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fiðrum

(n.)
Grammar
fiðrum, to or with wings,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15
    • ;
  • Met. 31, 8: Elen. Kmbl. 1482
    • ;
  • El. 743
; pl. dat.
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and inst. of fiðere

for-súgan

To suck in

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Similar entries Cf. súgan; II, sogoþa) Lǽcedómas wið ádeádodum magan and gif hé forsogen sié, Lch. ii. 158, 14. Wiþ forsogenum magan oþþe áþundenum for a stomach troubled with hiccough or wind, 186, 17. Substitute:

wóhlíce

(adv.)
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Menn beóð geworhte wólíce him betwýnan, swá ꝥ se fæder winð wið his ágenne sunu, and bróðor wið óþerne, Hml. S. 13, 295. Add

ang-breóst

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Add: — Wiþ hwóstan and wiþ angbreóste, Lch. ii. 58, 11. Wið angcbreóste, iii. 48, 1

á-gyltan

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, 167, 34. (2a) with acc. :-- Þæt ( what ) wé mid gitsigendum eágum ágylton, Hml. Th. i. 68, 26. with object against which sin is done Swá swá wé forgyfað ðám þe wið ús ágyltað, 258, 23.

Linked entry: ǽ-gylt

wencel

(n.)
Grammar
wencel, wincel, es; n.

A child

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A child Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,' Ex. 21, 4, 5.

Linked entry: wincel

sceó

(n.)

a cloud

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Scearp cymeþ sceó wið óðrum, ecg wið ecge (of the coming together of clouds charged with electricity), Exon. Th. 385, 8 ; Rä. 4, 41

wunden-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
wunden-feax, adj.

With plaited mane

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With plaited mane Wicg wundenfeax, Beo. Th. 2804; B. 1400

feó

(n.)
Grammar
feó, for or with cattle or money,
  • Cd. 126
    • ;
  • Th. 161, 2
    • ;
  • Gen. 2659: Beo. Th. 2765
    • ;
  • B. 1380
    • ;
dat.
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and instr. of feoh

pearl

Grammar
pearl, (?) The word, which occurs in a list of terms connected with writing, is glossed by enula, which elsewhere glosses
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horselene Pærl enula, bócfel pergamentum, Ælfc. Gr. Zup. 304. 7

þriwa

(num.; adv.)
Grammar
þriwa, þrywa, þreowa, þriowa, þriuwa, þriga, þrige, þría; adv.

Thrice ⬩ three times

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Thrice, three times Þriwa (þreowa) ter, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 285, 14: 38; Zup. 232, 7: Exon. Th. 207, 20; Ph. 144. Þriwa on gére tribus vicibus per singulos annos, Ex. 23, 14: ter in anno, 17. Ne sint ðæt þreó godas þriwa genemned, ac is án God, Hy. 10

Linked entries: þría þriga

a-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-tellan, p. -tealde, pl. -tealdon ; pp. -teald ; v. trans. [a, tellan]

To tell out ⬩ enumerate ⬩ reckon ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ dinumerare ⬩ numerare ⬩ interpretari

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Gif ðú nú atellan wilt ealle ða bliþnessa wið ðám unrótnessum if thou wilt now reckon all the enjoyments against the sorrows, Bt. 8 ; Fox 24, 21, note 6.

Linked entry: a-telan

weard

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Ward in to-ward; the form occurs in combination with tó (v. tó-weard; prep. II. 3) and wiþ (v. wiþ, IX.) Hié wǽron wið ðæs fýres weard, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 16. Hé wið Róme weard farende wæs, 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9, 15, 21.

ofer-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].

pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia

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in a bad sense, pride, arrogance Hæfde hig ofyrhigd (-hýd, MS. T.) tenuit eos superbia, Ps. Spl. 72, 6. Oferhigd supercilio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 20. Oferhygd, Cd. Th. 21, 22; Gen. 328. Wlenco, oferhýd, 258, 21; Dan. 679. Ðæs oferhýdes ord, 272, 3; Sat.

Linked entries: ofer-hygdig -hygd ofer-hýd

leód-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
leód-rúne, an; f.

A witch ⬩ pythonissa

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A witch, wise woman [cf. burh-rúne furia; helle-rúne pythonissa: Grmm. D. M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26.

ge-wittig

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Cf. ge*-*wit; Hé cwico wæs þá géna, wís and gewittig, B. 3094. having intelligence, having discretion Ꝥ cild þe læg on cradele . . . þá gýtseras lǽten efen scyldig and hit gewittig wǽre, Ll.

á-wiht

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht, es; n. [á semper, wiht creatura, animal, aliquid]

AUGHT ⬩ anything ⬩ aliquid

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AUGHT, anything; aliquid Unc gemǽne ne sceal elles áwiht to us two shall not be aught else common, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 16; Gen. 1905: Ps. Th. 55, 9. Handa hí habbaþ, ne hió hwæðere mágon gegrápian gódes áwiht they have hands, and yet they may not touch

Linked entries: áht áht á-wuht ó-wiht ná-wiht átes-hwon á-wuht

cyren

(n.)

must, wine boiled down ⬩ dulcisapa

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must, wine boiled down; dulcisapa Awilled wín vel cyren dulcisapa, Cot. 62

bearn-eácnigende

(adj.)
Grammar
bearn-eácnigende, adj. (ptcpl.).

Being with child ⬩ pregnant

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Being with child, pregnant Bearneácnigende wíf forbúgan, Hml. Th. ii. 94, 3

ǽw-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-breca, -brica, ǽw-bryca, -an; m. [ǽw marriage, breca a breaker]

A breaker of the marriage vow ⬩ an adulterer ⬩ adulter

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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30

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