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drinc-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
drinc-wérig, adj.

Drink weary, satisfied with drinkingpotu defessus, temŭlentus

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Drink weary, satisfied with drinking; potu defessus, temŭlentus, Cot. 124

lid-wérig

(adj.)
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lid-wérig, adj.
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Weary of being on shipboard, Andr. Kmbl, 963; An. 482

wísa

(n.)
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wísa, an; m.

A leader director captain

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A leader, director, captain Wæs Cainan æfter Enose aldordéma, weard and wísa, Cd. Th. 70, 22; Gen. 1157. Ðú eart eallum eorðbúendum weard and wísa, 251, 19; Dan. 566. Enoch ealdordóm áhó;f, folces wísa, 73, 2 ; Gen. 1198.

be-sceran

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Hé beáh tó ðam mynstre, and wearð bescoren (received the tonsure), Hml. Th. ii. 348, 30. Sum wæs bescoren preóst quidam erat attonsus ut clericus, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35. Hé wearð bescoren tó Crístes þeówðóme, Hml. S.6, 240.

be-irfeweardian

(v.)
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Þí lǽs hé ús beyrfewerdige (-weard-, v. l. ), swá swá fæder déþ his bearn, R. Ben. l, 16

weg-farende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-farende, ; adj. (ptcpl.)

Wayfaring

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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l.) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23

æhte-mann

a serf

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Ðá wearð gefullod fæder and sunu mid heora innhýrede and heora ǽhtemannum, Hml. S. 5, 308

þeów-cnapa

(n.)
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þeów-cnapa, an; m.
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A servant-lad His ðeówcnapena án wearð þearle áwéd; ðá sette Martinus his handa him onuppon, and se feónd fleáh forht for ðam hálgan, and se ðeówa siððan gesundful leofode, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 27

word-hleóþor

(n.)
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word-hleóþor, es; m.

The sound of speakingvoice

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Wearð gehýred heofoncyninges stefn, word-hleóðres swég mǽres þeódnes, 186; An. 93

á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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Heródes wearð micclum ástyred, Hml. Th. i. 78, 9. Wæs þis land swíðe ástirad, Chr. 1007; P. 222, 27. Wearð se cásere for þǽre wógunge ástyrod, Hml. S. 7, 301. Wearð þ folc ástyrod on swíðlicum hreame they cried out excitedly, 31, 281.

Linked entry: á-styrung

Cent-land

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Hé wið þá Brettas gefeaht, and gefliémed wearð on þǽm londe þe mon hǽt Centlond. Raþe þæs hé gefeaht wiþ þá Brettas on Centlonde, and hié wurdon gefliémede, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 19-21. Add

wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostilitycontentionoppositionperversityfrowardnessdepravityarroganceunfavourable conditionadverse circumstanceadversitycontrarietydiversity

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Similar entries v. wiþer-weard, I Nis ðǽr ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, ne nǽnig wiþerweardnes, Blickl. Homl. 25, 32.

ge-læccan

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ge-læccan, <b>; II 4.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hé wearð gelæht tó þám láðum gecampe (cf. betǽht tó þám gewinne, Hml. S. 31, 36), Hml. Th. ii. 500, 7. Add

ge-dyngan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyngan, to dung, manure.
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Substitute Seó eá þæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, and hit þonne mid Sim gedynged wearð fluvius per plana diffusus augmentis ubertatis inpendebalur, Ors. l, 3 ; S. 32, 7. Gedyngde æceras ceratos agros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 22

on-drǽdendlic

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A. 145, 41. fearful, in terror Wearð eorþbeofung . . . Hié þeah swá ondrǽdendlice (andrǽdende, v. l.) gebidon terra tremuit. Diu adtoniti utrimque populi haesitavere, Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 30

stær-blind

(adj.)
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Arrianus wearð slagen mid sæmnedlicre blindnesse, swá ꝥ hé eallunga stærblind wæs gelǽded mid fræmdum handum Arrianus subita caecitate percussus est, atque alienis manibus ad suum habitaculum reductus, Gr. D. 235, 3.

á-weg

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Hé tówearp ꝥ deófolgild and wearð him áwege, Hml. S. 25, 228. hér ys se áwege, Amauisti vel amasti, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 1

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á-léfedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-léfedness, e; f.
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Ðám wearð geswutelod ꝥ hé sceolde gefeccan æt Swýðúnes byrgene his líchaman hǽle and þǽre áléfednysse ( the cure of his crippledness ), Hml. S. 21, 99

Linked entry: -léfedness

wódness

(n.)
Grammar
wódness, e; f.

madnessfuryfrenzyrageblasphemy

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His wódnys wearð gewrecen ðurh God, Homl. Ass. 60, 212

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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generally feminine, but see the genitive. a plough Sulh aratrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 2: 289, 76. Sul, ii. 6, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 17; Zup. 109, 18. Swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11: L. Eiig. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 9: L. C. E. 8; Th.