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wǽfels

(n.)
Grammar
wǽfels, es; m.

A covering ⬩ wrap ⬩ cloak ⬩ veil

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Ælmesgedál dǽle man gelóme, mete ðám ofhingredum, wǽfels ðám nacedum, Wulfst. 74, 4. Wéfels pallium, Kent. Gl. 968

tíþ

(n.)
Grammar
tíþ, e; f.

Grant ⬩ cession ⬩ concession

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Hý wǽron ðé biddende mínra góda and ðú him symble tíðe forwyrndest they were asking thee for my goods and thou didst ever refuse them the grant thereof, Wulfst. 259, 11.

Linked entry: tygþ

ge-défe

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Gedéfe mód tranquillam mentem, Wülck. 01. 252, 20. Þá gedéfan quietos, Hy. S. 3, 23. III. of things. quiet On tídum gedéfum horis quietis, Hy. S. 4, 30.

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit

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Ealle eówre wæstmas and eorþlíce tilþa, Wulfst. 132, 14. Ðe tilðe of rihtwisnesse, þæt is silence cultus justiciae silencium, A. R. 78, 15: Wick. Is. 32, 17. God sent þe sonne to saue a cursed mannes tilthe, Piers P. 19, 430.

Linked entries: tilþe tylþ

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away

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Hit biþ gelíc réna scúrum, ðonne hí of heofonum swýðost dreósaþ and eft raðe eall tóglídaþ, Wulfst. 149, 7: 264, 2. Ðæt wolcn tóglád, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 11: Chr. 979; Erl. 128, 7. Nihthelm tóglád, lungre leórde, Andr. Kmbl. 246; An. 123: Elen.

slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten

To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break

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Slítende wulfas ravening wolves Blickl. Homl. 63, 10. Slítendum ł terendum tóþreómum rabidis (voracibus) gingivis Hpt. Gl. 423, 42. fig. applied to inanimate subjects Nú slít mé hunger and þorst Cd. Th. 50, 2.; Gen. 302.

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.

what is prescribed as a punishment ⬩ a penalty ⬩ penance imposed after confession ⬩ confession which is followed by penance ⬩ shrift ⬩ one who passes sentence ⬩ inflicts punishment ⬩ a judge ⬩ one who hears confession ond imposes penance, a confessor

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Úre mísdǽde bétan, swá úre scriftas ús tǽcon, Wulfst. 142, 12. Andettan úre synna úrum scriftan, 115, 12: Blickl. Homl. 193, 22

un-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
un-tíma, an; m.

a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap

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., Wulfst. 297, 7

Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness

wicca

(n.)
Grammar
wicca, an; m.
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Th. ii. 330, 28 : Wulfst. 27, 1. Be wiccum, wíglerum, etc. Gif wiccan oþþe wigleras . . . L. E. G. 11; Th, i. 172, 20 : L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20 : L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 7. Wiccum a pythonibus, Hpt. Gl. 504, 66.

wirsian

(v.)
Grammar
wirsian, p. ode

To get worse

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Folclaga wyrsedan ealles tó swýðe, Wulfst. 158, 6. Hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste, gif his hreófla wyrsigende wǽre, Homl. Th. i. 124, 26. Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien, O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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.), Wülck. Gl. 26, 38 and Corp. Gl. H. 63, 141. Geleahtrod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 9. Sió geleahtrad notetur, 61, 28. Geleahtrode sýn míne fýnd confundantur inimici mei, Ps.

sǽ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-mann, es; m.

a seaman,

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Oft twegen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽtð tó sǽ, Wulfst. 163, 5. Mé sendon tó ðé sǽmen snelle, Byrht. Th. 132, 41 ; By. 29. Gif ðú wille syllan sǽmannum feoh, 132, 58; By. 38.

un-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is covered ⬩ to reveal

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Úre misdéda bióþ ealle opene and unwrigene beforan ús, Wulfst. 225, 23. Unwrogene (revelata) synd staðolas ymbhwyrftes eorðana, Ps. Lamb. 17, 16. Ða deópan þing beóð unwrogene, Anglia viii. 334, 7

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Ofsettum obsessis, Wülck. Gl. 251, 5

twi-bill

(n.)
Grammar
twi-bill, es; n.: twi-bile, es; m.

A two-edged axe

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Voc. i. 196, 10)bipennis (in a list 'nomina armorum') Wülck. Gl. 654, 2. Twybyl bisacuta, 568, 21(both 15th cent. glossaries). Twybyl, wryhtys instrument bisacuta, bi-ceps; twybyl or mattoke marra, ligo. Prompt. Parv. 505.

geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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Geolewum andweorcum fuluis metallis, Wülck. Gl. 245, 36. Geolwum oððe deorcum fulvis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 64. Þá giolwan groceos (croceos Titan radios diffundit, Ald. 165), 92, 59. Ðá giolwan libosas, 52, 61.

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.

To take heed ⬩ beware ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to take heed of ⬩ guard against ⬩ abstain from ⬩ to take heed that something is not done, does not happen ⬩ to take heed that something does happen ⬩ To put on guard ⬩ to warn ⬩ to be on one's guard ⬩ to look to one's self ⬩ take heed to one's self ⬩ take warning ⬩ to keep something from a person ⬩ to ward off

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Wulfst. 101, 11. Men ða leófestan, wé willaþ eów warnian, and ús sylfe álýsan, Homl. Ass. 144, 18.

FLÝS

(n.)
Grammar
FLÝS, fiís, fliés, flés, fleŏs. es; n.

A fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ vellus ⬩ lānūgo

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Wulle flýsum with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 12; Rä. 36, 3. Flýs lānūgo. Cot. 122

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To lease ⬩ gather ⬩ collect

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Gif gé lesaþ wyrte on Sunnandæg if ye gather herbs on Sunday, Wulfst. 231, 18. Ic læs I collected, Elen. Kmbl. 2474; El. 1238.

óþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-standan, I.
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Wulfst. 206, 30. to remain standing and so prove an obstacle Ðæt swefn swíðe óþstód manegum mínra leóda ( the dream interpreted by Daniel), Cd. Th. 246, 23; Dan. 483. Cf. æt-standan