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gilplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gilplíc, adj.

Ostentatiouspompousproudvain-glorious

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Ostentatious, pompous, proud, vain-glorious Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd gif Crist scute ðá adún it would have been a very vain glorious act if Christ had thrown himself down then, Homl. Th. i. 170, 21.

stíme

(n.)
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Perhaps the alternative reading stune is the better, as it is said of the plant : stunaþ heó wærce . . . wið*-*stunaþ heó áttre. (?)

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. ede
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-Oft ic fróde men gehýrde secgan and swerian ymb sume wísan hwæðer wǽre twegra strengra wyrd ðe warnung I have often heard wise men speak and talk (or ?

woffian

(v.)
Grammar
woffian, p. ode

To raveblaspheme

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To rave, blaspheme Ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetlíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæð, swylce for plegan, ðæt hé swýðún wǽre . . Hé woffode ðá swá lange mid wordum dyslíce, óð ðæt hú feóll geswógen. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 298. Woffode debacchatur, Hpt.

Linked entry: a-woffian

wleccan

(v.)
Grammar
wleccan, pp. wleced, wlecced, wleht

To make lukewarm

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Ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðæm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólaþ, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ó ongunne wleccan, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 21

be-swingan

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Wǽre þú tó-dæg beswuncgen?, Coll. M. 34, 7, 15. Add

weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys ná sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.

æ-fæstnes

Grammar
æ-fæstnes, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest-, -feast-).
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Hí áxode hine hwylcere eáwfæstnysse hé wǽre, Hml. S. 22, 204. Eáwfæstnysse (regularis) discipline, Hpt. Gl. 403, 16. Mid ǽfæsnesse, R. Ben. 139, 7. Add

eafor

(n.)
Grammar
eafor, es; m.

A boar, wild boar aper

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A boar, wild boar; aper Sume wǽron eaforas some were wild boars, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 161; Met. 26, 81

Linked entries: aferian cum-feorm

lustbǽr-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-líc, adj.

Desirablepleasant

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Desirable, pleasant Eálá hú lustbǽrlíce tída on ðam dagum wǽron O tempora desiderio dignissima! Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 25

un-geleáfsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsumness, e; f.

Unbeliefinfidelityheathenism

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Unbelief, infidelity, heathenism Monige on Angelðeóde, mid ðý hí ðágyta on ungeleáfsumnysse ( infidelitate ) wǽron, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 22

Linked entry: ge-leáfsumness

ciric-þénung

Grammar
ciric-þénung, -þegnung.
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On þám sinoðe wǽron gesette þá hálgan cyricþénunga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 8. Cyrcþénungum orgiis, sacrificiis, Germ. 395, 65. Add

manigfealde

(adv.)
Grammar
manigfealde, adv.
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In many ways, abundantly: His hálines and wundor wǽron syððan manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland, Chr. 641; P. 27, 25. —

ofermǽt-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ofermǽt-lic, adj.

Immense

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Immense Ðonne swá ofermǽtlícu rícu onstyrede wǽron ubi tot et talia regna mutata sunt, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 10

eaxle-gespan

(n.)
Grammar
eaxle-gespan, gen. -gespannes; n.

The shoulder-span

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The shoulder-span Fífe gimmas wǽron on ðam eaxlegespanne five gems were on the shoulder-span, Rood Kmbl. 17; Kr. 9

gift-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gift-hús, es; n.

A wedding-housenuptiarum domus

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A wedding-house; nuptiarum domus Ðá wǽrun ða gyfthús mid sittyndum mannum gefyllede impletæ sunt nubtiæ discumbentium, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 10

wyrt-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-fæt, es; n.
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A scent-bottle Wyrtfata olfactoriola (cf. olfactoriola ðe hiera elesealfa on wǽran, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 35), Hpt. Gl. 517, 27

friþ-stól

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wǽron gelaðede tó ðám hálgan hám and tó ðám cynelican friðstóle þǽr Críst wunað and ríxað, Wlfst. 265, 18. Add

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, to permit.
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Hý lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora Add: —

mis-cwéman

(v.)
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to displease Á hí ymbe ꝥ wǽron, hú hí ðé mis-cwémdon, Hml. S. 23, 287. [v. N. E. D. misqueme.]

Linked entry: cwéman