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symbel-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
symbel-wérig, adj.

Weary with feasting

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Weary with feasting Wer (Noah ) wíne druncen swæf symbelwérig, Cd. Th. 94, 19; Gen. 1564. Him symbelwérig (Abimelech) synna brytta þurh slǽp oncwæð, 159, 26; Gen. 2640

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year

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Winter bringeþ weder ungemetceald, swifte windas, Met. 11, 59. Winter bið cealdost, Menol. Fox 470; Gn. C. 5. Hengest wælfágne winter wunode mid Finne... Holm storme weól, winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde, óþ ðæt óþer com geár in geardas . . .

Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre

forþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adv.

moving onwards ⬩ on ⬩ onwards ⬩ continuously ⬩ prospectively ⬩ looking to the future

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expressing motion, moving onwards Mid þí þe hig ongunnon rówan and hí forðwerd wǽron on heora weg ( they were making way ), Ap. Th. 10, 24. with a verb of motion, on, onwards Nathan wæs forðwerd farende tóweard Rómána ríce, Hml.

ǽ-brǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-brǽce, (ǽw-,) (eáw-); adj.

Law-breaking ⬩ sacrilegious, impious ⬩ adulterous

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Th. i. 426, 20. adulterous Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26. Eáwbrǽcum, ii. 322, 18. Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað oððe ǽwbrǽce adulteram habbað, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12

Linked entry: eáw-brǽce

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
  • 194, 16
    • .

what is owned, a possession ⬩ possession

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Gif ðú wéne ðæt hit ðín bócland sý, ðæt ðú on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3

a-weallan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weallan, ic -wealle, ðú -weallest, -wylst, he -wealleþ, -wealþ, -wylþ, pl. -weallaþ ; p. -weól, -weóll, pl. -weóllon ; pp. -weallen ; v. intrans.

To boil or bubble up ⬩ break forth ⬩ stream or gush forth ⬩ well out ⬩ flow forth ⬩ issue ⬩ ebullire ⬩ erumpere ⬩ emanare

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To boil or bubble up, break forth, stream or gush forth, well out, flow forth, issue; ebullire, erumpere, emanare Swá ǽspringe út awealleþ of clife hárum so a water-spring wells out of a hoary cliff, Bt. Met. Fox 5. 24; Met. 5. 12: Ps.

Linked entries: a-wellan a-weól a-wylþ weallan

brócian

(v.)
Grammar
brócian, part. brócigende; ic brócie, ðú brócast, he brócaþ, pl. bróciaþ; p. ode; pp. ge-brócod; v. a. [bróc
affliction
]

affliction ⬩ To oppress, vex, afflict, break up, injure, blame ⬩ opprimere, vexare, affligere, confringere, nocere, accusare

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Hí gefeóllon of ánre upflóran and sume swíde gebrócode wǽron they fell from an upper floor and some were much injured, 978; Erl. 127, 12. Gif ðé mon brócie for rihtre scylde, geþola hit wel if a man blame thee for a just cause, bear it well, Prov.

Decem-ber

(n.)
Grammar
Decem-ber, gen. -bris; m. [dĕcem ten: Sansk. vāra: Pers. bār time, space: the tenth month of the Romans, beginning with March, and as we begin with January, it is our twelfth month]

The month of December ⬩ Dĕcember, bris

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The month of December; Dĕcember, bris, m Mónaþ Decembris, ǽrra iúla [geóla] the month of December, the former yule, Menol. Fox 437; Men. 220; January being after yule or Christmas is called Se æftera geóla; the after yule, Cott. Tibĕrius; B. i; Hick.

ge-stedigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stedigian, p. od
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To bring to a standstill Férde se hálga wer . . . þá gehýrde hé feorran fǽrlíce hreám wépendre meniu, and hé wearð þá gestedegod befrínende geome hwæt ꝥ fǽrlices ware, Hml. S. 31, 242

Linked entry: stedigian

æt-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feallan, p. -feól, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen

To fall away ⬩ cadere

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To fall away; cadere Healf wér ðǽr æt-fealþ one half of the wer there falls away, L. O. D. 5; Th. i. 354, 21

strútian

(v.)
Grammar
strútian, p. ode
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To stand out stiffly or projectingly Se hálga wer hié ( the robbers who were trying to break into the church ) wundorlíce geband, ǽlcne, swá hé stód, strútiendne mid tóle, ðæt hiera nán ne mihte ðæt moþ gefremman . . .

á-hwergen

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwergen, -hwærne, -wyrn, ó-wern; adv.
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Nǽnige swaþe his ówwern ætýwdon nullum ejus uspiam vestigium apparuerit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 473, 9. v. ná-hwærn, ǽg-wern, and á-hwærn in Dict

Linked entries: á-hwærgen hwergen á-wyrn

twigu

(n.)
Grammar
twigu, (?), an; f.; the forms in the Northern specimens may also be taken as weak, tuigge, pl. tuiggo

A branch ⬩ twig

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A branch, twig Steola cauliculus, twigu ramunculus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 84. Twigge ł telge (telgra, Rush.) ramus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 32: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28. Ðe tuigga palmes, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 6. Ða tuiggo (twigan late southern MS.) palmites, 15,

Linked entry: palm-twiga

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.

a tongue ⬩ tongue ⬩ the person who speaks with the tongue ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ a language ⬩ speech ⬩ power of speaking ⬩ a tongue-shaped thing

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Seó tunge ðe swá monig hálwende word on ðæs Scyppendes lof gesette, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, Mín tunge mǽrde ðín weorc, Ps. Th. 70, 22. Alýs míne sáwle from ðære tungan ðe teosu wylle. Hwæt bið ié seald from ðære inwitfullan tungan ? 119, 2, 3.

un-sóþfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sóþfæst, adj.

untruthful ⬩ unveracious ⬩ unjust ⬩ unrighteous

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Wé unsóþfæste ealle wǽron injuste egimus, 105, 6. Sóðfæst fore unsóðfæstum justus pro injustis, Rtl. 21, 32

Linked entry: sóþ-fæst

for-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorpan, p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; subj. p. -wurpe, pl. -wurpen; pp. -worpen

To cast ⬩ cast away ⬩ reject ⬩ jăcĕre ⬩ projĭcĕre ⬩ repellĕre

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To cast, cast away, reject; jăcĕre, projĭcĕre, repellĕre Se feónd hogode on ðæt micle morþ men forweorpan the foe thought to cast men into that great perdition, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 16; Gen. 691. Ðú forwurpe mín word tu projēcisti sermōnes meos, Ps. Th. 49

þegan

(v.)
Grammar
þegan, (this seems the regular strong form for the verb which usually has weak forms in the present, þicgan, q. v.)
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to take, accept Him wæs Godes egsa mára in gemyndum ðonne hé menniscum þrymme þegan wolde there was too great fear of God in his thoughts for him to wish to get human glory, Exon. Th. 112, 8; Gú. 140

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Wé underfóþ scortne ryne ðæs leóhtran gewinnes we have a short course of the easier conflict, Homl. Th. i. 418, 10. Mid nánum leóhtran þinge gebéte ðonne him mon áceorfe ða tungan of, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 80, 21.

æt-slídan

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Add: To slip up, fall Ætslád se hálga wer on ðám grádum swá þæt hé forneán eal wearð tócwýsed, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 10. Þá ætslídendan (printed -slidan) beheald labentes respice , Hy. S. 7, 13

ge-wefe

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-wef,</b> es; n. what is woven, a web Wágryfta gewef curtinarum textura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 12. text?, context Actiuum opus ..., enarratiuum ... Gyt ys þridde cynn þǽre rake ... commune ...

Linked entry: ge-wef

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