wóh
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Sume habbað swídne langne and swíðe rihtne weg; sume habbað swíðe scortne and þeáh wóne, Solil. H. 44, 9. Wóhe hornas curua aera, An. Ox. 50, 44. I a. rugged, uneven, rough :-- Wóge sméþiende hylcas asperas conplanans anfractus, An. Ox. 1770. Add
FLÓWAN
To FLOW ⬩ issue ⬩ fluĕre ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ inundāre
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On ðæt land ðe fléwþ meolece and hunie in terram quæ fluit lacte et melle, Ex. 3, 8: Num. 13, 28: 14, 8: 16, 14: Ps. Spl. 57, 8: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 19; Lchdm. iii. 268, 16.
Linked entry: geond-flówan
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Land, leóhtes leás and líges full, fýres fǽr micel a land without light and full of flame, a huge destroying fire, Gen. 334. Ǽr him fǽr Godes aldre gesceóde ere the calamity sent by God destroyed them, Dan. 592.
Linked entry: fǽr
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Ðú sægdest ðæt ic sceolde lifigan lange ðráge, Ps. Th. 118, 116. Bád sunu Lameches sóðra geháta lange þráge, Cd. Th. 86, 5; Gen. 1426: 153, 25; Gen. 2544: 252, 4; Dan. 573: Beo. Th. 108; B. 54: Andr. Kmbl. 1580; An. 791.
Linked entry: wód-þrág
hyrd
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Stalder führt die Herde, Härde als ein in berner Ober-lande gebräuchliches Wort für Schaaf- oder Ziegenfell, Grff. iv. 1030) Ic þæt gewrit þisse andweardan hyrde gesette textum praesentis cartulae digessi, Guth. Gr. 103, 53
west
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Eal bútan ánan hrycge dǽm westmæstan (weste-, 400, 6), and twégen æceras ongemang hína lande, and se westra eásthealh and án stycce ðæt westmǽstan, iii. 19, 4-7
ymb-ærnan
To go round
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To go round Ða gelamp ðætte Peahte ðeód com of Scyþþia lande and ymbærndon éall Breotone gemǽro, ðæt hí cómon on Scotland upp contigit gentem Pictorum de Scythia, circumagente flatu ventorum, extra fines omnes Brittaniae Hiberniam pervenisse, Bd. 1,
weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
- 475 :
- 772
- 21
a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Íringes weg. space to be traversed, a journey Eáðfére weg iter vel itus, lang and stearc weg itiner, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 35, 36. Gif se weg swá lang beó, ðæt ðú ðíne þing bringan ne mage, Deut. 14, 24.
híwisc
a family ⬩ house
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Th. i. 422, 23. a hide of land with a household settled on it, a family-holding of land [cf. the two forms given to the same regulation Gif wilisc man geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe híwisc landes, and Gif hé beó tó þám gewelegod ꝥ hé hýred and éht áge, Ll.
wraþu
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Add Hé gesomnode mycel feoh him tó bryce and tó wræþe þæs langan lífes cum multas pecunias pro longioris vitae stipendiis collegisset, Gr. D. 339, 27.
ge-weallod
Walled ⬩ surrounded with a wall ⬩ forged ⬩ mūrātus ⬩ mūnītus
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Walled, surrounded with a wall, forged; mūrātus, mūnītus Ða strengestan weras wuniaþ on ðam lande and micele burga ðǽr sind and mǽrlíce geweallode cultōres fortissĭmos habet et urbes grandes atque mūrātas, Num. 13, 29.
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ge-edfreólsian
To re-enfranchise, to restore to freedom
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To re-enfranchise, to restore to freedom Þis is ealra þára landa freóls þe Eadgár cyning geedfreólsade Wulfríce his þegene on éce yrfe (cf. ego, Eádgár, . . . cuidam ministro . . .
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un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7
Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre
wer-genga
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.
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erian
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Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 14. Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4. Man mæg on wintra erian, Angl. ix. 261, 22.
feter
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Hé sæt lange on þám láðum bendum, oð þæt hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende and gesóhte ðone sanct . . . Se scyttel ðá ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 414-419. Gebundene feterum vinculis ligatos, Ps. Th. 106, 9.
ge-sylhþ
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.
un-cúþ
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Rómáne swiþost for þǽm besierede wǽron þe him ꝥ land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 28. III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov.
ge-stincan
To perceive by the sense of smelling; ⬩ olfacere aliquid ⬩ odorare ⬩ odorari
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Hí ðæs landes lyft gestuncon they smelt the air of the land, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35. Hí ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ] they smell not, Ps. Spl. 113, 14
swancor
Bending easily. ⬩ of a horse ⬩ slender, slim, active and graceful in movement ⬩ pliant, supple ⬩ flexible, slim ⬩ a bend ⬩ pliable, flexible ⬩ without firmness, feeble, weak
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[Jamieson gives swank slender; limber, agile: swanking supple, active: swanky tall and lank: swanky a strapping young countryman.] pliant, supple Hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende supple sinew-bands (? see seonu-bend). Exon.