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storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es; m.

a storm, tempest ⬩ a storm ⬩ storm, disturbance, disquiet ⬩ uproar, tumult ⬩ violent attack

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Th. 6225; B. 3118. storm, disturbance, disquiet Hwæt is ðonne ðæt ríce and se ealdordoom bútan ðæs módes storm, se biþ simle cnyssende ðæt scip ðære heortan, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 4.

Linked entry: stearm

sǽ

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Add Wæs gecweden tó ðǽre byrig ðe Sídón hátte, sió stód bí ðǽre sǽ: 'Ðiós sǽ cwið ðæt ðú ðín scamige.' Swelce sió burg wǽre ðurh ðæs sǽs stemne tó scame geworden, Past. 409, 32-35. Ofer sę́as hé gestaðolode hié, Ps. Vos. 23, 2.

timber

(n.)
Grammar
timber, es; n.

material for constructing a house, ship, etc., ⬩ timber ⬩ material of which anything is formed ⬩ a structure, ⬩ building, ⬩ edifice ⬩ the building of a house, ship, etc.

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Heó mid ðǽm tó ðæm timbre (aedificio) gefæstnad wæs, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 31.

Linked entry: and-timber

mearrian

(v.)
Grammar
mearrian, p. ode

To err ⬩ go astray

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To err, go astray Ne þyncþ deáh ðám monnum ðæt hí áuht mearrigen ðe ðæs wilniaþ tó begitanne ðæt hí máran ne þu fon tilian num enim videntur errare hi, qui nihilo indigere nituntur?, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 1

prútlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
prútlíce, adv.
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Proudly, in a stately manner, magnificently Wel gelóme hig áspyriaþ ðæs solecismus unþeáwas ... and eác hig prútlíce gýmaþ ðæs miotacismus gefleard, Anglia viii. 313, 25.

unriht-wyrcend

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
unriht-wyrcend, es; m.: or -wyrcende; adj. (ptcpl.)

An evil-doer ⬩ evil-doing

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An evil-doer, or evil-doing Ic ne ineode on ðæt geþeaht unrihtwyrcendra cum iniqua gerentibus non introibo, Ps. Th. 25, 4. Mid ðám unrihtwyrcendum cum operantibus iniquitatem, 27, 3. Belocen ðǽm synnfullum mannum and ðǽm unrihtwyrcendum, Blickl.

un-sláwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sláwlíce, adv.

Not slowly ⬩ not sluggishly ⬩ actively

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Not slowly, not sluggishly, actively Hié sculon gehiéran ðætte is geháten ðǽm monnum ðe lustlíce and unsláwlíce lǽraþ ðæt ðæt hié ðonne cunnon ( qui in hoc, quod jam obtinuit, corporis vitio non tenetur ), Past. 49; Swt. 381, 1

Linked entry: sláwlíce

MILTE

(n.)
Grammar
MILTE, es; m.: an; f.

The MILT ⬩ spleen

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Wið miltan sáre ... heó ðæt sǽr fornimþ ðære miltan, 32, 6; Lchdm. i. 130, 22: L. Med. ex Quad. 2, 8; Lchdm. i. 334, 23. Wið ðam wǽtan yfle ðæs miltes ... ðæt lácnaþ ðone milte, L. M. 2, 38; Lchdm. ii. 246, 9-11, 18. Of milte, Lchdm. ii. 248, 1.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Wæs hé tó ðæs árfæst, ðæt him wæs on weorce, ðæt hé leng from Cristes onsýne wǽre Blickl. Homl. 225, 28. Hé ðæs weorc gehleát, frécne wíte Cd. Th. 166, 10; Gen. 2745. Hé ðæs gewinnes weorc þrowade, leódbealo longsum Beo. Th. 3447; B. 1721: Apstls.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

tó-cwísedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwísedness, e; f.

Crushed condition

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Crushed condition Iohannes gegaderode ðæra gymstána bricas . . . Ðá fǽrlíce wurdon ða gymstánas swá ansunde, ðæt furðon nán tácen ðære ǽrran tócwýsednesse næs gesewen that not even a trace of their having been crushed was visible, Homl.

Linked entry: cwísed-ness

wíc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-stów, e ; f.
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Past. 54; Swt. 423, 13. a camp, an encampment; both singular and plural forms are used to translate castra Hé nemde ðære stówe naman Manaim, ðæt is wícstów ( castra ), Gen. 32, 2.

un-mǽtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-mǽtness, e; f.

Immenseness ⬩ excess

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Ðá cwom micel snáw ... ðá ic ða unmǽtnisse and micelnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ða ðúhte mé ðæt ic wiste ðæt hé wolde ealle ða wícstówe forfeallan cadere mox ... immense ceperunt nives quarum aggregationem meluens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 14

winter-setl

(n.)
Grammar
winter-setl, es; n.

A place to stop in for the winter ⬩ winter-quarters

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A place to stop in for the winter, winter-quarters Se consul wénde ðæt hé búton sorge mehte on ðæm wintersetle gewunian ðe hé ðá on wæs, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 5. Hié ðǽr sceoldon wintersetl habban, 4, 10; Swt. 200, 11.

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch

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Gé sceolon witan, ðæt twá wæccan synd; án is ðæs líchaman, óðer ðæs módes. Ðæs líchaman wæcce is ðonne wé waciaþ on cyrcan æt úrum úhtsange, ðonne óðre men slápaþ ...

worms

(n.)
Grammar
worms, worsm, wurms, wursm, es; n.

Corrupt matter

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Áfléwð ðæt sár of ðære wunde mid ðý wormse mala livor vulneris abstergit, Past. 36 ; Swt. 259, 2. Heó ðæt worsm (worms, v. l.) út átýhþ. Lchdm. i. 100, 13. Ðæt worms, ii. 72, 14. Ðæt wursm, 202, 25.

Linked entries: worsm wurms wursm

wód-þrág

(n.)
Grammar
wód-þrág, e; f.

A mad fit ⬩ time ⬩ madness ⬩ fury

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A mad fit or time, madness, fury Weaxeþ ðære wrǽnnesse wódþrág (wód þrág? Similar entries v. þrág, II) micel, Met. 25, 41. Oft ða wÝdþrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gestiíð and gehǽlð mid ðærn ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan . . .

Íras

(n.)
Grammar
Íras, pl.

The Irish

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But the people of Ireland are often spoken of as Scottas, e. g :-- Pyhtas cóman ǽrost on norþ Ybernian up and ðǽr bǽdon Scottas ðæt hí ðér móston wunian, Chr. Erl. 3, 9. Scotta sum dǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene, 18.

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.

A shire-mote ⬩ a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire

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A shire-mote, a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire Hér swutelaþ on þissum gewrite ðæt án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnóþes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges.

wígbed-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceát, es; m.

An altar-cloth

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An altar-cloth Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte ( in palla altaris ), R. Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan.

á-broþenness

(n.)
Grammar
á-broþenness, e; f.
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Degeneracy, ignobleness, baseness Ignauia, ðæt is ábroðennyss oððe náhtnyss, Wlfst. 58, 17. Ongeán ðæs módes strengðe se deófol forgifð ábroðennysse, 59, 12