wís-wyrdan
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To be wise in speech Wýswyrdan philosophari, Anglia xiii. 38, 301. v. next word
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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to wit, know, have knowledge, be aware, Grammar witan, absolute Noui ic can oððe ic wát, noui ic wiste, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Zup. 205, 8. Oft wé oferswiðdon swá swá ðú sylf wistest, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 27. Ne meahte hire Iudas, ne ful gere wiste, sweotole gecýðan
wiþerwirdan
To oppose ⬩ be adverse to
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To oppose, be adverse to Ealle ða ðé wiþerwyrdaþ omnes qui tibi aduersantur, Scint. 165, 4
wiþ-gínan
To reply ⬩ to repel ⬩ reject
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To reply (? cf. Icel. gegna to reply); to repel, reject (? v. gynde, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 636) Ðá cwæð hé eft tó him sylfum: 'Tó sóðan ne þincð mé nǽfre ðæt hit sóð sý ðæt ðys sý Efesa byrig . . .' Ðá wiðgýnde hé eft his geðance, ond him þus andwyrde (
Linked entry: gínan
wiþ-þyddan
To thrust back
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To thrust back Wiðþyddende retundens, Hpt. Gl. 505, 52
wrǽþan
To be angry ⬩ get angry
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To be angry, get angry Se ðe uraeðes brótfere his qui irascetur fratri suo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 22. Wraeðde hláford iratus dominus, 18, 34. Se cynig wrǽðde rex iratus est, Rtl. 107, 29. Urǽðde fremuit, 197, 31
wrídan
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive
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To put forth shoots, be productive Weaxaþ and wrídaþ, . . . fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas, teámum and túdre. Cd. Th. 92, 21; Gen. 1532. Wríðende sceal mǽgðe ðínre monrím wesan, 105, 33; Gen. 1762. Geunne ðé éce Drihten æcera wexendra and wrídendra
ymb-týnan
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To enclose, surround Ðeáh man ðone gársecg mid ísene útan ymbtýnde, Wulfst. 146, 27
Linked entry: týnan
ymb-wǽfan
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To wrap round, to clothe Ymbwǽfd mid fǽgnyssum circumamicta uarietatibus Ps. Lamb. 44, 15
ymb-wærlan
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To turn round Ymbwærlde tó ðæm wífe conversus ad mulierem Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 44, 9. Ymbwærlde (-wælde, Lind.), Rush. 9, 55
ymb-ærnan
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To go round Ða gelamp ðætte Peahte ðeód com of Scyþþia lande and ymbærndon éall Breotone gemǽro, ðæt hí cómon on Scotland upp contigit gentem Pictorum de Scythia, circumagente flatu ventorum, extra fines omnes Brittaniae Hiberniam pervenisse, Bd. 1,
ymb-cirran
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To turn about, to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14. Saturnus hæfð ymb þrítig wintergerímes weoruld ymbcyrred, 28, 26. to turn one's self round Ymbcerred wæs on bægcgling conuersa
ymb-gyrdan
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of clothing, to gird about, to put a girdle round Ic embgyrde cingo and accingo and succingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5 ; Zup. 173, 17. Hé ymbgyrde hine praecinxit se, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 4. Ymbgyrdaþ eówre lendena, Anglia viii. 322, 19. Ymbgyrde wé úre lendena
Linked entry: embe-gyrdan
ymb-lǽdan
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10
wyrgan
To worry ⬩ strangle ⬩ throttle
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To worry (as an animal does), strangle, throttle Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ st[r]angulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32
be-sirwan
To ensnare ⬩ entrap ⬩ circumvent
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To ensnare, entrap, circumvent Hé ofslóg and besirede his getreówne ðegn devotum militem sub studio fraudis extinxit, Past. 393, 8. Hiene Artabatus besirede and ofslóg per Artabatum circumventus occiditur, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 84, 24. Besierede, 4, 5 ; S.
Linked entry: be-syrewian
be-tyllan
To lure ⬩ decoy
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To lure, decoy Þá gelǽdde hé here in Peohtas, þá gelíccetton hí fleám for him, and hine betyldon (-tilldon, -telldon v. ll. ) on nearo fasten cum exercitum ad uastandam Pictorum prouinciam duxisset, iniroductus est, simulantibus fugam hostibus, in angustias
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be-tyrnan
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy. S. 96, 5. to bend the knee, prostrate one's self Betyrne þám sylfan fótum voluat si ipsius
be-wǽgan
to deceive
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to deceive Bewǽg[de] fefellisset, An. Ox. 3660. Biwǽgan fallere, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 230, 39. Add:
be-willan
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To boil away Dó on wylisc ealu, bewyl oþ þrid-dan dæl, Lch. ii. 120, 15. Genim betonican, wyl in wætere, bewyll þriddan dǽl, iii. 43, 22. Wylle oþ sié twǽde bewylled þæs wóses, ii. 38, 11. Wylle on cetele oþ ꝥ se wǽ. a sié twǽde on bewylled, 332, 17:
Linked entry: willan