a-wríðan
to bind up ⬩ bind ⬩ wreathe ⬩ alligare ⬩ torquere ⬩ to unbind ⬩ loosen ⬩ solvere
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to bind up, bind, wreathe; alligare, torquere Hí me gyrene awriðon [MS. awriðan] posuerunt mihi laqueos, Ps. Th. 118, 110. Sylfa his wúnda awráþ he bound up his wounds; sua vulnera ipse alligavit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 36. to unbind, loosen; solvere Ðæt
ge-wríðan
To bind ⬩ restrain ⬩ tie ⬩ tie together ⬩ coartare ⬩ alligare
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To bind, restrain, tie, tie together; coartare, alligare Lim gewríðan to bind the limb, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 2. Ða myhta to gewrýðenne potestatem ligandi, Th. Chart. 334, 7. Engel gewríðende oððe geswencende hig oððe genyrwiende angelus coartans eos, Ps
un-wreón
To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is covered ⬩ to reveal
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To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is covered, to reveal Hé un-wríhþ þiccetu revelabit condensa, Ps. Lamb. 28, 9. Ðæt mǽden unwreáh hire heáfod, Ap. Th. 26, 14. Hé unwreáh his rihtwísnesse revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Lamb. 97, 2. Hí unwreogon ðæt hús nudaverunt
ofer-wreón
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread Ic oferwreó nubo Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 19: cooperio, 30; Som. 34, 43. Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum ða uferan hire qui tegis aquis superiora ejus, Ps. Lamb. 103, 3. Geswinc welera heora oferwríhþ
hundseofontigseofon-feald
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Seventy-and-sevenfold Seofon-feald wracu bið gesealde for Cain and hundseofontigseofonfeald (septuagies septies) for Lamech, Gen. 4, 24
wacor
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Sið wiþerweardnes biþ untǽlu and wracu (wacru? v.l.), Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Add
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Mé ceigendæ ðæt ic sié Godes wracco me damans esse sacrilegum, Mt.
dracu
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Trouble, affliction Eal hit is for synnum and gyt weorþeð máre, þæs þe béc secgað, wracu (dracu, v. l. ) and gedrecednes, Wlfst. 91, 7. v. dreccan
a-wríhan
To uncover ⬩ reveal ⬩ revelare
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To uncover, reveal; revelare Stefn Drihtnes awríhþ þiccetu vox Domini revelabit condensa, Ps. Spl. 28, 8. Awrigene synd grúndweallas [grundfeallas MS.] ymbhwyrftes eorþan revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum, 17, 17 : Lk. Bos. 2, 35
for-wrítan
To cut asunder ⬩ dissĕcāre
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To cut asunder; dissĕcāre He forwrát wyrm on middan he cut the worm asunder in the middle, Beo. Th. 5403; B. 2705
a-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ describe ⬩ compose ⬩ transcribere ⬩ describere ⬩ conscribere ⬩ contexere ⬩ to inscribe ⬩ inscribere ⬩ inscriptione ornare ⬩ to carve ⬩ delineate ⬩ draw ⬩ sculpere ⬩ delineare
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to write out or down, to transcribe, describe, compose; transcribere, describere, conscribere, contexere Ðæs hálgan fæder and biscopes Sancti Cuþberhtes líf ǽrest eroico metro and æfter fæce gerǽde worde ic awrát I wrote out the life of the holy father
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on-gildan
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Wearð Godes wracu on Róme . . . him wæs ungemetlic moncwealn getenge, þæt nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig þæt hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden exoritur ultio . . . incredibilium morborum pestis extenditur: nulla domus fuit, quae non illa pestilentia correpta
godcundlíc
Divine
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Divine Búton yldinge him becom seó godcundlíce wracu without delay the divine vengeance came upon him, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1. Ðá ongeat he ðæt ðǽr wæs godcundlíc mægen ondweard then he perceived that there was divine power present, Blickl.
weá-tácn
A sign of misery, a woeful signal
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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
feþe-leás
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Sum deáf man and féþeleás, ofer þone man becóm godcund wracu . . . Ꝥ hé ne meahte ne gehýran ne gangan. Ac hé gecreáp in þæs eádgan Berhtinus ciricean . . . Þá meahte hé gehýran and gangan, Shrn. 126, 22.
riht-handdǽda
The actual perpetrator of a crime
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The actual perpetrator of a crime Gif hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum bútan on ðam rihthanddǽdan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 12
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wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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To cover. to put a covering on something, literal Se ðe wrígð wæterum ða uferan his gut tegit aquis superiora ejus. Ps. Spl. 103, 3. Óþer eáre hí him underbrédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð (se cooperiunf). Nar. 37, 12. Hé wreáh and þeahte mánfǽhðu bearn
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sóþ-cyning
The king of truth or justice ⬩ the Deity
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The king of truth or justice, the Deity Ic wát geare, ðæt ðam líchryre (the murder of Cain) on lást cymeþ sóðcyninges seofonfeald wracu, Cd. Th. 67, 13; Gen. 1100.
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wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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a draughtsman, painter, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Lóca hú wlitigne monnan ic hæbbe átǽfred, swá unwlitig wrítere swá swá ic eom pulchrum depinxi hominem pictor foedus, Past. 65 ; Swt. 467, 19. a writer, scribe, copyist Wrítere scriptor, gewrit scriptura
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