ǽht
- 194, 16 .
what is owned, a possession ⬩ possession
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Gyf ðú ðás wyrte on ðínre ǽhte hafast oððe hyre sǽd on ðín hús áhéhst, Lch. i. 308, 12. Ðæt ðæt yrfe on his ǽhte geboren wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 204, 14.
wíglung
Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury
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Ðæthé tǽlð tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 4. Se ðe gelýfð wíglungum oððe be fuglum, oððe be fnorum, oððe be horsum, oððe be hundum, ne bið hé ná cristen . . .
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leóht
Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy
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Leóhtre ic eom micle ðonne ðes lytla wyrm I am much lighter than this little worm, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 19; Rä. 41, 76. Líhtre tolerabilius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 15.
mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Sumra wyrta eard biþ on dúnum sumra on merscum sumra on mórum aliae herbae montibus oriuntur, alias ferunt paludes, 34, 10; Fox 148, 24. Ofer burna and ofer móras super rivos et paludes, Ex. 8, 5. Mistige móras, Beo.
sinc
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Se wyrm ligeþ since ( the hoard which it guarded ) bereáfod, 5486 ; B. 2746. Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre, Exon. Th. 401, 11 ; Rä. 21, 10. Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, 478, 4 ; Ruin. 36.
wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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Similar entries v. wiþer-weard, IV Wiðirweardnis ł wyrs perversius, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 1. Wiþerwerdnysse arrogantie, Anglia xiii. 371, 83. Wyþerwyrdnysse, 369, 56.
be-þurfan
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Getímode his wífe wyrs ðonne hé beþorfte his wife's condition was too bad to allow of his happiness, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 3. Hí nabbað þá láre þe hi beþorftan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 37. Gif þú ǽgera beþurfe, Techn. ii. 124, 1. Gif þú taperas ( = es?)
hreówsian
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Mára gefeá wyrð on hefonum for ánum hreówsiendum, 411, 13. with acc. or uncertain Sé ðe his synna forlǽt and hí ne hreówsað, Past. 425, 29, 37. Ðá ðe ðá geðóhtan synna hreówsiað, 417, 32: 419, 19. Ðá ðe ðá gedónan scylda hreówsiað, . . .
weorþan
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Gif hé uppe on ðám clife wyrð, Solil. H. 45, 17-19. Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormæte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1274.
tó-samne
Together ⬩ in concert, ⬩ at the same time
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Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne, Beo. Th. 5129; B. 2568. Ða stánas bióþ earfoþe tó tódǽlenne and eác uneáþe tósomne cumaþ, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 25. Hié him geblendon tósomne drync unheórne, Andr. Kmbl. 66; An. 33: Exon.
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wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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Ða wón (woon, v. l. ) wyrd on ðara unrihtwísra anwealda heánesse, 5, l; Fox 10, 20. Ðurh ðæt woo (wó, Cote. MSS.) weorc hé forliést ðone wlite óðerra gódra weorca, Past. II ; Swt. 71, 25.
þicgan
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Gyf ðú ðás wyrte sylst þicgean on strangon wíne, Lchdm. i. 172, 10-13. On drince þicgean, 198, 25. Genim ðás ylcan wyrte, seóð on hunige, syle þiggean (þiggcan, MS. H.: þicgan, MS. B.), 150, 9. Symbel þicgan, Beo. Th. 2025; B. 1010.
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feld
plain ⬩ field
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Ǽlc man sý his huntnoðes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan, Ll. Th. i. 420, 25. Nefrod hét wyrcan ǽnne tor on ðám felda þe Sennar hátte, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 19.
ge-líc
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Hú ne miht þú gesión ꝥ ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu wile weaxan on þǽm lande sélost þe him betst geríst. . . .
tweógan
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Nǽnigne tweógean ne þearf, ðæt seó wyrd geweorþan sceal, Blickl. Homl. 83, 9.
bútan
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Bútan ǽr wyrce éce Dryhten ende worlde save ere the eternal Lord shall work an end of the world, Exon. 98a; Th. 367, 24; Seel. 12. with the ind.
ge-laðian
To invite ⬩ bid ⬩ call ⬩ summon ⬩ assemble ⬩ congregate ⬩ invītāre ⬩ vŏcāre ⬩ arcessĕre ⬩ ciere ⬩ congrĕgāre
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Ða ðe gelaðode wǽron, ne synt wyrðe qui invītāti ĕrant, non fuērunt digni, Mt. Bos. 22, 8 : Jn. Bos. 2, 2. Wǽron ealle ða wíf befóran Rómána witan gelaðode all the women were summoned before the Roman senators, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 21
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esne
a servant ⬩ a man
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Add: a man of the servile class (cf. esne-cund, -wyrhta, and see Andrews' Old English Manor, pp. 192 sqq.) On esnes ham, of esnes hamme, C. D. iii. 425, 21. in a more general sense, a servant Nis esne (servus) ofer láferd his.
mann-cynn
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Ðá getácniæð alle deófles limæ, þæt beóð alle þá þe deófles weorc wyrcð, Wlfst. 84, 30. Manncynna ealdor Christ, Hml. Th. i. 588, 18