ge-wácian
To grow weak ⬩ lose energy ⬩ to flinch ⬩ languescere ⬩ obtorpescere
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To grow weak or lose energy, to flinch; languescere, obtorpescere Gif hý ðǽr ne gewácodan [gewícadon, Laud] if they had not there lost energy [stopped], Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 11
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wígbed-hrægel
An altar-covering
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An altar-covering Hé sende ða ðing eall ða ðe tó cyrican ðénunge nýdþearflíco wǽron, húselfatu and wígbidhrægl (-bed-, Bd. M. 90, 2) ( veslimenía altarium ), Bd. 1. 29; S. 498, 9
á-beornan
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Hé ábarn exarsit mid ðý bryne wælhreównesse, Gr. D. 162, 22. Ðæt his mód áburne exardesceret 337, 33. Áburnon exarserunt, Ps. L. 117, 12. Add
á-cealdian
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Swá ðæt wearme wlacaþ ǽr hit eallunga ácealdige ita a calore per teporem reditur ad frigus, Past. 447, 6. Hé læg ácealdod on nyþeweardum limum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 10. Add:
Denisc
DANISH ⬩ Dānĭcus
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Nǽron hí náwðer ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Th 177, 3, col. 2. Hér, A. D. 872, Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna here, A.
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Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum
for-súwian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre
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Ǽlc cræft biþ forsúgod, gif he biþ bútan wisdóme every craft it passed over in silence, if it be without wisdom, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10, MS. Cot
hefigian
to make heavy ⬩ oppress ⬩ grieve ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ to become heavy ⬩ to be aggravated or increased ⬩ to be burdened or oppressed
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Ðone mete ðe hine hefegaþ on his breóstum cibum, qui pectus deprimebat, 54, 1; Swt. 419, 29. Ða ðe mé hefigiaþ those who vex me, Ps. Th. 37, 12. Wæs heó eft hefigod mid ðám ǽrran sárum erat prioribus aggravata doloribus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5.
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lactuca
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Him is tó sellanne lactucas lettuce is to be given him, L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 212, 7. Him is nyt ðæt hé hláf þicge and lactucas ðæt is leahtric it is beneficial for him to eat bread, and lactucas, that is, lettuce, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6
á-sceótan
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Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419. Áscuton þá gástas of ðǽre niwelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 32. trans. of motion, to shoot a missile Án scytta áscét ána flán, Hml. S. 18, 220.
cáfer-tún
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Se biscop on his cafortúne hét him medmicel hús gewyrcan episcopus ei in conseptis ejusdem mansionis paruum tugurium fieri praecipit, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 21.
gladian
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Add: intrans. to be bright, shine, gleam (of polished metal) On him gladiað gomelra láfe, B. 2036. to be glad, rejoice Hwílon heó besárgað hyre líchoman sárnissa, hwílon heó gladað on gódum gelimpum, Hml.
on-bryrdness
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Gebǽd heó hí tó Gode mid mycelre onbryrdnesse, Hml. S. 7, 320: 26, 116. Hé him mynster árǽrde mid munuclicere onbryrdnesse (with all the fervour of a monk), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 20. <b>II a.
wǽtan
To wet, moisten
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Hí ða lifre wǽten, Lchdm. i. 346, 23. Hé wylle mid ðam seáwe his eágan hreppan and wǽtan, 128, 13. Wǽtan rigare, humectare, Hpt. Gl. 421, 54. Wǽtende humectans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 28: Lchdm. ii. 156, 20. Wǽtendum rorantibus, tingentibus, Hpt.
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wealwian
To wallow, roll
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His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, þeáh hí eallunga wealowigen on ðære eorþan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 14.
weard
ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping
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Wærda excubias, Hpt. Gl. 476, 29. a watch, a body of men keeping watch Hí besetton his birgene mid wearde, Jud. Thw. p. 161, 12. guardianship, protection, keeping Heora feorh generede mihtig Metodes weard, Cd. Th. 230, 18; Dan. 235.
bred
A surface, plank, board, table, tablet ⬩ superficies, tabula, tabella
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Lytle hus of bredan [ = bredum] small houses with tables, eating-houses, taverns; tabernæ vel gurgustia, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 12; Wrt. Voc. 37, 7.
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gár-secg
ocean, sea ⬩ a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean
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Hé gesette þone gársecg on his goldhorde, Ps. Th. 32, 6. Þone wídgyllan gársecg. Hml.
twǽman
To divide ⬩ separate ⬩ part ⬩ to prevent the joining of objevte ⬩ to part what has been joined ⬩ to divide ⬩ cause dissension aminy
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Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibreden, (cf. hí (William and his wife) Chr. 1127; Erl. 255, 20), L.
Sicilie
The Sicilians ⬩ the people of Sicily ⬩ Sicily
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Hí wunnon on Sicilie (adversus Siculos), 4, 5; Swt. 168, 19. Hé gefór mid firde an Sicilie cum in Sicilia bellum gereret, Swt. 166, 6: 4, 10; Swt. 194, 3. [In this sense the Latin form also occurs: