hwearf
shifting ⬩ veering ⬩ changeable
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The word may describe a strong wind often shifting its direction and whirling round with violent gusts. Cf. ge-hweorf; hwerf-líc
mǽl-sceafa
A canker
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Voc. 161, 23 maseles translates rugeroles (see also Skeat's Dict. s. v. measles'), so mǽl, in this word, would mean a spot
Linked entries: mæsle-sceafe sceafa
un-bleoh
Not coloured ⬩ clear ⬩ bright ⬩ splendid
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Hwæt mæg beón heardes hér on lífe wið ðam ðú móte gemang ðam werode eardian unbleoh on écnesse (but there is no corresponding word in the Latin, which is: Quid durum saeclo consetur in isto, utque illas inter liceat habitare cohortes?), Dóm. L. 302
weorold-ríca
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Wulfst. 183, 8. v. next word
earfoþ-lic
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Take Deut. 1, 17 under next word, and add: difficult Ðæt is wundorlic ꝥ ðú segst, and swíþe earfoþlic dysegum monnum tó ongitanne mira et concessu difficilis illatio, Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 17. Earfoðlic (or under ?)
ge-wíder
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Add: The word seems to occur only in pl. Sumor æfter cymeð, wearm gewideru, Met. 11. 61.
girran
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land-mearc
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lungre
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wiþer-breca
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seonu-bend
A bond made of sinews
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Th. 377, 19; Deór. 6 Similar entries preceding word
wíf-hand
The female side ⬩ female line
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Kmbl. ii. 116, 16-24. v. next word
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.
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ellen-mǽrþ
Glory of valour or courage ⬩ fortitūdĭnis glōria
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Glory of valour or courage; fortitūdĭnis glōria Grendel nihtweorce geféh, ellenmǽrþum Grendel rejoiced in his night-work, his valour-glories, Beo. Th. 1660; B. 828
múþ-hǽl
Salutary words pronounced by the mouth
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Salutary words pronounced by the mouth Módiges (Moses) múþhǽl(cf. éce rǽdas Moyses sægde. Th. 210, 15-17), Cd. 170: Th. 213, 14; Exod. 552
efen-wyrcend
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A co-operator Adrianus wæs efenwyrcend on Godes worde Theodorus arcebiscopes Hadrianus co-operator in uerbo Dei Theodori Episcopi, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 10
ge-mengedlic
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Perhaps permixtim should be read, and the English words would then be adverbs) permixtum, Txts. 85, 1542
wær-wyrde
Cautious of speech, prudent in speech, careful of one's words
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Cautious of speech, prudent in speech, careful of one's words Wærwyrde sceal wísfæst hæle breóstum hycgan, nales breahtme hlúd, Exon. Th. 303, 22; Fä. 57
swíg-tíma
A time of silence
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A time of silence Seó niht hafaþ seofon tódǽlednyssa . . . þridde ys conticinium, ðæt ys swítíma, Anglia viii. 319, 29. and the preceding and following words
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hlystan
To list, ⬩ listen to, ⬩ hear, ⬩ hearken
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Ne hlyst ðú ná ungesceádwíses monnes worda do not listen to the words of an indiscreet man, Prov. Kmbl. 47: Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 5. Hlyst hider hearken, Past. 49, 2; Swt. 381, 14. Sunu mín hlyste mínre láre fili mi acquiesce consiliis meis, Gen. 27, 8.