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rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, to spoil.
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Rýpeð lurcatur, An. Ox. 20, 1. Sé ðe Godes cyrican rýpe (rípe, v. l.) oððe reáfige si quis ecclesiam Dei denudauerit, Wlfst. 68, 1. Add

sam-tinges

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Hé ne wandode þá hǽþenan tó crístnigenne þá þá hí on Críst gelýfdon, ac hé hí ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode, Hml. S. 31, 1037. Add

self-wille

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Sylfwilles þeówdómes voluntarie seruitutis, An. Ox. 236: 1509. Mid sylfwillum lufum ultroneis affectibus, 1233. Add

storm

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Add Stearm tempestas, Mt. L. 16, 3. <b>I b.</b> add :-- Réþes stormes ýste dirae tempestatis turbine, An. Ox. 632

treówleásness

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Add: perfidy; in an ecclesiastical sense, heresy Hé wæs fylgende ðæs arrianiscan gedwolan treówleásnysse (trýw-, v.l.) perfdiae fuit arianae, Gr. D. 162, 20: 240, 13

twi-sehtan

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, and add: The Latin is Filosophos uiderit disiungi dampnum significat. v. Archiv cxxv. 56, 295, where twi-sehtan is given as the true reading

þurh-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-wacian, p. ode
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To continue watching, maintain a vigil Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon. ah hé hwílum ealle niht þurhwacode on hálgum gebedum, Bl. H. 227, 7

Linked entry: þurh-wæccan

un-wæstmfæst

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For the passage substitute Elizabeth wæs unwæstmfæst [on líchaman, ac wǽstmfæst] þára godcundra mægena erat Elisabeth sterilis corpore, sed fecunda virtutibus, Archiv cxxii. 247, 17.

út-gánde

(n.; adj.)
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out-going Gehycgan ymb ꝥ líf þǽre útgándan (-gangen-dan, v.l. ) sáwle of líchaman vit am animae exeuntis a corpore perpendere, Gr. D. 269, 8

Linked entries: út-gangende gán

wiþer-wengel

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-wengel, es; m.
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An adversary Bysmrað wiðerwengel naman [þínne] inritat aduersarius nomen tuum, Ps. Rdr. 73, 10. Wiþer-wenglum aduersariis, 290, 1. Þú forbryttest wiþenvenglas (aduersarios), 380, 7

Linked entry: wengel

wafor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wafor-líc, adj.

Spectacular, theatrical

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Spectacular, theatrical Hí heora waforlícan plegan forléton and heora baða belucon, Ap. Th. 6, 12. Similar entries v.wæfer-líc, wæfer-sín, wafian, and following words

Linked entry: wæfer-líc

weder-candel

(n.)
Grammar
weder-candel, f.

The candle of the open air, the sun

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The candle of the open air, the sun Wedercandel swearc, Andr. Kmbl. 744; An. 372. Wedercondel wearm weorodum lýhteþ, Exon. Th. 210, 17; Ph. 187

geagl

Grammar
geagl, l. geágl,
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and add Geágla mandibularum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 69 : i. dentium molarum An. Ox. 2444. Eáhla, 2, 83. Geálgan mandibulas, i. dentes molares 1206: 5015

hlýrian

(v.)

to puff out the cheeks as in blowing a trumpet, to blow [a trumpet]

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to puff out the cheeks as in blowing a trumpet, to blow [a trumpet] Býmaþ ł hlýriaþ mid býman buccinate tuba, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4

tó-brǽdedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdedness, e; f.

Extent,an extensive place

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Extent, an extensive place On tóbrǽdednesse ł on brádnesse in latitudine, Ps. Lamb. 117, 5. On tóbrǽdednesse in latitudinem, 17, 20: Ps. Spl. 17, 22

torht-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
torht-mód, adj.

Gloriousillustrious

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Glorious, illustrious; an epithet of the Deity, Judth. Thw. 21, 4; Jud. 6: 21, 35; Jud. 93: of Noah, Cd. Th. 90, 28; Gen. 1502

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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on the eve of a festival, when compelled by circumstances, travel between York and a distance of six miles, L.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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A. 703

Linked entry: hýd-gild

heofon-lic

chaste

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Add: Of, in, or belonging to heaven, as the abode of God. Similar entries v. heofon; V. Heofonlic hleóðor and se hálga song gehýred wæs, Gú. 1297.

on-fón

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Add: <b>A.</b> the subject a person. add: to take on one's own initiative. to take hold of an object Cornelius hine gebígde tó Petres fótum, ac his onféncg Petrus (Petrus elevavit eum, Acts 10, 26), Hml. S. 10, 129.