wórian
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Add: (l b) of movement by a person Wandriendum, wóriendum uagabundis, i. errantibus (gestibus ), An. Ox. 3340. Wóri-endum færeldum uagabundis meatibus, 4857
weder-burh
A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city
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A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city Him Dryhten bebeád, ðæt hé ða wederburg wunian sceolde, Andr. Kmbl. 3390; An. 1699
wellyrge
sinus
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are glosses of sinus Wellyrgae (uuellyrgae sinus, simus, Ep. Erf.) smus (for sinus) Txts. 97, 1876. Wellere sinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 34
Linked entry: wellere
wil-þegu
A grateful repast
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A grateful repast Tólýsan líc and sáwle, and þonne tódǽlan werum tó wiste and tó wilþege fǽges flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 306; An. 153
snel-líc
moving rapidly, swift ⬩ quick in action, ready, bold ⬩ strenuus
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moving rapidly, swift Snellíc sǽmearh Andr. Kmbl. 533; An. 267. quick in action, ready, bold Monig snellíc sǽrinc Beo. Th. 1384; B. 690
twi-fiðerede
Double-winged ⬩ shaped as if with two wings (?) ⬩ forked
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Double-winged, shaped as if with two wings (?), forked Twyfyrede (twyfyþerede, MS. C.: twifeðerede, MS. V.) bisulcus Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 11
Linked entry: fiþerede
for-súcan
To suck up ⬩ devour
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To suck up, devour [Þæt se] wemmend mid deórenum ceaflum wǽre forsocen (forgnegen) [ut] scortator ferinis rictibus suggillaretur (i. rapietur ), An. Ox. 3343
eówde
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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A sheepfold, fold; ŏvīle Eówd ŏvīle, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2 ; Som. 8, 27. Sceal beón án eówd and án hyrde there shall be one fold and one shepherd, Homl. Th. i. 244, 1, 3.
milts
mildness ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ meekness ⬩ humility ⬩ joy
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] hergaþ; Exon. 55 a; Th. 195, 11; Az. 154: Th. 194, 29; Az. 146: 54 b; Th. 193, 8; Az. 118
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þyrel
A hole made through anything ⬩ an aperture ⬩ orifice
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Ðæt ísen ( a scythe ) becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde and tó ðam ðyrle ðe hit ǽr of ásceát, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 14. Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo ðurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Þurh nǽdle þyrel (ðyril, Lind.) per foramen acus, Mk.
þanne
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Gang ǽr and gesybsuma wið ðínne bróðer, and þonne cum ðú syððan and bring ðíne lác, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 24. Búton hé gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan, and þonne hys hús bereáfige, 12, 29.
hrepian
To touch ⬩ treat
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Swá hraðe swá his sceadu hí hreopode as soon as his shadow touched them, 316, 16: 492, 25. Hrepede, 176, 6. Gif ic his reáfes gefnædu hreppe ... heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu ...
Linked entries: æt-hreppian a-hrepian hreopian
cempa
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Wǽpenboran, cempan pugiles .i. gladiatores, An. Ox. 751. Cemp[ena] luctatorum, 4735 (cf., 11, 188). Cempena anthletarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 62. Cempum tirunculis, An. Ox. 719.
ést-full
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Éstfulles delicatae, An. Ox. 1088. Hwǽr beóð ðá éstfullan swǽsnessa, Hex. 50, 26. Éstfullum delicatis, R. Ben. I. 84, 2. Éstfulle delicatas, An. Ox. 3166: diliciosas, 1935
Linked entry: ést-georn
ram-hund
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Liebermann suggests that the correct form would be hrán-hund, a reindeer-hound, but as in the same passage the payment for a slain greyhound is lxxx d. it seems hardly likely that any kind of deerhound could be compensated for by so small a sum as xii
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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A little bough is lopped off a fruit-bearing tree, and cut into small pieces; these are distinguished by certain marks, and thrown carelessly and at random over a white garment,' Tacitus' Germania, c. 10], a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
ge-bycgan
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Th. i. 122, 5. to obtain by payment a benefit, an advantage, office, &c. where the payment is material Lundene waru griðede wið þone here and heom frið gebohtan. Chr. 1016; P. 153, 9.
for-wyrcan
to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil
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Tó ðám earde wé wǽron gesceapene, ac wé hit forwyrhton, ii. 222, 12. as a legal term Þá .iii. hída þe Wístán forworhte wið þone cyning mid unrihtum monslihte, Cht. Crw. 20, 27 (see note p. 113 on crimes for which forfeiture of land was a penalty).
infangeneþeóf
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A similar enumeration occurs in 384, 25 and in 411, 32. In 369, 13 the word occurs in an Anglo-Saxon charter. See also Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 227, 9, where is the form 'mid infangenum þeófe.'
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5.