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weorpan

Grammar
weorpan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>Ib.</b> where the implement used in throwing is given
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Hit wæs swá tóbrocen efne swilce hé mid stáne wurpe on þæs fætes forwyrde, Gr. D. 105, 6

wrixlan

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wrixlan, <b>. II.</b>
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Ðú recst þæt geár . . . þurh þæt gewrixle þára feówer týda . . . þára wrixlað ǽlc wyð óðer and hwerfiað, swá þæt heora ǽgðer byð eft emne þæt þæt hýt ǽr wæs . . . and swá wrixlað tunglas . . . Wrixliað sume þá on óðre wísan, Solil. H. 9, 17-24.

wil-weg

(n.)
Grammar
wil-weg, es; m.

A pleasant waya desirable way

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A pleasant way, a desirable way Syndan wé nú eft ámearcode tó ðam gefeán neorxnawanges; ne gelette ús ðæs síðes se fǽcna feónd, ne ús ne forwyrne ðæs wilweges, ne ús ða gata ne betýne, ðe us opene standaþ, Wulfst. 252, 17.

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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<b>II a</b> :-- Ðonne hé hit eft ofman, ðonne ofðyncð him ðæs ilcan ðe hé ǽr forbær, and bið eft onǽled mid ðý fýre ðæs sáres, Past. 225, 19.

móna

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móna, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo for þan þe hé yrnð ealra tungla niðemest and þǽre eorðan gehendost . . . þis is þæs mónan geár; ac his mónað is máre, ꝥ is þonne hé gecyrð níwe fram þǽre sunnan oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán . . . and eft þurh hí beó

lane

(n.)
Grammar
lane, an; f.

A lane

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A lane, a narrow and bounded path, a street in a town Hit cymeþ on ægles lonan: ondlang ðære lonan ðæt hit cymeþ eft in ða burnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 33, 7. On ða ealdan lanan, 456, 3.

min

(adj.)
Grammar
min, adj.

smallmeanvile

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Th. 120, 6. mean, vile Hwílum cyrdon eft minne mánsceaþan on mennisc hiw at times the vile criminals turned into human form, Exon. 46 a; Th. 156, 27; Gú. 881

Linked entry: min-dóm

Púnice

(n.)
Grammar
Púnice, pl.
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Claudius fór eft an Púnice, Swt. 178, 31

regn-boga

(n.)
Grammar
regn-boga, an; m.

A rainbow

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God gesette ðone rénbogan tó wedde tó ðam beháte ðæt hé nǽfre eft nolde eahte middanearde mid nánum flóde oferteón. Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 19-26. Ic sette mínne rénbogan ( arcum ) on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13

þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.

wiþo-bán

(n.)
Grammar
wiþo-bán, es: -báne
(
? cf. Icel. -beina
),
an; n.

collar-bone

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Hwílum ofer ealle ða sídan biþ ðæt sár, hwílum becymð on ða weoþobán, and eft ymb lytel ða gesculdru ðæt sár grét, 258, 5

Linked entries: weoðo-bán wido-báne

be-þeccan

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Beþæht (efne beðeht, L. ) coopertus, Mt. R. 6, 29. Beðeahtum tectis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 13. Add

æl-beorht

All-brightall-shining

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Hwílum cerreþ eft on up ródor ælbeorhta lég the all-bright flame returns sometimes again up to the sky, Bt. Met. Fox 29,104; Met. 29, 51

scild-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
scild-wyrhta, an ; m.
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Andlang flǽscmangara strǽte ðet it cymþ tó scyld-wyrhtana strǽte; andlang scyldwyrhtana strǽte eást eft ðæt hit cymþ tó Leófan hagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 135, 18-20

á-gangan

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Add: to go off, out Eallum út ágangendum cunctis egressis , Bd. l, 7; Sch. 24, 414. to pass (of time) Þisse eldo is se mǽsta dǽl ágangen, efne nigon hund wintra and lxxi on þýs geáre, Bl.

teám

Grammar
teám, <b>. I.</b>
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E. 236, 4. efen-teám. Add

sárig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-mód, adj.

Sad-hearted, of mournful mood

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Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum, Beo. Th. 5876; B. 2942. Þa wes he sarimod and sorhful an heorten, Laym. 29791. Sorimod and wroþ, O. and N. 1218. Forfrigted folc and sorimod, Gen. and Ex. 3520

ofer-stige

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-stige, es; m.

Astonishment, extasy

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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige

Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness

tóweardness

(n.)
Grammar
tóweardness, e; f.

the time to comethe futurea future coming

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Swá ðú on ðisum andweardum lífe má earfoða drígast, swá myccle ðú eft on tóweardnysse geféhst, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 13. a future coming Úre Drihten ðæt gefylde, ðæt hé þurh his ða hálgan tóweardnesse gehét, Blickl. Homl. 119, 28

on-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
on-cirran, -cerran, -cyrran; p. de.

to turn (trans.) make a change in position or directionto turn (into another form)to turn, to goto turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc.to turn, changeto turn from good to bad, to pervertto turn aside, avertto turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoketo turn (intrans.)

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Th. 124, 8; Gú. 336. to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke Ðú yrre ðín eft oncyrdest, Ps. Th. 70, 19. Hé ða yrmðu eft oncyrde æt his upstige, Exon. Th. 38, 30; Cri. 614. Ða word oncyr retract the words, 251, 13; Jul. 144.