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wara

(n.)
Grammar
wara, an; m.

An inhabitant

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B. i. 295, 5, Cant-ware, Wiht-ware, Sodom-ware, Syr-ware: see also Up-ware. Cf. the Icelandic forms.

Linked entry: -waru

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Com se foresprecena wræcca . . . hine se kyning hider and þider wide áflýmde, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 76, ' 12. Wundorlíc wræcca (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 256, 1 ; Dan. 634. Ic mé féran gewát folgað sécan, wiiieleás wræcca. Exon.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðonne ðú ealle gedǽlde hæfst, þonne bist ðú ðé self wǽdla, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 35. to give as a person's share, hand over, give Sumne se hára wulf deáðe gedǽlde, Wand. 83.

ge-wealc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wealc, es; n.

A rollingmotionan attackvolutatioimpetus

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A rolling, motion, an attack; volutatio, impetus Yða gewealc a rolling of waves, Ap.Th. 11, 1: Cd. 166; Th. 206, 21; Exod. 455: Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 11; Seef. 6: 82 a; Th. 308, 28; Seef 46: Beo.

Linked entries: ge-wilc -wealc wealca

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Grammar þrítig, used in forming ordinals Se wæs fram Agusto ðridde eác ðrittigum tricesimus tertius ab Augusto, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 17

níwe

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Se godspellere wæs fæstnung ǽgþer ge þǽre ealdan ǽ ge þǽre níwan, Bl. H. 163, 25.

feorm

provisionsstoresa feastan entertainmententertainment

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Add: provisions, stores Ðrítig ombra aláð, and ðreó hund hláfa . . . feówer weðras . . . sex gósfuglas . . . ðrítig leapera . . . sester fulne saltes . . . and hió forgifeð fífténe pund for ðý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste, C.

ge-swinc

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Se wind strongra geswinca oððe se rén ungemetlices ymbhogan, Bt. 12; F. 36, 18. On ðǽm gesuincium (-swincum, v. l. ) in tribulatione, Past. 267, 22. On ðǽm gesuincum in adversis, 35, 7.

hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
hycgan, hycgean; p. hogde.

take thoughtbe mindfulthinkconsidermeditateto intendpurposedetermineendeavourstriveto hope

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Ðæt seó forlǽtene cyrice ne hycgge ymb ða ðe on hire neáwiste lifgeaþ that the forsaken church will take no thought for those that live in her neighbourhood, Blickl.

ellen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-leás, adj.

Lacking couragefortitūdine cărens

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Lacking courage; fortitūdine cărens Ic sceal sécan óðerne ellenleásran cempan I must seek another less courageous soldier, Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 7; Jul. 394

máðum-sele

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-sele, es; m.

A hall in which a prince gives costly giftsa hall containing costly things

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A hall in which a prince gives costly gifts, or a hall containing costly things (cf. gold-sele) Méda máððumselas, Salm. Kmbl. 379; Sal. 189

ge-londa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-londa, an; m.

A fellow-countrymancompatriotapatriota

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A fellow-countryman; compatriota Be ðám monnum ðe hiora gelondan bebycgaþ of those men who sell their countrymen, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 1

Linked entry: ge-landa

weald-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
weald-swaþu, e; f.

A forest-track

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A forest-track Lástas wǽron æfter waldswaþum wíde gesýne the steps were to be seen far along the forest-tracks, Beo. Th. 2810; B. 1403

FEFER

(n.)
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.

FEVERfebris

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A FEVER; febris Se fefer hine forlét relīquit eum febris, Jn. Bos. 4, 52. Gif him fefer derige if fever vex him, Herb. 46, 2; Lchdm. i. 148, 19. Se fefor the fever, Mt. Bos. 8, 15.

Linked entries: fǽr fefor

tíd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sang, es; m.
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Se tídsang matins, R. Ben. 33, 1: complines, 67, 10

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

á-geótan

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Þonne bið se glencg ágoten and se þrym tó-brocen. Wlfst. 263, 8

bismerian

(v.)
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Se mon bið bismrod (-ad) (inluditur) swá swá ðurh swefen, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 93, 10. Bismrud, Lk. 18, 32. Add

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Þæt bið se egeslicesta þe ǽfre gewearð, Wlfst. 95, 2

ge-árian

(v.)
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v. árian)) Ðæt wé úre hiéremen swǽ geárigen, swǽ wé hié eft geegsian mægen ne dum praelatus quisque plus se quam decet dejicit, subditorum vitam stringere sub disciplinae vinculo non possit, Past, 118, 5. to shew mercy to (dat. ). to do kindness, help

ge-mǽnelic

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Add: that belongs to or concerns all human bangs On hálgum bócum is se gemǽnelica deáð slǽpe wiðmeten . . . ealle móton slápan on ðám gemǽnelicum deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 566, 27-34. Se gemǽnelica deáð þæs mannes líchaman tó deáðe gebringð . . .

Linked entry: -mǽne-lic