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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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Hwý hí ne scínen scírum wederum, Met. 28, 45. Holmegum wederum, Cd. Th. 185, 6 ; Exod. 118. good weather v. weder-dæg Hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 3.

á-hebban

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MS. ), Past. 154, 16. to lift, carry. remove Hwá áhefeþ hí heonon quis eos hine levat? , Gr. D. 208, 24. Nis nánum men cúð hwider hyre líchama áhafen sý, Hml. Th. i. 440, 20.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Beútan eallum sǽwum, 138, 7. sea (as opposed to water inland) For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ? (cf. ic wyrpe max míne on eá, 23, 9). Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, for ðam micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1-5.

from-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
from-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen

To turn fromgo or depart fromexīrediscēdĕre

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Ðonne heó hwám fromhweorfende beóþ when they are departing from any one, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 16. Nǽfre ic fromhweorfe I will never depart from [you ], Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476

niht-genga

(n.)
Grammar
niht-genga, an; m.

A creature that goes at nighta goblinevil spirit

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Gif men hwylc yfel costung weorþe oððe ælf oððe nihtgengan, 344, 16. Hió ( betony ) hyne scyldeþ wið unhýrum nihtgengum and wið egeslícum gesihþum and swefnum, i. 70, 5

earmian

(v.)
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[For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?

efen-gemæcca

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Substitute: An equal, a fellow, consort Þe lǽs gif hyra (suna) hwylc wǽre hyre oferstealla ꝥ sé ne myhte on heofenum beón hyre efngemæcca, Shrn. 151, 14.

elcora

(adv.)
Grammar
elcora, elcra; adv.
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Hwylc beren mǽnde hé ðonne elcora (elles, Bl. H. 39, 27) bútan heofona ríce?, ib. note. Wæs his rest on his hǽran oððe elcora (elles, Bl. H. 227, 11) on nacodre eorðan . . .

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Sæce rǽran, 1879; El. 941. to rouse, excite Saga hwá mec rǽre ðonne ic restan ne mót, oððe hwá mec stæððe ðonne ic stille beom, Exon.

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sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place filthy volutabrum

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[Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1. His (the priest's) alter cloð great and sole, and hire (the priest's concubine's) chemise smal and hwit; and te albe sol, and hire smoc hwit Rel. Ant. i. 129.

ge-weald

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gerihte wel be þǽre bysne; for þan þe ic náh geweald ( I cannot help it ) þeáh þe hig hwá tó woge bringe þurh lease wríteras, Ælfc.

ge-hwyrftnian

(v.)

to tear

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His æfterfolgeras hit siððan totugon and totǽron ðam gelícost ðonne seó leó bringaþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to when the lion

eówer

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eówer, eówre
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Add: as personal pronoun Þá Gotan eów hwón oferhergedon, and iówer feáwe ofslógon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 20. Eówer ǽlces ácennednesse, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18.

nædre

(n.)
Grammar
nædre, næddre, an; f.

Any kind of serpentadderviper

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God bebeád Moyse ðæt hé gewothte áne ǽrene næddran, and sette up tó tácne, and ðæt hé manode ðæt folc ðæt swá hwá swá fram ðám næddrum ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 4-19. Nædran serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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Gif hwá pytt ( cisternam ) ádelfe and hine ne oferhelie and ðǽr fealle on oxa oððe assa, gilde ðæs pyttes hláford ðæra nýtena wurð, Ex. 21, 33-34. Pytte baratrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 68. On fúlan pyt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 20.

scotian

(v.)
Grammar
scotian, sceotian ; p. ode.
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to shoot a person with a weapon Hwá sceotaþ ðæt deófol mid weallendum strǽlum ? Se Pater Noster sceotaþ ðæt deófol, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 1-3. Hí scotiaþ hine sagittabunt eum, Ps. Lamb. 63, 6: Wé mid strǽlum hié scotodon , Nar. 22, 18.

Linked entries: sceotian scotung

á-hwǽr

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á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Ealle þe hé áwer (-hwer, v. l. ) métte, Ors. 114, 3. Nis áhwǽr (áwer, ówer, v. ll. nequaquam ) geméted on bócum, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 10. Áwer on neáweste, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 3: El. 33. Ówer londes, Cri. 1002: 199. Ówer feor oððe neáh, B. 2870.

ge-cyndelic

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Hwí ne magon gé gebídan gecyndelices deádes?, Bt. 39, 1; F. 210, 27. Hé gesette gecyndelice sibbe eallum his gesceaftum, 21; F. 74, 1. implanted by nature, innate, inherent Gecyndelic naturalis (curiositas ), An. Ox. 4, 1.

hǽþen-gild

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Hwí tówurpe ðú ( St. Bartholomew ) úre godas?, Hml. Th. i. 468, 16), Ap. 47. Oft hé hǽðengield ofer word Godes weóh gesóhte, Jul. 22

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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M. 1045, and the Glossary to Thorpe's edition of the Early Laws, Similar entries s. v. stacung Gif hwá drífe stacan on ǽnigne man. ...And gif se man for ðære stacunge deád biþ si quis acus in homine aliquo defixerit. ...Et si homo ex illa punctura mortuus

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