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wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 12; Wand. 64. Ðú eart gleáw and scearp, wís on ðínum gewitte and on ðínum worde snottor, 463, 30; Hö. 78. Cyninges rǽswa, wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 12; Dan. 418.

CWÉN

(n.)
Grammar
CWÉN, gen. dat. cwéne; acc. cwén, cwénn, cwéne; pl. nom. acc. cwéne, cwéna; gen. cwéna; dat. cwénum; f: cwéne, cwýne; gen. dat. acc. cwénan, cwýnan; pl. nom. acc. cwénan; gen. cwénena; dat. cwénum; f.

a woman femina a wife uxor a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress regina, imperatrix, augusta

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Ðone hie ðære cwéne agéfon they gave him up to the queen, 1171; El. 587: 2257 ; El. 1130 .

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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MS.) on dón mǽgen pigri suadendi sunt ne agenda bona, dum differunt, amittant, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 280, 20. Gif hí ðone frýdóm tela gehealdon ... gif hí ðone frýdóm forheólden, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 208, 10. Hé ríce geheóld tela, Beo.

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Th. 270, 9. ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðare ceastre bóte (cf. hé heora ceastre ge-staðolode, 16) Ap.

ge-scendan

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Ne wilnige sé ná beón ðingere for óðerra scylde, sé ðe bið mid his ágenum gescinded (quem crimen depravat proprium), Past. 63, 21.

láð

(adj.)
Grammar
láð, adj.

hatefulhatedloathedlothdispleasinginjuriousgrievoushostilemaligninimical

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Him wæs láð tó ámyrrene his ágenne folgaþ, 1048; Erl. 178, 11. Fram allum mannum hé biþ láð he shall be hated of all men, Lchdm. iii. 162, 19. Se wæs láð Gode, on hete heofoncyninges, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 31; Gen. 647.

wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrongperversityinjusticeerrorwrongfullywrongly

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On wóh dón perverse agere, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 12. Ðeáh ús þince ðæt hit on wóh fare tametsi confusa omnia perturbataque videantur, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 21. On wóh yrsian, Ps. Th. 4, 5. On wóh lǽran, 25, arg. On wóh libban, Blickl. Homl. 45, II. 19.

ge-mána

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Þám se Godes wer sealde mid ágenre hand þone gemánan (húsl, v.l. ) úres Drihtnes líchaman, ꝥ is ꝥ húsl, 155, 3

ge-tǽcan

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</b> to assign a person to a position :-- His fæder hine strýnð be his ágenre freódehter, and hé bið his móder twám sibbum getǽht (he is assigned to two of his mother's relationships), þæt hé bið ǽgðer ge sunu ge bróðer, Wlfst. 193, 7. to shew the

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Gif hwá his ágenne geleód bebycgge ofer sǽ L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 4. God gecígde ða drígnesse eorþan and ðæra wætera gegaderunga hé hét sǽs Gen. 1, 10. Sǽs up stigon, Cd. Th. 83, 6; Gen. 1375. Ðæt ðás deópan sǽ drí geweorðaþ, Ps. Th. 65, 5.

sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton ; pp. scoten.
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Wé lǽraþ, ðæt nán sacu ðe betweox preóstan sí ne beó gescoten tó woruldmanna sóme, ac séman heora ágene geféran, oððe sceótan tó ðam biscope, L. Edg. C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 5: L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 36.

Linked entries: fore fore-scét

lang

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Ne wǽron þás ( ages of the world ) ealle gelíce lange, Bl. H. 119, 3. of state or action, cf. (2 b) Ne bið þæs lengra swice sáwelgedáles þonne seofon niht, Gú. 1007.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Gecerreð ísmere on his ágen gecynd, weorþeð tó wætere, Met. 28, 61. <b>VII a.</b> of spiritual change, to be converted :-- Se cining gecerde and wearð gefullod, Chr. 616; P. 23, 24.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

lǽdan

(v.)
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Ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe þá men gearowe on his lande þe lǽden þá men þe heora ágen sécan willen, Ll. Th. i. 162, 24. Nú þú móst féran . . . ic þec lǽdan sceal, Cri. 1672. Lǽdan weorode láreów tó lides stefnan, An. 1708.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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The terms used in connection with the slave shew him to be the property of his master: Gif þeúw stele and hine man ácwelle, ðam ágende hine man healfne ágelde, L. Wih. 27; Th. i. 42, 20. Gif hwylc man his ǽht ( servum ) ofslyhþ, L. Ecg.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Deóplícor mid ús ðú smeágst, þonne yld úre anfón mæge ( too deeply for our age to be able to take it in ), Coll. Monast. 33, 11.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Ðæt land ic sylle eów tó ágenne, Ex. 6, 8. Ealle ðás rícu ic sylle (sello, Lind.: selle, Rush.) ðé, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 9. Ðú sáwlum selest ginfæsta gifa, Met. 20, 226. Eówer Fæder syleþ (selleþ, Rush.) gód ðám ðe hyne biddaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 11.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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Gif hwá ðara mynsterháma hwelcne for hwelcre scylde geséce ðe cyninges feorm tó belimpe oþþe óðerne frióne hiéréd ðe árwyrðe sié, áge hé þreora nihta fierst him tó gebeorganne L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 60, 22. Cf.

Linked entry: fird-sócn

líf

(adv.)
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Th. i. 110, 8. (3 a) be íife on pain of losing life :-- Ic beóde eallum mínum geréfum . . . be heora ágenum life. Cht.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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It is a well-known rule that in Anglo-Saxon a person or agent is denoted by adding a, as býtl a hammer, býtla a hammerer; ánweald rule, government, ánwealda a ruler, governor; bunden, bund bound, bunda, bonda one bound, a husband.

Linked entry: bonda