wirman
To warm ⬩ make warm
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To warm, make warm Ic wyrme mé calefacio, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 218, 5. Ic mé wyrme, 222, 1. Ðæt wyrmð and heardaþ ðone magan, Lchdm. ii. 188, 18. Heó mec wǽteþ in wætre, wyrmeþ hwílum tó fýre, Exon. Th. 393, 35; Rá. 13, 10. Se cyning gestód æt ðam fýre
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andeta
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Substitute: The word seems indeclinable and to be used only in the phrase beón (wesan, weorþan) andetta = to admit a charge, liability, & c., with gen. Gielde sé þæs sleges andetta sié wer and wíte let him that admits the slaying (acknowledges
ge-recedness
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Add: history Historia, þæt is gerecednyss (-recced-, v. l.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam
Linked entries: recenness reced-ness ge-reccedness
ge-sǽlignes
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Add: hap, fortune, v. ge-sǽlig; I Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73. Gesǽlinesse fatu, An. Ox. 2627. Hwæt wilnast þú þonne ꝥ þú hæbbe æt swelcre gesǽlignesse? quid autem tanto fortunae strepitu desiderastis ? Bt. 14, 2 ;
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ge-dwola
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Add: one who acts wrongly, a wicked person 'Wá dám ðe talað yfel tó góde, and gód tó yfele . . . Swilc gerihtwísiað þone árleásan for sceattum'. . . Eft cwæð Salomon be swilcum gedwolum : 'Hí (impii) blissiað on yfelnesse, ' Hml. Th. ii. 322 20, one
hæft-níd
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1. His gingran dohtor hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat, Ors.
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ídel-ness
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For passage in l. 18 see <b>IV,</b> and add: emptiness. Cf. ídel; 2 Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse ( diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity. Cf. ídel; II Idelnessa
ofer-cuman
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add: to get the better of in a contest Sé ðe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt, Past. 218, 17: Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, ll. Hé eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3. Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13. Ne mihte hé geþencan
of-gifan
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Add: to give up an object, material or non-material, in one's possession, to abandon Hé gást ofgifeð spiritus pertransibit ab eo, Ps. Th. 102, 15. Hé ofgæf gást expiravit, Lk. R. L. 23, 46. Sume on Rómebyrig feorh ofgéfon, Ap. 12. Mec ( the cuckoo in
wecgan
To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake
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To wag (trans.), move, shake Hwílum mec wonfeax wale wegeþ and þýð, Exon. Th. 393, 31; Rä. 13, 8: 403, 10; Rä. 22, 5. Hí wecgaþ heora heáfdu moverunt caput, Ps. Th. 21, 6. Wecggeaþ, 43, 16. Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ
ǽn-lic
only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,
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Add: only, single Aenli simplex, Txts. 115, 156. Ðú ðe ǽnlic eart Godes bearn, Hml. S. 23, 806. Ǽnlican míne unicam meam, Ps. Spl. 34, 20. alone, solitary Ǽnlic unicus and ðearfa ic eom, Ps. Spl. 24, 17. excellent, peerless, &c. Hú beorht, mire
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on-wealh
Whole, entire ⬩ sound, uninjured, uncorrupted ⬩ whole, entire
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Whole, entire Onwalh integer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 25. Of anwealhre integro, Hpt. Gl. 525, 61. literal, sound, uninjured, uncorrupted Ealne his líchoman gemétton onwealhne and gesundne ( integrum ), Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37. Ealle ða scýtan ðe se líchoma
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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To fail, faint, be weary, languish, cease, perish; deficere, fatigari, languere, exterminari Geteoriaþ deficiant, Ps. Th. 67, 2: 103, 27: Ps. Spl. 17, 39. Ic geteorode ego defeci, Ps. Spl. 38, 14: 54, 11. Ðá se mete geteorude ðe hig of Egipta lande brohton
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stocc
a stock, trunk, log ⬩ a wooden trumpet
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a stock, trunk, log Stoc truncus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 42: 80, 32: axima, 287, 32. On ðone lytlan beorg ðǽr se stoc stód . . . on gerihte tó ðam stocce on eásteweardan ðam leá, of ðam stocce súðrihte on ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 9-17. Tó ðam wón
bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
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Add: a bed, couch Bedd, bed culcites, Txts. 50, 243. Bed culcites, culcitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 52, 53. Wolde beddes neósan gamela Scylding, B. 1791: Jud. 63. Bedde culcita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 14. Ic árás of mínon bedde (lectulo), Coll. M. 33, 23. Swalt
stille
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Still, quiet. in a physical sense, of motion, without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge, Lchdm. iii. 262, 8. Swá hé stille stande, ðǽr hine storm ne mæg áwecgan, Andr. Kmbl. 1003 ; An. 502
ge-hæftan
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Add: To prevent free movement or action. to restrict, restrain, confine Ðonne monn ðæt mód gehæft cum cogitatio per custodiam restringitur, Past. 273, 17. Hié nellað hié gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód, swelce mon deópne pool gewerige, ac hé lǽt his
se
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Add: and <b>sé.</b> 1 a His mǽgas hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe. Gif hé mǽgas næbbe, oþþe þone mete næbbe, Ll. Th. i. 60, 11. 2 g Þú flíhst from mé on þí gemete swilc man nǽddran fleó, Hml. S. 23 b, 318. 4 Se hýra . . . þonne hé þone
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children Nán wen ne wífaþ, ne wíf ne ceorlaþ, ne teám ne biþ getýmed children
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme frum-teám
dæg
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Dele daga, an; m., and add: inst. dæg, dæge; pl. gen. daga, dagena. day, period of twenty-four hours Wé habbað oft gehýred þæt men hátað þysne dæg geáres dæg, swylce þes dæg fyrmest sý on geáres ymbryne, Hml. Th. i. 98, 17. Ys on bócum geteald tó ánumdæge