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riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimonya legitimate wife

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Se man ðe his rihtǽwe and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6

horu

(n.)
Grammar
horu, gen.-wes; m.

Dirt, filth, foulnessdirtlimus, cenum, lutum, palustre

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Horewes, Mone B. 3561. Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan ye foully spat on his face, Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297. Mín flǽsc is ymscrýd mid dustes horwum my flesh is clothed with the filth of dust, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 10.

Linked entries: ge-horian horh hor-pyt

or-feorm

(adj.)
Grammar
or-feorm, adj.

Unprovided, destitute, worthless

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Unprovided, destitute, worthless Ðæt biþ feóndes bearn, hafaþ grundfúsne gǽst Gode orfeormne (of feormne, MS.) wuldor-cyninge ( a godless spirit ), Exon. Th. 316, 16; Mód. 49.

hlid

(n.)
Grammar
hlid, es; n.

A lid, cover, the opening which is closed by the cover

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Hé tóáwylte mycelne stán tó hlide ðære byrgene advolvit saxum magnum ad ostium monumenti, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 60

hlýda

(n.)
Grammar
hlýda, an; m.

The month noisy with wind and storm, March

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Fox 74; Men. 37. Mónaþ Martius ðe menn hátaþ hlýda, Lchdm. iii. 152. 30. Ðæs mónþes ðe wé hátaþ Martius ðone gé hátaþ Hlýda, Homl. Th. i. 100, 5. On Martio ðæt is on hlýdan mónþe, Lchdm. iii. 152, 9; 250, 5.

Linked entry: hlýd-mónaþ

trumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
trumlíce, adv.

firmlystronglysteadfastlyin a way that encourages (?)

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; but the Latin is clementer geðreáð bið, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 13

Linked entry: trum-líc

twigilde

(adv.)
Grammar
twigilde, adv.

With a double payment

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Sió bót biþ twysceatte (twyggylde, MS. B.) máre the bót shall be twice as much, L. Alf. pol. 66; Th. i. 96, 31

wilder

(n.)
Grammar
wilder, (-or ? cf. wildor-líc. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n.

A wild beast

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Weorpan on wildra líc, Met. 26, 76: Exon. Th. 356, lo; Pa. 9: Cd. Th. 257, 25 ; Dan. 663. Spédig man on wildrum, Ors. l, I ; Swt. 18, 9

Linked entry: wildor

á-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
á-wreón, p.-wráh, pl.-wrigon; pp.-wrigen
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. ¶ in the Lindisfarne Gospels the verb means to cover:-- Wé áwrigon cooperuimus, Mt. 25, 38. Áwrigon gié operuistis, 43. Áwrigon uelauerunt, Lk. 22, 64. Áwuriáð operite, 23, 30. Áwriá operit, 8, 16. Áwrigen uelatum, 9, 45: opertum, 12, 2.

á-wundrian

(v.)

to wonderbe astonishedto wonder atadmire magnify

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Ꝥ hé woere áwundrad ut miraretur, Mk. L. 15, 5, Áwundrade woeron, mirati sunt, Lk. L. 2, 18: ammirati sunt, 48: 11, 14. to wonder at, admire, magnify Áuundradon God magnificabant Deum, Lk.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Ða fóre ðe hé on his móde gelufad hæfde, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 27. Yr on móde, Cd. Th. 4, 33; Gen. 63. Murnan on móde, 45, 31; Gen. 735. Se unrihtwísa cwyþ on his móde, Ps.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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See eal-swá. of degree or extent, where a high degree is implied, so (exceedingly) Ne gemétte ic swá mycelne geleáfan, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 10. Nán fullere ne mæg swá hwíte gedón, Mk. Skt. 9, 3.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

gelíce

(adv.)
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mæg streámas gefeterian, þæt þú mid fóte miht on treddian eorðan gelíce, Ps. Th. 65, 5. Seó sáwl færð hweóle gelícost, Met. 20, 217. with pronoun (þám), like that, similarly Gelíc þon similiter, Mt. p. 17, 6: p. 20, 4.

FÓR

(prep.)
Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.

Beforeforeantecŏramin conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquopræpriusquam

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Geónge þúhton men fór his eágum they seemed young men before his eyes, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 28; Gen. 2429. Wlytig heaw fór bearnum manna spĕciōsus forma præ filiis hŏmĭnum. Ps. Spl. 44, 3.

Linked entries: foor fóre

man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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mæg man ( quisquam ) ingán on stranges hús, búton hé gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29. Worhte man hit him tó wíte, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 2; Gen. 318. Hit gedéfe biþ ðæt mon his winedryhten herge, Beo. Th. 6332; B. 3176

Linked entries: MANN mon

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Merien mane, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 53. On mergenne mane, Ps. Spl. 91, 2: Ps. Th. 54, 17: 89, 16: Beo. Th. 1134; B. 565. In merne mane, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 1: 21, 18. Tó merne, 16, 3. On ðam dæge worhte God merigen and ǽfen, Homl. Th. i. 100, 5.

Linked entries: mergen merne

múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouththe mouth as an instrument of speechthe faceA mouthopeningorifice

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Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17. Múþum buccis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 16. the mouth as an instrument of speech Be ǽlcon worde ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 4. Hé æt his sylfes múþe gehýrde, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 40.

ge-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gangan, -gongan; pp. -gangen, -gongen.

to gohappentake placebefalto fall to one's shareto come inireevenireaccidereto exerciseeffectaccomplishexercereperficereefficereto go against with hostile intentionto pass overovercomesubdueconquerobtainacquireaggreditransgredisuperaresubigereoblinereadipiscipossidere

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Met. Fox 1, 24; Met. 1, 12. Ic mid elne sceal gold gegangan I shall with valour obtain the gold, Beo. Th. 5065; B. 2036 : 6162; B. 3085 : Ps. Th. 78, 12

Linked entry: ge-gongan

winestra

(adj.)
Grammar
winestra, adj.

Left

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Godes fiónd, ðeáh hí on ðære winstran handa bión geðigene, hí beóð mid ðære swíðran tóbrocene, 50; Swt. 389, 10-25. Him wæs gelíce gewylde his wynstre and his swíðre... Ðá ábrǽd Aoth his swurd mid his wynstran handa, Jud. 3, 15, 21.

Linked entries: wynstra winstre

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, -þicgean; p. -þah

To takeacceptreceivesumereaccipere

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Boitius se hæle hátte se ðone hlísan geþah Boethius the man was named who got that fame, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 106; Met. 1, 53. Geþǽgon medoful manig they took many a mead-cup, Beo. Th. 2033; B. 1014

Linked entry: þicgan