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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 lack ⬩ want ⬩ desire ⬩ defectus ⬩ pēnūria ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ appĕtītus

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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, heresy ⬩ error, 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.

Miserable ⬩ woeful ⬩ calamitous

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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 blind ⬩ obcœcāre

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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 dip ⬩ baptize

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

brerd-full

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

eahta-hyrnede

(adj.)
Grammar
eahta-hyrnede, adj.
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Eight-cornered, octagonal Seó cyrce wæs eahtahyrnede, Hml. Th. ii. 496, 33

eþel-riht

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Him wæs on þám leódscipe lond gecynde, eard, éðelriht, B. 2198. Add

þrym-lic

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Sé wæs Iouis geháten, hetol and þrymlic, Sal. K. 121, 24. Add

ge-þafsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þafsum, adj.

Agreeing; ⬩ consentiens

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Agreeing; consentiens Wæs ðú geþafsum esto consentiens, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 25

Linked entry: -þafsum

mid-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mid-fæsten, es; n.

Mid-Lent

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Mid-Lent Wæs mycel gemót tó midfestene, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 11

ge-líchamod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líchamod, -homod; part. p.

Incarnate

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Incarnate Drihten wæs gelíchomod the Lord became incarnate, Blickl. Homl. 33, 15

ge-fægerness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fægerness, e; f.
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Beauty Hester wæs swíðe wlitig on wundorlicre gefægernysse, Hml. A. 95, 97

Legaceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Legaceaster-scír, e ; f.
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Cheshire Þý ilcan geáre wæs Legeceasterscír gehergod, Chr. 980; P. 124, 9

ymb-licgan

Grammar
ymb-licgan, <b>. II.</b>
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Wæter wǽt and ceald wangas ymbelicgað, eorðe ælgréno, Met. 20, 77. Add

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