well-weg
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a road to a spring (?) Ǽrest on welwyll . . . on wælwæg nyðæwerdnæ; of wellwæge on æscwyllæ, C. D. v. 344, 29-31. On ðá swelgende; ðonan on penderes clif foreuueardan on wæluueg, vi. 94, 6. Cf. wille-weg. (?)
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35. Minutia hátte án wífmon, ðe on heora
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ár-fæt
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Clǽm on árfæt . . . mylte syþþan on ðǽm árfæte, Lch. iii. 16, 24. Dó on árfæt, lǽt standan on þám árfate, ii. 34, 5. Meng on árfæt, 124, 25. Add
licgan
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Add: of persons or animals, to be in a prostrate or recumbent position Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml, S. 31, 1153. Ðá læg se king and ásweartode eall, C. D. iv. 57, 13. Se wítega læg and slép, Hml. Th. i. 246, 2. Læg sum wǽdla æt his geate, 328
wandrian
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To wander, rove, roam Wandriendu ludivaga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 26. in a physical sense Se steorra ( Saturn ) wandraþ ofer óþrum steorran, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 13: Met. 24, 23. Wandraþ vagatur, Hpt. Gl. 412, 56. Hí maciaþ eall be luste, woriaþ and wandriaþ
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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In, into, within, from within. Gé synt innan fulle reáfláces intus estis pleni rapina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25. Hig synt innan fulle deádra bána intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum, 23, 27. Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled, Beo. Th. 2039; B. 1017. Breóst innan
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Súþ-healf
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On eásthealfe þeningden, and seó burhstrǽt on súþhealfe, Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, and hamingford on norðhealfe, C. D. iii. 15, 11. Add
mæsse-ǽfen
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Leóhtgesceotu þriwa on geáre, ǽrest on Eásterǽfen, óðre síðe on Candelmæsseǽfen, þriddan síðe on Ealra Hálgena mæsseǽfen, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 28. Add
hogian
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Add: to think, have such and such thoughts Gif ne eáðmódlíce ic hogade si non humiliter sentiebam, Ps. Srt. 130, 2. <b>I a.</b> with an object, to hove as an object of thought :-- Gé on heortan hogedon inwit, Ps. Th. 57, 2. to be wise, prudent
prím
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Prím prima, undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 10-12. Onginnaþ heáfudcwido tó prím ( ad primam ), Rtl. 166, 17. Gibedd tó prím, 171, 27. On ðysum tídum wé herien úrne scyppend ... on dægréd, on prím, on undem, on middæg, on nón, on ǽfen, on
ríþig
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A stream Hit cymeþ on ðæt lytle ríþig, of ðæm ríþige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 33, 1. On ðæt ríþig, ondlong ríþiges, 378, 15. Swá on ða ealdan díc, andlang díces on áne ríþige, of ðære ríþe on áne ealde díc, 385, 24. On hweólríþig, 381, 8
niht-nihstig
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Hine mon scel neahtnestigne tyhtan tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 184, 1. Gód wín þicgen hié and neahtnestige lapien on hunig, 12. ¶ on nihtnihstig after fasting a night :-- Syle drincan on mergene on nihtnihstig gódne bollan fulne, Lch. iii. 48, 15 : 50, 20:
sweostor
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A sister. of blood relationship Saga ðæt ðú sié sweostor mín, líces mǽge, Cd. Th. 110, 3, Gen. 1832. Ðære swustur (suoester. Lind.: swester, Rush.) wæs Maria huic erat soror nomine Maria, Lk. Skt. 10, 39. Soester, Lind. 10, 40. Swuster, Gen. 12, 13.
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midne-dæg
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Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg (middum dæge, v. l. ) oþ nón, Shrn. 67, 18. On ǽrnemerigen, on undern, on midnedæg, and on ðǽre endlyftan tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 9. Add
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Take here flǽc in Dict., and add: (v. C. D. v. 164, 32 below) the soft material of an animal body, often in connexion or contrast with skin or bone Tóeth;a flǽsc gingiuae, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 33. Bán of mínum báne and flǽsc of mínum flǽsce, Gen. 2, 23.
ge-fón
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Add: trans. To take, catch. To catch animals, fish, & c. Hwylce wildeór swýþost geféhst þú? Ic gefeó heortas. Coll. M. 21, 29 Mænige gefóþ ( capiunt) hwælas, 25, l. Hú geféncge hú hig? Heortas ic gefénge (-fengc? cepi ) on nettum and bár ic ofslóh
ge-welhwilc
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On corne and on flexe and on gewelhwylcon wæstme, Wlfst. 310, 23. Add
leáh
A lea
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A lea, as a termination of local names -leigh, -ley, -ly; it occurs frequently in the charters Hríðra leáh campus armentorum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 232, 21. Ðis syndon ða landgemǽro tó madanleáge (cf. 120, 28 madan lieg) ǽrest on witena leáge, iii. 121,
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be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Dele passage Deut. 21, 20, and add: of movement, trans, to go round a place Lǽssan ymbgang hæfð se mann þe gǽð ábútan án hús þonne sé ðe ealle ðá burh begǽð, Lch. iii. 248, 12. Iosue beeóde ðá burh seofon síðum, Hml. Th. ii. 214, 34. Ðeáh þá unriht-wísan
nón-tíd
The ninth hour
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The ninth hour On undern, on midne dæg, on nóntíde, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 9