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wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge

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Ða yfelan bióþ micle gesáligran ðe on ðisse worulde habbaþ micelne weán and manigfeald wíte for hyra yfelum, ðonne ða sién ðe náne wræce nabbaþ, ne nán wíte on ðisse worulde for hiora yfle feliciores esse improbos supplicia luentes, quam si eos nulla

orne

(adj.)
Grammar
orne, adj.

Unhealthy, harmful

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Unhealthy, harmful Mid Godes fultume ne wyrð him nán orne with God's help no harm will be done him. Lchdm. iii. 16, 5. Wið ornum útgange, 70, 25

Linked entry: orenum

on-flígen

(n.)
Grammar
on-flígen, es; n.

Infectious disease

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Infectious disease Nú mágon ðás .viiii. wyrta wið .viiii. áttrum and wið nygon onflýgnum, Lchdm. iii. 36, 16

neáh-west

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-west, -wist, e; f. : es; m.

nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship

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is better than to serve and be with the king ?

Linked entry: né-west

su-

(prefix)
Grammar
su-, For words beginning with su- followed by a vowel see
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sw-

ge-rignan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rignan, ge-rínan to rain on, wet with rain: — Bið geríned
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conpluitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 30

Linked entry: ge-rínan

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force.

The inhabitants of a place

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It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru

Linked entry: wara

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f. The word is used sometimes in plural with force of singular.

truth ⬩ good faith ⬩ honour ⬩ fidelity ⬩ a covenant ⬩ an assurance of good faith

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beswican there, however, the Romans acted a little honourably (in hoc solo Romanis circa eum fortiter agentibus),in that those who had betrayed their lord were detestable to them, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 17. fidelity Heora gemynd þurhwunaþ for heora trýwðe wið

Linked entry: trýwþ

deófol-seócnes

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Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnysse, genim of þám líchoman þysse ylcan wyrte mandragore, Lch. i. 248, 3. Add

lǽce-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽce-cræftig, adj.
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Skilled in medicine Arestolobius wæs háten án cing hé wæs wís and lǽcecræftig hé ðá gesette forðon gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrymnessum ðe mannes líchoman iond styriaþ there was a king named Arestolobius, he was wise and skilled in medicine, for

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimony ⬩ a legitimate wife

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Se man ðe his rihtǽwe and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Hé gehǽlde sum wíf, ánes ealdormannes ǽwe, 150, 3. Forlicgan wið óðres ǽwe oþþe wið gehádode, Ll. Th. i. 404, 22. Be ðám men þe his ǽwe ( uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere ) þe hire wer forlǽt, ii. 180, 13, 15.

un-nytlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytlícness, e; f.

Uselessness ⬩ unserviceableness

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Uselessness, unserviceableness Wið ðæra eárena unnytlícnysse, and wið ðæt man wel gehýran ne mæge, Lchdm. i. 212, 3: 214, 20

þistel-geblǽd

(n.)

a blister caused by the prick of a thistle

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a blister caused by the prick of a thistle Wið þorn-geblǽd, wið þys[tel]geblǽd, Lchdm. iii. 36, 22

ge-síþcund

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Ánes ge-síðcundes mannes wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 2

freód

(n.)
Grammar
freód, e; f.

Affection ⬩ good-will ⬩ friendship ⬩ peace ⬩ ămor ⬩ dilectio ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ pax ⬩ grātia

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Ðæt ðú wille syllan sǽmannum feoh wið freóde that thou wilt give treasures to the seamen for their friendship, Byrht. Th. 132, 60; By. 39

nihternness

(n.)
Grammar
nihternness, e; f.

Night-time

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Night-time Ðonne gescylt ðé God wið unswefnum ðe nihternnessum on menn becumaþ then will God protect thee against evil dreams that come to men at nights, Lchdm. iii. 288, 22

stæþ-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ-swealwe, an; f.
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Gif mon fundige wið his feónd tó gefeohtanne, stæþswealwan briddas geseóþe on wíne, ete ðonne ǽr, Lchdm. ii. 154, 5

Linked entry: fiscere

múþ-sár

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-sár, es; n.
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A pain of the mouth Haran geallan mæg wið pipor gemenged wið múðsáre ( contra dolorem oris ), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 25

scorfed

(adj.)
Grammar
scorfed, sceorfed, scurfed; adj.

Rough ⬩ scabbed

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Rough, scabbed Wið scurfedum nægle (unguium scabritiem); nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl wið ða wearta. Lchdm. ii. 150, 4

Linked entries: scorfende scurfed