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wærþu

(n.)
Grammar
wærþu, (-o); indecl. f.

Sagacity, cunning, cleverness

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Sagacity, cunning, cleverness Gif him lífes weard of móde ábrít ðæt micle dysig ðæt hit oferwrigen mid wunode lange, þonne ic wát ðæt hí ne wundriaþ mæniges þinges ðe monnum wærþo and wunder þynceþ (many a thing that now seems very clever and wonderful

weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.

ge-steppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-steppan, -stæppan; p. -stepede = -stepte? pp. -steped = -stept?

To stepgogradiireincedere

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To step, go; gradi, ire, incedere Ðǽr nǽnig fira ne mæg fótum gestæppan where no man may step with feet, Salm. Kmbl. 420; Sal. 210: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 279; Met. 20, 140. For hwí geunrótsod gesteppe ic oððe gá ic quare contristatus incedo, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-stæppan

un-geleáful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáful, un-geleáfull; adj.

Unbelievingincredulous

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Ne sý mé nán man tó ungeleáfful be ðám þingum wrítende ðe ic gehýrde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 16. Ða deófolgyldan ðe ðágyt ungeleáffulle wǽron, Homl. Th. i. 70, 24. Tó beswícenne ungeleáffulra manna heortan, Blickl. Homl. 189, 8.

neádian

(v.)
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Ne sceolon þá woruldcempan tó þám woruldlicum gefeohte þá Godes þeówan neádian fram þám gástlican gewinne, 828 : 834. Nán man ne móste neádian óðerne tó máran drænce þonne his mód wolde nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum, Hml. A. 93, 24

hete-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hete-líce, adv.

Fiercelyviolentlyvehemently

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Highetelíce slóh and nán þing ne beiǽfde lybbende on him smote them fiercely and left no thing living among them, Jos. 11, 8. Á hetelíce stýre ðam ðe þwyres willan ever to punish those severely that desire perverseness, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 17

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turnspacechangeexchange

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Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... Gif hit hwá dó fó se landhláford tó ðam hwearfe Of exchange. Let no man exchange any property without the witness of the reeve ...

un-rihtwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rihtwísness, e; f.

Unrighteousnessiniquityinjustice

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Unrighteousness, iniquity, injustice Nis nán unrihtwísnys ( injustitia ) on him, Jn. Skt. 7, 18. Unryhtwísnys ( iniquitas ) ríxaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 12. Unrihtwísnys, Ps. Spl. 7, 3: 35, 3.

Linked entry: rihtwís-ness

ge-mǽnnes

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Þæt wé his ríces gemǽnnesse mid him ágan móten ut regni ejus mereamur esse consortes, 6, 3. fellowship, communion with people Ne bið hé wýrðe ǽnigre gemǽnnysse (communione) mid eáwfæstum mannum, Ll.

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

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. ¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne, ne wyrne him man , . . . ðæt bið his wegnyst (viaticum), and ǽlces ðæra manna ðe tó Godes ríce becymð, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: nest

á-blinnan

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Ne áblinð non cessabit Kent. Gl. 799: 961. Hé for ðæs weges earfoðnysse ne áblan, ac feor gewát, Hml. S. 30, 36, Clypa, ne áblin ðú, Hml. A. 138, 9. Ǽfre syngiende and nǽfre áblinnende, Nar. 47, 13. with gen.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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Et ðás sídan ðe gehirsted is, and ácer mé on ðá óþre, Shrn. 116, 6. Ácyraþ verte Kent. Gl. 398. Ne ácerre ne avertaris Mt. L. 5, 42. Of ácerred evertendam Lk. p. 10, 4.

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

ge-wanian

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

to lessendiminishto be wanting

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Nenán þing ne gewanion ye shall not diminish ought, Ex. 5, 8. Gewonige, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 100, 27. Is mín flet-werod gewanod my band of retainers is lessened, Beo. Th, 958; B. 477: Cd. 24; Th. 31, 6; Gen. 481: Gen. 8, 1.

Linked entries: ge-wonian ge-wane

rýmet

(n.)
Grammar
rýmet, rýmett, es; n.

space, extentclear space, roomextension, clearance

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swylce on eástdǽle synderlíce sý his (God's) wunung ... se ðe ǽghwár is andweard þurh rýmyt ðære stówe ac þurh his mægenþrymmes andweardnysse he who is everywhere present, not through the extent of the place in which he dwells, but through the presence

Linked entry: rýmetleást

æfter-yldo

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-yldo, -yld, e; f.

after-ageold ageætas provectaan after-ageafter-timeposterius ævum

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gemunan mæg so as no after-age since can remember, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 22

Linked entry: æfter-ild

for-spillednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-spillednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness]

A spillingwasteperditiondestructionperdĭtio

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Ne forwearþ hyra nán, búton forspillednysse beam nēmo ex eis pĕriit, nĭsi fīlius perdĭtiōnis. Jn. Bos. 17, 12. Se weg is swíðe rúm ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt spatiōsa via est, quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem. Mt. Bos. 7, 13

Linked entry: for-spillendnes

leác-tún

Grammar
leác-tún, leáh-, léh-tún, es; m.
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Nán man on ðysne ðæg wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wulfst. 227, 8: 231, 18. Monn sende in léhtúne his homo misit its hortum suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 19

Linked entry: leáh-tún

þeána

(adv.)
Grammar
þeána, (combined with swá, se); adv. conj.
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Lífe ne gielpeþ hláfordes gifum, hýreþ swá þeána þeódne sínum, Exon. Th. 440, 6; Rä. 59, 13: 108, 32; Gú. 81. God wolde ðæt seó sáwl sár þrowade, lýfde se þeána ðæt hý him mid hondum hrínan mósten, 127, 3; Gú. 380

un-tídlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tídlíc, adj.

Unseasonable

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, swá hit gewuna is, of untídlícan gewideran, ðæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum and of réðre lenctenhǽte, and mid ungemǽtre hærfestwǽtan non, ut adsolet, temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut repentinus calor veris

Linked entry: tíd-líc

un-wéned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéned, adj.

Unhoped forunexpected

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, Nar. 19, 23.

Linked entry: un-gewéned