þicgan
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and þiged. to take, receive, accept Hé him brád syleþ load tó leáne, hé hit on lust þigeþ, Exon. Th. 331, 31; Vy. 76. Hié ða lác þégon tó þance, Andr. Kmbl. 2225; An. 1114. Ðeáh hé máðmas þége, Elen. Kmbl. 2516; El. 1259. Ðæt hý beágas þégon, Exon. Th
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þegen-hyse
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A follower, attendant Ðegnhyssas clientes (the passage in Aldhelm is: Ejusdem nefandae militiae tam calones et clientes ... quam satrapae et proceres), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 73: 17, 74
þeóh
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A thigh Þeóh, thégh coxa, Txts. 54, 295. Þeóh, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 6. Þeóh femur, femoris, ys swá ðeáh eft gecweden femen, feminis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 10. Inneweard þeóh femen, þeóh coxa, útanweard þeóh femur, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 60-62. Þeóh femur,
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þeóh-geweald
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Genitalia Ða þeóhgeweald mid ðǽm þeóh-hweorfan genitalia cum genuclis, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 20
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þeótan
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to howl like a wolf Wulf ðýtt lupus ululat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Zup. 129, 1. Hwílum hí ðuton eall swá wulfas, Shrn. 52, 29: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 36. Sume hí tó wulfum wurdon ... hió þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Ðeótende swá swá wolf, Homl. Th. i. 374, 9. Hwílum
Thráceas
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The Thracians Ðrácia cyning, Met. 26, 22, 59, 7. Dorus Thrácea cyning, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 3. In other passages Latin forms occur, Traci, Thraci :-- Be westan ðære byrig sindon Traci, 1, 1; Swt. 22, 8. Hé wæs farende on Thraci and hié tó him gebígde
þrowende
The Thronds(?)
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The Thronds(?), people in North Norway (Icel. Þrændir: Norw. Thrönder) Mid Þyringum ic wæs and mid Þrowendum and mid Burgendum, Exon. Th. 322, 17; Víd. 64
þreó-niht
Three days
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Three days He þreónihta (or? þreó nihta, þreó being undeclined after the manner of feówer, etc. ) fæc swefeþ, Exon. Th. 357, 34; Pa. 38
þrintan
To swell
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To swell Þrinteþ, Exon. Th. 315, 1; Mód. 24
Undalan
Oundle
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The name which remains as Oundle, a town in Northamptonshire Férde hé forþ on his mynstre ðe hé hæfde on Undalana mǽgþe ( in provincia Undalum ), Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 16. On ðære mǽgþe seó is gecýged In Undalum in provincia quae vocatur In Undalum, S.
under-sceótan
to move to a place beneath ⬩ to intercept ⬩ to under-prop ⬩ support
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to move to a place beneath, to intercept His ( the moon's ) trendel underscýt ðære (ða, MS. R.) sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 20. to under-prop, support Hí ne beóð mid nánre sylle underscotene ðæs godcundlícan mægenes
under-smúgan
To creep under ⬩ come upon unawares ⬩ surprise
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To creep under, come upon unawares, surprise Ídelnysse underþeódde gálscype undersmýhð otio deditos luxuria subripit, Scint. 89, 8. Ne undersmúge gítsunge yfel non subripiat (but other MS. subrepat) avaritie malum, R. Ben. Interl. 95, 7. Ðæt ǽnig þinc
under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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to understand, have insight into Ðú genóh wel understentst ðæt ic ðé tó sprece, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 1. Se godcunda foreþonc hit understent eall swiþe ryhte ... wé ne cunnon ðæt riht understandan, 39, 8; Fox 224, 19-21. Gecýðnessa ðíne ic ongeat ł understód
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þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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to wash. Grammar þweán, with object of that which is to be cleansed Petrus cwæð tó him: 'Ne þwyhst (ðuóas, Lind.: ðwǽs, Rush.) ðú nǽfre míne fét.' Se Hǽlend cwæþ: ' Gif ic ðé ne þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.), næfst ðú nánne dǽl
þweran
To twirl ⬩ stir
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To twirl, stir
þwínan
To get less ⬩ dwindle ⬩ be reduced
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To get less, dwindle, be reduced (of a swelling) Beþe ða fét and smyre, ðonne þwínaþ (-eþ, MS.) hý sóna ( the swelling goes down ), Lchdm. i. 84, 25. Ðonne þwínaþ ða áswollena sina, ii. 282, 8. Tácn ðæt se swile þwínan ne mæg, ne út yrnan on ðære litre
þwítan
To thwite ⬩ to cut ⬩ cut off
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To thwite (still in some dialects, e.g. Lancashire), to cut, cut off Þwíteþ, Exon. Th. 354, 50; Reim. 63. Monige of åam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ (spónas ðwítaþ, MS. B.) multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis astulas
Þyringas
The Thuringians
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The Thuringians Wód weóld Þyringum, Exon. Th. 320, 17; Víd. 30: 322, 16. Mid Eást-Þyringum, 323, 30; Víd. 86. Maroara habbaþ bewestan him Þyringas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 11. v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. c. xxii
Wascan
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The Gascons,Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 22, 32, 34
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un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft, Prov. Kmbl. 40. Hé drýhð deófles willan and Godes unwillan, Wulfst. 12, 13. against one's will, unwillingly