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tó-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-nemnan, p. -nemde

To name separately,distinguish by name into parts

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To name separately, distinguish by name into parts Hié ða þrió dǽlas on þreó tónemdon, Asiam, Europem, and Affricam they distinguished the three parts by the three names, Asia, Europe, and Africa, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 4. Norþ óþ ðone gársecg is eall Sciþþia

Linked entry: nemnan

sworettung

(n.)
Grammar
sworettung, e; f.

A deep drawing of the breath. as a sign of trouble, a sighbreathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting

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A deep drawing of the breath. as a sign of trouble, a sigh From sworetunge mínum a singultu meo, Rtl. 20, 27. Heó mid wópe and mid teárum wæs geondgoten and longe sworetunge wæs teónde ( suspiria longa trahens ), Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10. Hé gemænigfealdode

batian

(v.)
Grammar
batian, p. ode.

to get better

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of recovery from ill health, to get better Bataþ hé inneweard, Lch. i. 80, 20. Lege on þǽr hit heardige, hnescaþ hyt sóna and bataþ, 84, 4. Gif hrýðera steorfan . . . geót on ðone múð, sóna hý batigeað, iii. 54, 33. Smire oþ ꝥ batige, ii. 78, 17. Ne

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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excuse, defence against a charge Nú hí nabbaþ náne láde be hyra synne nunc excusationem non habent de peccato suo, Jn. Skt. 15, 22. Ðætte hé náne láde ne mǽge findan ac síe súa mid his ágnum wordum gebunden et in nulla sui defensione se exerceat, quam

Linked entry: ládian

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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one who knows, a person of understanding or learning, a wise man Wita (-e, MS.) sophista, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 41. Fród wita, snottor ár, beorn bóca gleáw, Exon. Th. 313, 16; Mód. 1. Se ðe wita (sapiens ) is, mid feáum wordum geswytelaþ, R. Ben. 30, 15.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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a man, a male person Wer oððe wǽpman vir, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 11. Wer wintrum geong ( Isaac ), Cd. Th. 174, 34; Gen. 2888. Wíffæst wer a married man, L. C. S. 55; Th. i. 406, 14. Se Godes wer Sanctus Martinus, Blickl. Homl. 213, 36. Se eádiga wer, 215,

Linked entry: wíf

BÉN

(n.)
Grammar
BÉN, gen. dat. béne; acc. bén; pl. pl.nom. béna, béne; f.

A prayingprayerpetitionan entreatya deprecationsupplicationdemandboneBOONdeprecatiooratioprecespostulatio

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A praying, prayer, petition, an entreaty, a deprecation, supplication, demand. Hence in Chaucer bone and our BOON; precatio, deprecatio, oratio, preces, postulatio Ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne mid hine swíðode and genge wǽren [wæren, MS. T : wære, MSS.

Linked entry: ge-bén

CÉNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CÉNE, cýne; adj.

KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlikeacer, audax, animosus, bellicosus

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KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike; acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus Se wæs úþwita céne and cræftig who was a philosopher keen and profound, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 110; Met. 10, 51. Stóp út céne collenferþ he stept out bold [and] firm of mind, Andr. Kmbl.

cyric-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyric-líc, circ-líc, cyrc-líc; adj.

Like a church, ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books

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Like a church, ecclesiastical; ecclesiasticus Cyriclíc wer vir ecclesiasticus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 21. Magister cyriclíces sanges magister ecclesiasticæ cantionis, 2, 20; S. 522, 27. Fram ǽlcere cyriclícre gesamnunge a quaque ecclesiastica congregatione

inwit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
inwit-full, adj.

Deceitfulguilefulmaliciousevil

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Deceitful, guileful, malicious, evil Inwitfull dolosus, insidiosus, fraudulentus, callidus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 66. Ne mæg ðǽr inwitfull ǽnig geféran womscyldig mon there may none guileful come, none guilty of sin, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 18; Gen. 498. From ðære

morgen-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-gifu, e; f.

The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage

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The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage Morgengifu dos, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 53. Hit (five hides of land) wæs hire morgengifu ðá heó ǽrest tó Aðulfe com, Chart. Th. 170, 24. Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres

ge-scendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scendan, -scindan, -scyndan; p. de; pp. ed

To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt

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To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt Drihten hýg gescent Dominus subsannabit eos, Ps. Th. 2, 4. Gescendes corrumpit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 33. Ðæt ðú híg gescindest that thou didst shame her, Gen. 20, 6. He us gescende and úre weorc he hath put us

þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
þrosm, es; m.

smokevapourdarknessa dark spacechautêrem

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smoke, vapour Se þeóstra þrosm, Wulfst. 186, 4. On forsworcennesse sweartes þrosmes and ðæs weallendan pices, 139, 1: Dóm. L. 199. Eft átogenum ðara fýra ðrosmum ... eác fúlnes wæs mid ðæs fýres ðrosme retractis ignium vaporibus ... et foetor cum eisdem

un-forwandodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forwandodlíce, adv.

without swervingdirectlyunexpectedlysuddenlywith a disregard of fearunhesitatinglyfreelyfearlesslyrashlyrecklesslyinconsideratelyheedlessly

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without swerving, directly Forðrihte, unforwandedlíce indeclinabiliter, inevitabiliter (ad destinatum indeclinabiliter dirigit locum, Ald. 2), Hpt. 406, 4. unexpectedly, suddenly Unforwandedlíce ex improviso, extemplo, subito, Hpt. Gl. 457, 35. with

Linked entry: -wandodlíce

wirgness

(n.)
Grammar
wirgness, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Cursing, a curse Wergnes devotatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 1. Wirgnes ii. 26, 2. Sig seó wirignys ofer mé in me sit ista maledictio, Gen. 27, 13. Of wirignysse múð full is maledictione os plenum est, Ps. Spl. 9 second, 8. Ic sette beforan eów bletsunga and

Linked entries: wirigness wyrgness

wundian

(v.)
Grammar
wundian, p. ode

To wound

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To wound Se ðe mann wundaþ and wyle hine ofsleán qui percusserit hominem volens occidere, Ex. 21, 12. Hé (the itch) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20. Beón hwílum wundiaþ, Fragm. Kmbl, 41; Leás. 22. Wǽpenstrǽlas mé wundedon, Ps. Th. 56

Linked entry: ge-wundian

cýþ-ness

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Add: witness, testimony Seó cýðnes þǽre ealdan ǽ testamentum ueteris legis, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 92, 21. Men feówer stánas álegdon tó gemynde and tó cýþnesse þæs siges, Bl. H. 189, 16: 69, 18. Críst be him cýðnysse gecýdde, Hml. Th. i. 476, 31. Cýðnessum

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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richly, sumptuously, splendidly, gloriously Ꝥ mann his godas deórwurðlíce frætewode, Hml. S. 14, 129. Hé geseah ðone rícan deórweorðlíce geglencgedne. Hml. Th. i. 330, 14. Hé geseah Drihtnes ródetácn deórwurðlíce scínan, ii. 304, 11 ; Hml. S. 27, 92.

geoguþ-hád

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Add: juventa, adolescentia, pueritia, anni juveniles Iuguþhád juventa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 73. Þá scylda mínes iugoðhádes ( juventutis ), Ps. Th. 24, 6. Gigoðhádes, Rtl. 167, 31. From gigoðháde mínum, Mk. R. 10, 20. Gigoðháda, Lk. R. 18, 21. In geogoðháde

hón

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Add: to place a thing so that it is supported from above Mon héhþ ǽnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8. Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon, v. l. ) hí úp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2. Gá