wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas praecepit: 'Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncae,' Jos. 10, 18. Hé hí swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 170. fig.
wítegian
To prophesy
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Hé wítgode suá suá hit geweorðan sceolde, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 11. Wítigan wítigodan, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 9. Wítga (prophetiza) ús, huá is se ðe ðec ofslóg, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 68.
Linked entry: wítgian
ge-tǽcan
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</b> to assign a person to a position :-- His fæder hine strýnð be his ágenre freódehter, and hé bið his móder twám sibbum getǽht (he is assigned to two of his mother's relationships), þæt hé bið ǽgðer ge sunu ge bróðer, Wlfst. 193, 7. to shew the
nirwan
To constrain ⬩ repress ⬩ blame ⬩ threaten
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Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt hí mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.
á-mirran
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Hé mid his drýcræfte ðæs folces geleáfan ámyrde, 372, 3. Þá diófla hí ámirdon, ꝥ hié ne cúþan angitan þæt hit Godes wracu wæs, Ors. 4, 4; S. 162, 26. Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon, Hml. S. 23, 369.
dígolnes
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Hé hæfde behýdd on his dígolnysse án wurðlic weorc, Hml. S. 5, 250. Hé him cýtan árǽrde on sumere dígelnysse swylce hé ancersetla beón mihte, 31, 1069. Dígelnesse latibulum, i. obscurum, An. Ox. 3318. Deágelnesse abyssum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 29.
un-medume
Unmeet ⬩ unfit ⬩ unworthy
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Unmeet, unfit, unworthy Se ðe him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome (-eme, Cott. MSS.) sié hoc indignus pertimescat, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 21. Him ðúhte selfum ðæt hé wǽre swíðe unmedeme parvulum se in suis oculis viderat, 17; Swt. 112, 11.
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un-trum
Weak ⬩ sick ⬩ ill ⬩ infirm
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Man hwylcne dǽl his hrægles tó untruman men bróhte, ðæt hé wearð hál geworden, Blickl. Homl. 223, 25. Untrume ealle wǽran infirmati sunt, Ps. Th. 106, 11.
hǽman
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R. 19, 10. (2 a) of concubinage, to cohabit :-- Gif hé . . . þe hié bohte . . . áléfe his suna mid tó hǽmanne, Ll. Th. i. 46, 16. in a criminal sense, to have illicit intercourse, commit adultery, fornicate Ðý lǽs hí on unryht hǽmen . . .
hatian
To hate
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Hé sceal rýperas and reáferas hatian and hýnan he must hate and humiliate robbers and plunderers, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 19: Beo. Th. 4627; B. 2319
Linked entry: hættende
un-áwendendlíc
Unchangeable ⬩ unalterable ⬩ invariable
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Gif hí béoð participia, ðonne beóð hí ... mobilia; gif hí beóð naman, ðonne beóð hí ... fixa, ðæt is unáwendendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 254, 17. Ða habbaþ ða écean reste and unáwendendlíce welan, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 219
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weorold-wlencu
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Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan, and maciaþ eall heom sylfum tó woruldwlence, 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 9.
CEOLE
The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, fauces
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Hú swéte ceólum mínum spræce ðíne, ofer hunig múþe míne quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, super mel ori meo, Ps. Spl. 118, 103. Ne cleopigaþ hí, ðeáh ðe hí ceolan habban they [i. e. idols] cry not, though they have throats, Ps. Th. 113, 16
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tó-wesness
separation ⬩ dissolution ⬩ divorce ⬩ difference ⬩ disagreement ⬩ discord ⬩ dissension
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B.) and ðysse unsibbe lǽcedóm quaesivit Colmanus huic dissensioni remedium, 4, 4; S. 571, 6. Ðonne hé him ondrǽt ða tówesnesse útane dum humana foras jurgia metuunt, Past. 46; Swt. 351, 23
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weorold-lust
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For ðam ðe hé mæg ðurh ðæt tó anwealde cuman oððe tó sumum woruldluste vel potentiae caussa, vel delectationis, 24, 3; Fox 82, 34
yfel-wyrcende
evil-doing, wicked ⬩ noxious, hurtful, mischievous
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Hé hataþ ða yfelwyrcendan and ða unrihtwísan, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 48. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1
un-wérig
Not weary ⬩ fresh
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Not weary, fresh Æt níxtan wurdon hí ealle geteorode, and hé ána unwérig him æfter fyligde, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 34. Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8.
brítan
To pound ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush
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To pound, bruise, crush Gif ðú hyre blósðman brýtest, hé hæfð swæc swylce ellen, Lch. i. 104, 20. Þæt hig grundon on cwyrne oððe brítton populus illud frangebat mola sive terebat in mortario, Num. ll, 8. Genim wyrte leáf and brýt hý, Lch. i. 72, 4.
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nón-tíd
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Synd þá ðe wénað ꝥ hý fæstende synd rihtlíce, gif hý etað sóna swá hý ꝥ belltácen (v. nón-belle) gehýrað þǽre nigoðan tíde, ꝥ is seó nóntíd, Hml. A. 140, 65. Ǽr nóntíde ábyrigan ne ǽtes ne wǽtes, Wlfst. 102, 25.
Defena scír
DEVONSHIRE ⬩ Devōnia
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DEVONSHIRE; Devōnia He wæs on Defena scíre he was in Devonshire, Chr. 878; Th. 146, 33, col. 1: 851; Th. 120, 20, col. 1. Hí ymbsǽton án geweorc on Defna scíre they besieged a fortress in Devonshire, 894; Th. 166, 28.