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hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Wé mágon eów sellan hálwende geþeahte hwæt gé dón mágon possumus salubre vobis dare consilium quid agere valeatis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 14. Seó tunge ðe swá monig hálwende word gesette illa lingua quæ tot salutaria verba composuerat, 4, 24; S. 599, 11.

Linked entry: -wende

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,

to empty, remove the material contained in somethingto freegive leisure toto free oneselfto be disengaged to makeget timedevote oneself

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Ðonne hí geǽmetgade biód ðæt hié magon bet dón ðonne óðre menn meliora agere vacantes Past. 401, 7. generally reflexive, to free oneself. from occupation, absolute, to be disengaged Geǽmetgiað eów and gesióð vacate et videte Ps.

on-stellan

(v.)

to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example)

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Wolde ic eów on ðon bysne onstellan, Andr. Kmbl. 1942; An. 973. Ða godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, swǽ hit míne ærfenuman onstellen ( appoint ), Chart. Th. 477, 12. Onstaelde (ox-, Wrt.) idoneus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 51

Linked entry: an-stellan

ge-swencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swencan, -swæncan; p. -swencte; pp. -swenced, -swenct [swencan to disturb, vex]

To disturbagitatetroublevexfatigueoutwearyafflictharassoppresspulsāreagĭtāretrībŭlārevexārefătīgāreafflīgĕreaffĭcĕreopprĭmĕre

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Híg eów to deáþe geswencaþ morte affĭcient ex vobis, Lk. Bos. 21, 16: 8, 45. Sarai híg ðá geswencte and heó sóna fleáh út to ðam wéstene afflīgiente igĭtur eam Sarai fŭgam iniit, Gen. 16, 6.

Linked entries: swencan ge-swæncan

DILE

(n.)
Grammar
DILE, dyle, es; m.
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Ge tiogoðiaþ eówre mintan and eówerne dile and eówerne cymen ye tithe your mint and your dill and your cummin, Past. 57; Hat. MS: Mt. Bos. 23, 23.

Linked entry: dyle

incer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
incer, adj. pron. 2nd person dual.
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A. eowrum] geleáfan secundum fidem vestram fiat vobis, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 29. Ðý læs gyt láð gode incrum [Adam and Eve ] waldende weorðan þyrfen, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 25; Gen. 577. Tó incre andsware, Th. 35, 19; Gen. 557.

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

To look with wonder, be amazed,to wonder at, be amazed at

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Eówre fýnd wafiaþ eówre stupebunt super ea inimici vestri, Lev. 26, 32. Ealle men wafedon his ánes. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 616. Ða ðe Símónes wundordǽda wafodan, Blickl. Homl. 173, 22. Hwá ne mæge wafian ǽlces steorran? Met. 28, 44.

Linked entries: wæfre wæfþ webbung

hund

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Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on ðá sǽ lǽdon þonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 13. <b>I b,</b> in n Hundas cómon and his wunda liccodon, Lk. 16, 21.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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Ic mé tó þám geeádmétte, ꝥ ic eów mid eádmódnysse þénade, Hml. A. 159, 183. Geeádmédde, 151, 8. Geeáþ-médde, Bl. H. 11, 33. Hé ( St. Michael ) hine geeáðmédde ꝥ . . . 197, 14, Drihten hine geeáðmédde swá steórréðra, 235, 23

ge-hefigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hefigian, -hefegian, -hefgian; p. ode; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To make heavy or sadto loadburdenweigh downincrease the weight ofaggravategravarecontristarevexaredeprimereaggravare

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Ðé-læs eówer heortan gehefegode sýn on oferfylle ne forte graventur corda vestra in crapula, Lk. Bos. 21, 34. Swá swá hefig byrðen mín unriht synt gehefegode ofer me sicut onus grave iniquitates meæ gravatæ sunt super me, Ps. Th. 37, 4.

Linked entry: ge-heofegian

þing-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
þing-rǽden, þing-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Ðá cwæð se ealdorman: 'Wundor mé ðincþ eówer ðingrǽden,' Homl. Th. ii. 484, 14. God heora synne ðurh his ( Job's ) ðingrǽdene forgeaf, 458, 4: 292, 1. Gif ðú geþafian nelt þingrǽdenne ( pleading on behalf of a lover ), Exon.

un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untieunbindloose

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Ne untígð ( soluit ) eówer ǽlc on restedæge his oxan oððe assan fram ðære binne? Lk. Skt. 13, 15. Gyt gemétaþ assan folan getíged ... untígaþ hyne. Gif inc hwá áhsaþ hwí gyt hyne untígeaþ ...

cyn-ren

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Eówre wíto and eówres cinrenes ( seminis tui ) wíto, Deut. 28, 59. a nation Dryhten rínað ofer eall cynrynu ( gentes ), Ps. Th. 46, 8. a kind, species Synderlicere cynrene singulari (tincturae) genere, An. Ox. 1057. Syx synt muneca cynerena, R.

rǽd-fæst

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Add: of good counsel Eówer bróðer is snotor and rǽdfæst your brother is a man of counsel (1 Macc. 2, 65), Hml. S. 25, 264: Solil. H. 61, 9. Ælfstán arceƀ wæs swíðe rǽdfast man ǽgðer ge for Gode and for worulde, Chr. 1019 ; P. 154, 19.

récan

Grammar
récan, reccan.
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Ðæt sió sib of eówre heortan ne gewíte, ðæáh hiere mon ne recce quatenus pax a cordibus vestris nec abnegata discedat, Past. 357, 11. Hé nánes monnes óleccunga ne réce in nullius se debeat favorem declinare, 383, 12.

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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Án þing ic eów secge tó gewisse, ðæt witod sceal geweorðan godspel gecýþed geond ealle worulde ǽr worulde ende, 89, 21.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to cursemaledicereto do evil

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Bletsiaþ ða ðe eów wyrgeaþ (wiriaþ, v. l.: ðǽm woergendum, Lind.) Lk. Skt. 6, 28. Wyrigeaþ (wyriaþ, v. l.: wærgaþ, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 5, 11. Ðæt fictreów ðe ðú wyrgdyst (wyrigdest,v. l.) Mk. Skt. 11, 21. Ðæt ðú míne fýnd wirigdest, Num. 23, 11.

áscian

(v.)
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S. 23, 721, 723. (1 a) and with acc. of person asked Ic áhsige eów ánre sprǽce, Mt. 21, 24. God ácsað eów þises, Wlfst. 49, 5. Hú hé ondwyrdan sceolde þæs hé hiene áscade quid sibi tamquam consulenti responderi velit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 30.

Linked entry: áhsian

hǽlend

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Th. 112, 1: 98, 10. applied to the second person Frumbearn Godes sǽde: ' Ic eów geworhte . . . Ic on neorxna wonge ǽsette treów . . git oferhýrdon Hǽlendes word . . .

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Ic wið eów stíðlícor áginne, ðonne ic tale wið eów habban wylle I shall proceed too sternly against to be ready to talk to you, Hml.