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wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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pain, suffering, misery Is fela yfela and mistlícra gelimpa wíde mid mannum ; and eal hit is for synnum ; and gyt weorþeþ máre, ðæs ðe béc secgaþ, wracu and gedreccednes, ðonne ǽfre ǽr wǽre on worulde, Wulfst. 91, 7.

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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Béc bodiaþ weotedne willan, Salm. Kmbl. 475; Sal. 238. Ne cýþ ðú witod on wén ðín do not feel sure of your expectation, Prov. Kmbl. 22.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

leán

(n.)
Grammar
leán, es; n.

Rewardrecompenseremunerationrequitalretribution

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Him ðæs grim leán becom terrible retribution befel them for that, 2; Th. 3, 36; Gen. 46.

Linked entries: leahan be-leán

ágan

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.), pl. ágaþ (in Scint.). of possession Becýp eall þæt þú áhst, Mt. 19, 21. Gé ágað possidebitis , Scint. 7, 12. Hí ágað possident , 158, 17. Þrǽlas ne móton habban þæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, Wlfst. 158, 38.

sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwung, e; f.

a looking at, contemplation, considerationrespect,regardreconnoitring, surveying, examinationa spectacle, showa show, appearance, pretence

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Tó dígolnesse and tó stilnesse becom ðære godcundan sceáwunge ancorlífes ad anachoreticae contemplationis silentia secreta pervenit, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 11.

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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Ic becume tó ðære smyltestan hýðe Guthl. prol.; Gdwin. 4, 20. gentle, mild, of the wind Þurh ðone smyltan súþan-westernan wind Bt. 4; Fox 8, 8. Hé ýste mæg oncyrran ðæt him windes hweoðu weorðeþ smylte statuit procellam in auram Ps.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Ðás wyrte ðú scealt niman on wanig*-*endum mónan, i. 320, 3. to wane, become inferior, decline, decay Des middangeard wanaþ and weaxeþ, Fragm. Kmbl. 60 ; Leás. 32.

Linked entry: a-wanian

LÓCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Ðás ii béc lóciaþ intó Ryppel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 19, 22 : 256, 31. Búton Raab ána libbe and ða ðe lóciaþ tó hire sola Rahab vivat cum universis, qui cum ea in domo sunt, Jos. 6, 17 : 8, 1.

Linked entries: lóc

ge-neahhe

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Béc syndon bréme, bodiað geneahhe weotedne willan þám þe wiht hycgeð, Sal. 237. Hé manode geneahhe bencsittende, 26. Hí him on healfa gehwone ymbútan farað . . . geneahhe, Cri. 930.Ic þín sóð weorc séce geneahhe justificationes tuas exquisivi, Ps.

ge-freógan

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Hér geswutelað on ðisse Crístes béc ðæt Ælfríc Scot and Ægelríc Scot synt gefreód for Ælfsiges abbodes sáwle tó écan freóte, C. D. vi. 209, 13 : 211, 2. Ué nǽnigum ne gehérdon ǽfre, huu ðú cueðes, 'Gé biðon gefriód (-frióde, R.),' Jn. L. 8, 33.

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattleliving animalspĕcusjūmentaMoneyvaluepricehirestipendFEErewardpĕcūniamercesGoodspropertyricheswealthbŏnadīvĭtiæŏpes

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cattle, living animals; pĕcus, jūmenta Gif ðé becume óðres monnes giémeleás feoh [G and H] on hand if the stray cattle of another man come to thy hand, L. Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9. Feoh bútan gewitte the cattle without understanding, Salm.

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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Ðú earma nú ðú byst geworden ðæt fúleste hreáw and wyrma mete thou miserable thing, now art thou become a very foul corpse and food for worms, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 398, 16. Hrá wundum wérig the body weary with wounds, Andr.

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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Hé weorþan sceolde eft ðæt ilce ðæt hé ǽrðon wæs it should become again the same, that it was before, Exon. 61 a ; Th. 224, 21 ; Ph. 379.

gram

(adj.)
Grammar
gram, grom; adj. [grama anger]
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Furious, fierce, wroth, angry, offended, incensed, hostile, troublesome He swá grom wearþ on his móde he became so incensed; rex iratus, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 32: 6, 4; Swt. 260, 23.

Linked entry: grom

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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Ic becom tó Cristes scole, 2, 244. Maria wunode on ealra ðæra apostola gýmene on ðære heofonlícan scole embe Godes ǽ smeágende, Homl. Th. i. 440, 8. Sum leorningman on scole scholasticus quidam, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 18.

Linked entries: scól sceolu

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.
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Mid syrewungum and swicdóme hé becom tó ðære cynelícan geðincðe, Homl. Th. i. 80, 34. Hí ( the Romans) mid swicdóme hié (the Sabine women ) begeáton, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 20.

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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sweat, perspiration Seofoðe (the seventh of the constituents from which Adam was made) wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him (Adam ) becom swát, Salm. Kmbl. 180. 15. Suát, Rtl. 192, 17. His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44.

Linked entry: swǽtan

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Apollonius becom mid sunde tó Pentapolim, Ap. Th. 11, 6. Hié on sunde (cf. Icel. á sundi) tó ðære byrig fóron, Nar. 10, 28: Beo. Th. 3240; B. 1618.

be-limpan

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Th. ii. 536, 6. to become, attain the character of Þis godspel ús tó bysene belimpeþ éces lífes, Bl. H. 15, 32. Þá ælmessan þe gé syllaþ eów tó nǽnigre áre ne belimpaþ (-eþ, MS.), 41, 23.

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertiontradition, report, story a narration, relation

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Se hlísa ðe þurh yldra manna segene tó ús becom opinio quae traditione majorum ad nos perlata est, 2,1; S. 501, 2. On gewritum oððe on ealdra manna sægenum munimentis literarum vel seniorum traditione, pref.; S. 471, 27.

Linked entries: segen sæcgen