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fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

pack ⬩ to adorn ⬩ ornament

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hroden for ideas of load and ornament

ge-nóg

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adv.
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For þon þe genóh gecóplicu wíse hí sylfe gegearwode quia occasio apta se praebuit, Gr. D. 60, 4. Geonge men genóh þæslice on líchaman, Hml. S. 23 b, 370. Hé is genóg orsorg ( quite secure ) ǽlces eorþlices eges, Bt. 10; F. 28, 17.

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Hié hié selfe niédað tó healdonne ungemetlice swiggean and for ðǽm bióð swíðe geðrycte illos violenta custodia indiscreti silentii angustat, Past. 270, 17.

grimme

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Grimme ic eom begangen, for ðon ic gnornige contristatus sum in exercitatione mea, Ps. Th. 54, 2. Hé eorlum onmǽlde grimme, Dan. 211.

læt

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Hí wǽron genýdde ꝥ hí for þǽre lættran tíde ( tardiori hora ) wunedon læng þonne hí sceoldon, 126, 26. Oð ðá lætran tíde, 24

hwílwend-lic

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For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld, 30, 449. temporal, not spiritual Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum, Hml. Th. i. 332, 5. Hú hé geheólde þá hwílwendlican geþincþu. Hml. S. 26, 113.

mann-cynn

Grammar
mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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See for this legend Bousset, 'The Antechrist Legend,' translated by Keane. v. mun-clýse). Ðá getácniæð alle deófles limæ, þæt beóð alle þá þe deófles weorc wyrcð, Wlfst. 84, 30. Manncynna ealdor Christ, Hml. Th. i. 588, 18

wác-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-mód, adj.

of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous

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Beó hit eal mid gemete ðe læs ðe ða wácmódan beón ormóde omnia mensurate fiant propter pusillanimes (for ðám wácmódum, R. Ben. Interl. 82, 7), R. Ben. 74, 1.

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, (see also wǽge), e; f.

a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance

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Ben. 78, 11. an implement for weighing, a balance On wǽge beóð áwegene statera ponderabuntur, Scint. 97, 7. Weh on wǽge, Lchdm. i. 374, 15. Gelícere wáge aequa bilance, Hpt. Gl. 512, 76. Tó wége ł tó disce ad mensam, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 23.

wearm

(adj.)
Grammar
wearm, adj.

Warm

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For ðære wearmau pro aprico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 62: 9, 23. Swá weax melteþ, gif hit byð wearmum neáh fýre gefæstnad, Ps. Th. 57, 7. Wring on wermód wearmne, Lchdm. ii. 310, 10. Ða sceolon beón wearme offerrent eam calidam, Lev. 6, 21.

weg-férende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-férende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Wayfaring ⬩ a wayfarer, traveller. ⬩ travelling, ⬩ going a way, passing by

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Se ðe ǽnig ðissa dó . . . búton wegférende; ða móton for neóde mete ferian, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 25. Nyhtlíc leóht wegférendum (viantibus), Hymn.

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on-munan

(v.)

to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of) ⬩ denoting worth ⬩ alone

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his hláford ǽghwelcre áre wierþne onmunan quicumque sunt sub jugo servi, dominos suos omni honore dignos arbitrentur, Past. 29; Swt. 201, 23. with acc. of person alone Hé úsic on herge geceás tó ðyssum síðfæte, onmunde úsic mǽrþa he thought us fit for

on-tendness

(n.)
Grammar
on-tendness, e; f.

a burning, fire ⬩ fire, that which kindles passion ⬩ passion, vehement desire ⬩ burning sensation, inflammation

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Ic on ðé ádwesce ealle ontendnysse, 4, 171. burning sensation, inflammation He unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðám þiccum bremlum and þornum and netelum ... and swá þurh ðære hýde wunda ádwæscte his módes wunda; for ðan ðe hé áwende ðone

Linked entries: -tendness on-tyndness

tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy

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Hé tósende his geféran swilce for huntoðes intingan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 104. Hé tósende hí geond ealne middangeard. Homl. Th. i. 232, 5 : 462, 15.

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.

Death, destruction. ⬩ of the death of the body ⬩ of the second death, the perdition of the soul ⬩ lying at the point of death ⬩ hunger, famine

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The word often occurs with somewhat of a personal sense as the subject of ofniman, forniman Ǽr ðec swylt nime, deáð for duguðe, Exon. Th. 257, 31; Jul. 255: Elen. Kmbl. 892; El. 447. Ðǽr Seón cyning swylt dreórig fornam, Ps. Th. 135, 20: Beo.

Linked entry: swilt

tusc

(n.)
Grammar
tusc, tux, es: a wk. pl. tuxan occurs; m.

A canine tooth ⬩ a molar tooth ⬩ a tusk

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Monnes tux bið .xv. sciłł. weorð the compensation to be paid for knocking out a man's canine tooth is xv shillings, L. Alf. pol. 49; Th. i. 94, 12. Cf. L. Ethb. 51; Th. i. 16. Hundes tux, Lchdm. i. 370, 29. Se flǽsctóþ wiþæftan ðone tux gigra, Wrt.

Linked entries: tuscel tysca

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.

Self-love ⬩ self-complacency ⬩ self-satisfaction ⬩ conceit ⬩ arrogance

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Ðæm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése . . . hé biþ ǽr úpáhæfen on selflíce for his lotwrencium in sapientibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 9, 18.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

þearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearf-líc, adj.

necessary ⬩ useful, ⬩ profitable

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Ðæt him ðearflíc nǽre, ðæt hé ðǽs hálgan hǽse forhule his hláforde that it would not be well for him to conceal the saint's bidding from his lord, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 80. On gódan þeáwan and on þearflícan dǽdan, Wulfst. 121, 2.

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wíglere

(n.)
Grammar
wíglere, (wiglere ?), weohlere, es; m.

A diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur ⬩ sorcerer

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Drýmen, and wiccan and óðre wígeleras beóð tó helle bescofene for heora scíncræftum, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 28. Wígulera magorum, hariolorum Hpt. Gl. 502, 51. Tunglera ł wí[g]lera Chaldaeorum ... wíhlera (?) printed wineena hariolorum 483, 5-10.

Linked entry: weohlere

býsgian

(v.)
Grammar
býsgian, bísgian, býsigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict ⬩ occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare

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For ðǽm manigfealdum bísgum, ðe hine oft ǽgðer ge on móde ge on líchoman bísgodon [MS. bisgodan]. on account of the manifold occupations, which often busied him [king Alfred] both in mind and in body, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 6: Cd. 64; Th. 76, 29; Gen. 1264