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á-wéstan

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Ómm and moððan hit áwéstað aerugo et tinea demolitur, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 30. Áwoestun desolaverunt, Ps. Srt. 78, 7. Áwéstan grassari, An. Ox. 5343. Hí woldon áwéstan þá Iudéiscan, Hml. S. 25, 386. Þá burg áwéstan, Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 14. Se cyng létt áwéstan

a-wédan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wédan, p. -wédde ; pp. -wéd ; v. n.

To be madto rageto be angryto go or wax madrevoltapostatizein furorem agi

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To be mad, to rage, to be angry, to go or wax mad, revolt, apostatize; in furorem agi Awéddon ða nýtena the cattle became mad, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 31. Se ðe for sleápe awéd phreneticus = φρενιτικόs, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 40; Wrt. Voc. 45, 72

Linked entry: wédan

for-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen

To killinterficere

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To kill; interficere Ðæt se an foldan læg forwegen mid his wǽpne that he lay slain on the field with his weapon, Byrht. Th. 138, 30; By. 228

for-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wénan, p. de; pp. ed

To ovenweenthink too highly ofnĭmium æstĭmāre

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To ovenween, think too highly of; nĭmium æstĭmāre Forwéned insŏlens. Cot. 186

Linked entry: wénan

ge-wefan

(v.)

to weavetexere

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to weave; texere Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 1; Reim. 70 [v. Grmm. D. M. p. 387]: 111 b; Th. 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.

ge-wélan

(v.)
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ge-wélan, pp. ed

To bind together

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To bind together Þurh ðas þeóde gewélede togædere through this people banded together, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 131

ge-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wénan, p. de; pp. ed

To hopeexpectsupposethinkesteem

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To hope, expect, suppose, think, esteem Ne þurfon hí to meotude miltse gewénan they need expect no mercy from the Lord, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 35; Cri. 1366. Nellaþ gé gewénan welan unrihte nolite sperare in iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 61, 10. On ǽrmergen ic on

ge-wépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wépan, p. -weóp, pl. -weópon; pp. -wópen

To weeplamentflere

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To weep, lament; flere Petrus geweáp bitterlíce Petrus flevit amare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 62. Giweópun alle flebant omnes, Rush. 8, 52. Gewópen fletum, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 1; Som. 28, 28

ge-wénan

Grammar
ge-wénan, <b>; I.</b>
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Gewénedre ǽfentýde estimata uespertina hora, Chrd. 114, 20. Add

be-wépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wépan, p. -weóp, pl. -weópon; pp. -wópen

To weep, weep over, bewailflere, deflere, plorare

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To weep, weep over, bewail; flere, deflere, plorare Ic bewépe defleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 1; Som. 28, 28. Hí beweópon Aarones forþsíþ they bewailed Adron's death, Num. 20, 30. Wyduwan heora nǽron bewópene viduæ eorum non plorabantur, Ps. Lamb. 77, 64: Ors.

Linked entries: be-weópon be-wópen

súþan-westan

(adv.)
Grammar
súþan-westan, adv.
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From the south-west Súþanwestan ab affrico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 35: 4, 15: a fafonio, 99, 50

be-wépan

Grammar
be-wépan, bewopen

woe-begone

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Swá man bewépð deádne, Hml. A. 77. 124 Rachel beweóp hire cildra, Hml. Th. i. 84, 26. Hé beweóp ungemet*-*godra manna líf, 604, 27. þæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðǽre ceastre tó-worpennysse, 402, 6. Synna bewépan, ii. 602, 22. disfigured by weeping, woe-begone

for-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wénan, p. de
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To suspect, think ill of Forwéned suspecta, Nap. 25

ge-wegan

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Add to bear, have a feeling, v. wegan; 3 Hé wynne gewigeð, Reim. 76. to weigh. to weigh in a balance, measure by weight In swá hwelce giwége giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk. R. 4, 24. to weigh

ge-wélan

Similar entry: ge-wilwan

or-wénan

Similar entry: ge-orwénan

be-wélan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wélan, (v. wól)
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to infect, pollute Bewoeledu ( infecta ) wæs eorðe on blódum hira. Ps. Vos. 105, 38

Linked entry: be-willan

on-wéstan

(v.)

to lay waste, desolate

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to lay waste, desolate Sý wunung heora onwést ( deserta ), Ps. Spl. 68, 30

tó-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen

To dispersedispel

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To disperse, dispel Heofones gim scíneþ, beóþ wolcen tówegen neu concreta nubes summo-veat radios solis, Exon. Th. 210, 11; Ph. 184

á-wegan

to carry off to put awayrenounceto weigh.to put in a balanceto estimateconsiderto be equal in weight to

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Add: to carry off Hé hét delfan his byrgene and þæt greót út áwegan, Hml. Th. i. 74, 25. Helias wæs mid cræte up áwegen, 308, 16. Upp áwegen evulsa, Gr. D. 213, 27. Áwegen evectus, sublevatus, An. Ox. 1440. I a. to put away, renounce (?):-- Bútan heora