on-worpenness
An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired
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An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired Ðá ic getihtode bi ðære gítsunge onworpennesse and ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man and sécende wæs ðæs þinges cúðnesse æt him, Shrn. 36, 19
sulh-geweorc
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Plough-work, making of ploughs Tubal Cain smiðcræftega wæs and manna ǽrest sulhgeweorces fruma wæs ofer foldan ( Tubal Cain an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron, A. V.), Cd. Th. 66, 19; Gen. 1086
út-weard
Outward ⬩ lending to the outside
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Outward, lending to the outside Eoten wæs útweard, Beo. Th. 1526; B. 761. Dynt mið honde uutearde alapam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18 22, Wæs gesýne ðæt ða swaðo wǽron ǽrest útwearde ongunnen, Blickl. Homl. 207, 12
or-leahtre
Blameless, faultless
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Blameless, faultless Ðæt wæs án cyning ǽghwæs orleahtre, Beo. Th. 3776; B. 1886. Ǽghwylc mennisc leahter on ðǽm eádigan Sancte Iohanne cennendum gestilled wæs, and hié on eallum heora lífe orleahtre gestódan, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17
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rif
Fierce
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Fierce Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31
ge-þyncan
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Hé him selfum wæs lytel geðúht, Past. 113, 16, 17, 18. Se leóma wæs swíðe lang geþúht, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 29: Rún. 21. Þeáh ðá gecorenan Godes cempan sind feáwa geðúhte, Hml.
tó-féran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately ⬩ to disperse (intrans.)
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Ðá ðæt gafol gelǽst wæs, ðá tóférde se here wíde swá hé ǽr gegaderod wæs, Chr. 1012; Erl. 147, 27. Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge and tóférdon geond ealne middangeard, Homl. Th. i. 22, 25: 318, 21.
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mæsse
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Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, bútan hit má wǽre . . . Ðá cwæð hé tó his geféran ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ hig þá mæssan hæfdon, Vis. Lfc. 63-67. <b>I b.
Iob
Job
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Job Sum wer wæs geseten on ðam lande ðe is geháten Hus, his nama wæs Iob, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 10. Iobes dóhtra, 458, 32. Tó mínum þeówan Iobe, 456, 30. Be ðan eádigan were Iob, 446. 4
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þrítig-wintre
Thirty years old
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Thirty years old Iósep wæs þrítigwintre triginta annorum erat Joseph, Gen. 41, 46: Lk. Skt. 3, 23: Homl. Th. i. 26, 3. Ðá ðá Crist wæs þrítigwintra ( i-s/>or þrítig wintra), Homl. Th. ii. 38, 25
á-fandod
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Tried, experienced; approved, excellent. v. á-fandian, Se Hǽlend wæs áfandod (-on, MS.) wer ( vir approbatus a Deo ), Past. 443, 5. Hé wæs on forhæfednysse weorcum se áfandedesta geworden, Hml. S. 23b, 24
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brýd-ealo
ale ⬩ A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast ⬩ nuptiale convivium
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[ealu ale] A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast; nuptiale convivium Ðǽr wæs ðæt brýdealo [Laud; MS. -eala], ðæt wæs manegra manna bealo there was the bride-ale, which was many men's bale, Chr. 1076; Erl. 213, 26
þǽr-út
Thereout ⬩ outside
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Thereout, outside Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt templ, for ðæm hé wæs ðǽrinne getogen tó ðære godcundan sceáwunga, and ðǽrút (ðǽrúte,Cott. MSS.) hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 25
orleg-ceáp
Battle-bargain, fighting
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Ðǽr wæs eáðfynde eorle orlegceáp se ðe ǽr ne wæs níðes genihtsum there might fighting be easily found for the man that before had not had enough of war, Cd. Th. 120, 13 ; Gen. 1994
un-gild
An improper or excessive tax
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Ðis wæs swíðe geswincfull geár þurh manigfeald ungyld, 1098; Erl. 235, 11. Ús ungylda swýðe gedrehton, Wulfst. 159, 12. Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtýme geár ... on ungyldan ða nǽfre ne áblunnon, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25
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ge-lǽfan
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Ginómun ðæt gilǽfed (ofer gelǽfed, L.) wæs ł ꝥ tó láfe wæs of ðǽm screádungum sustulerunt quod superauerat de fragmentis, Mk. R. 8, 8. to be left, remain Genumen wæs ꝥte gehlaefde sublatum est quod superfuit, Lk. L. 9, 17.
deorc-full
Darksome, dark ⬩ tenebrōsus
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Darksome, dark; tenebrōsus Deorcfull wæg via tenebrōsa, Scint. 59
ge-trumian
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Hé þǽre ealdan untrumnesse getrumad wæs ueterno infirmitatis discusso, Bd. 5, 5; Sch. 572, 10. reflex. Þá getrumade ic mé and gestrangad wæs convalui, 5, 6; Sch. 581, 11
rihtend
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D. 119, 21. a director, one who arranges matters Sum wer wæs on þyssere byrig,.. . sé wæs séma and rihtend manigra manna, Gr. D. 297, 7
ur
Formerly
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Formerly ᚢ (= ur) wæs geára (cf. iú (geó) ... geára) geógoðhádes glǽm; nú synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, Elen. Kmbl. 2530; El. 1266. ᚢ wæs longe laguflódum bilocen lífwynna dǽl, feoh on foldan, Exon. Th. 50, 25; Cri. 806
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