sæccan
to fight, contend
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to fight, contend Oft ic sceal wið wǽge winnan and wið winde feohtan, somod wið ðámsæcce (? sæcce fremman or sécan,) Exon. 398, 3; Rä. 17, 2. Similar entries v. preceding word(sæc); but cf. also sacian, sacan
ge-bræceo
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Wiþ gebrǽceo (-brǽce, v. l. ) and wiþ nyrwyt, Lch. i. 48, II, 7. Wið gebrǽceo, 236, 24, 15. Heó gebrǽceo út átýhð, 12
lencten-ádl
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Add: dysentery Hara bið gód wið lengtenádle ( contra dysenteriam ), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 23. Wið lenctenádle, ꝥ is fefer, Lch. ii. 12, 28
deófol-seócnes
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Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnysse, genim of þám líchoman þysse ylcan wyrte mandragore, Lch. i. 248, 3. Add
ge-wun
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Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6
mónaþ-seóc
lunatic ⬩ epileptic ⬩ suffering from mónaþádl
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Kmbl. 4, 24: Herb. 10, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 18. suffering from mónaþádl Bearneácnigende wíf and mónaþseóc, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 4
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teorung
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Fainting, failing, exhaustion Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas and ðǽr gelæg ðǽr hí seó teorung gelette a certain witless woman went wandering about the woods and fields, and lay down where exhaustion prevented her going further
ge-brýdian
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To marry Wæs óðres cempan wíf . . . seó wæs án geár gebrýdod and feówer mónað, Shrn. 84, 31. Seó wæs twám werum gebrýdad, and hwæþre heó wæs clǽne fǽmne. Ǽrest heó wæs gebrýdad Tondberhte and æfter þǽm heó wæs seald Ecgferðe tó cwéne, 94, 18-21
Linked entry: brýdian
fléwsa
A flowing ⬩ flux ⬩ fluxus
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Wið wífes fléwsan for flux of a woman, Herb. 89, 2; Lchdm. i. 192, 12: 128; Lchdm. i. 240, 2: 178, 6; Lchdm. i. 312, 10. Ðý sylfan dæge hyt ðone fléwsan belúceþ eōdem die fluxum comprĭmet, 178, 6; Lchdm. i. 312, 16: 175, 3; Lchdm. i. 308, 1.
byrele
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Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð . . . wið ceorles birelan, Ll. Th. i. 6, 11, 13. Hét hé þone byrle beódon Martine ǽrest, Hml. S. 31, 632. Ðǽm birilum ministris; the servants who bore the wine, Jn. L. 2, 5
wyn-leás
Joyless ⬩ dreary
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Wynleás wíc, 1641; B. 821. Óðerne éðel, wynleásran wíc, Cd. Th. 57, 14; Gen. 928
un-nytlícness
Uselessness ⬩ unserviceableness
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Uselessness, unserviceableness Wið ðæra eárena unnytlícnysse, and wið ðæt man wel gehýran ne mæge, Lchdm. i. 212, 3: 214, 20
þistel-geblǽd
a blister caused by the prick of a thistle
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a blister caused by the prick of a thistle Wið þorn-geblǽd, wið þys[tel]geblǽd, Lchdm. iii. 36, 22
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Wit ðæt ðá létan and unéþelíce þurhtugan ðæt hé ðæs geþafa wolde beón with difficulty we got him to assent to it, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 17.
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á-rétan
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and add Hé hæfde his wíf mid him þe hine árétte, þeáh hé his bearna þolode, Hml. S. 30, 204. On þǽm sealme hé wæs cleopiende tó Drihtne, wilnode þæt hé hine árétte, Ps. Th. 27, arg. Be eallum þám þe gebrocode wǽron and eft árétte, 28, arg
hálsigendlic
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Add: that earnestly entreats (of a prayer) Sum wíf bær hire deádan sunu ongeán Libertinum . . . Heó mid áðsware him tó cwæð: 'Ne færst þú heonon búton þú mínne sunu mé cukenne ágife'.
hwearf
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Ic wille ðat sainte Petre and ðá gebróðera in Westminstre habben ðat land and ðone wearf ðe Ulf and his wíf ... gáfon, ... and ic anu alswá ðat hí habben fulne frídóm on allen þingen ðá ðár úp áspringed be lande and be strande, C. D. iv. 221. Add
ǽwda
A witness ⬩ one who affirms the truth by oath ⬩ fidejussor ⬩ consacramentalis
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A witness, one who affirms the truth by oath; fidejussor, consacramentalis Hæbbe him in áþe óðerne ǽwdan gódne let him have with him in the oath another good witness, L. Wih. 23; Th. i. 42,8. Mid gódura ǽwdum by good witnesses, L. H.
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wering
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit fundaþ wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from com . . . Ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, oððe sió wering wirð tóbrocen, ðonne tófléwð hit eall, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 8. v. werian, <b>I a</b>; be-werung
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gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5.