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wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
wilnung, e; f.

Desire

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Sum hláw, ðone men for feós wilnunga gedulfon, Guthl. 4 ; Gdwin. 26, 6. Ábisgod on ðisse worulde willnunga (wilnunga, v. l. ), Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 31.

Linked entry: willnung

ge-strýnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strýnan, -streónan, -strínan, -striénan; p. de; pp. ed [gestreón gain]

To gaingetobtainacquirebegetprocreatelucrāriacquīrĕregignĕreprocreāre

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Ic hæbbe gestrýned óðre twá alia duo lucrātus sum, Mt. Bos. 25, 22

Linked entry: ge-strínan

wǽpen-getæc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-getæc, -tak, es; n.

A wapentake,

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Ipse vero erecta lancea sua, ab omnibus, secundum morem, foedus accipiebat: omnes enim quotquot venissent cum lanceis suis ipsius hastam tangebant, et ita se confirmabant per contactum armorum, pace palam concessa.

ge-heóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-heóld, ðú -heólde; pl. heóldon

keptobserved

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kept, observed, Gen. 20, 6 : Ps. Th. 114, 8 : Andr. Kmbl. 691; An. 346;

bróc

(n.)

a brook

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Sum micel ǽwelm, and irnon manige brócas of, 34, I; F. 134, 10. On cocbróc . . . on mylenbróc . . . on beánbróc . . . on ðan lace ðǽr ðá brócas twisliað, C. D. v. 198, 34. Add

burg-geat

Grammar
burg-geat, (burh-).
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[He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670.] a town-gate (v. burg, II) Hé férde on ðá burg Ambinensus ... þá sæt þǽr sum þearfa æt ðǽm burggeate, Bl. H. 213, 33

Gota

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Sum Gota þearfa on gáste Gothus quidam pauper spiritu, Gr. D. 113, 15. Hú se Gota geneádod ágeaf Furtunate þá cnapan, 79, 8. Wisle lond, and be-eástan þǽm sint Datia, þá þe iú wǽron Gotan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 18.

wæter-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wæter-seóc, adj.

Dropsical

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Dropsical Ðá wæs sum wæterseóc man homo quidam hydropicus erat, Lk. Skt. 14, 2 : Homl. Skt. i. 5, 145. Wæter-seóc lymphaticus, Hpt. Gl. 514, 30. Ydropicus byð se wæterseóca, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 56;Zup. 68, 3.

ge-swefian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swefian, ic -swefige; p. ode; pp. od [swefan to sleep]

To cause to sleepcast asleeplullappeasesōpīresŏpōrāre

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Ic eom geswefod sŏpōrātus sum, Ps. Lamb. 3, 6

Linked entry: swefian

hón

(n.)

tendrils of a vine [?]

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columnan. ða wundrode ic ðæs swíðe. wǽron in ðæm wíngearde gyldenu leáf and his hón and his wæstmas wǽron cristallum and smaragdus eác ðæt gimcyn mid ðæm cristallum ingemong hongode vineamque solidam auro argentoque inter columnas pendentem miratus sum

fæsting

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Hé wilnode ꝥ hé befæste þám biscope his óðerne sunu . . . Þá gefylledre þæ-acute;re fæstinge hé wæs forðféred episcopo filium suum commendare curavit . . . Qua commendatione expleta defunctus est, Gr.

tó-sceáden

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-sceáden, adj. (ptcpl.)

Separate,distinct

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Quare quod a summo bono diversum est sui natura, id summum bonum non est, Bt. 34, 3; Fox 138, 2-5

Linked entries: -sceáden tó-sceádan

gengan

(v.)
Grammar
gengan, p. de, pl. don; pp. ed

To go, passire, meare, currere, ferri, converti

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He feára sum beforan gengde wong sceáwian he with a few went before to view the plain, Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412. Him oft betwuh gnornword gengdon words of sadness passed oft between them, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 27; Gen. 767.

swaru

(n.)
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Of alle sunnen . . . of sum uals word, of sware, A.R. 344, 3. He sahtnesse mid sware (treoðe, 1st MS.) hadde ifastned, Laym. 10893.]

bold-getæl

a districtprovince

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Wæs sum wer in Samni þám boldgetæle (boltgetele, v. l.) . . . swá manige men swá cúðon Samni ꝥ boldgetæl (-tel, v. l.) erat in Samnii provincia quidam vir . . . quot Samnii provinciam noverunt, 229, 6-11.

wiþ-habban

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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154.

ríclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ríclíce, adv.

powerfullywith poweras one possessing powersplendidlysumptuously

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Lamb. 44, 4. splendidly, sumptuously Sum welig man dæghwamlíce ríclíce (splendide) gewistfullude, Lk. Skt. 16, 19

Linked entry: ríc-líc

ge-swutelung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swutelung, e; f.

A making clearplaina manifestationdeclaration

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A making clear, plain, a manifestation, declaration Ðæt sum tácn wǽre on heora líchaman to geswutelunge ðæt hí on God belýfdon that there might be some token on their body as a manifestation that they believed on God, Homl. Th. i. 92, 32: Cod.

Linked entry: sweotolung

ilfette

(n.)
Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.

A swan

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Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá ylfettan some birds are long-necked, such as swans, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 17

Linked entries: elfetu aelbitu

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garmentsrent clothescrutum, pannuciapannis, mastrugisrag, clout

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Sume hí cuwon heora hætera some of them chewed their garments, 404, 5. Gá hé út mid his hætron swyclon hé in com let him go out with his garments such as he came in with, Ex. 21, 4