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wenian

(v.)
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Add: to accustom oneself, be accustomed Hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe þe hé ǽr wenede (gewnnude, v.l.) numquam postmodum solutum tetendit pedem ultra locum quo ligatum hunc tendere consueverat, Gr. D. 214, 14

un-wiþmetenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wiþmetenlíc, adj.

Incomparablenot to be compared

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Incomparable, not to be compared Is his eádmódnys ús unwiðmetenlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 119. Ðis hálige mǽden, Godes módor, is unwiðmetenlíc eallum óðrum mǽdenum, Homl. Th. i. 442, 29. Hire geðincðu óðra hálgena unwiðmetenlíce sind, 446, 5

Linked entry: wiþ-metenlíc

æhte-mann

a serf

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Add: a serf Be manna metsunge. Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge . . . Ðeówan wífmen. . . . Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreð . . ., Ll. Th. i. 436, 25-33. Ðá wearð gefullod fæder and sunu mid heora innhýrede and heora ǽhtemannum, Hml. S. 5, 308

hæft-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-noþ, -neþ, es; m.

Custody, keeping, imprisonment

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Custody, keeping, imprisonment On hæftnoþe biþ gehæfd he will be imprisoned, Lchdm. iii. 200, 34. On hæftneþe gebringan to imprison, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 21. Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40

on-willan

(v.)

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent

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to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362

Linked entry: on-wyllan

tó-foran

(prep.)
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tó-foran, prep, with dat., gen.

Before.in front of,in presence of,previous toabove,in a greater degree thansuperior toover and above,beside,beyond

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Ben. 55, 6. Tóforan eallum þingum wé myngiaþ, ðæt. . . 58, 7: Wulfst. 239, 17. Tóforon. Bd. 42; Fox 260, 12. marking excess, over and above, beside, beyond Tóforan ðám praeterea, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 234, 9.

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.

Linked entry: hræde

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Th. 136, 3; By. 145: Beo. Th. 5352; B. 2679. Gemearca hú ða tyrf ǽr stódon, Lchdm. i. 398, 5.

Linked entries: for-stent stondan

un-sæpig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sæpig, adj.

Not sappysapless

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Not sappy, sapless Treówa gif hí beóð on fullum mónan geheáwene, hí beóð heardran tó getimbrunge, and swíðost gif hí beóð unsæpige geworhte, Homl. Th. i. 102, 24

Linked entry: sæpig

æf-éstian

(v.)
Grammar
æf-éstian, -éstigan ; p. ode ; pp. od

To envybe envious of or atinvidere

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To envy, be envious of or at; invidere Ðes iunga man ne æféstigaþ on nánum þingum, ðe he hér gesihþ this young man is envious at nothing, which he here seeth, Th. Apol. 14, 25: Cot. 119

Linked entry: ge-æféstian

for-drugian

(v.)
Grammar
for-drugian, -druwian; p. ode; pp. od

To dry upparchwitherarescĕresiccāri

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Hió wǽre fordrugod to duste it would be dried to dust, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 207; Met. 20, 104

Linked entry: for-druwian

fulligan

(v.)
Grammar
fulligan, to fulligenne

To baptizebaptīzāre

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Gif cild biþ to fulligenne if there be a child to baptize, 29; Th. ii. 352, 30

Linked entry: fulligenne

ge-landian

(v.; adj.)
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., and be healfum þám ǽlc mínra þegna þe gelandod sý, Ll. Th. i. 240, 20

leáfa

Grammar
leáfa, (?), l. leáfa,
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Be his scriftes leáfan cum confessarii sui venia 224, 33

léc

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Hwæt secge ic be eágum mínum . . . þá mé mid léce forhwyrfdon unrihtum ? quid dicam de oculis meis . . . qui me intuitu perverterunt iniquo? Angl. xi. 118, 50. Hé wæs gestæððig on his léce, Hml. S. 31, 296. Add

nytig

(n.)
Grammar
nytig, (?) usefulness (?),
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Or could nitig (= nytig) be connected with the verb expedire. Cf. expedit ei, proderit ei, 72, 78?) expeditio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 69

Linked entry: here-nitig

ofer-módian

(v.)
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to be proud Þæt þurh eádmódnysse ná ofermódige ut per humilitatem non superbiat, Scint. 19, 20. Náteshwón framað on héhnysse eádmódnysse leornian sé þe on neowlum gesett ná geswícð ofermódian (superbire ), 84, 8. Ofermódigende superbiendo, 230, 3

Linked entry: -módian

Coln

(n.)
Grammar
Coln, e; f?

The river COLNE, EssexColnius, in agro Essexiensi

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The river COLNE, Essex; Colnius, in agro Essexiensi Hie flugon ofer Temese, ðá up be Colne on ánne íggaþ they fled over the Thames, then up by the Colne to an island Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 28

on-sundness

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

Soundness, freedom from physical or moral flaw

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Gefég ðás bricas tó ansundnysse join these broken gems together so that they may again be whole, Homl. Th. i. 62, 8

Linked entry: on-sundness

swin

(n.)
Grammar
swin, swinn, es; m.

Sound, melody

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Sound, melody Swin, sang melodia (Wright gives swinsang melodio ; perhaps swinsung should be read, but see the following gloss), Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 28. Swinne ł sangge melodia, Hpt. Gl. 467, 41. Swinn, dreám melodiam, 515, 42

Linked entry: ge-swin