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slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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Geswell ðe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege Lchdm. ii. 6, 28. His eáge wand út mid ðam slæge Homl. Skt. i. 4, 143. Slægum ictibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 54.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Ben. 139, 4. a church, minster (v. mynster-clǽnsung) Ne sín ealle circan ná gelícre mǽðe worldlíce wyrðe . . . Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L.

ge-métan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet withinvĕnīre, compĕrīre

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Ðæs bisceopes líf is gemétte biscope wyrðe beón vītam episcŏpi episcŏpo dignam esse compĕri, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 30. Ðú geméttes Meotod alwihta thou hast met the Lord of all things, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 23; Sat. 697.

Linked entries: métan ge-mittan

scín-lác

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lác, es; n.
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Ðeós wyrt (ἀστήριον) scíneþ on nihte swilce steorra on heofone, and se ðe hý nytende gesihþ, hé sægþ ðæt hé scínlác geseó, Lchdm. i. 164, 6. Scínlác monstra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 15: nebulones , Hpt. Gl. 501, 73.

ge-wunelic

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ǽr gewunelice wǽron þæs wætersciepes scorpiones consuetam petentes aquationem, Nar. 13, 11. to which one is accustomed. habitually used, wonted Hié þá gewunelican fixas úp tugon and þá tǽron solitos pisces consumabant, Nar. 16, 19. adapted to Ǽlc wyrt

MǼG

(n.)
Grammar
MǼG, es; m.

A relativekinsman

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Ealle wyrd forsweóp míne mágas, Beo. Th. 5622; B. 2815 : Blickl. Homl. 139, 16

Linked entries: még méi ge-mǽg

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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Nǽnigne tweógean ne þearf, ðæt seó wyrd geweorþan sceal, Blickl. Homl. 83, 9.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Th. 270, 9. ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðare ceastre bóte (cf. hé heora ceastre ge-staðolode, 16) Ap.

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealthrichesabundancewealthwealprosperityhappy estate

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Búwa eorðan and féd ðé on hyre welum (weolum, Surt.) inhabita terram, et pasceris in divitiis ejus 36, 3. weal, prosperity, happy estate Bið him se wela onwended, and wyrð him wíte gegearwod, Cd. Th. 28, 5; Gen. 431.

Linked entries: wala weala weola

FÁG

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁG, fáh; def. se fága, seó, ðæt fáge; adj.

Coloured, stained, dyed, tinged, shining, variegated tinctus, cŏlōrātus, vărius, versicŏlor, discŏlor

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Ofer næddran and fágum wyrme ðú gǽst sŭper aspĭdem et basiliscum ambŭlābis, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 13. He me habban wile dreóre fáhne he will have me stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447.

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Beó ðú on tíd gearu ne mæg ðæs ǽrendes ylding wyrðan be thou at the time ready, the errand may not brook delay, Andr. Kmbl. 430; An. 215. Ðá bæd hé hine yldinge and fyrstes petens inducias, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 7.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

wraþu

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
wraþu, e; f.

A propstaysupportsupportassistance

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Wyrta ðú geworhtest tó wraðe manna producens herbam servituti hominum, 103, 13. Se mé wraþe healdeþ, Exon. Th. 117, 7; Gú. 220. Ðǽr hí wraðe métaþ, 215, 3; Ph. 247. Ðæt hý wraþe sécen, frófre tó feóndum, 362, 12; Wal. 35. Ðǽr dú wraðe findest, Elen.

ge-cyndelic

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. ¶ used substantively :-- Gyf wíf cennan ne mæge, nime þysse wyrte wós mid wulle, dó on þá gecyndelican, 266, 9

ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ísern, es; n.

Iron

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Achilles mid ðysse sylfan wyrte (yarrow ) gehǽlde ða ðe mid íserne geslegene and gewundude wǽran, 90, 1 ; Lchdm. i. 194, 8. Ðú swyltst nalles mid íserne ácweald swá ðú wénst ac mid átre morieris, non ferro quod suspicaris, sed veneno, Nar. 31, 27.

lufian

(v.)
Grammar
lufian, p. ode

To love

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Ðæt is tó lufigenne on ðysse wyrte ðæt heó hafaþ gehwǽdne wyrttruman it is an excellent property of this plant, that it has a small root, Herb. 140, 1; Lchdm. i. 260, 5. Ðes lufigenda wer hic amans vir; ðis lufigende wíf hæc amans fæmina, Ælfc.

fór

a journeyan expeditionmarch

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Swá hwylc preóst swá farende byð (iter facial), and hine man on his fóre (in itinere ejus) fulwihtes biddeð, and hé wyrne for ofste his fóre (itineris). Ll. Th. ii. 138, 19-21. Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe, i. 118, ll: 82, 15.

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Ðæt se wǽre, ðe rihtes wyrnde, scyldig æt þriddan cyrre cyninges oferhýrnesse ðæt is .cxx. sciłł., 2; Th. i. 160, 16. Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde. Gif hit hwá dó, béte míne oferhýrnesse, 10; Th. i. 164, 18.

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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Ðeós woruld nǽre wyrðe ðæt man tó hire lufe hæfde ealles tó swíðe this world does not deserve to be loved too much, Wulfst. 273, 14. For Godes ege and for his lufu, 302, 27. Ðǽr wé sib and lufu samod gemétaþ, Hy. 7, 30; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 30.

Linked entry: lufe

wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
wyrhta, an ; m.

a wrightworkmanartificerlabourerone who works at some tradea makerproducerauthorcreatorfabricatorthe CreatorMakera doerworker

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Se wyrhta (operarius) ys wyrðe hys metes, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 10. Wyrihte faber, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 3. Wrihtes fabri, p. 3, 8. Micel gedál is on ðam mægene ðæs dæghwamlícan wyrhtan and ðæs ídlan, Lchdm. ii. 84, 18.

Linked entry: werta

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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Rush.) is ðæt ic wyrce ðæs willan ðe mé sende, Jn. Skt. 4, 34. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 17. Swéte mete dapis, ii. 28, 29.