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wérig-ferhþ

(adj.)
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wérig-ferhþ, adj.
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Weary-hearted, disconsolate, depressed Ongan geómormód tó Gode cleopian . . . weóp wérigferð, Andr. Kmbl. 2799; An. 1402. Hí hreówigmóde wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, gewitan him wérigferhþe on fleám sceacan, Jud. Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 291.

eges-ful

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eges-ful, ege-ful. l. eges-ful, omit the instances of ege-ful,
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and add Mereflódes weard ( the Deity ) yrre and egesfull, Exod. 505. Ne bið ús ( devils) freá milde egesful ealdor (the Devil ), Jul. 329. Egesful eorla drihten ( Holofernes ), Jud. 21. Þæt egesfulle horrendus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 43.

ge-hlów

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Wearð hé geþreád fram þám áwyrg-dan gáste . . . and ongan beón swíðe geswænced mid gehlówum ( balatibus ), Gr. D. 223, 8

gin-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
gin-fæsten, es; n.
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v. fasten; Gif onlúcan wile bánhúses weard ginfæsten gód gástes cǽgum if the mind with spiritual keys will open the noble, spacious chamber, i. e. if a man will study the Scriptures (?), Exod. 524

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huntnaþ

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Wearð se cyng Willelm on huntnoðe fram his ánan men mid ánre flá ofsceoten, 1100; P. 235, 16

ofere

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Mið þám þá wearð hé sóna ofere, nyste hé hú. Ðá þá hé ofere wæs, þá cóm him láteów ongeán, Vis. Lfc. 7-9. from above Hé bebeád genipum ofere ( desuper ), Ps. Rdr. 77, 24

for-hraþe

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wearð þá gefullod forhraðe, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 1: Hml. S. 29, 149. Æðelstán cyng gefreóde Eádelm forraðe þæs ðe hé ǽrest cyng wæs very soon after he first was king, C. D. B. ii. 315, 18. Add

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in-geþóht

(n.)
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conscience Þá gewordenum þám ǽrmergene heó wearð on hire ingeþóhte (geþóhte, v. l.) áfyrhted for þon þe heó þá þurhtogenan lustas on hire líchaman gefremede cum mane facto conscientiam deterreret perpetrata carnis delectatio, Gr.

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for-maneg

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Heora formænig foremǽre wearþ, R. Ben. 138, 26: 139, 19. Wénde þæs formonig man ... þæt ..., By. 239. Hí þone Hǽlend wrégdon formanegum yfelum dǽdum, and hé ne wearþ nǽfre náne wyrcende, Nic. 1, 18. Add

geócre

(adv.)
Grammar
geócre, adv.

Harshly, roughly

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Harshly, roughly Ðá Babilone weard yrre andswarode eorlum onmǽlde grimme ðám gingum and geócre oncwæþ then the lord of Babylon angrily answered to the men, announced fiercely to the youths, and harshly spoke, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 3; Dan. 211

un-syn

(n.)
Grammar
un-syn, un-synn, e; f.

Not guiltnot crime

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Similar entries un-synnig, II) wearð beloren leófum æt ðam lindplegan, bearnum and bróðrum, Beo. Th. 2149; B. 1072

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efen-twá

(num.)
Grammar
efen-twá, in the phrase on efen-twá
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into two parts Þæt hrídder tóbærst on emtwá (cf. wearð tóbrocen and tódǽled on twá styccu in duabus partibus divisum, Gr. D. 97, 7), Hml. Th. ii. 154, 16. Seó eá on emtwá tóeóde, 212, 21. v. em-twá in Dict

bán-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bán-hús, es; n.

The bone-housethe chestbodyossea domuspectuscorpus

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Hence bánhúses weard the body's guard, the mind, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 9; Exod. 523

scip-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
scip-cræft, es; m.
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Ac hit þúhte unrǽd eallum folce, and hit wearð gelet þurh ðæt ðe Magnus hæfde micelne scypcræft, Chr. 1048; Erl. 173, 7

milde

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add: Lufu bið mildu caritas benigna est, Past. 222, 5. add Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii modestia, atque ex mansuetissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; 254. 30

býl

(n.)
Grammar
býl, býle, an (?); býl, e (?) ; f. :
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Wearte vel býl furunculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 75. Wearte, býle frunculus (forunculus? -os?), 34. Gif býl on men gebersteð, Lch. ii. 94, 24. Býlas carbunculi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 56. Býlum bullis, 89, 47. On þǽre lifre býlum. Lch. ii. 204, 24. Add: —

sundor-nytt

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-nytt, e; f.
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Hæfde Hróðgár seleweard áseted; sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, eóten weard ábeád, Beo. Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding word

feorh-leán

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Recompense for life saved Se yldra cyning wearð yrfeweard ingefolca . . .

beddian

(v.)
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Dó hyne on wearme húse, and bedde hys bed myd mórsecge, Lch. iii. 140, 25. He lette hine baðien and beddien feire, Laym. 6658. Add

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmospheregood weatherwind, storm, breeze, airweather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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Wearð ðæt wæder swíðe strang, ðæt ða eorlas ne mihton ge*-*witan hwet Godwine eorl gefaren hæfde, Erl. 183, 3. Hé ðǽs wederes ábád, 1094; Erl. 229, 36: 1097; Erl. 234, 20. Hé wearð þurh weder gelet, Erl. 233, 34.