býl
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Wearte vel býl furunculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 75. Wearte, býle frunculus (forunculus? -os?), 34. Gif býl on men gebersteð, Lch. ii. 94, 24. Býlas carbunculi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 56. Býlum bullis, 89, 47. On þǽre lifre býlum. Lch. ii. 204, 24. Add: —
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Wearð ðæt wæder swíðe strang, ðæt ða eorlas ne mihton ge*-*witan hwet Godwine eorl gefaren hæfde, Erl. 183, 3. Hé ðǽs wederes ábád, 1094; Erl. 229, 36: 1097; Erl. 234, 20. Hé wearð þurh weder gelet, Erl. 233, 34.
ge-windan
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Þá hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp, þá álýsde ic hine mid heofonlicon réne, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 10. trans. To roll back, unroll Wyllene wearp of clíwene gewundene lanea stamina ex glomere revoluta, An. Ox. 459
un-sidu
A bad habit ⬩ vicious custom ⬩ mal-practice
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Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt ... wearð þes þeódscipe swýðe forsyngod ... þurh hǽþene unsida, Wulfst. 164, 2. Áne misdǽda hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1
wrǽt
A work of art ⬩ a jewel ⬩ an ornament
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A work of art, a jewel, an ornament Se (the cave) wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra, weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Beo. Th. 4817; 3. 2413. Wundenmǽl wrǽttum gebunden, 3067 ; 3. 1531. Is ðes middangeard wísum gewlitegad, wrǽttum gefrætwad, Exon.
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cystig-ness
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Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt.
ge-wrégan
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L. 27, 12. to accuse to somebody Clemens wearð gewréht tó ðám cásere for ðám micclan crístendóme þe hé árǽrde, Hml.
neáhlíce
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Add: nearly, almost Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd, Hml. S. 31, 951. nearly, closely Hí þeódað hí neálícor and fæstlícor tó þǽre rihtwísnesse justitiae vicinius atque arctius inhaerebunt, Gr.
wild-deór
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Þá wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres . . . Hé tó þám león cwæð: 'Eálá þú mǽste wildeór, ' Hml. S. 23 b, 773-780.
máþum
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Wearð seó cwén miclum gegladod þæt heó móste ðone máðm ( the cross ) on moldan findan, Hml. Th. ii. 306, 11. 'Geswutela mé ðǽre cyrcan mádmas' . . . ' Gif ðú gelýfst, ic ðé geswutelige ðá mádmas'. . . 'Ágif ðá mádmas'. . .
lim-wérig
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Having the limbs wearied Álédon hié ðǽr limwérigne, Rood Kmbl. 125; Kr. 63
-mód
méðe
weary ⬩ exhausted ⬩ weary in mind ⬩ troubled ⬩ sad ⬩ troublesome ⬩ causing weariness
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Méðra fréfrend comforter of the weary-hearted, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 13; Ph. 422. troublesome, causing weariness Nelle ðú mé moeðe ł hefig wosa noli mihi molestus esse, Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 7
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hwearf
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Ic wille ðat sainte Petre and ðá gebróðera in Westminstre habben ðat land and ðone wearf ðe Ulf and his wíf ... gáfon, ... and ic anu alswá ðat hí habben fulne frídóm on allen þingen ðá ðár úp áspringed be lande and be strande, C. D. iv. 221. Add
hæleþ-helm
A helm which makes the wearer invisible ⬩ latibulum
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A helm which makes the wearer invisible, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 2; Gen. 444
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Temes
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Neáh ðære ié ðe mon hǽt Temes (Temese, MS. C.) ad flumen Tamesim, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 238, 22. Sý eá hátte Temese, Chr. Erl. 5, 11. Ymbe heora landgemǽra: andlang Temese (on Temese, 8), L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18. Út on Temese; ðonne ondlong Temese, Cod.
stig
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cf. stig-weard Gif cniht binnan stig sitte if a servant sit within the hall (?), Chart. Th. 612, 32. Stigo vistrina (suestrina? the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 41. Stigu auriola (oriola?
á-hwǽnan
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For ðisum wearð Theodosius þearle áhwǽned, and hé his líc for ðǽre sárignysesse mid wácon reáfe scrýdde . . . God hine ná lengc áhwǽnedne habban nolde, Hml. S. 23, 393, 402. Utan fréfrian áhwǽnede and hyrtan ormóde, Wlfst. 119, 8
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beorhte
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His geearnunga wǽron beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, II. clearly, of physical or mental vision Hé wearð hál, beorhte lócigende, Hml. S. 22, 182. His andgit bið tó ðon beorhte scínende, ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, Past. 69, 24
of-weorpan
to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ) to knock down and kill by a missile
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He wearð mid áne stáne ofworpen saxo ictus occubuit, Ors. 4, l; Swt. 158, 32. Gif oxa wer ofslóge, síe hé mid stánum ofworpen, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 32 note: 50, 5 note