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weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Desirous of honour, noble-minded, excellent Se wísa and se weorðgeorna and se fæstrǽda folces hyrde . . . Caton, Met. 10, 48. Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tóslítaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 696; Sal. 347.

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e;
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Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24), Met. 7, 41

wirsian

(v.)
Grammar
wirsian, p. ode

To get worse

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To get worse Hit fareþ yfele ealles tó wíde. Swá swýðe hit wyrsaþ, ðæt ðæs hádes men, ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste, ða syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 18. And aa hit wyrsode mid mannan swíðor and swíðor, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 23.

yfemest

(adv.)
Grammar
yfemest, yfmest; adv.
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Uton habban úre mód up swá swá wé yfemest mægen wiþ ðæs heán hrófes ðæs héhstan andgites, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 15. Ǽresð alra glengea and ymesð scolde scínan gold on his hrægle in sacerdotis habitu ante omnia aurum fulget, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 2

Linked entry: ufera

be-windan

girdleencirclesurround

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Add: to wrap an object in or with something Heó bewand þá hand on godwebbe, Shrn. 59, 35. Hé hine biwand in líne turn involvit sindone. Mk. R. 15, 46. Biuundun (ligauerunt) mid hræglum, Jn. L. 19, 40.

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bitethe bite

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and add: a bite Wiþ nǽdran bite, Lch. ii. 110, 19. Bite morsum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 60. Swá hwilcne swá þæt hors mihte, hit slát and wundode hiora lima mid bitum, Gr.

egesa

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Uton wé þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7

fadian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 306, 29. with acc. Se práfast þæt fadaþ and gegearewaþ praepositus omnia disponens, R. Ben. 137, 22. Hé wíslíce his líf ne fadað he orders not his life wisely, Wlfst. 52, 28. Fadode, 159, 18.

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, (i) to cause a thing to be done rapidly Hé sóna getimbrian hét mǽrlic mynster on þreóra geára fæce. ꝥæt wile þincan ungeleáflic eallum þǽm þe þá stówe on uferum tídum geseóð and þis ne gemunaþ.

ge-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, es; n.
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Gyf ic wiht him gelíces wiste, ic wolde þat lufian, Solil. H. 15, 13-19. Næfð hé náht men gelíces de homine nihil habet, Gr. D. 46, 28. Næfdon hé máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc, Met. 26, 93.

ge-fég

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God gesette twégen sunnstedas and hé geendebyrde þá twelf mónðas on twám emnihtum ... hé eác mid his ágenre mihte geglengde ꝥ gér mid feówrum gesceaftum, swá þis gefeig ætýwð eallum þe hyt sceáwiað he adorned the year with four seasons, as this framework

mǽtan

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Add: with acc. of person and of dream Tó þǽm sóðum gesǽlðum ic tiohige ðæt ic þé lǽde, þǽr þín mód oft ymb rǽsweð and eác mǽt te ducere aggredimur ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus quoque somniat animus, Bt. 22, 2 ; S. 51, 13.

on-sígan

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Uton standan mid gemâglicum wôpum ongeán ðâm onsîgendum swurde swâ miccles dômes, 126, 1. where defect is chargeable to wrong action Wite se abbod gylte(s) hyrdes onsîgan swâ hwæt on sceápum se hîredes ealdor nytwyrð-nesse hwônlîcor swâ mæg gemêtan sciat

gíme-líst

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., and add: the not taking proper care of, carelessness with. Cf. gíman; 4 For ðǽre giémeléste his hǽlo per negligentiam suae salutis Past. 463, 3. Be speres gýmeleáste of carelessness with a spear Ll.

losian

(v.)
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Gif wíf losað cásering énne, Lk. L. R. 15, 8. to fail to obtain Ne loseð mearda his, Mt. L. 10, 42. Losað, Mt. L. R. 9, 41

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce, Wand. 65. Leóðworda dǽl reccan, An. 1490. ¶ sum-dǽl some-what, some (cf.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Th. 78, 10. to reach an object by throwing, to throw and hit, to strike with something, with gen. of what is thrown Hé hine ongon wæteres weorpan he threw water upon him, Beo.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BEexistbecomeessefieri

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Ðǽr wit tú beóþ where we two are Exon.125 a; Th. 480, 21; Rä. 64, 5 : Beo. Th. 3681; B. 1838 : Cd. 133; Th. 168, 20; Gen. 2785 : Hy. 7, 88; Hy.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Se ðe ǽnig ðissa dó, gilde wíte, fríman xii ór, þeówman ða hýde, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 25. v. Grm. R. A. 703

Linked entry: hýd-gild

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Gód sceal wyð yfele geógoþ sceal wið ylde sacan, Menol. Fox 562 ; Gn. C. 50. Nǽron eówre gescí mid ylde fornumene nec calceamenta pedum vestrorum vetustate consumpta sunt, Deut. 29, 5.

Linked entries: yld eld