wandlung
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Changing, mutation Hié beheóldon on ðé heora ágen gecynd, and on heora wandlunga hié gecýþdon heora fæstrǽdnesse servavit circa te propriam in ipsa sui mutabilitate constantiam, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 16, 31
ge-figo
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A disease with fig-shaped swellings Wiþ þeor-ádle on eágum þe mon gefigo hǽt, on Læden hátte cimosis ( = σύκωσις), . . . Eft wið gefigon, Lch. ii. 38, 5-8. Wið gefigom, 2, 10
riht-gemǽre
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A lawful boundary Andlang rihtgeméres. . . on þone ðorn . . . andlang Temese on ꝥ ealdgemǽre . . . andlang rihtgemǽres, C. D. B. iii. 546, 26-31. Ðurh þone mór be rihtgemǽre, C. D. iii. 412, 21
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ha ha
Ha ha!
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Ha ha and he he getácniaþ hlehter on léden and on Englisc ha ha and he he denote laughter in Latin and in English, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 17
búr-cote
a bower ⬩ a couch ⬩ A bed-chamber ⬩ cubiculum
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[búr a bower, cote a couch] A bed-chamber; cubiculum On hira búrcotum, and on hiera beddum in their bed-chambers, and in their beds, Past. 16, 2; Hat. MS. 20b, 15
felt-wyrt
The plant mullein ⬩ verbascum thapsus
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The plant mullein; verbascum thapsus, Lin Ðeós wyrt, ðe man verbascum, and óðrum naman feltwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum and on myxenum this plant, which is named verbascum, and by another name mullein, is produced in sandy places and on
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ge-hihtan
to hope ⬩ trust ⬩ spērāre ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ exultāre
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to hope, trust; spērāre Betere is gehihtan on Drihtne ðonne gehihtan on ealdrum bŏnum est spĕrāre in Dŏmĭno quam spērāre in princĭpĭbus, Ps. Lamb. 117, 9. On hys naman ðeóda gehyhtaþ in nŏmĭne ejus gentes spērābunt, Mt.
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beorcan
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. ¶ beorcan on to bark at :-- Clypa ongén þissum deófles hunde þe þé on beorceþ, Shrn. 56, 32. Se wrítere sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelice on ánne man, Hml. S. 31, 1132. Add
Eoforwíc-ceaster
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On Eoforwícceastre apud Eboracum oppidum, Bd. 1, 5; Sch. 17, 23. On Eoforwícceastre (Eofer-, v. l.) Eburaci, 2, 14; Sch. 170, 5 : Chr. 738 ; P. 44, 20. Tó Eoforwícceastre, 867; P. 68, 17: 869; P. 70, 3.
ge-wleccan
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Dele ge-wlecian, and add: pp. ge-wlæcced Genim beolonan seáw, gewlece, and þonne on eáre gedrýp, Lch. ii. 40, 13: 46, 30. Him mon on eáre drýpe gewlæccedne ele, 22, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . on ele gewlæhte (-wlehte, v. l. ), i. 212, 5.
úhta
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Add On úhtan hié árísað mane consurgent, Past. 249, 4.
ǽ-brǽce
Law-breaking ⬩ sacrilegious, impious ⬩ adulterous
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Law-breaking. sacrilegious, impious Gehýrde gé ðǽra deófla frófor on ðisum eáwbrǽcum ðe úre godas geyrsode ne ondrǽt? Hml. Th. i. 426, 20. adulterous Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26.
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-ing
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Seth Adaming Seth son of Adam. In a rather extended sense the suffix is found in the names of families or peoples, who are regarded as descendants of a common ancestor, and traces of this use remain in many place-names in England.
ge-wildan
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Hé hý gewyldan meahte, nǽre ꝥ hí on neht út ne ætburston of þǽre byrig, Chr. 943; P. 111, 16.
un-stille
Not still ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not at rest ⬩ moving ⬩ liking movement ⬩ unquiet ⬩ restless ⬩ unruly ⬩ unquiet ⬩ disturbed ⬩ not at peace ⬩ troubled
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Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 52, 4. of motion, not at rest, moving Ðæt wæter unstille ǽghwider wolde tóscríþan, ne meahte hit on him selfum ǽfre gestandan, Met. 20, 92. Sund unstille, Exon. Th. 338, 14; Gn. Ex. 78.
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tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Icel. teinn a stake to hang things on) :-- Ðis syndan ða landgemǽre. Of ðam ealdan hornforda ... ádún on ealda tán; swá anlang streámes on ealda hornford, Cod. Dip.
wlite-beorht
Of splendid beauty ⬩ beautiful
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Of splendid beauty, beautiful, Grammar wlite-beorht, of persons Wlitebeorht ides (Sarah), Cd. Th. 103, 34; Gen. 1728. Hié (Adam and Eve) wlitebeorht wǽron on woruld cenned, 12, 19; Gen. 188.
æfterra
latter ⬩ hinder, lower ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ next, following ⬩ second
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ðæs anno post hunc subsequente, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 15.
for-déman
to condemn ⬩ to condemn ⬩ sentence to punishment ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ sequestrate ⬩ decide ⬩ determine
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Ox. 4845. [He let him fordéme lif and lime, O. and N. 1098.] to give judgement on, decide, determine Hé ǽr on him fordéme gif líf his on wyrþscype sí wel þæslic ante in se discutiat si uita honore sit condigna, Scint. 125, 5.
ge-seóþan
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Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24. Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit mæge on mid gefóge geseóþan, 28, 16.