un-gemet
immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very
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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,
ágen
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Þæs wæteres ágnu cýþ is on eorþan, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 14. Þis is mín ágen cýð, Met. 24, 49. Ágen vel gecynde sprǽc idioma, proprietas linguae , Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 46. Binnan heora ǽgenre hýde, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 23. Mid míne ágne mægene, Past. 39, 18.
weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
- 475 :
- 772
- 21
a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Gódige he folces fær mid bricgum ofer deópe wæteru, and ofer fúle wegas, L. Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 282, 10. Ðurh ðrióstrie weogas per vias tenebrosas, Kent. Gl. 21. of what resembles a path, as in Milky Way. v.
stán
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Hé lǽdde wæter of stáne ( de petra ), Ps. Spl. 77, 19. Gé tó ðam lifgendan stáne staþol fæstniaþ, Exon. Th. 281, 30; Jul. 654. Ic stande beforan ðé uppan Oreb stáne ( supra petram Horeb ), Ex. 17, 6.
Linked entry: stán-weorþung
ofer-wreón
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum ða uferan hire qui tegis aquis superiora ejus, Ps. Lamb. 103, 3. Geswinc welera heora oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps. Surt.: -wrýhþ. Ps. Spl.) hí labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos, 139, 10. Oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps.
irnan
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Wæter yrnende, Ps. Th. 64, ll : Gen. 211. Eornende, Ps. Sit. 57, 8.
twégen
Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively
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Ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte, Ex. 14, 22. Twá turtlan (tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas, Lind.) par turturum, Lk. Skt. 2, 24. Hé gelǽrde twuá mǽgþa, Shrn. 131, 26. Wé habbaþ twá (tuá, Hatt. MS.) bebodu, Past. 7; Swt. 48, 13.
ge-dréfan
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Wæter stód dreórig and gedréfed, B. 1417. Þá gedréfed wearð, onhréred hwælmere, An. 369.
hwanan
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Hwanon hæfst þú lífes wæter?, Jn. 4, 11. source from which things are derived Hwanon ys þysum þes wísdóm and þis mægen?, Mt. 13, 54: 56. origin of a person or thing Hwanon eart þú?, Jn. 19, 9. Fullwiht Jóhannes hwonan wæs; of heofonum ðe of monnum?
innan
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Of ðǽre sǽ cymþ ꝥ wæter innon þá eorþan, Bt. 34, 6 ; F. 140, 18. Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259
weorpan
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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.
HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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Under wætera hrófas of passing through the Red Sea, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 18; Exod. 571. Bodiaþ uppan hrófum prædicate super tecta, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 27
in-gehygd
Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ intent ⬩ sense ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ conscience ⬩ intention ⬩ purpose
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Wæter getácnaþ on ðyssere stówe mennisc ingehýd, ii. 280, 2. Ða [the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit ] sind wisdóm and andgit, rǽd and strengþ, ingehýd and ǽrfæstnys; Godes ege is se seofoða, 292, 23.
tó
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Add Þæt wæter wearð tó twá tódǽled, Ex. 14, 21. Add ꝥ ic eów tó ǽfen ǽr sǽde, ꝥ ilce ic eów nú segce, Hml. S. 23, 449. add: cf. I. 1 a ꝥ gé tó þýs húsle ne gangen. Rtl. 114, 21. cf.
fundian
to go with the object of reaching a person or place ⬩ direct one's course to ⬩ giving purpose ⬩ to move so as to reach a point ⬩ to strive to attain an end or object
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Tó áwirigenne þæt folc þe fundode wið his maledic populo huic sedenti contra me, Num. 22, 6. of things, to move so as to reach a point Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit uppað and fundað wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from cóm illud repetit, unde descendit, Past
síd
wide ⬩ broad ⬩ spacious ⬩ ample ⬩ extensive ⬩ far-reaching ⬩ large ⬩ capacious ⬩ ample ⬩ spacious ⬩ large ⬩ long ⬩ hanging ⬩ of ample length
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Eorþe and síd wæter earth and ocean broad, Cd. Th. 7, 2; Gen. 100. Geseah sceado swiðrian geond sídne grund, 8, 35; Gen. 134. Sǽs sídne grund, Exon. Th. 349, 2; Sch. 40. Geond sídne sǽ, 53, 19; Cri. 853. Sǽs sídne fæðin, Elen. Kmbl. 1454; El. 729.
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Úre líchoma wæs gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, of eorþan and of fýre and of wætere and of lyfte, Bl. H. 35, 13. fire of hell Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ꝥ fýr on þǽre helle, Bt. 15; F. 48, 19. On þám écan fýre mid deófle, C. D. iv. 52, 9.
wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Wæter ðe wuniaþ gyt under fæstenne folca hrófes, 10, 6; Gen. 152. Eorðe and wæter wuniaþ on fýre, Met. 20, 148. Beorh wunode on wonge, Beo. Th. 4476; B. 2242. Se monlíca stille wunode, ðǽr hié begeat wíte, Cd. Th. 155, 3; Gen. 2567.
wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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To cover. to put a covering on something, literal Se ðe wrígð wæterum ða uferan his gut tegit aquis superiora ejus. Ps. Spl. 103, 3. Óþer eáre hí him underbrédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð (se cooperiunf). Nar. 37, 12.
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weald
High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.
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Wudes ne feldes, sandes ne strandes, wealtes ne wæteres, Lchdm. iii. 288, 1. Wealdes treów ( the cross ), Rood Kmbl. 34; Kr. 17. Án wind of Calabria wealde de Calabris aura, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 8.
Linked entries: weald-leþer geald wealda wilde