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waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.

Watchful careobservancekeeping of a commandheedcarecare for the safety of otherssafe-keepingcustodykeeping from injuryguarddefenceprotection against attackguard

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Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.

Linked entry: wer-genga

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Past. 41, 1 ; Swt. 299, 20. abstaining from, quit of. v. stillness, Sió hé stille his þegnungæ óð biscopes dóm, L. Wih. 6 ; Th. i. 38, 11

be-týnan

to enclosesurround to shut inoutshut upto closeshutto closeend

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Heortan betýnede mid lytelicum ládungum, Past. 245, 21. where movement to or by an object is hindered, to shut in, out, shut up: — Hié bine betýndon on þám car*-*cerne, Bl. H. 243, 3.

glitnian

(v.)
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Add: of light or of that which emits light Glitenaþ hálig dæg and beorht þearle rutilat sacrata dies et splendida valde, Hy. S. 47, 6. Betwux þæs heortes hornum glitenode gelícnys þǽre hálgan róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 42.

ge-hwǽde

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Ox. 5422. Gedæf on gehwǽdum (printed -whǽdum) contentus modicis, Wülck. Gl. 257, 31. Gehwǽdeste gracillima, i. humillima ł minima (fragilitas) An. Ox. 710. the neuter used adverbially Gehwéde hneppast paululum dormitabis, Kent.

swefan

(v.)
Grammar
swefan, p. swæf, pl. swǽfon; pp. swefen

To sleep. of natural sleepof the sleep of death to denote lack of watchfulness to denote cessation of activityto sleep

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Swefan on slǽpe, 1695; An. 851. of the sleep of death Se fǽge þegn æfter billes bite swefeþ, Beo. Th. 4127 ; B. 2060. Se wyrm ligeþ, swefeþ sáre wund, 5485 ; B. 2746. Swefaþ ða ðe beadogríman býwan sceoldon, 4505 ; B. 2256.

Linked entry: sweofot

ge-sweorcan

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Forst. 147, 18. anger Wearð gecýdd þám cyninge embe Iudan sige, and he geswearc on móde (when king Antiochius heard these things, he was full of indignation, I Mace. iii. 27), Hml.

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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Him ðá wæs syndrig ege ðǽr him ǽr wæs seó mǽste wyn, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 32.

ǽ-gewrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-gewrítere, es; m. [ǽ law, gewritere a writer]

A writer or composer of lawslegum conditor

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A writer or composer of laws; legum conditor, Prov. 8

Linked entries: ǽ-wrítere ge-wrítere

Basterne

(n.)

The people of Sarmatia in Europe or upper HungaryBastarnæ

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The people of Sarmatia in Europe or upper Hungary; Bastarnæ.Lye

ed-cenning

(n.)
Grammar
ed-cenning, e; f.

Regenerationregenĕrātio

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Regeneration; regenĕrātio On edcenninge in regenĕrātiōne. Mt. Bos. 19, 28

hyl-song

(n.)
Grammar
hyl-song, a

timbrel

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timbrel On hylsongæ in tympano, Ps. Spl. T. 150, 4

pundern-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
pundern-georn, (?); adj.
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Desirous of weighing or considering (?) Punderngeo ponderator, Kent. Gl. 545

Gild-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Gild-ford, Gyldford, Guldeford [Gild a fraternity; ford a ford: Domesd. Gilda ad vadum]

a town in Surrey, on the river Wey

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GUILDFORD, a town in Surrey, on the river Wey, Lye.

weorold-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gefeoht, es; n.
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An earthly fight Sigefæste on worold-gefeohtum, Shrn. 61, 29

be-hleápan

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Ic on behleápe insilio, Ælf. Gr. Z. 191, 4. Add

brér-þyrne

(n.)
Grammar
brér-þyrne, an; f.
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A brier-bush On brérðyrnan, C. D. vi. 221, 13

ceahhe

(n.)
Grammar
ceahhe, an; f.
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A daw On ceahhan mere, C. D. iii. 48, 26

cealc-crundel

(n.)
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a chalk ravine On cealccrundel, C. D. iii. 419, 17

Linked entry: crundel

for-sáwend

(n.)
Grammar
for-sáwend, (-saw- ?), es; m.
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One who despises Forsáwendrum contemtibilibus, i. despicientibus, An. Ox. 5438

Linked entry: -sáwend