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sweord-freca

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-freca, an; m.

A warrior who uses a sword

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A warrior who uses a sword Hé ðæs wǽpnes (the sword Hrunting) onláh sélran sweordfrecan, Beo. Th. 2940; B. 1468

twi-fingre

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-fingre, adj.

Two fingers thickterm applied to the fat on swine

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Two fingers thick, term applied to the fat on swine Æt twyfingrum (spic), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 19

ǽg-hwá

(n.; adj.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwá, m. f: neut. ǽg-hwæt; gen. ǽg-hwæs [á + ge + hwá]

Every oneeverythingquisquequicunque

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Þearfum ǽghwæs oftugon ye denied the poor everything, Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 8; Cri. 1505. Se fugol is on hiwe ǽghwæs ǽnlíc the bird is in aspect every way unique, 60a; Th. 219, 24; Ph. 312. Ǽghwæs orwígne wholly defenceless, 72 a; Th. 268, 18; Jul. 434

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæt

heolfor

(n.)
Grammar
heolfor, es; n.

Blood from a woundgorecruor

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Kmbl. 2483; An. 1243: 2555; An. 1279: Cd. 166; Th. 206, 9; Exod. 449: Th. 208, 1; Exod. 476

Linked entry: helabr

willes

(adv.)
Grammar
willes, adv.

Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord

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Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 22 : L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 26 : L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 6. [Gif heo hit brekeð willes and woldes, A. R. 6, 26. ] Þu þat forschuppes te self willes and waldes, H. M. 27, 2. v. self-willes, un-wil[l], wil[l]

a-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lecgan, -lecgean; he -legeþ, -legþ, -lehþ, pl. -lecgaþ; p. -legde, -léde , pl. -legdon, -lédon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. trans. [a from, lecgan to lay] .

to placelay downthrow downsuppresslay asidecease fromponerecollocareprosterneredeponereabjicererelinquereomittereto imposeinflict uponimponereimmittereto diminishtake awayrefuseimminueredeprimerereprimere

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He nǽfre ða leán alegeþ he never refuseth the reward, Exon. 33b; Th. 107, 23; Gú. 63

gítsian

(v.)
Grammar
gítsian, p. ode; pp. od

To covetdesire

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Th. 3502; B: 1749. Fóþres ne gítsaþ it craves not food, Exon. 114 b; Th. 440, 1; Rä. 51, 11: Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 17. Ðá ðú gítsiende blǽda náme when thou coveting didst take the fruit, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 7; Gen. 890.

Linked entries: gídsian gýtsian

ge-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hwǽr, -hwár; adv.

On every sideeverywhereundiqueubique

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Ðeáh ðú heaðorǽsa gehwǽr dohte though thou hast in martial exploits everywhere succeeded, Beo. Th. 1057; B. 526 : Elen. Kmbl. 1092; El. 548. Gehwár hí syn hefige gehwár eác medeme in some places they are heavy, in others moderate, Th. Ll. i. 434, 4

oflǽte

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;

an oblation, offeringa sacramental wafera wafer like the sacramental wafera sacramental waferwafer

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Th. ii. 174, 26. a wafer like the sacramental wafer Man sceal niman . vii. lytle oflǽtan swylce man mid ofraþ, Lchdm. iii. 42, 3. [Erest þat husel beð ouelete and win, O. E. Homl. ii. 97, 33. Icel. obláta, oblát a sacramental wafer: O. H.

Linked entry: ofláte

stíþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-mód, adj.

of constant mind, resoluteof stern mind, sternof violent or fierce mindof stubborn mind, stubborn, obstinate

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Th. 5125; B. 2566. Him (the people of Sodom) tó sende stíðmód cyning (God) áras síne, Cd. Th. 146, 16; Gen. 2423. Se þeóden wæs strang and stíðmód, 279, 34; Sat. 248. Cyning stíðmód sý wið yfele, L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 26.

wedd

Grammar
wedd, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwet gedydest þú? Syle wedd be þissum eallum þe ic for þé dyde and for þe þrowade.' Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda). 'Þonne bið bóc ontýned . . .

HÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HÓC, es; m.

A HOOK

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Th. i. 362, 27

Linked entries: hóced hóc-ísern

bǽran

(v.)
Grammar
bǽran, p. de; pp. ed

To bearbear oneselfferretransferre

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Bos. 11, 16; he suffride not, that ony man schulde bere a vessel thurȝ the temple, Wyc

dréfednes

(n.)
Grammar
dréfednes, drefed-ness, drefed-nyss, e; f.

Vexation, affliction, tribulationvexātio, afflictio, tribulātio

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Vexation, affliction, tribulation; vexātio, afflictio, tribulātio Syððon cómon [comen MS.] ealle dréfednysse [MS. dræuednysse] and ealle ifele to ðone mynstre after that all troubles and all evils came to the monastery, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 31

nacian

(v.)
Grammar
nacian, p. ode

To strip

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To strip (the clothes off a person) Ðá hé ðæt nolde hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded when he would not do that (deny Christ), he was stripped and sent to prison, Shrn. 51, 12

ge-módsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-módsumnes, -ness, e; f.

commodus

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Agreement, concord; concordia He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21

ge-myndig

(n.)
Grammar
ge-myndig, es; n.
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Memory of a person v. ge-mynd; IV a Ic wil-node . . . æfter mínum lífe þám monnum tó lǽfanne þe æfter mé wǽren mín gemyndig (gemynd, v. l. ) on gódum weorcum, Bt. 17; F. 60, 16

gímeleáslic

(adj.)
Grammar
gímeleáslic, adj.
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That is done without care, careless, thoughtless Unwærlicu and giémeleáslicu sprǽc menn dweleð incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit Past. 89, 8. In manegum gýmeleáslicum wordum þe steór-leáslicu cildru gewuniað tó sprecanne. Gr. D. 289, 9

numol

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Add: of the mind, able to grasp, capable Andgytful, numel capax (memoriae), An. Ox. 3101. biting Swá swá deáðes geféran, swá forfleóh þú ꝥ numele wín ut mortis socium, sic mordax effuge vinum, Chrd. 74, 10

ge-þuhtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þuhtsum, adj.

Abundant

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Abundant Hit wæs ǽr ðǽr singal druwung and sóna æfter ðam com geþuhtsum rén on eorþan there had been there before continual drought, and directly after that came abundant rain on the earth, Shrn. 113, 20

Linked entry: -þuhtsum