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CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORNa grainseedberry frumentumgranumbaccaa hard or cornlike pimplea cornkernel on the feet pustulaclavus

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Hægl byþ hwítust corna hail is the whitest of grains Runic pm.9;Kmbl. 341, 4; Hick. Thes. i. 135. Se æppel monig corn oninnan him hæfþ the apple has many seeds inside it, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 19b, 23.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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</b> in n Ðeós bið gecíged fǽmne, for ðam ðe heó ys of were genumen haec vocabitur virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est, Gen. 2, 23. Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 6.

Linked entry: wíf

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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envy, hatred, enmity, rancor, spite, ill-will, jealousy Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde ... níþ and æfésta and hátheortnys hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... odium et invidiae et furor, L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 32.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Similar entries Cf. heofon-bígenged Hic et haec et hoc caelebs clǽne oððe heofonlic, Ælfc. Gl. Z. 66, 3. Clǽngeorne celibes, i. casti, celestem vitam ducentes, heofenlicre celibea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 54

hrægl

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Sceolde beón áwriten sió racu ðæs dómes on ðǽm hrægle ðe mon hǽt rationale . . . On ðǽm selfan hrægle ðe hé on his breóstum wæg . . . Swíðe ryhte ðæt hrægl is geháten ðæt se sácerd beran sceolde ðæs dómes racu, 77, 8-23.

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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Ðes and ðeós welega hic et haec diues Ælfc. Gr. 6, 2; Zup. 18, 12. Earfoðlíce se welega (-iga, Rush.) gǽð on Godes ríce Mt. Kmbl. 19, 23: Ps. Th. 71, 12: Blickl. Homl. 51, 2. Se welega man 197, 28. Weliga Exon. Th. 245, 1; Jul. 38.

Linked entry: wealig

full

(adv.)
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Suá hwá suá hæfð fulle hǽle his líchoman, Past. 251, 3. Hí wénaþ ꝥ hié mægen habban full gód and fulle gesǽlþa on ðisum andweardum gódum.

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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Ðæs unmǽtan wylmes ðære sunnan hǽto, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573. Wilme and bryne fervore. Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 42. Flór is on welme, Cd. Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39. Þrowigean frécne fýres wylm, 229, 8; Dan. 214. ¶ fig. ?

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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Þú heora fyrene fæste hǽle, Ps. Th. 84, 2.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Ðes and ðeós láteów oððe heretoga hic et hæc dux, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 9: Wrt. Voc. 72, 60. Drihten ðe eówer láteów ys dominus qui ductor est vester, Deut. 31, 8.

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Ðes ðreát haec cohors, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 44; Zup. 64, 12. Cohors, d. milites vel þreát, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 1. Þreát falanx, multitudo militum, cohors, 147, 6. Of þreáte ex falange, 29, 66. Ðreóte, 107, 59.

ge-restan

(v.)
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Th. 14, l. ' Hǽt him findan hwár hé hine mæge wurðlícost gerestan (where he may lodge most honourably), ' . . . Apollonius onféng þáre wununge ðe hym betǽht wæs. Ap.

ge-wit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

witssenses[right] mindmindintellectknowledgeunderstandingconsciousness

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Gehǽlde gewitte sonato sensu, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 13. knowledge, understanding, consciousness To syllenne his folce hys hǽle gewit ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi ejus, Lk. Bos. 1, 77.

Linked entry: wit

þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów, adj.
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Gif þeów noun wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse, sié hé frioh, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 2. Ðeów swán and ðeów beócere, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 19. Ðeáh hwá bebycgge his dohtor on þeówenne, ne sió hió ealles swá þeówu swá óðru mennenu, L.

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adversecontraryat variancehostilerebelliouscontumaciousout of harmonyrepugnantoffensivedisagreeableadversenot fitted to further the good of anythingunfavourabledisadvantageouscontraryof an opposite nature

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Hæfð se yfela gást seofonfealde ungifa, and ða syndan wiðerrǽde mid ealle ðyssum gódum Godes gyfum, Wulfst. 52, 10

á-rísan

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Th. i. 222, 9. to arise with intent to act Hwá áríst tó þǽm þæt hé sylle hǽlo?, Ps. Th. 13, 11. Uton wé árísan and ácwellan þá apostolas, Bl. H. 149, 34. <b>II a.

eáca

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Add: addition, increase Ðonne ys ðis se eáca on landum ðæt hé hæfð of his ágenum ðæt mynster mid gegódod, C. D. iv. 274, 32. Hwæt se eáca is ðe ic geunnen hæbbe, 51, 23. Nán nis swá welig ꝥ hé sumes eácan ne þurfe, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 16.

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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Hé mægena gehyld (-heold, -hæld, v. l.) and swíþust sibbe and Godes lufan lǽrde virtutum, sed maxime pacis et caritatis, custodiam docuit, 4, 23; Sch. 468, I.

forþ

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Of þǽm ǽwielme mon hǽt þæt wæter Nilus, and þonne forþ þonan west iernende heó tólíþ on twá, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 31.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Ealle þás dǽda and mǽrsunga þá tówearde wǽron gebýcnunga wé oncnáwaþ wesan gefyllede omnia haec facta et caelebrationes quae futura erant indicia cognoscimus esse completa, An.