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ymb-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hoga, an; m.
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Wind wornldearfoþa, oððe ymbhogena ungemet rén, Met. 7, 36. Ymbhogona, 16, 6. Byð ǽlc man gedréfed on ídlum sorgum and on ymbhogum universa vanitas omnis homo vivens, Ps. Th. 38, 13.

Linked entries: hoga hoga

líget

(n.)
Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.

Lightning

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Hé lǽdeþ wind and líget, Ps. Th. 134, 7. Gif lígette and þunorráde eorþan and lyfte brégdon si corusci ac tonitrua terras et aera terrerent, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 12. Lígette coruscationes, Ps. Th. 76, 15.

Linked entry: légetu

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Se ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwþ tó seldon, Past. 39, 2 ; Swt. 285, 18. Seldun, 9 ; Swt. 57, 16. Seldum ǽfre, Salm. Kmbl. 540 ; Sal. 269.

Linked entry: seldnor

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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Ǽlc ðǽra þe on gecampe winð ( in agone contendit, I Cor. 9, 25), forhæfð hine sylfne fram eallum þingum, Hml. Th. ii. 86, 22. non-physical Hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp ( certamen ) þe wann on þæs rihtwísan mannes breóstum, Gr. D. 18, 4.

of-þryccan

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Wind tóslóh þæt hús . . . þæt hit hreósende ðíne bearn ofðrihte and acwealde (domus corruens oppressit liberos tuos et mortui sunt, Job 1. 19), 450, 19.

sóna

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Sóna swá ic anwóc, swá wilnode ic eft wínes, Past. 431, 17. Sóna swá ic þé ǽrest geseah ðus murciende, ic ongeat ꝥ þú wǽre út áfaren of þínes fæder éþele, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 27. v. eft-, efter- sóna

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.

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

ge-dréfan

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(Ne beoð heo neuer idreaued mid winde ne mid reine, O. E. Hml. i. 193, 58. O. Sax. gi-dróbian : O. H. Ger. ge-truoben con-, per-turbare, confundere, terrere.)

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

gér

(n.)
Grammar
gér, es; n.

a yearannus

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Similar entries v. geár winter, II

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

HEALM

(n.)
Grammar
HEALM, es; n.

HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a planta roof of strawstipulaculmus, calamus, stipula, festucaa reed

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Swá windes healm sicut stipulam ante faciem venti, Ps. Th. 82, 10. Genim rigen healm and beren take rye and barley straw, L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 11. a roof of straw[?]

Linked entry: halm

wilige

(n.)
Grammar
wilige, (and -a; m. ?), an; f.

A basket

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Wylige (wilige, v. l.) odðe windel corbis, Ælfq. Gr. 9,28; Zup. 55, 13. Wiligan corbes, wiliga corbis Hpt. Gl. 497, 41. On wylegan in cophino, Ps. Spl. 80, 6 : Blickl. Gl. Hí hine on ánre wilian ( in sporta Acts 9, 25) áléton ofer ðone weall, Homl.

Linked entries: wilege wilie

on-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bídan, p. -bád; pl. -bidon; pp. -biden.

to abide, wait, remainto wait for, expect,to wait on, attend upon

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Gif wífes wer sig on hæftnýde gelǽded, onbýde expectet heo his .vi. winter, L. Ecg. C. 26; Th. ii. 152, 4. Wé sculon óðres onbídan, Lk. Skt. 7, 20. Willaþ gé mín onbídan? Blickl.

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Sumer and winter; on sumera hit biþ wearm and on wintra ceald, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Gé witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind. Rush.) ys gehende, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

sceand-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, viledisgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene disgraceful

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Hierusalem winþ for rihtwísnysse, and Babilonia winþ ongeán for unrihtwísnysse ... Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32.