irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
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Ðonne is riht ðæt heó sý healfes yrfes wyrðe and ealles gif hý cild gemǽne hæbban then is it right that she be entitled to half the property, and to all if they have children together, L. Edm. B. 4 ; Th. i. 254, 15.
wérig
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Th. 5866; B. 2937. weary at heart, sad, grieved Ne mæg wérig mód wyrde wiðstondan, ne se hreó hyge helpe gefremman a soul that is sad may not stand against fate, nor the mind that mourns minister help, Exon. Th. 287, 16; Wand. 15.
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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Wyrde wiðstondan, Exon. Th. 287, 17; Wand. 15: 161, 32; Gú. 967: 278, 18; Jul. 599. Wísdóm, ðam ne magon ealle eówer wiðerwinnan wiðstandan and wiðcweðan, Lk. Skt. 21, 15: Blickl.
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þanne
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Mín unrihtwísnysse is máre þonne ic forgifenysse wyrðe sý major est iniquitas mea, quam ut veniam mereor, Gen. 4, 13.
swícan
to move about, wander ⬩ to move away, depart, escape ⬩ from to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebel ⬩ to desist from (dat. or prep.), cease from ⬩ to deceive ⬩ to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ⬩ cease ⬩ to deceive, leave in the lurch
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Hé biþ on ðæt wynstre weorud wyrs gesceáden, ðonne hé on ða swíþran hond swícan móte, Exon. Th. 449, 25; Dóm. 76.
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telga
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Genim ðysse wyrte (yarrow) telgan, Lchdm. i. 198, 12 note. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow
ge-regnian
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Hús mið bésmum geclǽnsad and gehrínæd domum scopis mundatam ef ornatam, 12, 44. to prepare, dress material, v. ge-regnung Gecnúwa þá wyrta, gemeng wið buteran and on þá ilcan wísan geréna þe ic ǽr cwæþ, Lch. ii. 94, 27.
æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Cnuca tósomne ðám gelíce ðe ðú ánne æppel wyrce, Lch. i. 250, 10. an eye-ball :-- Gif se æppel léf biþ, Bt. 38, 5; F. 204, 29. Se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod, and se óðer hangode gehál æt his hleóre, Hml. S. 21, 280.
swéte
Sweet ⬩ of food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicate ⬩ of smell, sweet, fragrant ⬩ of freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untainted ⬩ of sound, sweet, harmonious ⬩ in reference to the feelings, sweet, agreeable, pleasant
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Ðara swétestena wyrta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 20. of freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untainted Mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg (stagnum dulcissime aque), Nar. 11, 26.
weorold
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Onwendeþ wyrda gesceaft weoruld under heofonum, Exon. Th. 292, 31; Wand. 107
an-gin
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Seó wyrt gehnǽceþ ðá anginnu (the beginnings of the disease) þám wæterseócum, Lch. i. 272, 15. an enterprise, undertaking, attempt ꝥ angin (building a fleet] wearð tídlice þurhtogen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 3. ꝥ ꝥ angin (a war ) nǽre gestilled, 6, 4; S.
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
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Th. i. 382, 14. as a subject of grant by the king: Ic (Cnut) cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him (the archbishop) ꝥ hé beó wyrðe griðbryces and hámsócne and flýmena fyrmðe ofer his ágene menn binnan byrig and hútan, Cht.
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CÍÞ
a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum
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Se snáw bewríhþ wyrta cíþ the snow covers the germ of herbs, Salm. Kmbl. 605; Sal. 302. Seó eorþe cýþ mid hire cíþum, ðæt se tíma is geáres anginn the earth makes known by her plants, that the time is the beginning of the year, Homl. Th. i. 100, 16.
ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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Ðú ytst wyrta thou shalt eat herbs, Gen. 3, 18. ÐÚ ætst thou shalt eat; cŏmĕdes, Gen. 3, 17. Ðe ytt hláf qui mandūcat pánem, Jn. Bos. 13, 18. Se tó seldan ieteþ he too seldom eats, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 16; Gn. Ex. 112.
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Hú miht ðú mǽnan ðæt wyrse nú ðú ðæt leófre hæfst gehealden poterisne, meliora quæque retinens, de infortunio jure caussari? 10; Fox 28, 10. Cyning mǽnan to mourn their king. Beo. Th. 6324; B. 3172.
hweogol
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Wénst þú ꝥ ðú ꝥ hwerfende hweól þonne hit on ryne wyrþ mæge oncyrran ? fortunae e rigendum dedisti. . . Tu vero votventis rotae impetvm retinere conaris? Bt. 7. 2 ; F. 18, 35.
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wer
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Homl. 185, 23. a male, of human beings Wer and wíf hé gesceóp hí masculum et feminam creavit eos, Gen. 5, 2. of plants Ys ðeós wyrt twégea cynna, ðæt is wer (wær, v. l. ) and wíf, Lchdm. i. 204, 9.
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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.
ge-miclian
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Hí gemiclade mihtig Drihten . . . gemicla ðé, Drihten, þaet þú wundur wyrce, 125, 3.Þú eart gemiclod (meahtum mǽre, Ps. Th. 103, l) magnificatus es, Bl. Gl. On ðǽm naman Drihtnes wé sýn gemyclade, Ps.
heáfod
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On wulfwælles heáfod, 13. figurative Wyrd . . ., weána wyrtwela, wópes heáfod, Sal. 444. Of edwittes ýða heáfdum, 29. the beginning of a period of time Heáfdes fæstenes capitis ieiunii, Angl. xiii. 404, 566. Fram heáfde fæstenes, 563.