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wealca

(n.)
Grammar
wealca, an ; m.

a roller a wave billow a garment that may be rolled round a person a muffler wrap veil.

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Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil. Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14

Linked entries: walca wealcan

weardere

(n.)
Grammar
weardere, es; m.

One who holds a country, an inhabitant

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One who holds a country, an inhabitant Columba com tó Pyhtum; ðæt synd wærteras be norðum mórum Columba came to the Picts; they are the people who hold the country to the north of the hills (cf.

Linked entry: wærtere

heáne

(adv.)
Grammar
heáne, adv.

Ignominiously, shamefully, abjectly

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Scyldigra scólu áscyred weorþeþ heáne from hálgum the band of the guilty shall with shame be separated from the holy, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 17; Cri. 1609: 75 b; Th. 283, 16; Jul. 681.

un-gerádness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerádness, e; f.

Disagreement

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Disagreement Gyf hyne méte, ðæt hé áwiht beran geseó, ðæt byð ungerádnes, Lchdm. iii. 170, 20

Linked entry: ge-rádness

slápol

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Ne scealt þú nǽfre beón ne tó slápol ne tó sláw, Angl. xii. 516, 33. Add

un-lǽdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽdlic, adj.
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Miserable Þá Iúdéas bǽdon swíde unlǽdlicre béne,swá him syþþan eall unlǽdlic on becwóm. . Nap. 65

Linked entry: lǽd-lic

wiþer-broca

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beóð geswæncte fram heora wiðerbrocum (-brecan, v.l.) eos adversarii fatigant, Or. D. 204, 21. Add

gafol-heord

a swarm of bees rented from the lord

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Add: a swarm of bees rented from the lord, the rent (gafol) being paid in honey

gum-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
gum-þeód, e; f.

A nation, people

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A nation, people Gumþeóda bearn the children of men, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 1; Gen, 226

tó-sundrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sundrian, p. ode

To separate

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To separate Hwanne hé tósundrode bearn Adames quando separabat filios Adam, Cant. M. ad fil. 8

Linked entry: tó-syndrian

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Biþ smeád meditabitur 36, 30. with a clause introduced by ðæt, hú, hwilc, hwæt, etc.: Smeádon men oft, and gyt gelóme smeágaþ, hú se hláf máge beón áwend Homl. Th. ii. 268, 7 : L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 1.

Linked entry: smeán

tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
tácnian, p. ode.

to make a mark upon something, to markto be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark to indicate, point outto signifyto be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolizeto indicate what is future, to portend

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Skt. 12, 33: 21, 19. to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize Huæt tácnaþ ðæt gold búton ða heánesse ðæs háligdómes quid aura nisi excellentia sanctitatis exprimitur? Past. 18; Swt. 133, 12.

án-steallet

(adj.)

one-stalked

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one-stalked Nim béte, ðe biþ ánsteallet take beet, which is one-stalked, Lchdm. iii. 70, 2

Linked entry: steallet

egþa

(n.)
Grammar
egþa, an; m.

An instrument to beat out corn trĭbŭla

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An instrument to beat out corn; trĭbŭla, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 52; Wrt. Voc. 16, 25

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19

word-loga

(n.)
Grammar
word-loga, an; m.

One who is false to his word

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One who is false to his word Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne wordlogan, Wulfst. 40, 10

Linked entry: word-fæst

hlǽdred

(adj.)
Grammar
hlǽdred, hlǽdrede; adj.

Laddered

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Laddered, provided with steps On þone hlǽddredan (hlædreadan, C.D. vi. 94, 13) beám, C.D.B. iii. 492, 27

on-tíned

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Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7

twelf

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Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21

un-gedríme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedríme, adj.
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Dissonant, discordant, inharmonious Hí gemaciað ꝥ þá óðre beóð ungedrýme aliorum uoces dissonare compellunt, Chrd. '57, 12