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be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Hé bebeád þæt nán crísten mon ne cóme on his hiérede, 6, 30; S. 282, 29. Hwæt yfela bebeád Drihten ǽfre, Bl. H. 41, 2. Bebudan sancserunt, An. Ox. 1301. Bebiód ðis praecipe hoc, Past. 385, 30. S.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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wood, the substance of growing trees Hú ne mint ðú gesión ðæt ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu (-a, v. l.) (cum herbas atque arbores intuearis), wile weaxan on ðærn lande sélost, ðe him betst geríst. . . . Sumra wyrta oððe sumes wuda eard biþ on dúnum. . . .

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloudthe cloudsthe heavensthe skythe clouds of nightunder heavenon earthskywelkin

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Hwá is unlæredra ðe ne wundrige wolcna færeldes, rodres swifto (cf. ðæs roderes færeldes and his swiftnesse,Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15), Met. 28, 2 : Cd. Th. 255, 15; Dan. 624. Óð wolcna hróf to the skies, 196, 28; Exod. 298.

heáfod

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Him ne hangað nacod sweord ofer þám heáfde ( pendentis supra verticem gladii terror), Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 27. Hé slóg mid his heáfde on þone wág caput pariete collidens, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 12.

cyme

(n.)
Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]

A coming, an approach, advent adventus

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Ic ne wát hwonan his cymas [MS. cyme] sindon I know not whence his comings are, Exon. 50b ; Th. 175, 18; Gú. 1196: Beo. Th. 520 ; B. 257

Linked entry: cime

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wingālaWingsālæpennæ

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Hìm fiðeras ne fultumaþ wings support them not, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evilwickedbasemeanpoorsordidvilelewddepraved

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Evil, wicked, base, mean, poor, sordid, vile, lewd, depraved Ðæt Godes feoh ne ætlicge and hé beó lyðre þeówa geháten that God's money be not idle, and he be called a wicked servant, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 30.

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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Ne mágon we búton ðǽm medmyclum synnum beón, Blickl. Homl. 37, 10. On mycclum gyltum oððe on medmycclum, 107, 14. Micclum þingum and medmiclum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 304, 12. Ðæt ic on ðam medemǽstan (medemæstan?)

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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ne eart ðú se mon ðe on mínre scole wǽre áféd and gelǽred, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 19. Eubolus underféng ðone cnapan tó lárlícre scole . . . On ðære ylcan scole wæs Iulianus, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 14-16. Ic becom tó Cristes scole, 2, 244.

Linked entries: scól sceolu

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Dol biþ se ðe gǽþ on deóp wæter, se ðe sund nafaþ, ne gesegled scip, Salm. Kmbl. 449; Sal. 225. [Heore ( fishes ) sund is awemmed, Laym. 21326.] the act of swimming Hé on holme wæs sundés ðe sǽnra, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.

þenden

(adv.; con.)
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Ne pearft ðú ðé wiht ondrǽdan, þenden ðú míne láre lǽstest, 130, 33; Gen. 2169: Beo. Th. 574; B. 284. Mon mæg gelácnian, þenden of ðære lifre sió blódsceáwung geondgét ealne ðone líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 222, 9.

cunnian

(v.)
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Hé nán ryhtre geþencan ne meahte þonne hé þone áð ágifan móste . . . Ðá cwæð ic þæt hé wolde cunnigan, Cht. Th. 171, 19. with clause. to seek to know, enquire Hí bǽdon his rǽdes, cunnodon hwæðer hé wolde þæs óðres willan gefremman, Hml. S. 6, 117.

feáwa

a few

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Th. i. 70, 21. followed by a pronoun in the singular Feáwa siént tó þám gesceádwíse, gif hé wyrþ on ungeþylde, ꝥ hé ne wilnige ꝥ his sǽlþa weorþan onwende, Bt. 11, 1 ; F. 32, 32. Manegum is forgifen ðæt hé sprecan mæig, and swíþe feáwum (or sing.?

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Ðonne tweónað fela manna . . . for ðám micclum and mænigfealdum gedwyldum þe hí geseóð and gehýrað, hwæðer hé sý se sóða Godes sunu oððe ná ne sý, 196, 13

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
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Samod geþwǽrende concordantes, 24, 8. of persons, to agree together Þá ne mihte hí betwyh him geþwǽrian and geweorþan cum invicem concordare non possent, Bd. 4, 4; Sch. 369, 5. Gegadan vel geþwǽriende complices, conspirantes, Wrt.

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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Ne mæg ic nán gewis bringan tó mínum geférum, Hml. S. 23, 577. Hé áxode þæs martyres naman . . . ac heora nán nyste nán gewis be þám (cf. nyste heora nán his naman tó secgenne, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 30), Hml. S. 31, 349.

gífre

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Th. 140, 2. greedy of prey or booty, rapacious, ravenous. of a person Ne bið nán heretoga swá gífre on fræmdra manna yrfe swá se unrihtwísa déma byþ on his hýremanna, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 18.

willan

Grammar
willan, <b>, I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg volo me signare, sed non possum, Gr. D. 325, 4, <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Hé him secgan hét ꝥ hé geornor wolde sibbe wið hiene þonne gewinn, Ors. 3, l ; S. 96, 18. <b>IV c.

sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed,seed,the ripe fruit,fruit, growthsowingseed, progeny, posterity

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Th. 105, 1; Gú. 16. sowing, Sǽd and geríp sumor and winter ne geswícaþ sementis et messis, aestas et hiems non requiescent, Gen. 8, 22.

Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopherscribegeo metrician

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Án swíþe wís mon ongan fandigan ánes úþwitan and hine bismerode, for ðam hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðe hé úðwita (philosophus) wǽre; ne cýððe hé hit mid nánum cræftum ...