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heáh-hweólad

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-hweólad, adj.
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High-wheeled Héhhwiólad wǽn carracu*-*tium, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 26

eahtatíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
eahtatíne-wintre, adj.
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Eighteen years old Þá heó eahtatýnewintre wæs, Hml. S. 33, 36

un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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unusual, unwonted Ðæs wundredon men, for ðí ðæt hit wæs ungewunelíc, Homl. Th. i. 184, 30. Fela fægera þinga ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 14.

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

ge-metfæst

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wæs líðe and gemetfæst on his worde, and hé wæs geþyldig and eádmód erat colloquio blandus, temperantia modestus, Guth. Gr. in, 82. Hé wæs swiðe geþyldig and eáðmód and gemetfæst on eallum his lífe. Bl.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

sorh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-leás, adj.

free from anxiety or caresecurefree from sorrow

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Cyning wæs þe sorgleásra (cf. módsorge wæg cyning, 122; El. 61), Elen. Kmbl. 193; El. 97. free from sorrow Wé sorgleáse mótan wunigan in wuldre, Exon. Th. 22, 3; Cri. 346

wídan

(adv.)
Grammar
wídan, adv.
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Óðer sinoð wæs eft óðer healf hund biscopa wídan gesamnod . . . Se feórða sinoð wæs six hund biscopa and .xxx. sacerda swýðe wídan gegaderode, L. Ælfc. P. 26, 28; Th. ii. 374, 7, 22.

hirde-leás

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Wæs mynster unfeorr fram heora húse ꝥ wæs forlǽten and hyrdeleás for heora hláfordes deáðe and forþfóre of þám mynstre non longe erat monasierium, quod rectoris sui morte erat destitutum, Gr. D. 205, 23

un-leoþuwác

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leoþuwác, adj.

Inflexibleintractableimplacable

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Ðá wæs mín hláford in micle hátheortnysse, and hé wæs swíðe unlioðewác geworden wið mé, and hé gebrægd his swurd and wolde mé ofsleán, Shrn. 39, 14

wésten

(adj.)
Grammar
wésten, adj. Desert
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Seó stów wæs swá wésten and swá dígle, ðæt næs ná ðæt án ðæt heó wæs ungewunelíc, ac eác swilce uncúð ðám landleódum him sylfum, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 105. Hé férde him ðanon tó ánum wéstenum earde, Homl. Ass. 66, 24: 71, 166

teolen

(n.)
Grammar
teolen, tilen, e; f.
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Þá þá hé wæs swýðe georne behealdende ðá teolone (tilone, v.l.) his gestlíðnesse cum hospitalitatis studio valde esset intentus, 194, 12

Linked entry: tilen

GÁD

(n.; int.)
Grammar
GÁD, gǽd, es; n ?

A lackwantdesiredefectuspēnūriadesīdĕriumappĕtītus

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A lack, want, desire; defectus, pēnūria, desīdĕrium, appĕtītus Ðæt ðám géngum þrým gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde that there should be no lack of food or clothing to the three youths, Cd. 176; Th. 222, 10; Dan. 102 : Elen. Kmbl. 1981; El. 992.

dwola

(n.; part.)
Grammar
dwola, an; m. [dwolen, pp. of dwelan to err]

Error, heresyerror, hærĕsis = αίρεσιs

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Error, heresy; error, hærĕsis = αίρεσιs Seó mǽægþ on dwolan wæs lifigende provincia in errōre versāta est, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 42.

Linked entries: dwala dweola

þreá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þreá-líc, adj.

Miserablewoefulcalamitous

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Miserable, woeful, calamitous Godes ágen bearn héngon fæderas ússe; ðæt wæs þreálíc geþóht, Elen. Kmbl. 851; El. 426. Wæs þreálíc þing ( the deluge ) þeódum tóweard, réðe wíte, Cd. Th. 79, 28; Gen. 1318.

Windles-óra

(n.)
Grammar
Windles-óra, an; m.

Windsor

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Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27. Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6: 178, 19

for-blindian

(v.)
Grammar
for-blindian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To blindobcœcāre

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Wæs forblindad ĕrat obcœcātum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 52

mere-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
mere-fisc, es; m.

A sea-fish

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A sea-fish Wæs merefixa mód onhréred, Beo. Th. 1102; B. 549

níwan-ácenned

(adj.)

new-born

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new-born Ðá wæs broht tó fulwihte níwanácenned cild, Shrn. 130, 7

ge-dyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyppan, -deppan

to dipbaptize

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to dip, baptize Ðá gedeped [wæs] baptizatus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 16

un-hleówe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hleówe, adj.

Chill

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Chill Unhleówan wǽg the chill wave, Cd. Th. 209, 4; Exod. 494

Linked entry: ge-hleow

brerd-full

(adj.)
Grammar
brerd-full, adj.
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Brim-full Ǽfre wæs se bteruc brerdful wínes, Hml. S. 6, 282