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hwón

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Dó on breówende wyrt, hwón, 332, 22. with gen. Dó hwó;n sealtes tó, Lch. ii. 78, 2. Hwón berenes melwes, 322, 27.

lystan

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Úre frið is wyrs gehealden ðonne mé lyste ( placeat ), Ll.

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Sió óðru wyrd is leás and beswícþ ealle hire geféran illa fortuna fallit Bt. 20 ; F. 70, 33. Fram leásum áþume geypt a pellaci genero proditus An. Ox. 2377. Leásum perfido (fratre ), 5068.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad, ⬩ enlarge, ⬩ extend, ⬩ make great in size or number ⬩ to make great, ⬩ magnify, ⬩ multiply, ⬩ increase, ⬩ improve the condition of a person ⬩ to expand, ⬩ extend, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ open wide, ⬩ distend ⬩ to extend, ⬩ spread abroad, ⬩ diffuse

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Kmbl. 863; Sal. 431. to extend, spread abroad, diffuse Ðeós wyrt wið ða eorðan hyre telgran tóbrǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 324, 3. Tó hwon wilnige gé, ðæt gé eówerne naman tóbrǽdan ofer ðone teóþan dǽl? Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 25.

Linked entry: tó-brédan

ge-wit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness

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Sió wyrd cymþ of ðam gewitte ðæs ælmihtigan Godes fate comes from the mind of the almighty God. Bt. 39, 5; Fox 220, 1: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 30; Hö. 78: 78 b; Th. 294, 10; Crä. 13: Andr. Kmbl. 631; An. 316: 1344; An. 672.

Linked entry: wit

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyard ⬩ a place where vines grow ⬩ the vines growing in such a place ⬩ vinea ⬩ a place where other plants than vines grow ⬩ a vine ⬩ vitis ⬩ vinea

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Ðeós wyrt hafaþ leáf swylce wíngeard, Lchdm. i. 316, 8. Wíngeardes twiga, ii. 190, 11. Of ðises wíngeardes (-eardes, v. l.) cynne de generatione vitis, Lk. Skt. 22, 18. Swá on wíngearde weaxen berigean sicut vitis abundans, Ps. Th. 127, 3.

bídan

to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience

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Hé wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32. Hé bad westan-windes . . . þá sceolde hé bídan ryhtnorþanwindes, Ors. 1, 1 ; S. 17, 15-17: Nar. 27, 15. Ðeáh hé bíde his tíman, Past. 275, 13. with acc. : — Hwæt bídað gé?, Cri. 510.

crísten-dóm

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Th. ii. 350, 32. time when or place where Christianity prevails Þá þe secgað þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre . . . Hwǽr is nú on ǽnigan crístendóme betuh him sylfum ꝥ mon him þurfe swilc ondrǽdan?

hǽþen-scipe

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Wlfst. 73, 17. a time when (or place where) heathendom prevails Þá þe secgaþ þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 25

hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Ðisse sylfan wyrte sǽd on wíne gedruncen is hálwende ongeán áttres drync the seed of this same plant is wholesome against a draught of poison, Herb. 142, 6; Lchdm. i. 264, 13: 157, 2; Lchdm. i. 284, 10.

Linked entry: -wende

tó-cleófan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cleófan, p. -cleáf, pl. -clufon; pp. -clofen

To cleave asunder

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Gif ðú ǽnne stán tóclífst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 26. Tóclýfþ findit, i. rupit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 63. Ðonne God ðysne middangeard tócleófeþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35.

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.

a knife ⬩ an instrument for cutting ⬩ a short sword ⬩ dagger

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Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte, 346, 12. Hý begyrde resten and náne sex (seax, MSS. T. F.) be heora sídan næbben cultellos ad latus non habeant, R. Ben. 47, 10.

Linked entries: sæx CNÍF sex

elcor

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D. 315, 1. as an alternative, as a substitute Wyrc tó duste oþþe elcor gníd on wín, Lch. i. 368, 15. Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám god*-*cundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan ( timere magis quam discutere debemus ), Gr.

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Loss ⬩ destruction

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Ðonne hié him ǽr tíde tó tióþ ðæt hí ne mágon, ðonne is him tó ondrǽdenne ðæt him weorþe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton, ðæt is se wisdóm, ðe hié ǽr tíde wilniaþ and eówiaþ, ac hé him wyrþ ðonne swíðe ryhtlíce tó lore admonendi ne, cum

Linked entries: los lyre

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehand ⬩ Opposite ⬩ in front of ⬩ against

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Opposite, in front of, against. geán Ðǽre wyrte wyrtruman áhóh . . . swá ꝥ hé hangie forne geán ðá miltan. Lch. i. 110, 24. Forne geán Biccenclife, C. D. iii. 4, 12.

Linked entry: forene

swecc

(n.)
Grammar
swecc, swæcc,es; m.

a taste, flavour, savour ⬩ the sense, of taste ⬩ an odour, a scent, smell ⬩ the sense of smell ⬩ an odour ⬩ odor

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Swecca swétast swylce stincaþ wyrta geblówene, Exon. Th. 178, 20; Gú, 1247. Swæcca, 358, 16; Pa. 46. Swétum swæccum ( odoribus ), 212, 22; Ph. 214. Sweccum, Kent.

Linked entries: swæc swice

stincan

(v.)
Grammar
stincan, p. stanc, pl. stuncon; pp. stuncen

To emit a smell or vapour, exhale

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Swecca swétast, swylce on sumeres tíd stincaþ wyrta geblówene, Exon. Th. 178, 22; Gú. 1248. Stanc redolent, Hpt. Gl. 516, 41. Se líchoma stanc swá swóte, Shrn. 143, 28 : 140, 13 : Homl.

hirde

a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman

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Hringa hyrde, B. 2245. used of a dragon: Wyrm, hordes hyrde, B. 887. Frætwa hyrde, 3 33. non-material Fyrena hyrde, B. 750.

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap

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Ða wyrte wið ðone wǽtan gemencge, drince ðonne, iii. 18, 20. Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nán ðæra wǽtena ðe druncennysse styriaþ, Homl.

Linked entries: wǽt wǽte

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.

thence ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ whence

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Th. 67, 8. temporal, from that time,after that Ðæt hé unæþele á forð þanan wyrð Met. 17, 28. Hé forlǽt his æþelo, and ðonan wyrþ anæþelad óþ ðæt hé wyrþ unæþele Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 22. Þanon forþ exhinc, Anglia xiii. 393, 404: de cetero, 439, 1059.