háwian
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Ðreó þing sint neódbehǽfe ðám eágan élcere sáwle; án is þæt hál sién, óððer þæt heó háwien ðes þe heó geseón wolden, þridde þæt hí magen geseón þæt þæt hí geháwian tria ad animam pertinent, ut sana sit, ut aspiciat, ut videat, 4. where the direction or
þeóden
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the chief of a þeód [cf. dryhten, dryht for connexion of þeóden, þeód], a prince, king; the word is used almost exclusively in poetry, but occurs once in the Laws in an alliterative phrase Ǽlc be his mǽðe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden, L.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Kmbl. 3018; An. 1512. to draw a figure, Similar entries v. writere, 1 Nim sume tigelan, and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 3, 10.
ge-lǽdan
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Ðrió cnæhtas of ofone ðú gilǽddest ( eduxisti ), Rtl. 101, 36. Hé ús of hæftum hám gelǽdde, Sat. 553. Hé hine gelǽdde ealle þá gemǽru, Cht. Th. 140, 21. Se cyng geleádde ealle his sciphere tó Lægeceastre, Chr. 972; P. 119, 9.
staþol
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., and dó háligwæter ðǽron, and drýpe on ðone staðol ðara turfa (the lower side of the sods), Lchdm. i. 398, 11. <b>I b.</b> that on which a thing depends :-- Staðul cardo, Wrt.
Linked entry: scaþel
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Nafast ðú hláfes wiste, ne hlútterne drync, Andr. Kmbl. 623; An. 312: Elen. Kmbl. 1231; El. 617. Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda, Prov. Kmbl. 80. Næbbe ic welan ne wiste, Andr. Kmbl. 603; An. 302: 635; An. 318.
ge-rýman
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Wegas syndon drýge, holm gerýmed, Exod. 284. IV. intrans. To make or leave the way clear to (tó) a place, condition, object, make way for a person :-- Hé óðtrum gerýmeð wyrmum tó wiste he leaves the way clear for other worms to get food, Seel. 123.
ELN
the Royal
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Broderip, who says the length of the Walrus is from 10 to 15 feet, and Dr. Scoresby, who gives the lengen of the Physalus to be about 100 feet, Ors.
Linked entry: eln-gemet
in-geþanc
Thought ⬩ thinking ⬩ cogitation ⬩ intent ⬩ mind ⬩ heart ⬩ conscience
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Drync se onwende gewit wera ingeþanc a drink that perverted the wit, the mind of men, Andr. Kmbl. 70; An. 35. Næfdon hí máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc; hæfde ánra gehwylc his ágen mód, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 188; Met. 26, 94.
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wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Icel. villi-eldr] Hér wæs se dría sumor, and wilde fýr com on manega scíra and forbærnde fela túna, and eác manega burga forburnon. Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 36.
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lagu
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Ðegenes lagu is ꝥ hé sý his bócrihtes wyrðe, and ꝥ hé ðreó ðinc of his lande dó, 432, 4. Norðhymbra preósta lagu, ii. 290, 1. Ðeów swán and ðeów beócere æfter forðsíðe beón ánre lage wyrðe, i. 436, 20. <b>I d.
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Heofon weardiaþ ufan wætra drýðe tegis in aquis superiora coeli, 103, 3. Hý (Seraphim) mid hyra fiþrum Freán ælmihtiges onsýne wearð (weardiað? v. Isaiah 6, 2), Exon. Th. 25, 5; Cri. 396.
Linked entries: ge-weardian weardere
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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On ðás word ic becom, ðe læs ðe oacute;ðre wísan ǽnig man leóge, Blickl. Homl. 177, 33. On óðre wisan hit ys aliter est, Gen. 42, 12 : Bd. l, 27; S. 492, 3, 6. Hit feor on óðre wísan wæs longe aliter erat, 3, 14; 13. 539, 45.
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licgan
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Hé his sincgyfan wræc, ǽr hé on wæle lǽge, By. 275-279. (3 a) to lie in the grave :-- Æt Æðelðrýðe byrgene . . . ðe ðǽr gehál úð oð ðis on eallhwítre ðrýh of marmstáne geworht Æðeldrydae . . . quae incorruptibili corpore hactenus condita mausoleo marmoreo
ealdor-mann
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Þonne ꝥ gewin geendad wæs, þonne wǽron hí eft efenríce, wǽron ealle ealdormen (satrapae ), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 4-601, 3. v. dryht-, þúsend-ealdormann
ge-wríþan
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Th. ii. 28, 27. to bind together, draw together Tólýs sace bendas, gewríþ sibbe wǽre dissolve litis vincula, asstringe pacis fędera, Hy. S. 29, 3.
Linked entry: ge-wriþen
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Skt. 10, 41, Wit ðú, ðæt ic eom drý, Blickl. Homl. 183, 17. Witaþ gé, ðæt hit swá nis scitote, quia non est mea, Bd, 4, 8; S. 576, 2. Witaþ (wutas gié, Lind.), ðæt ..., Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43: Lk. Skt. 10, 11: Ps. Th. 99, 2.
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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Us wuldres weard þurh láre speón to ðam fægeran gefeán the Lord of glory drew us by his teaching to fair joy, Andr. Kmbl. 1195; An. 598. Forht ic wæs for ðære fægran gesyhþe I was terrified at the beautiful sight, Rood Kmbl. 41; Kr. 21.
trymman
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Ǽgðer ó ðrum trymede heofonríces hyht, Andr. Kmbl. 2104 ; An. 1053. Strangie man and trymme (trumme, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 4) hí mid wíslicre Godes lage, Wulfst. 267, 21. Hé ongon his sefan trymman, Exon. Th. 169, 4; Gú. 1089.
Linked entries: trumme trymian trymmian fore-trymman tremian
hát
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Ðas fýres gecynd is hát and dríe ignis calidae et aridae est naturae, Angl. vii. 12, 105. Be wambe missenlicre gecyndo . . . Þonne heó beð hátre gebyrdo and gecyndo . . . Be hátre gecyndo wambe.