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þǽr-mid

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-mid, adv.
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Skt, ii. 23 b, 767. temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw hé his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 25

Linked entry: mid

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde the story of Adam passed out of mind after the flood, Wlfst. 3, 37. Gif seó hringe nele úp . . . þonne ne sceall hé þínre sage gelýfan, Hml. S. 21, 48.

wælhreówness

(n.)
Grammar
wælhreówness, e; f.

Cruelty

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Wearð Iulianus for his wælhreównysse ofslægæn, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 419. Wé sceolon déman mildheortlíce bútan wælhreównysse, Homl. Ass. 9, 222. Sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod, ná mid wælhreáwnysse oferdón, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13.

Linked entry: hreów-ness

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

Skill in weaving or spinning

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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron...

Linked entry: tow-hús

gál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
gál-líc, adj.

Lustful

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Lustful Ǽlc gállíc ontendnys wearþ adwæsced every lustful fervour was extinguished, Th. Homl. ii. 156, 35

bi-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen

to run as a liquidTo wet, bedewfluere, perfundere, irrigare

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to run as a liquid, hence - To wet, bedew; fluere, perfundere, irrigare Ðá wearþ beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearþ to swáte then many a tree became bedewed with bloody tears, their sap became [turned to] blood, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 19-23;

Linked entry: be-irnan

dægréd-wóma

(n.)
Grammar
dægréd-wóma, an; m. [dægréd daybreak, dawn, wóma a noise, rushing]

Rush or noise of dawn auroræ strepitus

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Rush or noise of dawn; auroræ strepitus Óþ-ðæt eástan cwom ofer deóp gelád dægrédwóma, wedertácen wearm until there carte from the east over the deep way the rush of dawn, a warm weather-token, Exon. 51 b; Th. 179, 24; Gú. 1266: Andr.

lencten-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíma, an ; m.
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Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 25-28. Lententíma vernale tempus An. Ox. 3837. the season of Lent Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman, þonne hé wífes brúce, Hml, Th. ii. 608, 18

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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wearð ofscoten mid ánre fláne sagitta ictus interiit Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 13. Ðǽr wearð Leostenas mid ánre flán ofscoten ibi Leosthenes telo e muris jacto perfossus occiditur 3, 11; Swt. 144, 27. Mid fýrenum flánum ofscotene (ofsceotene, 7), Homl.

cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
cwedol, cwidol; adj. Ready of speech, talkative, eloquent
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Ne sý nán tó þæs cwidol wíf ne tó þæs cræftig man þæt áwendan ne mæge word þus gecwedene, Lch. i. 402, 13. v. hearm-, wearg-cwedol (-cwidol)

Linked entry: cwidol

nihstig

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Add: <b>, niostig,</b> and substitute Súp wearme nyhstig, Lch. iii. 48, 2

wudu-bearu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bearu, (-o), wes; m.

A grove of treesa wood

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A grove of trees, a wood Wudubearwes weard (the Phenix), Exon. Th. 208, 7 ; Ph. 152. On wudubearwe Similar entries (cf. on holtwuda, 1. 16), 209, 11 ; Ph. 169. Ðæt treów, ðe wexeþ on ðam wudubearwe, Wulfst. 262, 6.

ge-ligernes

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Wearð Alexander ofslagen from his ágenne méder, þeh heó hiere óþerne sunu eác ǽr ofslóge, for hiere geligernesse Alexandra scelere matris occiso, quamvis ea, jam commisso adulterio et altero filio interfecto, generi nuptias mariti morte pepigisset, 3,

hleów

covershelterProtectiona protector

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Protection afforded by a person Hé ácenned wearð tó hleó and tó hróðre hæleða cynne, An. 567: III.

scín-cræft

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Antecríst winð ongeán Godes gecorenan . . . mid gedwyldlicum scíncræftum, Wlfst. 196, 20. a magical apparatus, cf. cræft; Hé wearð gelǽd tó þám lífleásum godum . . . þá hét hé þone scuccan þe on þám scíncræfte wunode ꝥ hé út eóde of þǽre anlícnysse him

styrung

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</b> add: stir :-- On merigen wearð micel styrung betwux ðám cempum ( as soon as it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers; facta die erat non parva turbatio inter milites, Acts 12, 18), Hml. Th. ii. 382, 27.

be-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
be-swíc, l. be-swic (big-, bí-, bi-); n.
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Him Arpellas tó beswice wearð Arpellas had played him false, Ors. 1. 12; S. 54, 10. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde oððe beswice, C. D. ii. 58, 27. Hé hié lǽrde ꝥ hie fram his big-swice cyrdon, Bl. H. 173, 31. Biswica nequitiarum, fraudium, An.

ge-hírsum

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Take here <b>ge-hýrsum</b> in Dict. and add: obedient Hé wearð gehýrsum tó þí þæt hé willes deáð þrowade factus obediens usque ad mortem R. Ben. 26, 15 : 126, 8.

Linked entry: ge-hýrsum

ge-neádian

(v.)
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S. 24, 44. to do (clause with þæt) Hé mid Julianes wérinysse wearð geneádod ꝥ hé þá niht on his mynstre gewunode, Gr. D. 38, 25

murcnung

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Wearð ðá micel morcnung and ormǽte wóp, Ap. Th. 6, 9. Murcnunge yfel ná ætíwe ne murmurationis malum appareat R. Ben. I. 64, 17. Se fæder forwearð on móde and seó módor mid murcnunge wæs fornumen, Hml. S. 2, 105.