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ge-sundrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sundrian, p. ode; pp. od [sundrian, syndrian to sunder]

To separate ⬩ divide ⬩ sunder ⬩ sēpăxāre ⬩ discēdĕre ⬩ disjungĕre

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Of sceádes ł gesundras definiens, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 13. Ðú ðe gesundradest qui destinasti, Rtl. 56, 31

Linked entry: ge-syndrian

wígle

(n.)
Grammar
wígle, (wigle?), es; n.

Divination ⬩ heathen practice

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[Þurh Merlines wiȝel (craft, 2nd MS.), Laym. 19250.] [He (devil) makeð be unbilefulle man to leven swilcne wigeles, swo ich ar embe spac, Rel. Ant. i. 131, 27.] [His (the devil's) wiȝeles and his wrenches, A. R. 300, 5.] [Wieles, 92, 21 : Fragm.

bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
bǽtan, p.te

To spread a covering ⬩ to saddle a horse

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Mid þám cynelican gebǽtum stratus regaliter, 3, 14; Sch. 257, 14. Of boetingum úsum de cubilibus nostris, Rtl. 37, 1

DUGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DUGAN, part. dugende; ic, he deah, deag; ðú duge, pl. dugon; p. dohte, pl. dohton

To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre

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Hú me cyne-góde cystum dohten how the good by race were munificently liberal to me, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 1; Wíd. 56: 86 a; Th. 324, 4; Wíd. 89.

Linked entry: dugunde

ge-búan

(v.)
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To dwell Gebýde in ceastra habitavit in civitate, Mt. L. 2, 23. Gebýde (gibýede, R.), Jn. L. 1, 14. Gewunedon ꝥ gebýedon ðér habitant ibi, Mt. L. 12, 45. Gebýdon (gibýedun, R.), Lk. L. 11, 26. Ðá áre ðe hé get on gebogen hæfð, C.D. ii. 135, 2.

for-cweþan

to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of

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Forcuoeða exprobrare, Mt. L. 11, 20.

open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large

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Skt. i. 23, 767. without concealment, without reserve, freely Hé spræc openlíce (palam), Mk. Skt. 8, 32. Nán man spæc openlíce be him for ðæra Iudéa ege, Jn. Skt. 7, 13. Ðá fór hé næs ná openlíce ac dýgollíce, 7, 10.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way

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Un-geniédde, mid eówrum ágenum willan (willum, Cott, MSS.), 18; Swt. 137, 20. Be his ágenum willan. Homl. Th. i. 228, 30. Mid his sylfes willan ultro Bd. l, 7; S. 477, 22. Mid nænignm néde gebǽded, ac mid his sylfes willan, Blickl. Homl. 83, 32.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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, Mt. p. 16, 6.

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street

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On Wulfrgdeswyrð; of Wulfrédeswyrðe, iv. 103, 13. a place enclosed by buildings, a court or hall of a house, a place or street of a town Hé sæt úta in worðe sedebat foris in atrio, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 69: Mk. Skt.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg ýþelíce gelácnian . . ., and æfter unéð, Lch. ii. 232, 17. Ðá æfter féng tó ðám ercebiscopdóme Iustus, Chr. 616; P. 24, 23. of position His wíf beláf æfter in ðám castele, Chr. 1076; P. 211, 29. of direction, cf.

ge-helpan

(v.)
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Ne ǽniht gehalp nec quicquam profecerat, Mk. L. R. 5, 36

tó-stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stregdan, -strédan. [For conjugation see stregdan.]

To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds

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To be dispersed, not to keep within proper bounds Ðonne ðæt mód flíhþ ðæt ðæt hit sié gebunden mid ege and mid láre, ðonne tóstrét (-strétt, Hatt.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

DURRAN

(v.)
Grammar
DURRAN, ic, he dear, ðú dearst, pl. durron, durran; p. dorste, pl. dorston, dorstan; pp. dorren

DARE, presume ⬩ audēre

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Met. Fox 1, 54; Met. 1, 27. [Durran is the fourth of the twelve Anglo-Saxon verbs, called præterito-præsentia, and given under ágan, q. v.

þweál

(n.)
Grammar
þweál, es; n. m.

washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment

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Se Hǽlend hí áþwóh mid þweále, 242, 29: Blickl. Homl. 147, 22. Mid þweále ðæs hálgan fulluhtes, Lchdm. iii. 434, 2. Eádig ðú eart ðe onfénge ðone þweál mínre gife, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 111. Þweálu clǽnes wǽles lavacra puri gurgitis, Hymn.

Linked entry: þweán

wiþer-saca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-saca, an; m.

an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel ⬩ an adversary at law ⬩ a prosecutor ⬩ one who renounces ⬩ denies ⬩ apostate

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Gif munuc oþþe mæssepreóst wiðersaca wurðe mid ealle, hé sí ámánsumod ǽfre, búton hé ðe rædlícor gebúge tó his þearfe, L. Eth. ix. 41; Th. i. 348, 31. Iúdas se wiþersaca, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 14: Mk. Skt. 14, 10, 43.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Se biscop orationem ofer me árǽdde, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 566, 4. Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs. Cht. Th. 486, 15-17. Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 13, 17.

hádianv

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'Hé mé hádode', Ælfc. Gr. Z. 8, 15. Ne hádige man ǽfre tó hrædlíce, Ll. Th. i. 416, 15. with acc. of person and order to which Hé gedyde ꝥ hine man hádode tó mæssepreóste eum presbyterum fecit ordinari, Gr. D. 225, 23.

hund-seofontig

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Add: as abstract numeral Týn síðon seofon beóð hundseofontig, Angl. viii. 303, 5. as substantive (sing, or pl.). with gen þær on ríme forborn fíf and hundseofontig hǽðnes herges, Jul. 588. pæt synd eall tógedere twá and hundseofontig geára (MS. geáre

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