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ramm

(n.)
Grammar
ramm, es (a wk. gen. pl. occurs); m.
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a ram Ramm aries, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 52. Ram, 78, 46. Rom berbex, ii. 12, 71 : 126, 3. Rommes blód, Cd. Th. 177, 20; Gen. 2932, Geoffra mé ǽnne þríwintre ramm Gen. 15, 9 : 22, 13. Beorgas wǽron blíðe swá rammas, Ps. Th. 113, 6. Bringaþ him eówra ramma

Linked entry: ram

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33. Se ðe ðysne lǽcedóm þolaþ, hé sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs hé ungeþyldig ( if he is impatient ) ða strengðe

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

wrǽn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽn-ness, e ; f.

Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust

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Wantonness, licentiousness, lasciviousness, lust Wránnes lascivia, ferveniia, Hpt. Gl. 432, 32. Wrǽúnyss pelulantia, Hymn. Surt. 126, 28. Wripnnes luxuria, Fast. 43; Swt. 309, 1. Wrǽnnes, seó bið ǽlcum men gecynde gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to rouse

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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps. Th. 145, 7. to take up, undertake Ðæm hé hætde beboden ðæt hé scolde þearfena and earmra monna ǽrendo wreccan cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura

á-sceótan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. To shoot, move rapidly Sió costung út ásciét (-sciéð, v. l.) on weorc tentatio usque ad operationem prosilit, Past. 71, 7. Án út ásceát of weorode, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 10. Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419. Áscuton þá gástas

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of

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Add: to contemplate, behold:- — Seó sáwel on ánre tíde besceáwað heofonan and ofer sǽflýhð, Hml. S. 1, 124. Besceáwiað contemplantur (Prov. 15, 3), Kent. Gl. 506. Bescáwede contemplarer, Hpt. Gl. 404, 34. to consider For hwig ne besceáwost þú on þýnre

cennan

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Add: to beget, &c., children On sáre þú cennest (cynnest, v. l.) bearn in dolore paries, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 79, 6. Þonne þá wíf heora bearn cendon. Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 10. Cenne hé ðæt bearn ðám gefarenan bréðer ad nomen fratris filios gignat, Past

for-dwínan

to vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay

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Add Ic fordwíne evanesco, i. evaneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 27. Fordwínþ fatescit, i. evanescit, lacessit, 147, 23. to vanish, pass from sight Fordwán disparuit, Hpt. Gl. 502, 1. Fǽrlíce fordwán se ælðeódiga of his gesihðum, Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22. Hé ðǽrrihte

hátian

(v.)
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Add: — Hátende, háttendae, haetendae calentes, Txts. 47, 357. to be made hot by the sun, get dried up by heat, cf. hát; 3 Sunne upp cuóm hátedun sole orto aestuaverunt, Mt. R. 13, 6. of a person, to get hot. Cf. hát; Úre líchama oft of ðám fýre hatað

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>hwíl-tíd,</b> e; f. A time Ic bidde eów þæt gé þises gewrites gíman and on hwíltídum hit on gemynde habban, Wlfst. 108, 17. ¶ the word occurs almost only in the dat. pl. used as an adverb. Add: to the examples in Dict. : sometimes

mæssian

(v.)
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l. Messode

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirst ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ to be sunk ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ crapulatus (a vino)

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Add: to drink up, quench thirst Ic of ádrince ebibo, Ælfc. Gr. 275, 9. Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, conj.
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Add: with indic. (or uncertain) Hý hié hindan ofrídan ne meahte, ǽr hié on ðám fæstenne wǽron, Chr. 877; P. 74, 18. Hí cwǽdon ðæt Críst nǽre, ǽr hé ácenned wæs of Marian, Hml. Th. i. 70, 5. Hit long first wæs ǽr hé út wolde faran tó gefeohte, ǽr him

Linked entry: ǽr

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig. Dict.], and apparently with the same meaning we get Chr. 1039; Erl. 167

Linked entry: hamule

heáhþu

(n.)
Grammar
heáhþu, héhþo, hiéhþo; generally indecl; f.

Height, high place, glory ⬩ height, loftiness, exaltation ⬩ altitudo, culmen

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Height, high place, glory Hé his áras of heáhþu hider onsendeþ he will send his messengers hither from above, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 24; Cri. 760: 19 b; Th. 49, 21; Cri. 789: 69 b; Th. 258, 10; Jul. 263. On héhþo on high, Andr. Kmbl. 1745; An. 875: 1995

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen

To write ⬩ to give or bestow by writing ⬩ to write along with others ⬩ conscribere

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To write, to give or bestow by writing, to write along with others; conscribere He létt gewrítan hú mycel landes his arceb's hæfdon he had written how much land his archbishops had, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 29: Th. Chart. 296, 10. Werfriþ bisceop and seó

ge-dreog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreog, and ge-dreóg. Substitute: ge-dreóg, es; n.

a dressing, something used in preparing material for use ⬩ seemly, orderly behaviour, gravity

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a dressing, something used in preparing material for use Ðá hremmas bróhton ðám láreówe lác tó médes swínes rysl his scón tó gedreóge ( the passage in Bede's life of Cuthbert is : Corvi digna munera ferunt, dimidiam axungiam porcinam ; quam vir fratribus

á-secgan

to speak out ⬩ utter a word ⬩ to tell ⬩ narrate ⬩ to offer

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Add Ásægde edidit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 30. Ásaecgan edissere, 106, 80. Ásæcgan effarier, dicere, 142, 42. Ásecgan, 94, 53: edissere, i. exponere, 29, 6 effari, i. edicere, An. Ox. 3449. absolute, to speak out,utter a word Hí ne meahton ásecgan for þæs

beald

(adj.)

bold ⬩ confident ⬩ bold ⬩ impudent

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Add: bold, confident Bald fretus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 26: fretus, confidens, presumptus, 36, 12. Bealwes tó beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359. Hí hæfden on bendum ǽnne bealdne ðeóf

ǽht-wela

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht-wela, an; m.

Wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ opes ⬩ divitiæ

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Wealth, riches; opes, divitiæ Gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan to love earth's riches, Exon. 38a; Th. 125, 24; Gú. 359: Apstls. Kmbl. 167; Ap. 84

Linked entry: wela