ǽnig
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only Feá ǽnig waes monna cynnes, Rä. 61, 3. On þám folce feáwe wǽran ǽnige, Ps. Th. 104, ii. Cf. ánga
on-birgness
Taste, tasting
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Taste, tasting Seó wæs wynsumu on ðære onbyrignesse ... Manige men þurh ðyses wǽtan onbyrignesse wurdan gehǽlde, Blickl. Homl. 209, 9-12
Linked entry: birgness
on-hindan
Behind
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Behind Womb wæs onhindan áþrunten, Exon. Th. 419, 6; Rä. 38, 1. Ǽtterne tægel hafaþ onhindan, Fragm. Kmbl. 38; Leas. 21
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wyn-líc
Delightful ⬩ pleasing ⬩ agreeable ⬩ charming
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Óðer wæs swá wynlíc, wlitig and scéne, ðæt wæs lífes beám, Cd. Th. 30, 15; Gen. 467. Fæger hleóðor, wynlícu wóðgiefu, Exon. Th. 414, 10; Rä. 32, 18. Ic ðé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde, wynlícne geworht, 85, 8; Cri. 1388. Wynlice wætera þrýðe, Ps.
be-gríwan
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To steep in, of profound knowledge Hé wæs on ðǽre ealdan ǽ getogen, and mid micelre gecnyrdnysse on ðǽre begriwen wæs (was deeply versed in it), Hml.
Linked entries: gríwan for-gríwan
of-lysted
Possessed with a very strong desire, very desirous for
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Ðá wæs ðes man swíðe oflyst ðæs Hǽlendes tó-cymes, Homl. Th. i. 136, 6. Þeód wæs oflysted metes, Andr. Kmbl. 2226; An. 1114: 2454; An. 1228.
on-beran
To diminish, enfeeble, impair, destroy
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Wæs ðam báncofan neáh geþrungen breósthord onboren wæs se blíða gǽst fús on forþweg disease pressed the body hard, the mind was enfeebled, the glad spirit was eager for departure, Exon. Th. 158, 29; Gú. 917.
Ceaster-scír
Cheshire ⬩ ager Cestrensis
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Cheshire; ager Cestrensis Rodbeard wæs gecoren to bisceope to Ceasterscíre Robert was chosen bishop of Cheshire, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 21
Lindis-ware
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The people of Lindsey Man gehálgode Lindiswarum tó biscope Eádhéd; se wæs on Lindissi ǽrost biscopa, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 8
medmicle
Humbly ⬩ meanly
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Humbly, meanly Oft wic beóþ on manegum stówum medmyccle gesette; seó ceaster ðonne wæs héh and aldorlíc, Blickl. Homl. 77, 24
ge-gearcung-dæg
Preparation-day ⬩ parasceve ⬩ παρασκευή
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Preparation-day; parasceve = παρασκευή Hit wæs eástra gegearcung-dæg erat parasceve Paschæ ήν παρασκευή τoû πάσχα, Jn. Bos. 19, 14, 31
ge-hægan
To surround as with a hedge
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To surround as with a hedge Folc wæs gehæged the people was hemmed in, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 17; Exod. 169
þǽr-in
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Therein, wherein Hé wæs on Simones húse, þǽrin geát ðæt wíf ða deórwyrþan smerenesse on his heáfod, Blickl. Homl. 73, 3
un-sac
Free from any charge
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Free from any charge Unsac hé wæs on lífe no charge was brought against him while alive, Lchdm. iii. 288, 6
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ymb-weaxan
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to surround Seó burh wæs ungemettan fæste mid cludum ymbweaxen saxum mirae asperitatis et altitudinis Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 10
be-swælan
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Ic wæs grimlíce beswǽled for þám micclan byrne, Hml. S. 23 b, 574. and add
cwacung
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Seó burg on swelcre cwacunge wæs, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21. Add
ge-fullwihtan
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Hér wæs Críst gefulluhtud, Chr. 30; P. 6, 8
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ge-mǽran
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Wæs þis geworden on Beornica mǽgðe, and feor and wíde gemǽred (longe lateque diffamatum), Bd. 5, 14 ; Sch. 647, 16. Add