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
fulwiht-wer
A baptist
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A baptist Seó gebyrd Sancte Iohannes ðæs fulwiht-weres the birthday of St. John the Baptist, Blickl. Homl. 161, 6
BRORD
A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn ⬩ punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba
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Stv. 13, 26. Ðæt brord natum, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6
lǽce-cræftig
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lǽcecræftig hé ðá gesette forðon gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrymnessum ðe mannes líchoman iond styriaþ there was a king named Arestolobius, he was wise and skilled in medicine, for which reason he composed a good-morning drink for all infirmities that stir
níd-micel
Very important ⬩ urgent
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B.) ǽrende wé ðider habbaþ, and ús is þearf ðæt wé hit gefyllon, St. Andr. 6, 20
heóre
Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ pleasant
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Gentle, mild, pleasant Nis ðæt heóru stów it is a savage place, Beo. Th. 2749; B. 1372. Culufre fótum stóp on beám hýre the dove with her feet stepped on to the tree, gentle, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 20; Gen. 1468.
under-feng
Undertaking ⬩ acceptance
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Undertaking, acceptance Ðýlæs hé for ðý underfenge (the undertaking the office of teacher) his eáðmódnesse forlǽte, oððe eft his líf sié ungelíc his ðénunga, oððe hé tó ðríste and tó stíð sié for ðý underfenge his láreówdómes ne aut humilitas accessum
wéstig
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Waste, desert, desolate Of Angle se á syððan stód wéstig ( desertus Bd. 1, 15), Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 16. Wéstig is stów desertus est locus Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 35. Wéstig (woestig, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 38. Woestihg (woestig, Rush.), 14, 15.
Linked entry: woestig
tindiht
Having spikes or teeth, ⬩ beaked
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Se cásere hine (St. Romanus) hét stingan mid írenum gyrdum tyndehtum, Shrn. 115, 25
Bederices weorþ
Bederic's worth or town ⬩ Eádmundes burh ⬩ St. Edmund's bury
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D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place, Th. Diplm. 506, 12
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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We[r]stum gedrecenyssum saevissimis afflictionibus Hpt. Gl. 409, 59. Getogen tó ðǽm wyrstan tintregum, Blickl. Homl. 245, 1. Ða werrestan tintrega, 229, 25. Wyrrestan, Exon. Th. 257, 20;Jul. 250: Elen. Kmbl. 1860; El. 932.
wuldor-mága
A man who will attain the glory of heaven ⬩ an heir of heaven
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A man who will attain the glory of heaven, an heir of heaven Se wuldormága (St. Guthlac), Exon. Th. 167, 28; Gú. 1067. v. next word
ge-stæppan
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., to step a step, take a step :-- Ælc þǽra stæpa and fótlǽsta þe wé tó cyricean weard gestæppað, Wlfst. 302, 27. <b>I b.
a-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ strangle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ suffocare
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Stv. 13, 22. Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne asmored [MS. H. asmorod] that ye taste not blood, nor [what is] strangled, L.
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ge-upped
Revealed
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Revealed Ne mihte Scs Neotus behýdd beón ðá ðá God hine geupped habben wolde St. Neot could not be hid when God would have him revealed, Shrn. 12, 15
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ge-býcnian
to beckon ⬩ shew ⬩ indicate
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to beckon, shew, indicate, St. A. 44, 12 : Evan. Nic. 4, 13 : Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 48, MS. D : 37; Som. 39, 40, MS. D
ge-firenian
To sin ⬩ peccāre
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Ic gefirnode I sinned, St. And. 10, 19 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 4
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on-styrian
to move, stir (of physical motion) ⬩ to move, stir up, excite ⬩ to move, disturb, agitate (a person)
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Surt. 65, 9. to move, stir up, excite Hí mycle fyrhto onstyredon ðám monnum ðe hí sceáwodon, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 23. Unsibbe onstyrian, Cd.
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oretta
One who strives, a combatant, warrior, champion
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Cristes cempa (St. Andrew), 1965 ; An. 985. þegnas lǽrde eádig oreta (St. Andrew), eorlas trymede, 925 ; An. 463. Eádig oretta andwîges heard (Guthlac), Exon. Th. 112, 21; Gú. 147. Swá sceal oretta compian, 122, 33; Gú. 315.
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maniend
One who claims
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Se wæs ǽrest theloniarius ðaet is gafoles moniend he (St. Matthew) was first theloniarius, that is a tax-gatherer, Shrn. 131, 24