wís-sefa
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A wise-minded person Him mæg wíssefa wyrda gehwylce gemetigian, gif hé bið módes gleáw, Salm. Kmbl. 877; Sal. 438
riht-racu
A correct account
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A correct account Ðá lýfde hé ðæt hé móste beón ryhtes wyrðe for mí[n]re forspǽce and ryhtrace Chart. Th. 170, 4
un-lybba
poison ⬩ poison used for purposes of witchcraft ⬩ witchcraft ⬩ sorcery
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Wiþ unlybbum, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30. poison used for purposes of witchcraft, witchcraft, sorcery Gif wíf drýcræft and galdor and unlibban wyrce ...
Linked entry: ge-unlybba
winter-gegang
What happens as the years pass
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What happens as the years pass Winter-gegonge fato, (cf. wyrde oððe gegonges fati, 33, 65) Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 9
Linked entry: ge-gang
DÓR
A large door ⬩ porta
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Hóh ða wyrte on ðam [MS. ðan] dóre hang the herbs on the door, Lchdm. iii. 56, 29. Forðon he ǽren dór eáðe gescéneþ [MS. gesceeneþ] quia contrīvit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15. Dúru doors, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29
Linked entry: dýr
molsnian
To moulder ⬩ become corrupt ⬩ decay
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To moulder, become corrupt, decay Sóna hé molsnaþ and wyrþ tó ðære ilcan eorþan ðe hé ǽr of gesceapen wæs soon it (the body) suffers corruption, and turns to the same earth from which before it was made, Blickl. Homl. 21, 28.
Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian
beðing
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Genim wád, wyl on meolce. on buteran is betere, and wyrc beþinge, Lch. ii. 36, 24; 200, 3. pá ǽrgenemnedan beþunga, 210, 6. Hwí ne bidst þú þé be-þunga and plaster lifes lǽcedðmes cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae ? Dóm. L. 80. Add:
ge-rǽpan
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Him wyrð sefa . . . unrótnesse gerǽped (-reæpeð, MS. ), hearde gehæfted (cf. hi weorþaþ gerǽpte (printed -ræfte) mid þǽre unrótnesse and swá gehæfte, Bt. 37, I; F. 186, 21) moeror captos fatigat, 25, 48
ge-dreógan
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Substitute: to do, accomplish Hé wyrs ágylt and máran demm gedríhð (-drígð, v.l.) him selfum mid ðǽm lote, Past. 347, 18.
wuldor-þrymm
Glorious majesty
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Glorious majesty Wealdend and wyrhta wuldorþrymmes, éce God, Andr. Kmbl. 650; An. 325 : 1404; An. 702. Godes wuldorþrymmas mannum cýþan, Blickl. Homl. 111, 17
heáfod-gylt
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In l. 2 after wyrðe insert ne, and add Þá men þe mid openan heafodgyltan hý sylfe forgyltað, Wlfst. 153, 9. Cf. heáfod-synn
rípian
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Æpla, græs, and wyrtan, and treówen foraldiað and forsériað and cumað oððer, grénu wexað, and gearwað and rípað (-iað?), Solil. H. 10, 5. Add
wamb-scyldig
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Lá, ðú eorðan lamb (= lám) and dúst and wyrma gifel, and þú wambscyldiga (-= wammscyldiga?) fætels and gealstor and fúlnes and hrǽw, Nap. 67
be-wríhan
To cover over, conceal, wrap up ⬩ velare, operire
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To cover over, conceal, wrap up; velare, operire Se snáw bewríhþ wyrta cíþ the snow covers over the germ of herbs, Salm.
Linked entries: an-wrigenys be-wrigen be-wríhþ bi-wráh bi-wríhan
án-setla
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Feórþe cyn is þára þe hý under leásum híwe ánsetlan teliaþ . . . ne wyrþ nǽfre fulfremed sé þe on þus níwan anginne ánsetla beón wile . . . Nán man ne dear for árwyrðnesse þæs ánsetlan leahtras tǽlan, R. Ben. 134, 22 — 135, 18
týdran
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Ǽlces landes gecynd is, ðæt hit him gelíce wyrta týdrige (týdre, Cott. MS.); and hit swá déþ; friþaþ and fyrþraþ swíþe georne, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 29.
in-wreón
To uncover ⬩ reveal
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To uncover, reveal Ðú mé inwrige wyrda gerýno thou hast revealed to me the mysteries of fate, Elen. Kmbl. 1621; El. 813
wíte-weorþ
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8
hám-sócn
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Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe, and griðbryces and hámsócne, Cht. E. 233, 3. Add
cís
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Add: fastidious, squeamish þe lǽs hit seócmódum bróðrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan ut infirmis mentibus non uertatur in nausiam, Chrd. 23, 9