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ge-wrixlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlian, -wixlian; p. ede; pp. ed.

to changeto get by exchangeobtainto give in exchangegrant

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Kmbl. p. 2, 17. to get by exchange, obtain Hie hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím >they had got punishments innumerable, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 3; Gen. 335. to give in exchange, grant Swá sceal gewrixled ðám ðe ǽr wel heóldon meotudes willan so shall be granted

Linked entry: ge-wixlan

ge-hýrsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýrsumian, -hiérsumian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad.

to obeybe obedient toobĕdīrepărēreto make obedientbring into subjectionsubjĭcĕre

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to obey, be obedient to; obĕdīre, părēre Ic gehýrsumige obĕdio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 56 : păreo, 26, 2; Som. 28, 43. Ðe heora lustum gehýrsumiaþ who obey their lusts, Homl.

rempan

(v.)

to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?),be precipitate

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Voc. ii. 15, 68 be precipitate Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende and rǽsþ suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe and for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia creditur, Past. 20, 1;Swt. 149, 12

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, p. ode.
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Gif mannes fét on sýþe týdrien if a man get footsore while travelling, Lchdm. i. 84, 23. of things, to get or be frail, perishable Ðæt sind ða getimbru eth;e nó týdriaþ those are the buildings that decay not, Exon. Th. 103, 5; Cri. 1683

Linked entries: ge-tídran týdrian

wlacian

(v.)
Grammar
wlacian, p. ode.

to beget lukewarmto make lukewarm

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to be or get lukewarm Ic wlacige tepeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 154, 4.

earmian

(v.)
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[For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?

ebba

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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the

hód

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Nim þú þé be þínum hode, 129, 4. Gif hé godspel rǽde lecge him þæne hód ofer þá sculdra si evangelium legit, cucullum vel cappam super humeros dejiciat Ll. Th. ii. 140, 25. For ' Cot. 31, Lye' substitute

hyge-méþe

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. : þæt wæs feohleás gefeoht fyrenum gesyngad hreðre hyge-méðe one brother shot the other . . . that was a fight where no bót could be claimed (cf.

pistol

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Add: an epistle, letter Hieronimus áwrát ǽnne pistol be forðsíðe þǽre eádigan Marian tó sumum hálgan mǽdene . . . Hé dihte þisne pistol tó Paulam, Hml. Th. i. 436, 6-21.

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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. § 361; in His wiðerbrecan, Gen. 66: Dan. 66 : Gú. 265. the third the quantity might be short on the analogy of such a verse as

hǽst

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hést, e; f.

Violence, fury

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[Hǽste may also be taken either as adj. agreeing with brógan (v. next word), or as adverb.] Grein compares with Goth. haifsts

heardian

(v.)
Grammar
heardian, p. ode

To be or become hard, to harden

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To be or become hard, to harden Ic heardige dureo and duro, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 6: 37; Som. 39, 26: Herb. 1, 19; Lchdm. i. 76, 18: 2, 11; Lchdm. i. 84, 4. Ðæt wyrmþ and heardaþ ðone magan it warms and hardens the stomach, L.

Linked entry: hyrdan

wígle

(n.)
Grammar
wígle, (wigle?), es; n.

Divinationheathen practice

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[He (devil) makeð be unbilefulle man to leven swilcne wigeles, swo ich ar embe spac, Rel. Ant. i. 131, 27.] [His (the devil's) wiȝeles and his wrenches, A. R. 300, 5.] [Wieles, 92, 21 : Fragm. Phlps. 8, 54.] [Wiheles, Marh. 13, 9.]

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Beo. Th. 3066; B. 1531. Hí wurpon tán betweox him, Homl. Th. i. 246, 3.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

ofer

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Ofer ꝥ mé lysteð ꝥ þú mé secge sum þing be his módes eádmódnysse, Gr. D. 45, 13. Non habeas Deos alienos ; ðæt is, ne lufa ðú óðerne God ofer mé, Sal. K. 188, 22.

ge-férscipe

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M. 29, 9. in special senses, a society of ecclesiastics Þeáh feáwa witena on þám geférscipe beón, R. Ben. 116, 19. Hádbót. . . án dǽl þám biscope, óðer þám wíbede and þridde geférscipe. Ll.

weorold-mann

Grammar
weorold-mann, <b>. II a.</b>
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beóð feor ofdúne gelǽded, þonne wé gemengde beóð tó þysum woruldmannum mid úre gelómlican sprǽce . . . eác ful oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruldmannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge multum deorsum ducimus, dum locutione continua secularibus admiscemur

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.

Therebyby that (person or thing)

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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif hé ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott.

Linked entry: be

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Tó hwon yldest ðú ðæt ðú raðost dó ðæt man ðás menn wítnige and cwelle why dost thou delay at once to cause these men to be punished and killed, 183, 1.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding