be-brǽdan
To be-spread ⬩ cover with
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To be-spread, cover with Se weg wæs bebrǽded mid hwítum ryftum, Shrn. 65, 23
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Wæs swíþe wynsum wǽta út flówende.... Seó wǽte wæs wynsumu on ðære onbyrignesse, Blickl. Homl. 209, 2-9. Hé ys Drihtne wynsum onsægednys oblatio est Domino odor suavissimus, Ex. 29, 18. Wynsum stenc, Exon. Th. 363, 16; Wal. 54.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
syn
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
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Ðyslíc wæs seó syn ( culpa ) ðe se cyning fore ofslegen wæs, Bd. 3, 22;S. 553, 21. Hié georne smeádon hwæt sió syn wǽre ðe hié gefremed hæfdon wið ðam cásere, Elen. Kmbl. 828;El. 414.
un-deádlíc
Immortal ⬩ undying ⬩ imperishable ⬩ endless
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Hé wunaþ undeádlíc, se ðe wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 22. Se mann wǽre ǽfre undeádlíc, gif hé his Drihtne gehýrsumode, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 27. Undeádlíc, wyrm the worm that never dies, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 385.
ealling
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Hé wolde ealling (alning, v. l.) beón betweoh earfeðum, and hé symble lufode þá geþyldu; hé wæs fleónde ealling woruldlicra manna gemétinge and symble gyrnde ꝥ hé wǽre geǽmtigod tó his gebede inter adversa semper patientiam amplectens, conventus secularium
ge-winful
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Ic wolde ꝥ hyra lǽs wǽre gewinfulra utinam minus fuissent laboriosa, Nar. 2, 29.
stóc
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and add Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, and ꝥ þonne wǽre hryre ealles þæs stoces (stówes. v. l.) and forwyrd ealra þǽra bróðra ingentis saxi moles erupta est, quae . . . veniens
weall-fæsten
a walled stronghold ⬩ a fortress ⬩ a wall for defence ⬩ a bulwark
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Wyrceþ wæter wealfæsten ( erat aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et laeva,< Ex. 14, 22; ), 195, 27; Exod. 283
ge-sprǽc
Speech ⬩ discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ advice
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Speech, discourse, conversation, advice Se cyning wæs on gesprǽce wynsum erat rex affatu jucundus, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8. Ic wæs mid his gesprǽce wet geréted allocutione ejus refecti, 5, 1; S. 613, 22.
wǽcan
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Insert in 1. 2 after wǽhcte (wǽcte, v.l.), in 1. 4 after wǽce (wecce, v.l.), and in 1. 9 after wǽced (áwéht, v.l.). Cf. leoþuwǽcan. Add
an-sín
a view ⬩ sight ⬩ figure
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Gúþlác wæs on ansíne mycel Guthlac was tall in figure, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 1
ge-wéd
A raging ⬩ madness ⬩ fŭror insānus ⬩ răbies
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He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geondfarende multo tempŏre tōtas eōrum provincias debacehando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27
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tǽl-wirþe
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Án þing wæs ꝥ gesewen wæs on him tǽlwyrðe ( reprehensibile ) beón, Gr. D. 203, 21. Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16.
be-corfen
Cut off ⬩ beheaded ⬩ truncatus
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Cut off, beheaded; truncatus Becorfen wæs heáfde capite truncatus est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 19
dropen
stricken
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stricken Wæs feorh dropen life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981; pp. of drepan
éde
A flock ⬩ grex
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A flock; grex Wæs ðǽr éde erat ibi grex, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 32: 12, 32
Linked entry: eówd
fyðer-scýte
Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ quadrangŭlus
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Four-cornered, quadrangular; quadrangŭlus Se arc wæs fyðerscýte the ark was quadrangular, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 3
hundeahtatig-wintre
Eighty years old
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Eighty years old Hundeahtatigwintre and sixwintre wæs Abram ðá ðá Ager ácende Ysmael, Gen. 16, 16
hyðe-líc
Convenient ⬩ advantageous
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Convenient, advantageous Ðæt wæs hyðelíc that was convenient, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 17; Ruin. 42
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god-sprǽce
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An oracle Wæs sum godsprǽce and heofonlíc onwrigenes oraculum cæleste, Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 23