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under-standan

Grammar
under-standan, <b>.
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III.

wefl

(n.)
Grammar
wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.

weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)

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Voc. ii. 14, 4. Wefl vel óweb cladicla, 131, 59. Wefl cladica, 16, 31: i. 66, 13: 281, 76. Uuefl panuculum, ii. 116, 29: titica (cf. O. H. Ger. below), 122, 33.

Linked entry: wefta

armélu

(n.)

Field or wild rue

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M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 140, 4

herigend-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
herigend-, hergend-líc; adj.

Praiseworthy ⬩ laudable

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Ða giftu beóþ herigendlíce that marriage is praiseworthy, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 10

ge-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hál, adj.

Entire ⬩ whole ⬩ healthy ⬩ intĕger ⬩ sānus

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On gehálum þingum in health, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 22

ge-lecgan

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D. iv. 55, 9

un-gefóglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefóglíc, adj.

Immense ⬩ enormous

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I. 26; Th. ii. 422, 20

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors

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Gif man inne feoh genimeþ se man iii gelde gebéte if a man take property within [i. e. in a house] let that man pay a threefold compensation, L. Ethb. 28; Th. i. 10, 1 [cf. Icel. brenna inni to be burnt to death in a house].

Linked entry: innian

rǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bana, an; m.
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I. 85, 3; Th. i. 592, 13

a-giltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-giltan, p. -gilte; pp. -gilt

To sin ⬩ fail ⬩ do wrong ⬩ delinquere ⬩ peccare

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To sin, fail, do wrong; delinquere, peccare Ic agilte wið eówerne Drihten peccavi in Dominum vestrum, Ex. 10, 16: Hy. 7, 103; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 103

eow

(n.)
Grammar
eow, es; m.

the mountain ash ⬩ ornus?

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M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 24. v. íw. the mountain ash; ornus? Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 40; Wrt. Voc. 33, 37

wer-met

(n.)
Grammar
wer-met, es; n.
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Voc. ii. 72, 23: 8, 70. (In both cases stauram is printed; but the former is a gloss on Mt. 6, 27. v. Wülck. Gl. 479, 23.)

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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D. iii. 52, 7. Þára fíf and twéntig hígda, C. D. B. ii. 142, l. Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda, i. 414, 15 (and often). Hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18. Ic sello ii hída on Hwátedúne, C.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

ge-ondettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ondettan, p. te; pp. ed

To confess ⬩ confĭtēri

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Gif he hit geondette if he confess it, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 3

án-laga

(adj.)
Grammar
án-laga, adj.
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Substitute: Acting alone Ánlaga solitare (the passage in Aldhelm is: Carnalis pudicitiae immunitas . . . solitaria nequaquam paradisi valvam recludere valeat, 16, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 35

gót-woþe

Grammar
gót-woþe, Add: <b>got- (?)</b>
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Gótwoþe, eluhtre, betonice, Lch. ii. 138, 9. Gótwoþan lǽst, 94, 6. Gótwoþan ( the accent is in the MS. ), 96, 7. Nim gótwoþan and mageþan, 156, 19

medu-wyrt

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Add: meadwort Médewyrt ( the accent is in the MS.) rubia. An. Ox. 56, 40. Genime neoþewearde medowyrt. Lch. ii. 70, 17. Genim medowyrte nioþowearde, 134, 5

bledu

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Voc. i. 82, 44: fiola, 290, 79 : ii. 36, 63. Blede tácen is þæt þú árǽre úp þíne swýþran hand, Tech. ii. 125, 9. Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24.

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morning ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow

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Th. ii. 104, 26. Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes, Homl. Skt. 3, 585. In merne in crastinum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34. On merne, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 43: 12, 12. Tó merne cras, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 32. On mergen in crastinum, Jn. Skt. 1, 43: 12, 12.

Linked entries: mergen merne

Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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See Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, Stallybrass's translation, vol. i. p. 163, vol. iv. pp. 1709 sqq. ¶ the word is found in place-names, e. g. Wódnes beorg, Wodnes den, Wódnes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 355. Similar entries See also Wódnes-dæg