ge-beran
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Add: I. to bear, bring ꝥ cild Críst wearð geboren ágeán of Egiptan, Chr. 3; P. 5, 22.
searu-níþ
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Swá wæs Biówulfe, ðá hé biorges weard sóhte, searoníþas (the wily hostilities of the dragon, who used poison to destroy his foe, cf. áttorsceaþa, 5670, and is called inwitgest, 5333.
be-teldan
To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm ⬩ tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere
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Hæfde sigora weard betolden leófne leódfruman mid lofe sínum the lord of triumphs had surrounded the dear chieftain with his praise, Andr. Kmbl. 1976; An. 990.
un-dóm
Unjust judgement
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Wearð ðes ðeódscipe swíðe forsingod þurh undómas, 130, 4
un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his mynstre, and gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 14. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent.
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micel-ness
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</b> a mass Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs ungemǽtan stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta esl, Gr. D. 12, 9. Eall tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána saxorum molibus asperum, 159, 26.
sceát
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Add Hé wearð gebeden fram þám nunnum ꝥ hé sume sceátas (mappulas) onféng, Gr. D. 143, 4. <b>VII b.
of-talu
The successful defence made against a claim
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The successful defence made against a claim Seó sprǽc wearð ðam cynge cúð.
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á-teorian
to get exhausted ⬩ faint, ⬩ to lose heart or energy ⬩ get weary ⬩ faint ⬩ to get exhausted ⬩ come to an end ⬩ fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ to be defective
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S. 22, 137. fig. to lose heart or energy, get weary, faint Wíte com ofer ðé and ðú áteorodest, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 18. Ne ðú ne átiara ðonne ðú bist ðreád, (nec deficias) Kent. Gl. 38. Þæt hé æt ðǽre bodunge ne áteorige. Hml.
werian
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Th. 237, 26; Ph. 596. to wear a garment, wear or bear a weapon, etc. Ðæt hálie reáf, ðæt Aaron wereþ vestem sanctam, qua utetur Aaron, Ex. 29, 29. Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna, Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 31.
ǽg-ðer
Either ⬩ each ⬩ both ⬩ uterque ⬩ ambo
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On ǽgðre healfe weard towards both sides, Ælfc. Gr. Ǽgðer ge—ge, both—and, as well—as :-- Ǽgðer ge hádes, ge éðeles þolige let him forfeit both degree and country, L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 14. Ǽgðer ge heonan ge ðanan both here and there.
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wóþ
a sound ⬩ cry ⬩ noise ⬩ voice ⬩ song ⬩ speech
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a sound, cry, noise Wearð breahtm hæfen, wóð up áslág, cearfulra cirm, cleopedon monige, Exon. Th. 118, 4; Gú. 234: 125, 31; Gú. 362.
á-licgan
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Þǽr wearð heora anweald and heora dóm álegen , Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 34. Wyrþ oft gódes monnes lof álegen ( coarctabitur ). Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 31
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eahta
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Ne wearð má þonne him eahtum, Angl. xi. 2, 39. Cf. seofon
ge-sceapennys
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Seó ðridde gesceapennys is þæt men beóð gestrýnede þurh wer and þurh wíf, Seó feórðe gesceapennys wæs swá þæt Críst wearð ácenned of mǽdene búton were, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22-30. Genesis ne spricð ná be þǽra engla gesceapenisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 8.
níþ
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Th. i. 54, 13. add: an instance of wickedness or malice Hé wearð ácweald mid þý áttre his ágnes níþes (malitiae) Gr. D. 187, 6. Hú mycelne níþ hí hæfdon menniscum cynne æteówed unusquisque quantum nequitiae egisset, 189, 11.
up-áhefedness
Elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance, pride
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Aman wearð gehýnd for his upáhefednysse, Homl. Ass. 101, 322. Hé (Lucifer) wæs fordón þurh ða miclan upáhefednysse, Homl. Th. i. 12, 21. Upáhefednesse forfleón elationem vel jactantiam fugere, R. Ben. 18, 23: L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 12
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á-þeóstrian
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Wearð middaneard áðeóstrod, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 34. Sién hira eágan áðístrode, Past. 29, 9. Áðeástrade sind obscurati sunt, Ps. Srt. 73, 20. Sié áðióstrado tenebrantur, Rtl. 125, 33
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wícing
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Wearð wícingum wiþerleán ágifen, Byrht. Th. 135, 10; By. 116. Ðæt mynster æt Westbyrig wearð þurh yfele men and wícingas eall áwést (cf. bereáfode þurh Densce men, 446, 6), Chart. Th. 447, 8
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a-dýdan
To put to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ mortify ⬩ perdere ⬩ occidere
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Ǽlc þing ðe líf hæfde wearþ adýd everything which had life was destroyed, Gen. 7, 23