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reáde

(adv.)
Grammar
reáde, adv.
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Ðá wearþ beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen reáde and þicce, Exon. Th. 72, 22; Cri. 1176. Ic eom reáde bewǽfed I am clothed in red, 484, 2; Rä. 70, 1

belle

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Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 4-10. Hos-tiarius. . . sceal mid bellan bícnigan þá tída. Ll. Th. ii. 346, 29. Bellan gehíran. Lch. iii. 174, 9. Bellan teón, ringan, Tech. ii. 118, 18, 20.

seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.
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Wearð se cyng and his bróðor sehte . . . and eall Normandíg æt him mid feó álísde, swá swá hí ðá sehte wǽron, 1096 ; Erl. 233, 17. Sæhte, 1077 ; Erl. 215, 10

þurh-sceótan

(v.)

to shoot throughtransfixpierce

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Ðǽr wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán ... hé þurh ðæt folc geþrang ðæt hé ðone ilcan ofslóg ðe hiene ǽr þurhsceát in eo praelio sagitta trajectus eatenus pugnavit, donec eum, a quo vulneratus esset, occideret, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 22-27.

cemban

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Be cemdan wearpe de stuppe stamineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 62

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagaciousforeknowingpresagingprophetic

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Basilius wearð gebróht on legere tó his forðsíðe, forewittig swá þeáh, Hml. S. 3, 565. presaging, prophetic Mid forewitigum þurh*-*bláwen gáste presago afflatus spiritu, Angl. xiii. 370, 64. Æfter forewittigum gydde juxta praesagum naticinium, An.

ge-hruxl

(n.)
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Noise, tumult Ðá bróðru mid gehlýde wurpon wæter on ꝥ fýr . . . þá wearð se Drihtnes wer mid þám ylcan gehrúxle (-rúxle, v. l.) (eodem tumultu ) ástyrod. and þyder becóm, Gr. D. 124, 3.

heard-heort

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Jóseph wearð áhred swá ꝥ þá heardheortan (the Jews) his næfdon nán þing, Hml. A. 79, 173. Þá unstillan and þá heardheortan abbud sceal þreágean indisciplinatos et inquietos debet arguere, R. Ben. 13, 12

mid-niht

(n.)
Grammar
mid-niht, e; f.

Mid-night

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On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ... Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó deópe nytennys, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 4

ge-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon; pp. dolfen

To digdelvefodereeffodere

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Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niðer gedolfen the pit of hell was dug beneath for thee, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423

æt-standan

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L. 102, 16. ꝥ hús wearþ forburnen. . . see Ætstód se streám swá steáp swá munt, Hml. Th. ii. 212, 22

on-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sund, adj.

of persons, sound, whole, uninjuredof things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury

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Kmbl. 2023; An. 1014: 3244; An. 1625. of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury Ne wearm weder ne winterscúr wihte gewyrdan, ac se wong seómaþ onsund, Exon. Th. 199, 3; Ph. 20: 200, 21; Ph. 44.

Linked entry: án-súnd

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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Th. 125, 6; Gen. 2075. a leading man, chief person, leader Ðá wearð forht manig folces rǽswa many a chief man among the Mermedonians, Andr. Kmbl. 2174; An. 1088.

on-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.

To change, reverseTo change, turn, revert

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Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad and ðæt æðeleste hiew hwý wearþ hit onhworfen quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color optimus, Past. 18, 3; Swt. 133, 11. intrans.

Linked entry: on-hwirfan

dwild

(n.)
Grammar
dwild, dwyld,es ; n.

Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre error hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum

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On Engla land feole dwild weáren geseogen and geheórd many prodigies were seen and heard in England, 1122; Erl. 249, 13

em-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
em-leóf, adj.

Equally dear æque cārus

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Equally dear; æque cārus -Him wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc it was equally dear to them to see man's blood shed, as it was [to see] the milk of their cattle, Ors. 1. 2; Bos. 26, 32

fléde

(adj.)
Grammar
fléde, adj.

Floodedoverflowedtŭmĭdus

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Tiber flédu wearþ the Tiber was flooded, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 87, 20

Linked entry: in-fléde

geap-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
geap-scipe, es; m.

Craftcunningdeceitfraudastūtiafraus

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Craft, cunning, deceit, fraud; astūtia, fraus Eall heora geapscipe wearþ ameldod Israhéla bearnum all their deceit was made known to the children of Israel, Jos. 9, 16.

un-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stæððig, adj.

not steadyremissirregularunstableinconstantfickleunsteadyunstaidnot soberlightwanton

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Skt. i. 5, 67. unsteady, unstaid, not sober, light, wanton Wearð hé gegripen mid ðære gálnysse his unstæððigan heortan, Homl. Ass. 110, 247. Hé his sylfes geweóld on ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13.

bryce

(n.)
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His scanca wæs tóbrocen, ꝥ ꝥ bán wæs tódǽled on twá stycca . . . wearð se bryce eft gestaðelod, Gr. D. 82, 27. Wiþ bryce . . . lege on þone bryce, Lch. i. 368, 7. Tó gehwylcum bryce, 370, 18. breach, violation, Ll. Th. i. 62, 9 (v.