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ge-wittig

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Cf. ge*-*wit; Hé cwico wæs þá géna, wís and gewittig, B. 3094. having intelligence, having discretion Ꝥ cild þe læg on cradele . . . þá gýtseras lǽten efen scyldig and hit gewittig wǽre, Ll.

ceol-wærc

(n.)
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pain in the throat Wið ceolwærc, Lch. ii. 312, 2

runol

(adj.)
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Wið ðý (ða, MS.) runlan áttre, Lchdm. iii. 36, 17

síd-ece

(n.)
Grammar
síd-ece, es; m.

Side-ache

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Side-ache Drenc wið sídece, Lchdm. iii. 48, 9, 18

blíð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blíð-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirth ⬩ gaudium, exultatio, hilaritas

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Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirth; gaudium, exultatio, hilaritas Gif ðú nú atelan wilt ealle ða blíðnessa wið ðám unrótnessum if thou wilt now reckon all the enjoyments against the sorrows, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 22.

byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð . . . wið ceorles birelan, Ll. Th. i. 6, 11, 13. Hét hé þone byrle beódon Martine ǽrest, Hml. S. 31, 632. Ðǽm birilum ministris; the servants who bore the wine, Jn. L. 2, 5

efen-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-lang, adj.
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Licgað wilde móras wið eástan emnlange þǽm býnum lande, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 28. as long (as broad). v. efen*-*brád

Linked entry: lang

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Grammar wítegian, with a preposition Anna wítegode be him . . . swá hálig wíf wæs ðæs wyrðe, ðæt heó móste wítigian embe Crist, Homl. Th. i. 146, 27-29. Hé wítgode be ðære ácennednesse Cristes, Ps. Th. 8, arg. : Blickl. Homl. 133, 28.

Linked entry: wítgian

inne-fare

(n.)
Grammar
inne-fare, an; f.

The intestines

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The intestines Wið wambe cóðe and wið inneforan sáre for dysentery, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 22. Sió filmen biþ þeccende ða wambe and ða innefaran the film covers the stomach and the inwards, 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 17

ge-ríþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþe, es; n.
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B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I

Linked entry: riþ

land-leóda

(n.)
Grammar
land-leóda, (?), an ; m.
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Godwine betealde hine wið Eádward cyng his hláford and wið ealle landleódan, 1052 ; P. 183, 8

Linked entries: land-bygen land-leód

nǽder-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
nǽder-cynn, es: n.
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Wið scorpiones stingc and wið ealra nǽddercynna slitas, Lch. i. 304, 18

scildan

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Add: to provide protection for a person (dat. ) Móton þá hyrdas beón swíðe wacore . . . þe wið þone þeódsceaðan folce sceolon scyldan, Ll. Th. i. 374, 28. Á hé sceal scyldan crístenum mannum wið ǽlc þǽra þinga þe synlic bið, ii. 312, 23

on-birging

(n.)
Grammar
on-birging, e; f.

Tasting, taking (food)

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Tasting, taking (food) Wið áttres onbyrgingce, Lchdm. i. 136, 12

Linked entries: birging býrging

on-winnan

(v.)
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Þæt gé eówerne eard bewerian mid wǽpnum wið onwinnendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 18: Hml. S. 25, 818. Hí weredon hí cénlíce wið þone onwinnendan here, 589: 719. Hé gefeaht wið heora onwinnendan he fought with their assailants, 687.

steallere

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Eádnóð stallere heom wið gefeaht, Chr. 1067; P. 203, 16. Add

síþ-fær

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-fær, es; n.

A way ⬩ journey

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A way, journey Wið sýðfære juxta iter, Ps. Spl. 139, 6

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen.a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.

The Burgundians ⬩ Burgundiones.

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Wine Burgenda friend of the Burgundians, Wald. 85; Vald. 2, 14. Weóld Burgendum Gifica Gifica ruled the Burgundians, Scóp Th. 40; Wíd. 19: 131; Wíd. 65

Linked entry: Burgendan

ǽw-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-breca, -brica, ǽw-bryca, -an; m. [ǽw marriage, breca a breaker]

A breaker of the marriage vow ⬩ an adulterer ⬩ adulter

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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30

FLEÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FLEÁ, an; m.

a FLEA ⬩ pūlex ⬩ a speck ⬩ speck or disease in the eye ⬩ albūgo ⬩ -ĭnis ⬩ măcŭla

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Wið fleán against fleas, 142; Lchdm. i. 264, 14. Similar entries v. fleó. a speck, speck or disease in the eye; albūgo, -ĭnis, f. măcŭla Wið fleán and wið eágena sáre against white specks and against sore of eyes, Herb. 24; Lchdm. i. 120, 16

Linked entries: flǽh fleah fleó