irmþ
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Ben. 109, 20. poverty, destitution Hú ne hæfdest ; þú ðá earmþe (yrmþe, v. l.) þá þá þú welegost wǽre? tu hanc insufficientiam plenus opibus sustinebas), Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 92, 6. Ermðe (wiédle, v. l.) indigentiam, 26, 2 ; F. 94, 9.
wildan
to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ to make submissive ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ rule ⬩ control ⬩ to take into one's power ⬩ to seize
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Ben. II, 12. Gyf mín hí ne beóþ wyldde si mei non fuerint dominati . Ps.
tó-sceád
a separating, ⬩ distinguishing, ⬩ distinction ⬩ the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind ⬩ discrimination ⬩ discerning ⬩ difference, ⬩ diversity
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Ben. 12. 7. Mid ðæs micelum dómes tósceáde cum magna examinis discussione, Anglia xiii. 375, 141. the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind, discrimination, discerning Se Hálga Gást sylþ his gife ðám ðe hé wile.
symbelness
Festivity, solemnity ⬩ festivity, feasting ⬩ a religious festival ⬩ solemnity ⬩ festive nature
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Ben. Interl. 43, 2. In dege mérum symbelnisse (sollemnitatis) eówerre, Ps. Surt. 80, 3. Symelnysse, Ps. Spl. 80, 3. On ðære Eástorlícan tíde symbelnysse in ipso tempore festi Paschalis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 40.
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wítnung
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Swerie hé (a criminal who has been punished) ðæt hé ǽfre wítnunge ne wrece, L. Eth. vii. 17; Th. i. 332, 22. Áwend nú fram mé ðíne wítnunga (plagas tuas), Ps. Th. 38, 11
earmlíce
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Cf. earm-lic, Ðú woldest beón foremǽre on weorþscipe . . . þonne scealt þú óleccan swíþe earmlíce and swíþe eádmódlíce þám þe þé tó þám gefultumian mæge dignitatibus fulgere velis?
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Hí ne beóð mid ǽnigum fæce fram him sylfum tótwǽmede, Hml. Th. i. 500, 4. Betwux þá cealdan faca þǽre lyfte, Guth. 36, 15. Faco, 88, 15. room: Fec spatium, Kent.
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
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Ǽlc flýma beó flýma on ǽlcum lande þe on ánum sý, 296, 21. Pastio latronum latitantium in siluis qui spoliant et occidunt alios, quos Angli uocant fléman, Ll. Lbmn. 614, I.
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ge-wita
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H. 119, 24. (2 a b) a witness of something for a person :-- Hwæs sceoldan hié úrum Drihtne gewitan beón?, Bl. H. 119, 26. ¶ uninflected? :-- Þyses ealles hié sceoldon Drihtne gewita beón, Bl.
wann
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T. 1598) Ýðgeblond ástígeþ won tó wolcnum the troubled waves mount dark to heaven, Beo. Th. 2752 ; B. 1374. Wonn, Exon. Th. 383, 34; Rä. 4, 20. Hé þeahte bearn middangeardes wonnan wǽge he covered earth's children with the dark wave, Cd.
wer
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Be ðon ðe ryhtgesamhíwan bearn hæbben, and ðonne se wer gewíte, L. In. 38; Th. i. 126, 2. Wer and wíf beóð in ánum líchoman, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 13: Exon. Th. 327, 11; Vy. 2: Blickl. Homl. 185, 26. Ðæt hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal, L.
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tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Heora fét beóð swíðe hraðe blód tó ágeótanne velocespedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem, Ps. Th. 13, 6. Fúse tó farenne, Beo.
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healf
a half
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Be healfan were gyldan, Ll. Th. i. 354, 19: 408, 20. Tó healfre híde, 188, 1. Forgielde þone wífman fullan gielde and ꝥ bearn healfan gelde, 68, 2, Be healfum wurðe, 208, 24. Gebycgan mid halfe weorðe, C. D. ii. 120, 28.
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web-sceaft
A weaver's beam
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A weaver's beam Websceaft liciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 10. Cf. web-beám
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célod
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beak (? cf. cele, and see Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 52, for such a 'beak')
wyrmǽte
Wormeatenness
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Wormeatenness Ða treówa ðe beóð áheáwene on fullum mónan beóð heardran wið wyrmǽtan ðonne ða ðe beóð on níwum mónan áheáwene, Lchdm. iii. 268, 10. Similar entries v. next word
stæpe
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Be ðám twelf stæpum eáðmódnesse. Ðære forman eáðmódnysse stæpe is, R. Ben. 23, 16. Seofon stapas sindon háligra háda ... Ðone forman stæpe béte man mid áne punde ... Æt ðam ódrum stæpe twá pund tó bóte ... Æt ðam þriddan stæpe, etc., L. E.
Aldhelm
ALDHELM bishop of Sherborne ⬩ Aldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus
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ALDHELM bishop of Sherborne; Aldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus Hér Aldhelm be westan Selewuda bisceop forþférde here [A. D. 709] Aldhelm bishop west of Selwood [Sherborne] died, Chr. 709; Th. 68, 17, col. 2. Ealdhelm, Chr. 731; Th. 74, 31, col. 2
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beadu-cræft
War-craft ⬩ strength in war ⬩ bellica vis
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War-craft, strength in war; bellica vis Ðé gúþgewinn þurh hǽðenra hilde wóman, beorna beaducræft, geboden wyrþeþ a war-contest will be offered to thee through the heathens' battle rush, the war-craft of heroes, Andr. Kmbl. 437; An. 219
éþ-hylde
Easily inclined, satisfied, contented ⬩ contentus
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Easily inclined, satisfied, contented; contentus On ánum were éþhylde heó ne biþ she will not be contented with one man, Obs. Lun. § 19; Lchdm. iii. 194, 1. Beóþ éþhylde on eówrum andlyfenum contenti estōte stīpendiis vestris. Lk. Bos. 3, 14
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