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on-þweán

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Wearð þǽr forðféred sumes earmes wífes ceorl. . . hí hine þwógon (onþwógon, v. l.) and mid hrægle gegyredon (quem ex more lotum et vestimentis indtitum), Gr. D. 215, 19. Add

un-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gilde, adj.

Not entitled to wergild

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Not entitled to wergild Gif se friðman fleó oþþon feohte, and nelle hine cýþan, gif hine man ofsleá, licge ungylde, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 14.

Linked entries: or-gilde un-gylde

wundian

(v.)
Grammar
wundian, p. ode

To wound

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Swelce hé nacodne hine selfne eówige tó wundigeanne his feóndum, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 17. Ungehéredre leoma tóslitnysse wundade (lacerati), Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 14

Linked entry: ge-wundian

ge-sceamian

(v.)
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Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, for ðám ðætte hine gesceamige (ut confundatur), Past. 357, 6. Hine sceal on dómes dæg gesceamian, Wlfst. 238, 12. (l a) with gen. of cause :-- Hié hira selfra gescamige erubescant, Past. 333, 22. with dat.

hón

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Gá án mǽden-man tó and hó hit on his sweóran, Lch. iii. 42, 10. to suspend on a cross or gibbet as a punishment Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon, Ll. Th. i. 118, 6.

twengan

(v.)
Grammar
twengan, p. de
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Cyrsena tác[n] is ðæt ðú sette ðínne winstran þúman on ðínes lytlan fingres lið and twenge hine siððan mid ðara swíþran hande, 124, 23. Twenge ðú mid ðínre swíðran neoþe*-*wearde þíne wynstran, 125, 1

Linked entry: twingan

drǽdan

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& soecende hiá ꝥ hine genóman & dreórdun him mængu et quaerentes eum tenere timuerunt turbas, 21, 46. Add

æðel-duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
æðel-duguþ, e; f.

A noble attendancecomitatus nobilis

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A noble attendance; comitatus nobilis Hine ymbútan æðelduguþ, eádig engla gedryht around him a noble attendance, a blessed train of angels, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 36; Cri. 1012

ge-nacodian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nacodian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To make bare, naked, to stripnudare

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To make bare, naked, to strip, nudare He hine middangeardes þingum ongyrede and genacodade [genacode?] he unclothed and stripped himself of worldly things, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 24

Linked entry: nacodian

un-forod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forod, un-fored; adj.

Unbrokeninviolate

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Unbroken, inviolate Werige hine se Fræncisca mid unforedan áþe, L. W. ii. 3; Th. i. 489, 25. Wé sceolon healdan ðone bróðerlícan bend unforedne, Homl. Th. i. 260, 29

Linked entry: un-fored

fillen

(n.)
Grammar
fillen, (?), e;

A dropping

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A dropping Biþ se þost hwít and micel gif þú hine nimest and gaderast æt fylne, þonne ne biþ h;é tó unswéte to gestincanne, Lch. ii. 48, 14

Linked entry: fylne

fiþer-byrste

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-byrste, (?); adj.
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of a stick split into four at the end) Genim ǽnne sticcan and gewyrc hine feðorbyrste . . . styre mid ðý sticcan ðá buteran, Lch. iii. 24, 18

Linked entry: feþor-byrste

healf-cwic

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For þæm slege hé feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

hér-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-lic, hǽr-lic.

Laudablenoble

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Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:

in-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
in-weard, adj. Add: , <b>in-wyrd</b>
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Swá hwilc man swá hine lufað mid clǽnre and mid inweardre heortan, Hml. A. 168, 123: 178, 279. Oþ inwyrde swétnesse ad medullam i. ad intima, An. Ox. 175

on-forwyrd

(n.)
Grammar
on-forwyrd, es; n.

Destruction

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Destruction Fornam hine eofor (onforwyrd, MS. T.) of wuda exterminavit earn aper de sylva. Ps. Spl. 79, 14. God gelǽdeþ hí on pitt onforwyrdes in puteum interitus, 54, 26

Linked entries: for-wyrd on-fordón

be-clipian

(v.)
Grammar
be-clipian, (-clypian, q. v. in Dict.)

to challenge

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Gif se Englisca ne durre hine tó orneste beclypian, 24

iú-leán

(n.)
Grammar
iú-leán, es ; n.
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A reward for something done long ago Iúleán ðæs ðe hine of nearwum Widia út forlét a reward, because in time past Widia released him from straits, Wald. 2, 7

Linked entry: geó-leán

wárig

(adj.)
Grammar
wárig, adj.
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Stained with sea-weed, dirty Biþ his ceól cumen and hyre ceorl tó hám, and heó hine in laðaþ, wæsceþ his wárig hrægl, Exon. Th. 339, 24; Gn. Ex. 90

á-cweccan

(v.)
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To quiver Hé hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, ðæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10