wiþ-habban
To hold out against ⬩ to withstand ⬩ resist
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Ðæt wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde heaðodeórum, Beo. Th. 1548; B. 772. Þurh ða gedurstignysse ðe folces men wiðhæfton (-hæfdon ?) ðære gelómlícan mynegunge ðe úre láreówas dydon, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 24.
Linked entry: wiþer-habban
wyrcness
work ⬩ labour ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ performance
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Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Ðurh swá hwylces béne swá hé gehǽled sí, ðysses geleáfa and wyrcnes (operatio) sí gelýfed Gode andfenge, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 23.
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eargian
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Substitute: To grow timid, turn coward, lose heart Dumbe beóð þá bydelas þe for ege oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiað and wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 5. Þá eargode heora án for þám ormǽtum cyle, Hml. S. 11, 156.
eornostlíce
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Beó ðú eornostlíce gebeógul esto consentiens, 4, 92. Swá eornestlíce ita duntaxat, An. Ox. 3211. Geornustlíce igitur, Angl. xiii. 439, 1062
ge-offrian
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Ben. 103, 11
hǽlþ
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(good) health of body Hé cwæit þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, and eal hire híwisc hǽlðe brúcan, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 19.
innor
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Ben. 111, 4
líchamlíce
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Ben. 94, 14. Ealle men líchomlíce sweltaþ, and þeáh seó sáwl bið libbende, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 13. Maria ácende Críst líchamlíce, Hml. A 30, 163. Maria is his módor líchamlíce and gástlíce his swustor, 33, 219.
líf-lád
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Ben. 9, 21. conduct, conversation, mode of life Þéh þe seó tunge þǽre helle tintregu forswígode, seó his líflád hí spræc and cýðde etiamsi taceret lingua, cottversatio loqueretur. Gr. D. 317, 21.
sáwel-leás
without life ⬩ without soul
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Magoþegna bær ðone sélestan sáwolleásne, Beo. Th. 2817; B. 1406. Sáwulleásne, 6059; B. 3033 . Sáwelleásne, Exon. Th. 329, 21 ; Vy. 37. Héht ðá ásettan sáwlleásne, lífe belidenes líc on eorþan, Elen. Kmbl. 1751; El. 877.
wæcnan
To waken ⬩ arise ⬩ spring
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To waken, arise, spring Ne wæs hit lenge, ðæt se ecghete (secg hete, MS.) æfter wælníðe wæcnan scolde, Beo. Th. 171; B. 85. Of idese biþ eafora wæcned, Cd. Th. 144, 20; Gen. 2392. Þat ter walde wakenen of wif and weres somninge worldes weole, H.
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wæscan
To wash
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Ben. 59, 7. Wacxon hig hira reáf, Ex. 19, 10. Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13. Ðá hig hira reáf wóxon( lavissent), Ex. 19, 14. Ðæt hi heora hrægel weócsan and clǽnsodon, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5.
wéman
To allure ⬩ attract ⬩ persuade ⬩ entice
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Ben. 109, 22. Ðæt wé tó ǽlcan rihte ús sylfe wenian and wéman Wulfst. 266, 6. Hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec fréfran wolde, wéman(wenian?q. v.) mid wynnum Exon. Th. 288, 10; Wand. 29. in a bad sense Ða teolunga ðe hine fram Gode wémaþ Homl.
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æf-wirdla
Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum
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Ben. 14, 9. Ðæt hí hwylcne æfwyrdlan (ǽwyrdlan, v. l.) geþrowedon heora ágenra sáwla animarum damna patirentur, Gr. D. 50, 24. Scipes æfwyrdlan navis jacturam, 141, 13. Æfwerdlan áræfnede damna pertulit, 205, 1.
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ofer-sittan
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to desist from, abstain from
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Ic gylp ofersitte I abstain from boasting, Beo. Th. 5050; B. 2528. Wit sculon secge ofersittan we shall abstain from the sword, not make use of swords, 1372; B. 684. [Cf. Prompt. Parv. ovyrsyttynge of dede or time omissio]
snúde
At once, quietly, directly ⬩ to walk fast
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Hét hine snúde eft cuman bade him quickly return Beo. Th. 3743; B. 1869. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne 5129; B. 2568. Snúde forsended 1812; B. 904: Exon. 231, 12; Ph. 488: Judth. Thw. 22, 8; Jud. 55: 23, 17; Jud. 125.
freót
the condition of being free ⬩ a grant of freedom ⬩ manumission
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Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu his dohtor æt Ælfsige abbod tó écum freóte and eall hire ofspring, C.D. vi. 209, 10, 14: 210, 32. a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine), manumission Æilsig þe
stóc-líf
A town, habitation
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal
Linked entry: stóc
Galwalas
Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia
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Gauls, Frenchmen, people of Gaul in a body, and as the name of a people is often used where according to later usage the name of their country would be found, the word may be translated Gaul, France; Galli, Gallia Hér wæs Brihtwald gehálgod to ærcebiscope
hreówsung
Sorrowing ⬩ sorrow ⬩ penitence ⬩ repentance
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Be his sylfes heortan hreówsungum according to the penitence of his own heart, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 11