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wól-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wól-berende, adj.

Pestiferouspestilentialpernicious

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Hé onsent ofer hig wólberende windas. Ps. Th. 10. 7. Grammar wól-berende, figurative On heora wólberendum setle in cathedra pestilentiae, Ps. Th. I. l: Past. 56; Swt. 435, 22. On ðæm wólberendan setle, 435, 19.

éþung

breathingpantingflatulencyinspirationbreath

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Ðridde wæs windes pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs seó ǽðung geseald, Sal. K. p. 180, 10. Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð and éþung swíðe deáðberende serpentum halitus erat pestifer, Nar. 14, 15. the emission of a smell.

Linked entry: ǽþung

ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24. Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit mæge on mid gefóge geseóþan, 28, 16.

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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Ðeós wyrt þone migþan ástyreþ, 278, 8, to cause emotion in a person Þonne þæt mód se wind strongra geswinca ástyrað, Bt. 12;F. 36, 19. Mid wistlunga mon mæg hund ástyrigean sibilus catulos instigat. Past. 173, 22.

Linked entry: á-styrung

á-weorpan

to throwcastcause rapidviolent movement of a body,to throw awayto throw upfoodto throw offfree one's self fromto cast out expelto rejectcast away or offrenounce,to cost downtrouble

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Th. ii. 502, 14. the agent not a person Se stranga wind hí on ꝥ land áwearp, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 37: 1009; P. 138, 26 note. Wearð hé ádúne áworpen of his horse, Gr. D. 14, 17. to throw away :-- Heó áwearp þá cartan, Hml.

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinteriorintestinesviscera

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Ðes windiga sele eall inneweard all the interior of this windy hall, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 15; Sat. 137. Hú héh and deóp hell inneweard seó, 228; Th. 309, 10; Sat. 707 : Beo. Th. 2000; B. 998. Tó inneweardum ðam wéstene ad interiora deserti, Ex. 3, 1.

Linked entry: innan-weard

leánian

(v.)
Grammar
leánian, p. ode

To rewardrecompenserequitepay

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Mé ðone wælrǽs wine Scyldinga leánode manegum máðmum, Beo. Th. 4211; B. 2102. Lofe leánige, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 13; Az. 121. Ðæt hió him leánige ðæt hé ǽr tela dyde that it may reward him for having done well, Bt. 40, 1; Fox. 236, 4.

Linked entry: lǽnian

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flowerflos

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Ic geseah ðǽr on weaxende blósman litlum and litlum, and æfter ðám blósmum wínberigean I saw blossoms growing thereon by little and little, and after the blossoms grapes [lit. wine-berries ], Gen. 40, 10.

Linked entry: blóstm

bletsung

benediction

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Hé mid his bletsunge þæt wæter tó wíne awende, Hml. Th. i. 58, 13. Similar entries v. bletsian, I a :-- Sume cweðað þæt sum orfcyn þurh bletsunge misfarað, Hml. Th. i. 100, 31.

smyltness

(n.)
Grammar
smyltness, e; f.

Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillityof physical calmthe quiet of evening, eveninggentleness, quietness in actionquiet, silenceplacidity, calmnesspeace, tranquillity, quiet calmness, composure

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Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillity of physical calm Ðá bebeád hé ðam winde and ðære sǽ, and ðǽr wearð geworden mycel smyltness Mt. Kmbl. 8, 26. Smyltnes Mk. Skt. 4, 39: Blickl. Homl. 235, 9.

tó-faran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-faran, p. -fór; pp. -faren.

to go in different directions,go off separately,partto disperse (intrans.)scatterto go away, pass off,depart,become extinct.

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Syle drincan on wíne, eal ðæt áttor tófærþ, 122, 18. The folk . . . shall tofare on every clyve, Anglia iii. 546, 146. [O. Sax. te-faran to disperse; to pass away: O. L. Ger. te-faran deficere: O. H.

Linked entries: tó-fær tó-féran

be-gíman

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Gl. 495. ꝥ wín ge ꝥ wæter sýn mid ealre clǽnnysse begýmde, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 39. (l a) to tend the sick :-- Begýmed fotam, An. Ox. 4353. to attend to (in answer to appeal) To Drihtne ic cleopige and hé begýmð (intendit) mé, Ps. Spl. 76, l.

spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
spédig, adj.

having good speedprosperoushaving meanswealthyopulentrich in material wealthrich inabounding inabundantcopiouspowerfuluber, efficax, brevis

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Ic ne eom swá spédig (dives) ðæt ic mǽge bicgean mé wín, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 17. Of spé[digre], of gestreónfulre sumptuosa, copiosa. Hpt.

á-geótan

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L. 14, 3. ꝥ wín bið ágotten, 2, 22. ꝥ Þæs eles náht út ágoten beón ne mihte, Gr. D. 160, 2. ¶ figuratively :-- Hí him betwýnon gemǽnelíce him on águton þá swétan lífes word, 170, 3. <b>I a.

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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Áwyrd wín defrutum, An. Ox. 4, 6. Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml. Th. ii. 154, 17. a non-material object Se dióful ðæt mód áwiert (corrumpit), Past. 415, 24.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

fréfran

(v.)
Grammar
fréfran, p. ede; pp. ed

To comfortconsoleconsōlāri

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Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on sometimes I comfort those whom ere I war against, Exon. 102 b; Th. 389, 13; Rä. 7, 7: 27 b; Th. 82, 19; Cri. 1341. Hí earme fréfraþ they comfort the poor, 33 b; Th. 106, 29; Gú. 48.

Linked entry: ge-fréfran

fultuman

(v.)
Grammar
fultuman, fultumian, fultomian, fulteman, fultemian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To helpassistaidsupportjŭvāreadjŭvāreauxĭliārifăvēre

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Him náuðer ne fét ne fiðeras ne fultumaþ neither feet nor wings support them, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26. Me ðíne dómas dǽdum fultumiaþ jūdĭcia tua adjŭvābunt me, Ps. Th. 118, 175.

Linked entries: fulteman fultomian

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Hý wǽron gebrýtte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbryceth; in spiritu vehementi conterens naves, Ps. Th. 47, 6. Eal mín baacute;n synt gebrýtt, 6, 2

glæs-fæt

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Gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt wel micel, gedó wínes tó v sestras, Lch. ii. 252, 8. a drinking-glass Ꝥ glæsfæt on þám wæs se wólberenda drync gehæfd, Gr. D. 104, 30.

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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Genim nigon ǽgra . . . and nim eall swá fela dropena wínes swá ðǽra ǽgra beó, Lch. i. 380, 1-5. Sellan ǽgra tó súpanne, ii. 220, 7. Genim gebrǽdde ǽgru, 100, 11. Gif hé gesihð henne ǽgru lecgan, iii. 204, 30. Hwæt máre ytst ðú? Wyrta and ǽgra, Coll.