witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Wé ús nytan witod líf óð ǽfen we are not sure of life until the evening, Wulfst. 241, 16: 240, 18: 151, 17. Nú hæbbe ic ðíne hyldo mé witode geworhte, Cd. Th. 45, 15; Gen. 727. Weotude, Andr. Kmbl. 2149; An. 1076.
stæppan
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Th. 86, 22; Gen. 1434: Wulfst. 303, 10: Homl. Th. i. 118, 32. Steppan, Ps. Th. 31, 9: Wulfst. 239, 11: Cd. Th. 88, 2; Gen. 1459: 279, 35; Sat. 248. Com stæppende sum cempa, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14
or-þanc
Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
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Orþancum ingeniis, Wülck. Gl. 250, 5. a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design Orþanc molimen (cf. searo molimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 29), Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12 ; Som. 9, 32.
sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
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[Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1. His (the priest's) alter cloð great and sole, and hire (the priest's concubine's) chemise smal and hwit; and te albe sol, and hire smoc hwit Rel. Ant. i. 129.
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form of man to at birth, Wulfst. 137, 26: Dóm. L. 131.
reócan
To reek, send forth smoke or steam
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Æt hreócendum heorðe, Wulfst. 170, 21. Reócendne (reccendne, MS.)weg, Cd. Th. 177, 19;Gen. 2932. Reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 7;Jud. 314. Hreócendum fumigabundis, Hpt. Gl. 516, 29
wynsumlíce
pleasantly ⬩ agreeably ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ joyously
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Áwend ðíne nosu fram unálýfedum stencum, ðæt ðú mæge wynsumlíce cweðan: 'Sýn wé æðele stencas beforan Godes gesihðe,' Wulfst. 246, 13
ymbren-dæg
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E. 17; Th. i. 370, 3: Wulfst. 117, 15. Ða ðe heora lencten wel gefæsten and ða twelf ymbrendagas, 244, 20. ¶ with riht prefixed :-- Ðis synt ða rihtymbrendagas (legitimi quatuor temporum dies ), ðe man mid rihte healdan sceal; ðæt is, on kł.
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wuldor-full
glorious ⬩ vainglorious
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Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious. Similar entries v. wuldor (I a) Betere ys þearfa and behófigende him þænne wer wulderfull (gloriosus) and genihtsumigende hláfe, Scint. 178, 15.
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for-swelgan
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Þe lǽs wulfas forswelgen ( devorent ) míne sceáp, Coll. M. 20, 15. Forswelgan lurcare, An. Ox. 3573. fig. Forswelð devorat (os impiorum iniquitatem ), Kent.
wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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poverty, indigence, want Ðár is geómerung and wǽdluncg, Wulfst. 114, 27. Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41.
ofer-fyll
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking ⬩ crapula
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Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wulfst. 166, 29
spearca
A spark
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Ne biþ ðǽr leóhtes án lytel spearca, Wulfst. 139, 11. Sleá hé him ánne spearcan, Lchdm. ii. 290, 17. Hí ásprungan up swá swá spearcan, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 23: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 31.
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be-fealdan
to fold up ⬩ roll up ⬩ to bendthe body ⬩ to fold up in something ⬩ wrap up ⬩ to entwine; ⬩ implicare ⬩ to involve ⬩ implicate ⬩ to attach
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Befeald on wulle, 206, 1. fig. :-- Befealdon contentum, sufficiens, Germ. 402, 54. to entwine; implicare Befealdende hófringas hófum inplicans orbes orbibus, An. Ox. 17. fig. to involve, implicate:-- Befelt involvet, Kent. Gl. 1058.
reccend
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Ealra gesceafta reccend and stýrend, Wulfst. 255, 17. Án metod, reccend and ríce, Cd. Th. 252, 17; Dan. 580 : Exon.
sýferness
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Rúmheortnys and sýfernys ( opposed to gítsung and gífernes, 68, 15), Wulfst. 69, 1. Sýfernysse þearf sinceritatis azima, Hymn. Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16. Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60.
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tapor
A taper; also the wick of a lamp
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Se sacerd gehálgodne tapor in ðæt wæter déþ, Wulfst. 36, 5. Taperas cerei, Anglia xiii. 402, 529: 403, 541. Ðrítig teapera, Chart. Th. 473, 32. Ðá com ðæs landes menigu mid leóhtfatum and mid taperum, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 24.
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be-scúfan
to thrust
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Besceofene fraecipitata, Wülck. Gl. 254, 36. to force to something Gif hé hí neédunge tó his ðeówte gebígde, oððe gif hé hí tó yfelnysse bescufe, Hml. Th. i. 112, 7.
býge
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Hit bið drifen on swíðe nearwe bygeas, Past. 59, 6. of movement (lit. or fig. ) Bigas circuitus, Wülck. Gl. 232, 41. Se hara bígde gelóme, þóhte mid þám bigum ætberstan þám deáðe, Hml. S. 31, 1059. Hé gedyde bigeas (-ias, v.l.) and fleám, Gr.
hóc
a hook ⬩ chain ⬩ dragging ⬩ a fish-hook
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Wülck. Gl. 289, II), 63, 81 (both glosses occur in lists of words connected with ships). a sharp bend or angle in the length of anything