wederian
To be (good or bad) weather
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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2
hyrne
A horn ⬩ corner ⬩ angle
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Ðæt wæter ðe man ða bán mid áþwoh binnan ðære cyrcan wearþ ágoten on ánre hyrnan the water that the bones were washed with in the church was poured away in a corner, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 162. Tó ðæs hegges hyrnan to the corner of the hedge, Cod.
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ribb
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Gif mon óðrum rib forsleá binnan gehálre hýde, geselle .x. sciłł. tó bóte; gif sió hýd sié tóbrocen, and mon bán of ádó, geselle .xv. sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 98, 11.
fox
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Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna ... His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær and ábát án fox cumende of þám neáhlande ... Þá cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne, Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.
un-gewuna
A bad custom ⬩ evil practice
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Æt ðam unþeáwe ðe dysige men on ungewunan healdaþ ( which foolish men observe as a custom, and a bad one it is ), Wulfst. 305, 9
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arg
Wicked ⬩ depraved ⬩ bad ⬩ malus ⬩ pravus
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Wicked, depraved, bad; malus, pravus. An impure word only found in the Lindisfarne Gospels or the Durham Book Cneórisse yflo and arg an evil and wicked generation; generatio mala et adultera, i. e. prava, pigra, etc. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 39.
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eórod
A band, legion, troop ⬩ turma, légio
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A band, legion, troop; turma, légio Wíse men tealdon án eórod to six þúsendum, and twelf eórod sind twá and hundseofontig þúsend wise men have reckoned a legion at six thousand, and twelve legions are seventy-two thousand, Homl.
ge-hǽman
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Ox. 1176. in a bad sense, to have illicit intercourse Uenus wæs swá fúl and swá fracod on gálnysse, þæt hyre ágen bróðor wið hý gehǽmde, Wlfst. 107, 16. Ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme, Ll. Th. i. 404, 27
ge-fæstan
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Substitute: ge-fæstan; p. te. to make fast, make steadfast, confirm Wé wurðiað þone gefæstan heáp Godes cýðera we honour the steadfast band of God's martyrs, Hml.
hrysc
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Substitute: <b>hrýsc</b> a bang (?), knock. Take here the passage given under <b>hricsc,</b> and add Wiþ geswelle þám þe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege oþþe of hrýsca hwilcum, Lch. ii. 6, 28. See next word
gúþ-cyst
Warlike excellence ⬩ bravery
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Warlike excellence, bravery Sunu simeones sweótum cómon þridde þeódmægen gúþcyste onþrang the sons of Simeon came in troops, a third great force bravely pressed on [or or cyst = troop, band, and gúþcyste onþrang = pressed on in phalanx,Cf. sweótum cómon
byht
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Ofer wætres byht to lande over the water's abode [bay] to the land, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12
ýfer
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A bank (v. ófer) Of ðám gáran in on ðá ýfre; of ðǽre ýfre, C. D. i. 279, 23. Beneaðan ýfre, iii. 415, 32. Cf. Haec sunt nomina pastuum porcorum . . . heánýfre, i. 258, 11. Þis syndon þá landgemǽru . . . þæt is ǽrest heáhýfre; of heáhýfre, C. D.
roð-hund
A large dog ⬩ molossus ⬩ blood-hound and band-dog
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[In later English vocabularies molossus is translated by blood-hound and band-dog. v. Wrt. Voc. i. 177, 15 :187, col. 2. ] Roðhund molosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 24 : 56, 41 : i. 288, 27. Rothundas molosos, ii.91, 9. Hroð-hund inutilis canis, i.23, 36
óþ-berstan
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Gif se bana óþbyrste, L. H. E. 2 ; Th. i. 28, l. Cf. æt-berstan
ge-bind
A binding ⬩ fastening ⬩ ligātūra ⬩ strictūra
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A binding, fastening; ligātūra, strictūra Ofer waðema gebind [or waðema-gebind, cf. ýþ-gebland] over the watery band, i. e. the surface of the water Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 1; Wand. 24: 77 a; Th. 289, 32; Wand. 57. Gebynd strictura, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Wrt.
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þearl-mód
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Of severe mind, in a bad sense, stern, cruel Hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, swylcne hé ǽr æfter worhte, þearlmód þeóden gumena ( Holofernes ), Judth.Thw, 22, 18; Jud. 66. in a good sense, severe in dealing with evil. v. þearl, I Þearlmód þeóden
dág
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Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 5
feorh-ner
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Tó hwon féddest þú þé ǽnne of þǽm þe ic inc bám gesceóp tó welan and tó wiste and tó feorhrere?, Wlfst. 259, 17. Substitute: and add
un-wyrd
Bad fortune ⬩ misfortune
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Bad fortune, misfortune Gyf him þince ðæt hé leád habbe, sum unwird him byð tóweard, Lchdm. iii. 170, 5. Ðæt mé nú þyncþ ðætte ic ðás unwyrd áræfnan mæg ðe mé on becumen is ut jam me imparem fortunae ietibus non arbitrer, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 13