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still

(n.)
Grammar
still, stiell, es ; m.
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Wæs se forma hlýp . . . wæs se óðer stiell . . . se þridda hlýp . . . se feórða stiell, Exon. Th. 45, 7-33 ; Cri. 715-728. v. stellan to leap

Linked entries: stiell styll

under-stregdan

(v.)

to under-strew

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to under-strew Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and ðǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum he was stripped and sent to prison, and there had sea-shells and sharp stones strewed under him, Shrn. 51, 13

hyse-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-rinc, es; m.
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A young man Adam wæs swíðe weorðlic hise-rinc þá hine God ǽrest gehíwad hæfde tó mænniscum gesceape on þrý-tiges wintres ylde, Angl. xi. 2, 25. Wæs sum hysering ( adolescens ) in þám mynstre . . . Þysum cnihte seócendum, Gr. D. 338, 22

wédenheortness

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Add: of an animal Ꝥ hors wæs æfter þon stilre þonne hit wæs ǽr þǽre wédenheortnesse (wódnesse, v.l. ante illam insaniam). Se þegn geseah his hors ácyrred fram his wédenheortnesse (wódnesse, v.l. a sua vesania), Gr. D. 78, 12-17

up-wæstm

(n.)

growth upwardsstature

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growth upwards, stature Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus.

ge-rýde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rýde, adj.
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Smooth, easy, pleasant pi unc gerýde wæs, Ru. 64, 15

Linked entry: -rýde

hearpere

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Dauid . . . wæs under hiofenum hearpera mǽrost, Ps. C. 4. Add

mearh

Grammar
mearh, marrow.
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Wæl tósomne in heortes mærige, Lch. i. 374, 8. Add

hyngrig

(adj.)
Grammar
hyngrig, adj.

Hungry

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Hungry Ic wæs hingcgrig esurivi, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 35

leósan

(v.)
Grammar
leósan, (=? for-leósan)
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Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmannefor his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633,26

bearn-eácnod

(adj.)
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pregnant Heó wæs bearneácnod of ðám Hálgan Gáste, Nap. 8

Baðan

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Wæs æt Baðum geréfa, Chr. 906; P. 94, 20. Add

hræd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-líc, adj.

Quickhastysuddenspeedyprecipitate

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Quick, hasty, sudden, speedy, precipitate Hit wǽre tó hrædlíc gif hé ðá on cildcradole ácweald wurde it had been precipitate, had he been slain then in the cradle, Homl. Th. i. 82, 28.

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Add Wæs gecweden tó ðǽre byrig ðe Sídón hátte, sió stód bí ðǽre sǽ: 'Ðiós sǽ cwið ðæt ðú ðín scamige.' Swelce sió burg wǽre ðurh ðæs sǽs stemne tó scame geworden, Past. 409, 32-35. Ofer sę́as hé gestaðolode hié, Ps. Vos. 23, 2.

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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. ; (Take here <b>ge-dreóh</b> in Dict.) of animals, gentle, tame; mitis Hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen on þæs horses heáfde and ealle his réðnysse áwende on geþwǽrnysse, swá þæt hit wæs stillre and gedreóhre (mitior) þonne hit wǽre ǽr þǽre

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descendof violent movement

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Hé bodode ðæt him wæs Godes grama onsígende, 246, 17. Mé wæs onsígende se stranga wynd, St. And. 28, 13. Onsígendum ingruenti, Hpt. Gl. 503, 32

mynster

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Wæs se abbud gehádod tó þǽm mynstre þe Eádgár cyning mid munecum gesette, Lch. iii. 438, 26. Þes þeáw lange on Angelcynnes mynsterum forþweard wæs, 434, 20. Hé began georne mynstera wíde geond his cyneríce tó rihtlǽcynne, 440, l.

for-liden

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liden, adj.

Much-travelled

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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt hé wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hé hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11

wæscestre

(n.)
Grammar
wæscestre, an; f.
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One who washes. used of a man Iobinus wæs mín wæscestre (fullo), Gr. D. 191, 23 : 192. of a woman Hé wæs lufigende his wæscestran (presbyteram) swá swá his ágne swuster . . . þá þá hine geseah seó his wæscestre, Gr. D. 276, 1-14

ge-styrian

(v.)
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Gestyred wæs (commota est) all ðiú ceaster, Mt. L. 21, 10. Mið miltheortnisse gestyred wæs (motus est), Lk. L. 15, 20. Gestyred wæs (turbatus est), and ondo gefeóll ofer hine, Lk. L. R. l, 12.