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be-swælan

Grammar
be-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullwihtan, ge-fullwihtian.
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Hér wæs Críst gefulluhtud, Chr. 30; P. 6, 8

Linked entry: fullwihtan

ge-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽran, to divulge.
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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

loþa

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Add: — Loþa heordan of wearpe, of ácumban wæs gehefeldad colobinm (cum) de sltippae stamine (yel potius) putamine ordirelvr, An. Ox. 3725

Linked entry: hloþa

oþ-fleón

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Wæs þæs folces fela on án fæsten oþflogen ad Olympum montem universi Gallograeci confugerant, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 13. Add

slecg-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
slecg-wyrhta, an; m.
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One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57

á-sánian

(v.)
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Add: to grow dull, to wane Þæt leóht ásánode on þá ylcan wýsan þe hit ǽr wæxende wæs, Vis. Lfc. 57

Linked entries: sǽne -sánian

ge-þearfian

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

To impose necessity; ⬩ necessitatem imponere

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To impose necessity; necessitatem imponere Ðá him swá geþearfod wæs as necessity thus was imposed upon them, Beo.Th. 2211; B. 1103

þǽr-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-rihte, adv.
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And leóht wæs þǽrrihte geworden, Lchdm. iii. 232, 9. Ðǽrryhte æfter rehte sanctus Paulus paulo post subdit, Past. 51; Swt. 395, 26. Hé wæs hálig þǽrrihte, swá hraðe swá hé mann wæs; Homl. Th. i. 2oo, 8. Sóna ł ðariht statim, Mk. Skt.

Linked entries: þáriht hér-rihte

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Add Se ǽrmerigen . . . se undern . . . se middæg . . . se nón wæs fram Móyse oð Drihtnes tócyme, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 20.

myrre

(n.)
Grammar
myrre, myrra, an; f.

Myrrh

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Myrrh Hí him lác brohton; ðæt wæs gold and récels and myrre, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11. Seó myrre getácnode ðæt hé wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 116, 10. Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10.

Linked entry: murre

brǽd

Grammar
brǽd, (-u, -o)

breadth

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Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra brǽde tó axan geburnen flamma quinque agri jugera in cinerem extorruit, Ors. 4, 2; S. 160, 25. Add

hám-cyme

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Gebiddende for his hámcyme of þám wræce and of þám earfoðan þá hé þá on wæs, Ps. Th. 30, arg. Add

full-neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
full-neáh, adj.

Full nigh ⬩ very near ⬩ valde propinquus

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Full nigh, very near; valde propinquus Wæs se feónd fullneáh the foe was very near, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 10; Gen. 688

Linked entry: ful-neáh

níd-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
níd-cofa, an; m.

A prison

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A prison Se hálga wæs lǽded in ðæt dimme ræced, sceal ðonne in neádcofan nihtlange fyrst wunian, Andr. Kmbl. 2619; An. 1311

goding

(n.)
Grammar
goding, es; m.
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The son of God Ðe hǽlend seðe wæs goding the Saviour who was the Son of God, Lk. Skt. Rush. 4, 1

ge-helian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helian, p. ede; pp. ed

To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover over ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ claudĕre

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To conceal, hide, cover over; cēlāre, claudĕre Se pitt wæs geheled mid ánum stáne os ejus grandi lăpĭde claudēbātur, Gen. 29, 2

scrád

(n.)
Grammar
scrád, a moving body (? v. scríðan), a vessel (?), a body of travellers (? cf.
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Icel. skreið a shoal, flock) Scrifen scrád glád þurh gescád in brád, wæs on lagustreáme lád, Exon. Th. 353, 15; Reim. 13

þancfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þancfullíce, adv.
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Thankfully, gratefully Ðá ongeat Eustachius ðæt seó foresǽde costnung him ðá æt wæs, and þancfullíce hí underféng, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 144

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