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sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed,seed,the ripe fruit,fruit, growthsowingseed, progeny, posterity

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Se háta sumor giereþ and drígeþ sǽd anð bléda, Met. 29, 61. fruit, growth Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, biþ seó síðre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne, Exon.

Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmospheregood weatherwind, storm, breeze, airweather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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Ðá him weder com, and Godwine and ða ðe mid him wǽron wendan tó Brycge, Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 181, 19. Wearð ðæt wæder swíðe strang, ðæt ða eorlas ne mihton ge*-*witan hwet Godwine eorl gefaren hæfde, Erl. 183, 3.

ge-wrixl

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Hwílum eágan wépað for þæs ofnes bryne . . . hwílum þá téþ for miclum cyle gryrrað: þis atule gewrixl earmsceape men wendað þǽrinne ( his miseris vicibtis miseri volvuntur ), Dóm.

wunung

(n.)
Grammar
wunung, e; f.

dwellinglivinga dwellinghabitationplace to live inbeingexistenceliving

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wendaþ ús eástweard, þonne wé ús gebiddaþ...; ná swylce on eástdǽle synderlíce sý his wunung ... on rihtwísum mannum is Godes wunung ... Swá eác se fordóna man bið deófles templ, and deófles wunung, Homl. Th. i. 262, 5-18.

Linked entry: wunian

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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On India lande wendaþ heora scada (sceada, MSS. R. P.) on sumera súðweard and on wintra norðweard . Eft on Alexandria on dam sumerlícan sunn- stede on middæge ne byþ nán sceadu on nánre healfe, 258, 12-16. His sceadu gehǽlde ða untruman, Homl.

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Gesihð hé ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða hé gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 24; Gú. 28. Nán þing ne biþ swelce hit wæs siððan hit wanian onginþ, Bt. 34, 9 ; Fox 148, 9. Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 21

Linked entry: a-wanian

ge-wit

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Þá yldu þurh gewittes wylm wendan tó lífe, Ph. 191. Worde and gewitte, wíse þance, Gen. 1958. Mid gewitte gemunan Meotudes láre, Cri. 1200. Ic on þé sylfum oncnáwe wísdómes gewit, An. 645.

windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden

of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start to fly, wheel, springof the movement of living thingsof inanimate thingsof abstract subjectsof twistingrolling movementof living thingsof inanimate thingsto waverto twistrollto brandishwaveto twist, plait, weaveto twist, give a curved form to

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Cf. wendan. of the movement of living things Sume fótum foldan peðþaþ, sume fleógende windaþ (-eð, MS.) under wolcnum sunt quibus alarum levitas vaga... liquido longi spatia aetheris enatet volatu, Met. 31, 12.

Linked entry: winde

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Hié tó his healle ne tó his (Nero's) hírede eft wendan noldan, Bl. H. 173, 18. Be ðám ðe on cyninges hírde feohteð (cf. on cynges healle feohte, 66, 7) de dimicatione in regia, Ll. Th. i. 408, 12.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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wendan on ánum scipe mid swá miclum gaersuman swá hí mihton þǽr on mǽst gelógian tó ǽlcum mannum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 19. Gelógodne receptum, Germ. 400, 522.

wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wlite, es; m.: wlitu, e (and? an;
Similar entries
v. wlita, II.
); f.

aspectcountenancelooksappearanceshapeformgood looksbeautiful appearancebeautygloryornament

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Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, 104, 29 ; Gú. 15. Sió micle Babilon ðe ic self átimbrede mé selfum tó wlite and wuldre (in gloria decoris mei), Past. 4; Swt. 39, 18: Exon. Th. 70, 18; Cri. 1140. Wlitan decore ( Similar entries see wlita), Hpt.

Linked entries: wlita wlitu

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Wendan on Englisc, hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, Past. Swt. 7, 20. Hwæðer ǽnig man wǽre ðe ǽnige mǽrþa of ðam Hǽlende hælde, St. And. 36, 31. Sóðfæstnesse, ða ðe ic gehýrde of Gode, Jn.

Linked entry: ob

ge-lífan

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Ðé wæs þeós hwearfung betere, for þám þæt þú þé betre ne geléfde, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 25. with clause Þú geleófst ꝥ seó wyrd . . . þás woruld wendan ne mæge, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 10.

ge-þencan

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Hí hæfdon geþóht þæt hié sceoldon Italiam forlǽtan, and hié þæt swá gelǽsten, gif him Scipia ne gestýrde, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 19. with a preposition determining direction of intended motion Ealne þone here hé hét þonan wendan þe hé ǽr tó geþóht hæfde,

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Ná swilce God nyte ǽlces mannes heortan, Angl. vii. 50, 496. intent, will, desire, inclination: Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan, Gen. 716. Selle ðé Dryhten efter heortan ðínre (cf. ðínum willan, Ps. Th.), Ps.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the prefixed a-: this a- was not prominent or long, and therefore this prefix is left unaccented in this Dictionary. a- prefixed, sometimes denotes Negation, deterioration, or opposition, as From, out, away; thus awendan to turn from, subvert, from wendan

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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Þý læs ða týdran mód ða gewitnesse wendan þurfe, Exon. Th. 147, 21; Gú. 730. Náuht ðæs ðe hé ondréde, ðæt hé forleósan þorfte ( should be obliged to lose ), Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 22.

fram

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Hiéfrom gesǽlgum tídum gilpað, 5, 2; S. 220, 10. with instrumental Fram þís wígplegan wendan, By. 316. with prepositional phrase Cóm Eustatius fram geondan sǽ, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 15.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Ne wendaþ hine wyrda, ne hine wiht (or acc. ?) dreceþ, ádl ne yldo, 334, 1; Gn. Ex. 9. Nis íæt onginn wiht, 119, 2; Gú. 248. Nó hé him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde. Beo. Th. 4685 ; B. 2348. with a genitive Ne bið wiht forholen monna gehygda, Exon.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Hí noldon ðone réðan cwellere eft gecyrran, 80, 26. to change the direction of a body at rest Wendaþ mín heáfod ofdúne ... mín heáfod sceal beón on eorþan gecyrred, Bl.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran