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un-gesceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwísness, e; f.

Unreasonablenessfoolishness

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hwí geþafiaþ ðæt bióð dysige? hwí nyllaþ spyrigan æfter cræftum and æfter wísdóme? quid enervatius ignorantiae caecitate? an sectanda noverunt? Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 31, 35.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness

FELA

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
FELA, fæla, feala, feola; adj. indecl.

Manymuchmultummultamany thingsmuchverymultamultumin primiscum maxĭmeso many ... astot ... quot

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fela how many; quam multa, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 27; Cri. 1179. He ongan fela lǽran cæpit illos dŏcēre multa, Mk.

for-ildan

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H. 95, 25. Ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié teola on dón mægen, Past. 281, 19

Linked entry: for-yldan

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, rýpan; p. te
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férdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum and heregodon úre earme folc, and rýpton (rǽpton, MS. E.) and slógon, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 26. Fram rýpendum ł bereáfiendum a diripientibus, Ps. Lamb. 34, 10

Linked entry: tó-rípan

wiþ-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
wiþ-foran, prep. with dat. acc.

Before

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Before feaht him wiðforan, Jos. 8, 22.

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wrothangryincensed

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gráp on wráðe, Cd. Th. 4, 30 ; Gen. 61. Grammar wráþ, of things sárlíc and sorhful and geswincful and hfi teónful ðis líf is, tealt and wráð (grievous or evil ), Wulfst. 273, 7. Is him on welerum wráð sweord and scearp, Ps.

lynd

(n.)
Grammar
lynd, e; f.

Greasefatfatness

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fédde mid fætre lynde hwǽte cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, Ps. Th. 80, 15: 147, 3

sand-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
sand-pytt, es; m.
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A sand-pit hét lǽdan þá hálgan tó ánum <b>sandpytte,</b> and setton þǽron, and bewurpan mid eorþan and mid weorcstánum, Hml. S. 35, 325

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Grammar wiþ-sacan, where the clause is put negatively Ðá wiðsóc Crist, ðæt deofol on him næfde; ac ne wiðsóc, ðæt nǽre Samaritanisc, Homl.

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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ábád mid his gebróðrum tihtende tó ðám tówerdan gecampe ( the coming persecution ), Hml. S. 4, 103. Gyt mid gástlicum gecampe winnað ongeán ðone drý, Hml. Th. i. 374, 22. God sette gecamp geleáffullum sáwlum, 64, 19

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, p. ode.

to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like;to throw.to throw at an object,strike with a missile,to stone a personto throw,cast,

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námon stánas, ðæt hine torfodon, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 21. mid stánum torfodon ðone soðfæstan Iacob, 300, 18. Hig námon stánas tó ðam ðæt hig woldon hyne torfian tulerunt lapides, ut iacerent in eum, Jn. Skt. 8, 59: ut lapidarent eum, 10, 31.

Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Heó swigan lufode, 546, 28. Wé cweðaþ ðæt sí best æfter Gode, ðæt man gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Th. 117, 8. where the subject of thought is given in a clause introduced by an indirect interrogative þencþ hine éþelícost beswícan mæge, Blickl. Homl. 55, 21. þóhte him stól geworhte, Cd.

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Hwí is ðæt hálige húsel gecweden Cristes líchama oððe his blód, gif hit nis sóþlíce ðæt ðæt hit geháten is?

Linked entry: húsl

weorold-wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wlencu, (-o); indecl.: -wlenc; e; f.
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Syððan hit habbaþ, glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe weofoda sceoldan, and maciaþ eall heom sylfum tó woruldwlence, 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 9.

nirwan

(v.)
Grammar
nirwan, nirwian; p. de, ode

To constrainrepressblamethreaten

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fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.

be-hweorfan

Grammar
be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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Substitute: to attend to, see to the good condition of Gif wáccor behwyrfð, þonne ꝥ him tó ágenum teleð, Ll. Th. i. 272, II. Þá leóhtfatu þe behwearf lam-pades quas reficiebat, Gr. D. 46, 31.

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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To water, supply with water, to water animals, give drink to living creatures wæterode hig adaquavit eos, Ps. Spl. 77, 18. wæterode hire heorde adaquavit gregem, Gen. 29, 10. heora orf wæterodon refectis gregibus, 29, 3.

Linked entry: wætrian

wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.

to rollfig.to joincompoundcompose

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hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas praecepit: 'Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncae,' Jos. 10, 18. swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 170. fig.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Þá geleornedon his byrelas him betweónum bié him mehten ꝥ líf oþþringan, and him gesealdon átor drincan: þá forlét his líf Alexander, cum ministri insidiis venenum potasset, interiit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 14.