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hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Siððan heó ofer brim hweorfeþ after it [the sun] goes beyond the ocean, 93 b; Th. 351, 17; Sch. 81: 110 a; Th. 422, 13; . 41, 5. Gé tó mé on hyge hweorfaþ ye turn to me in thought, 98 a; Th. 366, 2; Reb. 6.

EARM

(adj.)
Grammar
EARM, ærm, arm; comp. earmra; sup. earmost; adj.

poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretchedpauper, mĭser the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision paupĕres

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Ic wolde cweðan ðæt hi wǽron earmoste I should say that they were most miserable, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 13: Exon. 110 a; Th. 421, 6; . 40, 14. the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision; paupĕres Be teóðunge.

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Sax. that werod béd hwan ér the fródo man gifrumid habdi waldandes willeon], Exon. 108 b; Th. 413, 29; . 32, 13. indefinite, at some time Se ilca ús wile nú hwonne eft mid eallum egesan gesécan the same will visit us again at some time with all terror

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unlessexcept

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Th. 407, 11; . 26, 3. Nabbaþ wé tó hyhte nymþe cyle and fýr, Cd. Th. 285, 10; Sat. 335. Eaforan syndon deáde nymþe feá áne, 128, 30; Gen. 2134. Similar entries Cf. nefne

Linked entry: nemþe

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)
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Ǽr oððe síþ, ǽfre ever, at any time, 56, 1 ; Cri. 894 : 65, 12 ; Cri. 1053 : 471, 28 ; . 61, 8. Míne gyltas ðe ic síþ oððe ǽr ǽfre gefremode, L. de Cf. 11 ; Th. ii. 264, 24 : Elen. Kmbl. 1947 ; Elen. 975. Sýþ oððe ǽr, Menol. Fox 398 ; Men. 200.

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Th. 386, 4 ; . 4, 56. Hé ða strǽle ðara áwerigdra gásta him fram ásceáf, Guthl. 6 ; Gdwin. 42, 24. Strǽle bitere sendan, Ps. Th. 77, 11 : 76, 14

Linked entry: streál

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlikedifferentdissimilardiverse

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Th. 380, 5; . 1, 3. Hé tiolaþ ungelíc tó biónne ðam óþrum, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 232, 7: Cd. Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356. Hit is ungelíc úrum gecynde, Met. 20, 33. Unilícum háde dispari sexu, Hpt. Gl. 461, 5. Ungelíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 41.

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowingbreathbreathingspiritinspirationflameblazeprosperity

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Voc. ii. 149, 24: fla(b)ra, 37, 21. Blǽdas (-es, MS.) auras, An. Ox. 50, 4. Tóworpen þurh windes blǽda (blǽde, blǽdum, v. ll.), Lch. iii. 276, 16. figurative: Blǽdum fasti vel superbiae flatibus, Wrt.

Linked entry: blæst

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic bréaga ne brúna brúcan móste I am very bald, nor can I make use of eye-lids nor eye-lashes, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; . 41, 100. Betwux oferbrúan and brǽwum intercilium [= intercilia], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 70; Wrt.

dǽlere

(n.)
Grammar
dǽlere, es; m.

DEALER, divider, distributor, agent divīsor, sequester

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Gl. 33; Som. 62, 28; W rt. Voc. 28, 11: 74. 15. Ic wæs dǽlere betwix Gode and eów ego sequester et medius fui inter Domĭnum et vos, Deut. 5, 5.

tættec

(n.)
Grammar
tættec, (-a, -e?)

a rag, tatter

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a rag, tatter Dormitatio vestietur pannis seó slápolnys byþ gescrýdd mid wácum tætticum, Homl. Ass. 9, 238. Nis se loddere mid his tasttecon mín gelíca, Homl. Th. i. 256, 9.

án-súnd

(adj.)
Grammar
án-súnd, on-súnd; adj. [án sole, entire, wholly; súnd sound]

Soundentireunhurtsanusintegerincolumis

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Seó heofon is sinewealt and ánsúnd heaven is circular and entire, Bd. de nat. rm; Wrt. popl. scienc. 1, 17

Linked entry: on-sund

bed-reda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-reda, -rids, an; m. [bed a bed, reda = rida from riden ridden, pp. of rídan to ride, hence the def. adj. bedreda bedridden, and the noun bedreda, bedrida one bedridden]

One BEDRIDDENclinicus

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Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9.

eft

(adv.)
Grammar
eft, adv.

Again, second time, then, afterwards ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem

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Again, second time, then, afterwards; ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem Eft lufigende God ĭtĕrum ămans Deum, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 58. Asende Noe út eft culfran Noe rursus dīmīsit cŏlumbam, Gen. 8, 10: Mt. Bos. 4, 7, 8: Ælfc.

Linked entries: æft eft-sóna

swengan

(v.)
Grammar
swengan, p. de
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Ðá eode uncer hláford sylf in ðæt scræf ða swengde sió lió sóna forð and forswealh hine then a lion ran out from the darkness of the cavern and dashed on to him . . .

FOLDE

(n.)
Grammar
FOLDE, an; f.

the earthdry landtellusterraa landcountrydistrictregionterritoryrĕgiotractusplăgaterrĭtōriunithe groundsoilhŭmussŏlumearthclayterræ līmuslŭtum

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Kmbl. 316; Sal. 157: Exon. 103b; Th. 393, 17; . 13, 1. Foldan begræfen buried in the ground, Elen. Kmbl. 1944; El. 974: Exon. 63a; Th. 231, 17; Ph. 490: Ps.

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to layplaceputlayto slay

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Cwén mec hwílum hond on legeþ, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 8; . 78, 4.

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Th. 380, 4; . 1, 2. Ofer ðreótt, Mk. Skt. Rush. 8, 2. Menigo ł ðreátas turbae, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 2. Engla þreátas, Blickl. Homl. 11, 12. Ealle ða mycclan þreátas ðe him mid férdon, 99, 35. Þurh þreáta geþræcu, Exon. Th. 417, 17; . 36, 6.

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Th. 413, 6 ; . 30, 10. Wræccena reáflác is on heora hainum (rapinapauperis in domo vestra, Is. 3, 14), Wulfst. 45, 18

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmospheregood weatherwind, storm, breeze, airweather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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Rén cymð, ðonne eówre wæstmas wederes be*-*þorftan, Wulfst. 297, 11. wind, storm, breeze, air Weder aura, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 43: 52, 59. Smylte wedere aure tenuis, ii. 4, 56: 6, 20.