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wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung, e; f.

Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain

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Swerie hé (a criminal who has been punished) ðæt hé ǽfre wítnunge ne wrece, L. Eth. vii. 17; Th. i. 332, 22. Áwend nú fram mé ðíne wítnunga (plagas tuas), Ps. Th. 38, 11

á-hwæþer

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Sieððan hé hit mid ðára áwðrum (áþrum, Cott. MSS.) cýð, Past. 157, 21. Gif hé áuðer ðissa forlǽt, 87, 14. Gif hé ðǽra þénunga áþere déð, Wlfst. 34, 7. Sé ðe áðor forlǽt, Hml. S. 25, 68. <b>I a.

Linked entries: ówþer hwæþer áþer

ildan

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Ne yllde (ylde, v. l. ) hé hit þá leng, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 152, 4. with clause Tó won yldest þú ꝥ þú tó Gode gecyrre?, Archiv cxxii. 257, 9. Ne yld þú ná ꝥ þú gecyrre . . . Sé þe yldeð ꝥ hé ne gecyrre.

collen-ferhþ

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
collen-ferhþ, -ferþ, -tyrhþ; adj. [collen, pp. of cellan to swell p. ceall, pl. cullon; pp. collen, Ettm: ferhþ mind]

Fierce-minded ⬩ bold of spirit ⬩ bold ⬩ animi ferox ⬩ audax

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Kmbl. 493; El. 247; Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 22; Jud. 134 Ðonne he beót spriceþ collenferþ when he bold of spirit utters a promise Exon. 77b; Th. 290, 26; Wand. 71; Apstls.

Linked entry: morgen-colla

segnian

(v.)
Grammar
segnian, sénian; p. ode.

to make the sign of the cross upon anything in token of blessing or consecration ⬩ to bless ⬩ consecrate

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Ðá sang hé orationem ofer hine and hine bletsode and sénode dixit orationem, ac benedixit eum, 5, 5; S. 618, 8. Sénade, 5, 6; S. 619, 42. Hé mid his handum húsel sénode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 114.

Linked entries: sægnian sénian

þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
þeahtian, p. ode

To take counsel, ⬩ to consult

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Hé ða monnðwǽrnesse ðe hé ǽr ðurhtogen hæfde eft ðeahtigende on yfel gewend mansuetudinem, quam tolerances habuerunt, retractantes in malitiam vertunt, Past. 83; Swt. 225, 22.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Hé wæs for weorulde wís, weorðmynþa georn, Met. 1, 51. Ðæt ðú gefeó in ðæm fromscipe mínes lífes, and eác blissige in ðǽm weorðmyndum, Nar. 32, 32. Hé weorþmyntum þáh he throve gloriously Beo.

Linked entry: wirþu

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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Gode heora béne geóten qui pro eius custodia Deo preces fundant . Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 14. Hé ǽr Gode fylgan nolde in gehælde (on gehyldo, v. l.) þæs biscopes lífes Deum sequi prius in custodienda vita episcopi noluit, Gr.

worn

(n.)
Grammar
worn, weorn, es; m.

A swarm ⬩ band ⬩ Jlock ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ many ⬩ a great number ⬩ a great quantity ⬩ much ⬩ many

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Hé wunode dægrímes worn, 156, 31; Gen. 2597: 80, 20; Gen. 1331: Met. 26, 33. Hé ðæs wítes worn gefélde he felt the multitudinous pain, Cd. Th. 269, 23; Sat. 77. Hé worna fela sorge gefremede, yrmðe, Beo. Th. 4011; B. 2003

Linked entry: weorn

ge-swencan

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Gl. 314. (2 a) of disciplinary treatment :-- ꝥ hé blíþe þæs earman líchoman gefylle on þon þe hé hine sylfne geswence, Bl.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far

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Ys heora heorte feor fram mé, Bl. H. 69, 25.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

folgere

(n.)
Grammar
folgere, es; m.

aFOLLOWER ⬩ attendant ⬩ disciple ⬩ assecla ⬩ pĕdĭsĕquus ⬩ assectātor

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Ðý þriddan dæge þeóda Wealdend arás, and he feówertig daga folgeras síne rúnum arétte on the third day the Ruler of nations arose, and for forty days he comforted his followers [ = disciples] with words, Hy. 10, 35; Hy.

ge-hrínan

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Hé gehrán him ( eos ), Mt. L. 17, 7. Hió gihrán wédum his, Mk. R. 5, 27.

meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
meahtig, <b>mæhtig, mehtig, mihtig;</b> adj.

mighty ⬩ powerful ⬩ able ⬩ Possible

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Heó was swá mihtegu wið God ðæt heó sealde blindum gesihþe, Shrn. 31, 12. Meotud biþ meahtigra ðonne ǽnges monnes gehygd, Exon. 83 a; Th. 312, 28; Seef. 116. Migtigra, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 33; Dan. 522.

hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽwen, adj.

Blue, azure, purple, discoloured

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Genim ðás wyrte ðe grécas brittanice and engle hǽwen hydele, Herb. 30; Lchdm. i. 126, 6. Hǽwene hnydele, iii. 24, 8.

lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
lǽran, p. de

To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest

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Heora scriftbéc tǽcan and lǽran, 43, 8. Se mæg hine sylfne be ðare bysene lǽran he may teach himself by this example, 101, 6. Hé ongan lǽran tó healdenne ða þing, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 41.

á-gán

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D. iv. 56, 27. to come out, become known Hé létt ágán út hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre he made it come out how many hundred hides there were in the shire , Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18

Linked entry: á-gangan

wynsumian

(v.)
Grammar
wynsumian, p. ode

To rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ be joyful

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Wæs heó swíþe wynsumiende, 137, 33. Wynsumigende, 143, 25. Mid micclum wynsumigendum gefeán, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 678. Wynsumiende letantem, Rtl. 97, 16

Linked entry: wyn-sum

ád

(n.)
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Hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes, Hml. S. 9, 117. Ád incendia, An. Ox. 3951. Áda flammarum, i. rogorum, 3554. Ontendnessum, ádum incendiis, 1432. Ádum torribus, i. caminis, 4025

hínþ

Grammar
hínþ, hínþu, hínþo.

misery ⬩ poverty ⬩ hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ destruction

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Take here hýnþ in Dict., and add: misery, poverty Sume beóþ wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac hi beóþ mid wǽdle and mid hénþe (hǽnþe, v. l.) ofþrycte, ꝥ him wǽre leófre ꝥ hí wǽran unæþele þonne swá earme hunc nobilitas notum facit, sed angustia rei familiaris

Linked entry: hýnþ