wrǽt-líc
wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant
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Ic eom wrǽtlíc wiht, on gewin sceapen, Exon. Th. 405, 14; Rä. 24, 2 : 483, ii ; Rä. 69, 1. Wiht wrǽtlícu, 415, 23; Rä. 34, 2. Mé ðæt þúhte wrǽtlícu wyrd, 432, 6; Rä. 48, 2.
ænde
and
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Wih. 8; Th. i. 38, 16
fulwihðe
baptism
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Wih. 6; Th. i. 38, 9
a-scádan
to separate
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Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 19
þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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to wash. Grammar þweán, with object of that which is to be cleansed Petrus cwæð tó him: 'Ne þwyhst (ðuóas, Lind.: ðwǽs, Rush.) ðú nǽfre míne fét.' Se Hǽlend cwæþ: ' Gif ic ðé ne þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.), næfst ðú nánne dǽl
til
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use, service, convenience, v. til, Gewritu secgaþ ðæt seó wiht ( day ) sý mid moncynne miclum ticlum (tielum? tilum?) sweotol and gesýne, sundorcræft hafaþ, Exon.
wrǽsnan
To twist ⬩ change the character of
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To twist, change the character of something Ic (a woodpecker) eom wunderlícu wiht, wrǽsne míne stefne, hwílum beorce swá hund, hwílum blǽte swá gát, hwílum grǽde swá gós (cf.
æl-
all ⬩ totus ⬩ omnis ⬩ foreign ⬩ peregrinus
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= eal all; totus, omnis, as æl-beorht, æl-ceald, etc. æl- = el-, ee-, foreign; peregrinus, as æl-fylce, æl-wihta, etc
sin-cealdu
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Continual cold Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw, ne sunnan hǽtu, ne sincaldu wihte gewyrdan, Exon. Th. 198, 29 ; Ph. 17
Linked entry: cealdu
on-eardian
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Seó ðeód þe Wiht ꝥ eálond oneardað (þe Wihtland eardað, v. l.) ea gens quae Vectam tenet insulam, Bd. 1, 15 ; Sch. 41, 18. Ealle oneardigende on hire omnes inhabitantes in ea, Ps. Vos.74, 4. Ðá oneardigendan, Ps. Rdr. p. 281, 14.
ge-wyldan
To exercise power over ⬩ to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ temper ⬩ seize ⬩ take ⬩ dominari ⬩ domare ⬩ subigere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ capere
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To exercise power over, to tame, subdue, conquer, temper, seize, take; dominari, domare, subigere, prehendere, capere Hí gewildon heora dominati sunt eorum, Ps. Spl. 105, 38. He gewild ðé ipse dominabitur tibi, Gen. 3, 16. Dauid gewylde ðone wildan beran
Linked entry: ge-wildan
deáþ-lég
A death flame ⬩ letālis flamma
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A death flame; letālis flamma Wihta gehwylce deáþlég nimeþ the death-flame shall seize each creature, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 12; Cri. 983
hlenca
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Moyses bebeád frecan árísan habban heora hlencan beran beorht searo Moses bade the warriors arise, take their coats of mail, bear their bright arms, Cd. 153; Th. 191, 21; Exod. 218. Cf. L. M. 3, 55; Lchdm. ii. 342, 4; gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced
Ellen-dún
Allington, near Amesbury, Wilts ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltoniensi
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Allington, near Amesbury, Wilts; lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér gefeaht Ecgbryht cyning and Beornwulf cyning on Ellendúne [Ellandúne, Th. 111, 21, col. 2] in this year Egbert and Beornwulf fought at Allington, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 20
-wintre
ge-þeahtendlíc
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Wih. pref; Th. i. 36, 7
sandig
Sandy
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Ðeós wyrt wihst on sandigum landum, Lchdm. i. 94, 7: 100, 16
heáh-mód
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Add: high-spirited Hú þá wihte (a cock and a hen) mid ús heáhmóde (heán-, MS. ; but cf. wrǽtlice twá, 1) twá hátne sindon, Rä. 43, 17
róp
Liberal ⬩ bountiful
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Liberal, bountiful Ðeós lyft byreþ lytle wihte, ða sind sanges rópe they (the birds) are bountiful of song, Exon. Th. 439, 2; Rä. 58, 3. v. next word
Rug-ern
rye-harvest
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Wih. proem. ; Th, i. 36,6