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weard-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weard-mann, es; m.

A guard, watchman, keeper

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Ealle ða weardmenn wǽron geswefode búton heora ánum, 11, 200: 4, 419. Ða weardmenn ðe bewiston Cristes líc, Homl. Ass. 79, 175. Hé geseah ðæra sceaþena fær and to ðám weardmannum becom.

hǽðen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.

Heathenism, paganism

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Ða tungelwítegan ðe wǽron on hǽðenscipe wunigende hæfdon getácnunge ealles hǽðenes folces the astrologers, who were yet heathens, betokened all heathen people, Homl. Th. i. 106, 9 : 70, 25, 28

ge-sigefæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sigefæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [sige victory]

To make triumphantcrowncorrōbŏrārecŏrōnāre

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Twegen cynelíce cnihtas mid syndriglícre Godes gyfe wǽron gesigefæste dŭŏ rēgii pueri fratres spĕciāli sunt Dei grātia cŏrōnāti, 4, 16; S. 584, 21.

Linked entry: sigefæstan

hlyn

(n.)
Grammar
hlyn, hlynn, hlin, es; m.

A sound, noise, clamour, din

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A sound, noise, clamour, din Tó ðonðonne hit hát wǽre and mon ða earman men oninnan dón wolde hú se hlynn mǽst wǽre ðonne hie ðæt súsl ðǽron þrowiende wǽron ut cum inclusus ibidem subjectis ignibus torreretur, sonum vocis extortæ capacitas concavi aeris

a-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-geótan, -gítan; p. -geát, -gét, pl. -guton; pp. -goten.

To pour outshedstrewspilldeprive ofeffundereprivareTo pour forthprofluere

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Hie wǽron agotene góda gehwylces they were deprived of all goods, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 32. v. intrans. To pour forth; profluere Swá ðín swát ageát thus thy blood poured forth, Andr. Kmbl. 2881; An. 1443

Linked entries: a-geát a-goten agute

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon telum, jaculum, hasta

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Daroþas wǽron weó ðære wihte darts were an affliction to the creature, 114 a; Th. 438, 8 ; Rä. 57, 4. Þurh daroþa gedrep through the stroke of darts, Andr. Kmbl. 2886; An. 1446. Dareþa of darts, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 11; Æðelst. 54.

Linked entry: daraþ

FLÝS

(n.)
Grammar
FLÝS, fiís, fliés, flés, fleŏs. es; n.

A fleecewoolvelluslānūgo

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Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlyde þearfena sídan the sides of the poor were clothed with the fleeces of my sheep, Job Thw. 165, 2. Wulle flýsum with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 12; Rä. 36, 3. Flýs lānūgo. Cot. 122

fóre-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To foresaypredictprædīcĕrepropōnĕre

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Ealle ðás þing swá se bisceop fórecwæþ, of endebyrdnysse gelumpon and gefyllede wǽron quæ cuncta ut prædixĕrat antistes, ex ordĭne complēta sunt, 3, 15; S. 541, 37.

for-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
for-swígian, -sweógian, -swúgian, -súwian, -súgian, -sýgian, to -swígianne, -swígienne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

To pass over in silencekeep silentconcealsĭlentio prætĕrireTo be silentretĭcēre

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To pass over in silence, keep silent, conceal; sĭlentio prætĕrire Betwih ðás þing nis to forswigianne, hwylc heofonlíc wundor and mægen ætýwed wæs, ðá his bán gefunden and geméted wǽron inter quæ nequaquam sĭlentio prætereundum reor, quid virtūtis ac

HEGE

(n.)
Grammar
HEGE, es; m.

A HEDGEfence

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Mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron cum septis quibus erant circumdata, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39: Homl. Th. ii. 448, 22. From hegum a silvis, Rtl. 118, 35

Linked entry: fearn-hege

med-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
med-trum, <b>, met-trum;</b> adj.

not strong in healthinfirmweakillof inferior position

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B. mǽteran) men ymb heora nédþearfnesse wǽron ac eác cyningas and ealdormen from hire geþeaht sóhton non solum mediocres in necessitatibus suis, sed etiam reges ac principes ab ea quærerent consilium, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 43.

pleó-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pleó-líc, adj.
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Hiora ingewinn him wǽron forneáh ða mǽstan and ða pleólecestan, Ors. 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 29. v. un-pleólíc

réce-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
réce-leás, adj.
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Ðú wéndest ðæt steórleáse men and réceleáse wǽron gesǽlige nequam homines alque nefarios felices arbitraris, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 1. Se démþ stíðne dóm ðám réceleásum æt ðam æfterran tócyme, Homl. Th. i. 320, 18.

Linked entry: récce-leás

blód-gýte

(n.)
Grammar
blód-gýte, es; m. [blód, gýte a flowing, from gýt flows out, pres. of geótan].

a flowing or running of bloodsanguinis profluviuma blood-shedding, bloodshedsanguinis effusio

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Wǽron ða mǽstan blódgýtas there were the greatest blood-sheddings, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 31. Bútan blódgýte without bloodshed, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 11

Linked entry: blód-geóte

ge-freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freoðian, p. ode; pp. od

To protectguardfreekeep

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To protect, guard, free, keep We wǽron gefreoðode feónda gafoles we were freed from devils' tribute, Blickl. Homl. 105, 23. Se ðe his ánum her feore gefreoðade he who here protected only his life, Exon. 39 a; Th. 128, 32; Gú. 413.

Linked entry: ge-friðian

sibbian

(v.)
Grammar
sibbian, p. ode
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Ðá wǽron on ðam tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas, ða hé wolde sibbian, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 5

strínd

(n.)
Grammar
strínd, strýnd, e; f.
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Hié wǽron of Dauides cynnes strýnde. Blickl. Homl. 23, 28. His cynnes látwua from ðon ðæt fore biþ his strýnde tribunus, ab eo quod praessit tribui Rtl. 193, 15. In strýnd twoelfa in tribus duodecim 78, 26. Doemende twoelf strýnda, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: strýnd

twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
twǽman, p. de
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ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, Anglia viii. 334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon (cf. hí ( William and his wife ) wǽron

un-weorþlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþlíc, adj.

of little value or importancehumblethat has little honournot famous or splendidpoorignobledisgracefulinfamous

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and ða recceras scoldon ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange wǽron

wiþer-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-coren, adj. (ptcpl. ).

reprobatewickedrejectedreprobate

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Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþércorenan (improbos ), Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41 note. rejected from heaven, reprobate as opposed to elect Ðæt ða gecorenan ðý geleáffulran wǽron; and ða wiðercorenan náne beládunge nabbaþ, Homl.

Linked entry: wiþ-coren