wed-loga
One who is false to a pledge or engagement
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[Þu (the body) were wedlowe and monsware, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 27.]
Galwalas
Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia
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Frenchmen, people of Gaul in a body, and as the name of a people is often used where according to later usage the name of their country would be found, the word may be translated Gaul, France; Galli, Gallia Hér wæs Brihtwald gehálgod to ærcebiscope fram
hefig-tíme
Grievous ⬩ wearisome ⬩ tedious ⬩ troublesome
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Ða wudewan fram hefigtímum heáfodece gehǽlde healed the widow of a wearisome headache, Homl. Th. i. 418, 22
Linked entry: hefe-tíme
nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Hé ne áwyrpþ náteshwón his wǽpna him fram, ǽr ðam ðe ðæt gewinn wurðe geendod, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 9. Ne sculon mæssepreóstas náteshwón bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 21
Linked entry: ná-wiht
nón
the ninth hour ⬩ hora nona ⬩ the service held at the ninth hour ⬩ nones
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Fram middæge óþ nón, H. R. 107, 9. Sele drincan on undern, on middæg, on nón, Lchdm. ii. 140, 2. the service held at the ninth hour, nones Wé sungon nón cantavimus nonam, Coll. Monast. Tb. 33, 35
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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From easteweardan ðisses middangeardes óþ westeweardne, and fram súþeweardum óþ norþeweardne, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 2
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ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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He wæs fram eallum gemǽrsod ipse magnĭfĭcābātur ab omnĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 15. Ic beó gemǽrsod on Pharaone glorĭfĭcābor in Pharaōne, Ex. 14, 17. He wæs gemǽrsod ofer ealle óðre cyningas he was celebrated above all other kings, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 41
Linked entry: ge-mérsian
wynsumlíce
pleasantly ⬩ agreeably ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ joyously
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Áwend ðíne nosu fram unálýfedum stencum, ðæt ðú mæge wynsumlíce cweðan: 'Sýn wé æðele stencas beforan Godes gesihðe,' Wulfst. 246, 13
bósum
womb ⬩ uter
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Hí wurdon gegripene fram móderlicum breóstum, ac hí wurdon betǽhte engellicum bósmum. Hml. Th. i. 84, 9. personification: [Tó móder]licum bósme ad maternum (sanctae ecclesiae) gremium. An.
beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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Þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn, 5, 23. ꝥ hé wǽre fram Þám módorlicum beorðrum on ꝥ mynster befæst Hml.
ge-bod
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Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 32. ' þis bebod se Hǽlend ús sealde . . . ' 'Gif þis gebod eów wǽre geseald fram eówrum Drihtne . . .' Bl. H. 233, 21. Drihten, eall ic hit áræfnie for þínum gebode, 241, 33
gnornian
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Á mæg gnornian sé þe nú fram þís wígplegan wendan þenceð, By. 315. Grnorniendum merentibus, Kent. Gl. 1129. <b>I a.</b> of things :--- Beám sceal on eorðan leáfum líðan, leomu gnornian ( the bare branches grieve ), Gn. Ex. 26.
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gyte
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Þæt hí heora handa fram ðám blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5 : Nap. 22, 25. Hit getácnað gefeoht and gete (effusionem) blódes, Archiv, cxx. 50, 15
or-sorg
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Add Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml, i. 302, 8
Bryttas
Britons ⬩ Britones ⬩ Bretons ⬩ Armoricani
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Ðætte Angel-þeód wæs gelaðod fram Bryttum on Breotone that the Angle-nation was invited by the Britons into Britain, 1, 15; S. 483, 2.
Linked entry: Brettas
on-lísan
to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) ⬩ to release, deliver, liberate
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Fram swá myclum cwylmnessum onlýsed beón, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 10: 5, 19; S. 639, 42. Onlýsed ðý líchaman solutus corpore, 3, 19; S. 548, 29
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Nó hé wiht fram mé feor fleótan meahte, B. 542. Hé hine feor forwræc mancynne fram, 109.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Ða bóceras ðe wendon (descenderant) fram Hierusalem Mk. Skt. 3, 22. Hig wendon tó Hierusalem regressi sunt in Hierusalem Lk. Skt. 24, 33. Hí wendon ðá tó horsum . . . Hí wendon him fram, and heora wǽpna áwurpon Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 425, 435.
arewe
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Arwan framea, An. Ox. 37, 1. Arewan, gauelucas catapultas, 4238. Add
folc-stede
Folk or dwelling-place ⬩ pŏpŭli lŏcus ⬩ habĭtācŭlum
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Fram ðam folcstyde from the folk-place, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 25; Gen. 2000