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wiþer-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cwide, es; m.

Resistanceoppositioncontest

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Resistance, opposition, contest Ðæt twelf hída land butan ǽlcum wiðercwide seó ágefen tó Wigornacestre, Chart. Th. 131, 25: Chart. Erl. 162, 1. Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht gewyrce, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 8. Ðǽr hí wiðercwyde wæteres

wrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽstan, p. te.

to wresttwistto move the strings of the harp in playingplectrum.

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to wrest, twist RUNE hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ. Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt. Parv. 533 Sum sceal mid hearpan set his hláfordes

Linked entry: a-wrǽstan

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, p. ode.

to drawto writecompose

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to draw a figure, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Ðonne wercaþ hió of weaxe, wrítiaþ Fénix, metaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, and drawings and paintings. Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 49. to write, compose, Similar entries v. wrítan, IV a Writigaþ

á-borgian

(v.)
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Add: to be security for a person, v. ex. in Dict. an agreement Beháte hé and on wedde sylle ðæt . . ., and áborgian his frýnd ðæt, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 7. Weddige sebrýdguma ðæs, and hit áborgian hís frýnd, 2; Th. i. 254, 9. to borrow Hit gelamp

Linked entry: on-borgian

á-breótan

(v.)
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Add: Also with p. -breot, pl. -breóton, and wk. -breótte Weg synfulra ábreóteð (exterminabit), Ps. Srt. 145, 9. Ðone ðe heó on ræste ábreát, B. 1298. Hé ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge

ac

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No ðæt án ðæt . . . ac (eác), Bt. 21; F. 74, 18: 5, 3; F. 14, 7. Ah ðeáhhwæðre, Past. 305, 1. Nis ðæt mín miht, ac gif ( unless ) ðú gelýfest. Ðá cwæð hé tó him : 'Ac tó hwon sweriað git mán?', Guth. 64, 5 : 74, 5. Hwæt gelamp ðé nú ðá? ac ðé on ðysse

bisene

(adj.)
Grammar
bisene, adj.

Blind

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Blind On þǽre tíde hé wæs bysne (bysene, v. l.); þá sealde Drihten him gesyhðe, Gr. D. 275, 3. He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28. Tuoege bisene ł blinde duo

be-seowian

(v.)
Grammar
be-seowian, (-siwian)

to besewsew up

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to besew (v. N. E. D. s. v. ), sew up Hí besywodon Crísantum mid þǽre hýde, Hml. S. 35, 159. Séc stáuas . . . beseowa hira . iii. on þon þe þú wile (sew them up in anything you please), Lch. ii. 306, 9. Bisiuuidi (-siudi) uuerci opere plumario, Txts.

Linked entry: be-siwian

blót-mónaþ

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Se mónoð is nemned on úre geðeóde blód*-*mónað, Shrn. 144, 5. Se mónað þe wé nemnað blódmónað, 153, 20. ¶ In Bede's 'De temporum ratione' it is said: 'November dicitur blótmónath ... Blótmónath mensis immolationum, quod in eo pecora, quae occisuri erant

corn

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Add: a grain Þǽre lenticula, ꝥ syndon pysan, heó on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 236, 716. Hwá gemenigfylt þæt gerip of feáwum cornum, Hml. Th. i. 184, 32. corn Beren gebered corn tipsana, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 27. Heó sealde þǽm munucum

cild-cradol

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Add: a cradle Tó his cildcradele feallende ipsius ad cunabula cadentes, Hy. S. 48, 17. On cildcradelum ástreht in cunis supinus, An. Ox. 2156: Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 19. as symbol of infancy, the cradle Crísten fram cildcradole, Hml. Th. i. 428, 23. Wé

eardung-hús

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Ꝥ hús wæs geworden geleáffullra manna eardunghús ( habitaculum ), Gr. D. 185, 16. Of ðǽm eardunghúse his de habitaculo suo, Ps. Srt. 32, 14: ii. p. 188, 29. Hé funde áne wéste stówe, in þǽre hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardunghús, Gr. D. 201,

for-sláwian

(v.)
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Substitute: to lose by sloth, neglect through laziness Ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópestan tíman ... ðonne bistilð sió slǽwð on ús, Past. 283, 1. to be slow to do Þú náht ne forsláwodest ꝥ þú þín ágen feorh for hine ne sealdest thou wert not slow to

Linked entry: for-slǽwan

ge-nefa

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Substitute: a nephew Gaius his nefa (genefa, v. l.) fór on Sirie Caium, nepotem suum, Augustus ad ordinandam Syriae prouinciam misit, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, n. Hé gefeaht wið Pompeiuses nefan (genefon, v. l. nepotes), 5, 12; 8. 244, 6. the son of a cousin

geómor-lic

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Substitute: causing sorrow, miserable, grievous, sad Bið geómorlic gomelum ceorle tó gebídanne, þæt his byre ríde giong on galgan, B. 2444. Mid þǽm þe þá burgware swá geómorlic angin hæfdon non secus ac si capta esset, turbata civitas fuit, Ors. 4, 5

ge-siltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-siltan, p. te; pp. ge-silted, ge-silt
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To salt. Take here <b>ge-sylt</b> in Dict., and add Fleót ꝥ fám of, geselt swíþe wel, Lch. ii. 96, 9. Nim þreó snǽda buteran, gemenge wið hwǽten mela, and gesylte, 152, 18. Netle gesoden on wætre and geselt 228, 3. Sié gesæle sallietur, Mk

ge-spanan

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Add On gespanest inlicias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 15. in a good sense Ðæt hé ðá medwiisan tó máran angienne mid ðǽre líðelican bisnunga gespóne quatenus hebetes ad majora conscendere imitatio blanda suaderet, Past. 205, 18. in a bad or an indifferent sense

geflit-georn

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Gif hira hwylc geflitgeorn (contentiosus) bið, R. Ben. 130, 20. Ne ǽnig man ne sý tó sacfull ne éalles tó geflitgeorn, Wlfst. 70, 19 : Lch. iii. 428, 34. Beón úre fét gesceóde mid þǽre sybbe bodunge, and úre stafas sýn on úrum handum tó sleánne þá wyrmas

Linked entry: flít-georn

ge-cwedrǽden

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Cleopode Pompeius him tó ymbe Rómána ealde gecwedrǽdenne ... &#39;Geféra, gemyne ðæt ðú úre gecwedrǽdenne ne oferbrec[e]&#39; ... þæt wæs seó gecwedrǽden þe Rómáne geset hæfdon, ꝥ hiora nán óðerne on þone andwlitan ne slóge, þǽr þǽr hié æt gefeohtum

ge-cwémednes

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On gecwémednessum heora in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. L. 140, 5. ¶ ánum tó gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum tó gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk.