rtl. 37, 1
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Dele II, and add: a bath for washing Bæþ (balnearum usus, baða brice, R. Ben. I. 68, 1) þám untrumum swá oft swá hit framige; hálum and húru þám geongum sý seldor and lator getíðod, R. Ben. 60, 22. v. pænningas tó beðe (= bæðe?)
bana
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Add: Used of a weapon with which death is caused Ne wæs ecg bona he was not slain by the edge of the sword, B. 2506. Heardréde hildeméceas tó bonan wurdon falchions were the death of Heardred, 2203