leád
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George ) bletsode ꝥ leád and læg him onuppan, and ꝥ leád wearð ácolod, Hml. S. 14, 104-115. Leádes clynum mastigiis Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 75.
riftere
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Hé wearð ofslagen . . . on hærfestlicre tíde úte mid his rifterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Add
wæfre
flickering ⬩ wavering ⬩ quivering ⬩ wavering ⬩ languishing ⬩ active ⬩ nimble
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cf, the force of the old adjective quiver) Wearð him tó handbanan wælgæst wæfre, Beo. Th. 2666; B. 1331
wit-seóc
Lunatic ⬩ possessed
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Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23. Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc.
deófol-líce
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Hé deóflíce wearð geháthyrt, 22, 220
Linked entry: deófel-líce
tó-stregdan
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Swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten wearð geond eall ꝥ hús tanta illic fragrantia odoris aspersa est, Gr. D. 282, 19. Þá tóstrýddan gebricu dispersa fragmina. An. Ox. 11. 139
un-myndlinga
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., inopinate) wearð ábysgod wíneard tó settanne, Gr. D. 88, 16
a-þreótan
To weary ⬩ irk ⬩ displease ⬩ be loathsome ⬩ irksome to any one ⬩ tædere ⬩ pigere ⬩ To loathe ⬩ dislike ⬩ be weary of anything ⬩ pertæsum esse
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To weary, irk, displease, be loathsome, irksome to any one; tædere, pigere Me aþrýt it wearies me, I am weary, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 19. Hwí ne lǽte ge eów ðonne aþreótan why then let ye [it] not to be loathsome to you? Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 8.
un-trum
Weak ⬩ sick ⬩ ill ⬩ infirm
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Man hwylcne dǽl his hrægles tó untruman men bróhte, ðæt hé wearð hál geworden, Blickl. Homl. 223, 25. Untrume ealle wǽran infirmati sunt, Ps. Th. 106, 11.
geóc
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Ðé wearð máðma cyst ( a sword ) gifeðe tó eóce unc, Vald. 1, 25. Geóce gelýfde brega Beorhtdena, B. 608. Byrne ne meahte gárwigan geóce gefremman, 2674. Gearo wæs sé him geóce gefremede . . heora feorh generede metodes weard, Dan. 233. <b>I a.
hreóh-nes
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Wearð ðáre sǽ smiltnesse áwænd fǽringa and wearð micel reównes áweht, swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla, Ap. Th. 10, 26. Ýstendre (wealcendre) sǽ (reóhnesse) flódas feruentis (i. furentis) oceani flustra, An. Ox. 2475.
Linked entry: hreóh
tó-cwísan
To shatter, ⬩ break to pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise
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Ætslád se hálga wer . . . swá ðæt hé forneán eal wearð tócwýsed, 512, 12. Sum cild beam under ánum yrnendum hweóle and wearð tó deáðe tócwýsed, 26, 25: 166, 20. Tócwýsed hreód arundinem quassatam, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20.
weorold-wela
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Ne wearð ǽnig eorðlíc cyning mǽrra ðonne Salomon wearð þuruh ǽghwylcne woroldwelan, Wulfst. 277, 23. Ða woruldwelan synt gesceapene tó bíswice ðám monnum ðe beóþ neátenum gelíce. Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 2.
á-sceótan
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Hine wearþ óþer eáge mid ánre flán út áscoten ictu sagittae oculum perdidit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 15
á-meldian
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Hé wearð ámeldod fram his ágenum fæder, 500, 6. Hé wearð ámeldod ( the lot fell upon him ), Jos. 7, 18. Heó wolde geneálǽcan on wærlicum híwe, ꝥ heó ne wurde ámeldod, Hml. S. 2, 53.
wiþer-feohtend
An adversary
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Ðæt gé wearde healden, ðý læs eów wiþerfeohtend weges forwyrnen tó wuldres byrig, Exon. Th. 282, 17; Jul. 664
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adela
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Ðæt cweartern wearð áfylled mid fúlum adelan, 35, 244. Ic mé sylfe on ðám adele forligeres besylede, 23 b, 342. Fýlþe, adelan sentina, An. Ox. 666: 1738. Adelan cloacas, 3416
á-fǽran
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Wearð hé áfyrht and áfǽred. Lch. iii. 424, 36. Hwý sceal ic beón áfǽrd?, Ps. Th. 26, 2. Wǽron sume tó deáðe áfǽrede. St. A. 34, 32. Add
búc
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Him wearð geboren tó búc ful wæteres, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 29. Butas (búcas ?), bléda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. glossing buccula ( = a cheek?, or the beaver of a helmet?, or the boss of a shield?; from the bulging shape) Buuc buccula, Wrt.
ealdor-leg
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Course of life, life Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience, Dan. 139.