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weorold-afol

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-afol, (-el), es; n.
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Worldly power Ǽnigne man ðe hé ( the priest ) tó bóte gebígan ne mæge oþþe ne durre for worldafole, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 246, 2. Entas and strece woruldmen ðe mihtige wurdan on woruldafelum, Wulfst. 106, 1

Linked entry: afol

wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
wisnian, weosnian; p. ode

To wizen ⬩ dry up

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To wizen, dry up Wisnaþ (-eþ, Lind.) aruit, Jn. Skt. Rush. 15, 6. Ðá wisnode hé on Cristes háligra heortum, and is nú on úrum heortum blówende, Blickl. Homl. 115, 13. Weosniendre arida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 53

Linked entries: a-wisnian weosnian

dál-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
dál-mǽd, (w)e; f.
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Meadow-land held in common and divided into doles or shares among the holders Gebirað se fífta æcer ðǽre dálmǽd*-*we tó ðǽre híde, C. D. iii. 260, 3. [v. N. E. D. dole-meadow.] Cf. gedál-land

fíftigoþa

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Add: alone Fram þám fíftigoðan (-tiog-, v. l.) geáre, Gr. D. 102, 23. On ðǽm fíftegoðan psalme, Past. 425, 25. Þysne fíftigoðan sealm, Ps. Th. 50, arg. with units On ðǽm feówer and fíftiogoðan psalme, Past. 429, 3

firenian

(v.)
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Ic firinode peccavi, Mt. L. 27, 4. Gif firnige bróðer ðí n si peccaverit frater tuus, Mt. R. 18, 15. Fyr[n]gende flǽsc caro luxurians, Dóm. L. 214. Take Seel. 103 under II, and add to I

ge-þind

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þind, es; n.
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A swelling Leoþusár vel geþind ( = leoþugeþind?) condolomata articula (condoloma dicitur de tuberculis ex inflammatione natis circum anum; condolomatus condolomate laborans, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 68. Wið liþa sáre ( ad condilomata ) and wið geþind

ge-wærlǽcan

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Substitute: To warn Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse, and næs þurh ꝥ gewærlǽht, ac þár tó eácan his ágenne bróðor ácwealde Cain sciebat damnationem praevaricationis primae, et non timuit originali peccato fratricidii superaddere scelus, Angl. vii.

heals-gund

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Læcedómas wið healsgunde, and þæs lácn hwæðer hé hit sié . . . wið healsgunde, þonne ǽrest onginne se healsgund wésan . . . Wiþ þone ilcan . . . dó on þone gund, Lch. ii. 44, 7-26. Gif se gund biþ onginnende, 46, 3. Add:

Linked entry: heals-gang

níþ-hell

(n.)
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hell where malice and wickedness reign (?) Þú scealt faran intó þǽre nigenda níþhelle (hnígende intó þǽre níþhelle (niþerhelle lower hell ? The MS. is a late one )? Cf. hé tó helle hnígan sceolde. Sat. 375), Hml. A. 174, 150

Linked entry: hel

ofer-stæppan

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Hí ymb hine gemearcodon ánne bring on þǽre eorðan, and héton ꝥ hé nǽnige þinga mid his fét þone bring ne oferstópe in terra circulum designaverunt, extra quem pedem tendere nullo modo auderet, Gr. D. 197, 1. Add

un-gebyrded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebyrded, adj.
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Unpolluted, uncorrupted Wæs geméted se líchama swá gesund and swá ungebyrded (-geonbyrded, v.l.) swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide sanum atque intemeratum corpus inventum est, ac si nulla hoc incisio ferri tetigisset, Gr. D. 199, 4

Linked entries: ge-byrded un-geonbyrded

fíf

Grammar
fíf, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Add Dó tó þám fífum þe Octƀ hæfð, Angl. viii. 305, 17. the abstract number Gif ꝥ gedæl byð tódǽled þurh seofon ... and þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon oððe twá ..., fífe oððe syxe, Angl. viii. 303, 46

wætla

(n.)
Grammar
wætla, an; m.

A bandage

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A bandage Ðonne ðú hit sníþe, ðonne hafa ðé línenne wætlan gearone ðæt ðú ðæt dolh sóna mid forwríðe ; and ðonne ðú hit eft má lǽtan wille, teóh ðone wætlan of, Lchdm. ii. 208, 20-23. Cf. watel

wealdend-god

(n.)
Grammar
wealdend-god, es; m.

The Lord God

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The Lord God Ic cleopige tó Heáhgode and tó Wealdendgode ðe mé wel dyde clamabo ad Deum altissimum, et ad Dominum qui bene fecit mihi, Ps. Th. 56, 2. Se is wealdendgode wellícendlíc beneplacitum est Deo, 67, 16

weg-farende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-farende, ; adj. (ptcpl.)

Wayfaring

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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l.) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23

hand-cops

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cops, es; m.

A handcuf, manacle

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A handcuf, manacle Handcops manice, Wrt. Voc. 86, 33. Tó gewrídenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum and æðele heora on handcopsum ísynum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis, Ps. Spl. C. 149, 8

geán-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
geán-cirr, es; m.

return

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Take here geán-cyr in Dict., and add: return Gesǽligum geáncyrre felici reditu Hy. S. 57, 22. Ðone réðan wiðer-sacan on his geáncyrre gegladian, Hml, Th. i. 450, 19. Geáncyr post-liminium, reuersionem An. Ox. 7, 187

Linked entry: cirr

forþ-stæppung

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-stæppung, e; f.

A stepping forth ⬩ proceeding ⬩ process

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A stepping forth, proceeding, process Þeáh ðe tó ðám Suna belimpe seó ácennednys, and tó þám Hálgan Gáste seó forðstæppung, Hml. Th. i. 500, 8. Mid forðsteppinge ( processu ) drohtnunga, R. Ben. I. 6, 8: Hy. S. 80, 27

scúdan

(v.)

to shake ⬩ tremble ⬩ shiver ⬩ shudder

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to shake, tremble, shiver, shudder Hý (Adam and Eve) on uncýððu scomum scúdende scofene wurdon on gewinworuld they shivering with shame into a strange land were thrust, into a world of struggle, Exon. Th. 153, 19; Gú. 828

strangness

(n.)
Grammar
strangness, e; f.

strength ⬩ force, violence

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strength Strangnysse míne fortitudinem meam, Ps. Spl. 58, 10. force, violence Of him is bodud Godes ríce and ealle on ðæt strangnysse wyrcaþ ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, et omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. Skt. 16, 16