þegnung
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Hé brǽd hine on feala bleóna þurh deófles þegnunga he changed himself into many forms by the devil's good offices, Blickl. Homl. 175, 5. <b>I a.
Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þéning þénung
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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His feax weóx swá swá wímmanna, Homl. Th. ii. 434, 8. Sumu hé cearf ðonne him ðúhte ðæt hié tó swíðe weóxen (weóxsen, Hatt. MS.) ... Sumu hé leahte mid wætre, ðonne hié tó hwón weóxon (weóxson, Hatt. MS.), Past. 40; Swt. 292, 5-8.
niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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Hé fealh ðære ilcan niht of ðǽm bendum, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 236, 12 : Bd. 1, 33; S. 499. 9 : Blickl. Homl. 215, 15. Tó niht hac nocte, Num. 22, 19. On næht nocte, Ps. Surt. 16, 3. On niht ǽr hé ræste, Blickl. Homl. 47, 18.
swelgan
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Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, ðeáh hé sóðra swá feala tácna gecýðde. Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Wile se Waldend, ðæt wé wisdom á snyttrum swelgen, Exon.
Linked entry: swylfende
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Unrihtes feala iniquitates, Ps. Th. 54, 3. Gé ðe unrihtes wyrceaþ qui operantur iniquitatem, 52, 5: 58, 2: 70, 3. Ða ðe unrihtes þenceaþ, 140, 11: Blickl. Homl. 111, 1.
wyrhta
a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker
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Micel ríp ys, and feáwa wyrhtena (operarii pauci), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 37. Áhýrian wyrhtan on his wíngeard, 20, 1. a maker, producer, author, creator, fabricator Wróhtes wyrhtan, fyrnsynna fruman (the devil), Exon. Th. 263. 7; Jul. 346.
Linked entry: werta
weorþung
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Æt eallra háligra weorðunge at the feast of All Saints L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 8. Hé ða weorþunge Eástrena on riht ne heóld ne nyste de observatione Paschae minus perfecte sapiebat, Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 545, 2. Weorðunga, Blickl. Homl. 137, 8.
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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Th. 268, 5; Jul. 427. to stand off Similar entries (cf. wiþ in wiþ-faran), keep away, be absent Fearr dióules fácon uiðstonde procul diaboli fraus absistat, Rtl. 98, 32. Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge and ðonne sió gift wiðstande.
Linked entries: wiþer-standan wiþ-licgan
ge-lǽran
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Wearþ Simon áweht wiþ ðám apostolum and gelǽred ꝥ hé feala yfla sægde (cf. Jul. 297 ante ), Bl. H. 173, 20. with pronoun and clause in apposition Mé þæt gelǽrdon leóde míne . . . þæt ic þé sóhte, B. 415. to accept a doctrine, counsel, &c.
under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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Swǽ clǽne hió ( learning ) wæs óðfeallenu on Angelcynne ðæt swíðe feáwa wǽron behionan Humbre ðe hiora ðéninga cúðen understondan, Past. pref.; Swt. 3, 14. Gehwá ðe his ágene þearfe wille understandan, L. Eth. vi. 27; Th. i. 322, 9.
Linked entry: for-standan
worn
A swarm ⬩ band ⬩ Jlock ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ many ⬩ a great number ⬩ a great quantity ⬩ much ⬩ many
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Hé weorna feala wíta geþolode, Andr. Kmbl. 2978; An. 1492. Grammar worn, with adj. and gen. pl. Unc sceal worn fela máþma gemǽnra we two shall have many, many treasures in common, Beo. Th. 3571 ; B. 1783. Grammar worn, with gen. sing.
Linked entry: weorn
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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., ii. 58 sqq. a feast, an entertainment Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreð Midwintres feorm and Eástorfeorm, Ll. Th. i. 436, 33. Feorma (farma, L.) giworden wæs cena facta, Jn. R. 13, 2. Tíd farmes hora caenae, Lk. L. 14, 17. Tó feorme ad agapem, An.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Fear oððe neáh, 63, 8; Gen. 1029. Ge neáh ge feor, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 7. Ge néh ge feor, Andr. Kmbl. 1083; An. 542. Gá hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21. Mid ðý ic ðá wolde neár geseón quos cum adire vellemus vicinius, Nar. 22, 11.
fleón
- By.
- 247 :
- Ps. L. 54, 8 :
- Gen. 2080 :
- Bt. F. 116, 17 :
- Ælfc. Gr. 36 :
- 28, 6 :
- Ps. Th. 103, 17 :
- Ps. L. 113, 3 :
- Met. l, 20 :
- Mt. 8, 33 :
- Ps. L. 30, 12 :
- El. 134 :
- Gú. 228 .]
to flee ⬩ to flee ⬩ to run away ⬩ to pass away ⬩ to fly ⬩ to run away from ⬩ to avoid ⬩ to decline ⬩ to avoid ⬩ eschew
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Voc. i. 24, trans. to run away from a person from fear Þú fluge Esau fugiebas Esau, Gen. 35, Dauid fleáh Absalon his sunu. Ps. Th. 3, arg. Þá Walas flugon þá Englan swá fýr, Chr. 473; P. 14, 4.
georne
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Ne hé him Godes fyrhtu georne ondrǽdað they are not willing to feel the fear of God, Ps. Th. 54, 20.
FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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Sax. fard, f. an expedition: Frs. feard: O. Frs. ferd, f. an expedition: Ger. fahrt, fart, f. ĭter: M. H. Ger. vart, f: O. H. Ger. fart, f. ĭter: Dan. fart, færd, m. f. an expedition: Swed. fart, m. a passage: Icel. ferð, f. travel.]
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícanneáweste sweltaþ, Blickl. Homl. 53, 5. Ða ðe on hire neáwiste lifgeaþ, 43, 2. Ne [mágon] húse ðínum on neáweste náhwǽr sceþþan flagella non appropiabunt tabernaculo tuo, Ps. Th. 90, 10.
Linked entry: né-west
flítan
to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ contentious ⬩ to dispute ⬩ argue ⬩ lay blame on
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Ðú findst wid hwone ðú meaht flítan contra quos valeatis vos extenders semper invenitis, Past. 331, 5. of abstract objects: Hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp þe wann on þæi mannes breóstum; þǽr fleát (feaht, v. l. pugnabat) betweoh him seó eádmódnys . . . and seó
ge-feallan
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Þæt hús nó gefeóll (-feáll, L.), Mt. R. 7, 25, 27: Lk. L. 6, 49. to fall, of persons, to perish, be ruined Se líchoma lǽne gedreóseð, fǽge gefealleð, B. 1755.
níd
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Lfc. 65. a particular point or respect in which some necessity or want is present or is felt Heó sende þá gebróðra tó sécenne summe stán tó swilcere neóde, for ðan þe on þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána. Hml. S. 20, 76. <b>XI a.