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Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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Wódnes beorg, Wodnes den, Wódnes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 355. Similar entries See also Wódnes-dæg

huntian

(v.)
Grammar
huntian, p. ode

To hunt

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Gif him þince ðæt hé huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes, Lchdm. iii. 172, 19. Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast.

tǽlness

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlness, e: f.

Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction

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Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse ( vituperatione ), L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 31: Wulfst. 233, 19. Tó niomanne télnisse ( opprobrium ) míne, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 25. Télnise ł sceoma calumniam, Lind. 3, 14. Tǽlnysse detractio, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: télnis

gnídan

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</b> to rub one object against another :-- Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. <b>I b.</b> to rub a surface with material, cover a surface by rubbing :-- Reóde gnídan fucare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 49.

ǽg-hwá

in every respect, quite, altogether

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Hé him ǽghwæt sealtes beorge, Lch. ii. 130, 8. ǽghwæs in every respect, quite, altogether :-- Ǽghwæs hé wæs ansund incolumis inventus est, Gr. D. 213, 7.

FLOTA

(n.; part.)
Grammar
FLOTA, an; m. [floten, pp. of fleótan to float] .

a shipvesselfleetnāvisclassisa sailorpiratenautapīrāta

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Brǽddon æfter beorgnm flotan feldhúsum the sailors spread themselves amongst the hills with their tents, 148; Th. 186, 3; Exod. 133: 154; Th. 191, 31; Exod. 223. Ða flotan, wícinga fela the pirates, vikings many, Byrht. Th. 133, 25; By. 72

Linked entries: ǽg-flota ge-flota

ofer-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽt, es; m.

over-eating, gluttony, excess in eatingrioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes placecomessationescrapula, commessatio.

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Hine wið oferǽt beorge, L.E. I. 24; Thh ii. 422, 3. Þurh oferǽt per commessationem, Confess.

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Ðeáh ðe lilie sý beorht on blóstman ic eom betre ðonne heó, Exon, 110 b; Th. 423, 24; Rä, 41, 27. Drince hé lilian wyrttruman áwylledne on wíne, L. M. 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 90, 13. Genim neoþewearde lilian, Lchdm. i. 374, 6.

mearh

(n.)
Grammar
mearh, g. meares; m.

A horsesteed

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Beornas cómon wiggum gengan on mearum módige, Andr. Kmbl. 2,193; An. 1098

wánian

(v.)
Grammar
wánian, p. ode
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Beornas grétaþ, wépaþ wánende, Exon. Th. 61, 31 ; Cri. 993. Ða wánigendran welras (wániendan, Wulfst. 139, 8) os lugens Dóm. L. 208. with reflexive dative Hé wánode him sylfum: ' Wá is mé earmum . . . ' Homl. Skt. i. II. 223. with acc.

wicg

(n.)
Grammar
wicg, es; n. (a poetical word)
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Beornas cómon wiggum gengan, on mearum módige, Andr. Kmbl. 2192; An. 1097. Þrió wicg, Beo. Th. 4355; B. 2174

G

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letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town; gen. e; f. burge of a town; beorh

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, es; m.

A messengerlegateheraldapostleangelministerservantmansoldiernuntiuslegatuspræcoapostolusangelusministervir

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Lǽt gebídan beornas ðíne, áras let thy warriors, thy men, await, Andr. Kmbl. 799; An. 400

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Beornas onwócan, cynn æfter cynne cende wǽron, Ps. Th. 104, 11. Hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan, Cd. Th. 58, 2; Gen. 940. Hié begeton feówertíg bearna ðæt ðonon menio onweócon, 294, 25; Sat. 476

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

hring

(n.)
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Occurs four times, in poems by the same author Ðá cwom wópes hring þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát út faran weóll waðuman stream, Andr. Kmbl. 2558; An. 1281. Ðá wæs wópes hring hát heáfodwylm ofer hleór goten nalles for torne teáras feóllon, Elen.

Linked entry: wóp

wír

(n.)
Grammar
wír, es; m.

Wiremetal thread

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Icel. víra-virki filigree work Beorht seomað (-ad, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4. Hæleð gierede mec (a book) mid golde, for ðon mé glíwedon wrǽtlíc weorc smiþa wíre bifongen, 408, 19; Rä. 27, 14.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.

Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.]a fever

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Wæs him seó Godes lufu tó ðæs hát and tó ðæs beorht on his heortan the love of God was so fervent and bright in his heart, Blickl. Homl. 225, 36.

tíþian

(v.)
Grammar
tíþian, tigþian; p. ode

To grant,concede,of that which is granted

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To grant, concede, with gen. of that which is granted Bed Beorn ðæt hé sceolde faran mid him tó ðam cynge . . . and hé ðæs tíðode, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 10. Treówe and hyldo tíðiaþ mé, Cd. Th. 152, 7; Gen. 2516.

Linked entry: tigþian

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck;plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere to change, vary, transform;vertere, variare, transformare

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Se bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár he plucked the bloody dart from the chief, Byrht.

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Similar entries v. bán-beorg, -gebeorg, -rift:-- Bán weornedon their limbs failed them, Sat. 468. Bána coxarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 66: 75, 27. Wǽron þá bendas forburnene, þá him on bánum lágon, Dan. 435.