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wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, e; f.

A change for the betterrecoveryimprovement

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Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan, ðonne biþ ðǽr wyrpe wén hope of recovery, Lchdm. ii. 46, 27. Gé frófre ne wénaþ, ðæt gé wræcsíða wyrpe gebíden ye look not for comfort, that ye may live to see redemption from exile, Exon.

be-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-birgan, -birigan; p. de; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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Ðǽr wæs Isaac bebirged, and ðǽr líþ eác Lia bebirged ibi sepultus est Isaac, ibi et Lia condita jacet, 49, 31

Huntan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Huntan-dún, e; f.

Huntingdon

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Huntingdon Fór se here of Huntandúne and of Eástenglum and worhton ðæt geweorc æt Tæmese forda and forléton ðæt óðer æt Huntandúne ...

undern-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
undern-gereord, es; n.

A morning mealbreakfast

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Æt his underngereorde ǽr hé tó ðæm gefeohte fóre, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 34. Gif wé fæstaþ and ðæt underngereord tó ðam ǽfengifle healdaþ, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, L. E. I. 38; Th. ii, 436, 28.

in-tó

(prep.)
Grammar
in-tó, prep.

Into

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Homl. 79, 23. with inst Ðá ongeáton hie ðæt se eádiga Michael him sylfa ðæt tácn ðæs siges gecýðde intó ðý swíðan slǽpe then they perceived that the blessed Michael had himself made known that token of victory in the deep sleep, 205, 4

dim-lic

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Se beorhta dæg tódrǽfð þá dimlican þeóstru ðǽre sweartan nihte, Hml. Th. i. 604, 1: Hml. S. 5, 108. Add

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, <b>;
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</b> add Hé his gelaþunge ðæs ful tídlíce of ðǽra gedwolmanna gedreccednysse áhredde, Hml. S. 23, 407

þunor

Grammar
þunor, <b>. I.</b>
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Seó líget ðæt deófol bærneð . . . and se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid dǽre fýrenan æcxe, Sal. K. 148, 4-6. Add

of-lysted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
of-lysted, -lyst; part.

Possessed with a very strong desire, very desirous for

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Ðá wæs hé swýðe oflysted ðætðæs eádigan weres blód águte he was possessed with a very strong desire to shed the holy man's blood Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 44, 22. Ða ðe sind oflyste rihtwísnysse, Homl. Th. i. 204, 1: Exon. Th. 464, 3; Hö. 81

ge-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap, -scæp, -scep, es; pl. nom. acc. -sceapu, -sceapo; gen. -sceapa, -sceapena; n.

a creation, created being or thing, creaturecreātio, creātūraa decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shapefātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕciesthe privy membersvĕrenda, pŭdendacreaturedecrees of fate

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Wið gicþan ðæra gesceapa against itch of the verenda, Herb. 94, 4; Lchdm. i. 204, 22: 123, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 19. Ðæra gesceapena of the verenda, 103, 1; Lchdm. i. 218, 7

Linked entries: ge-scæp ge-scapu

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m. An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός
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Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was dead, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 22. Ðá he býre hæfde when he had opportunity, Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121

ryðða

(n.)
Grammar
ryðða, an; m.

A large dog, mastiff blood-hound

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Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðam geate ðǽr Petrus inn hæfde, ðæt hé hine ábítan sceolde, Homl. Th. i. 372, 34

Linked entries: hryðða roð-hund

sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

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a maritime town Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug(-caestrae, Rush.) habitavit in Capharnaum maritima (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

up-wæstm

(n.)

growth upwardsstature

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growth upwards, stature Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus.

ofer-willan

(v.)

to boil so that a liquid is reduced in quantityto overboil, boil too much

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to boil so that a liquid is reduced in quantity Oferwylle óþ ðone þriddan dǽle, Lchdm. ii. 216, 3, 4: 228, 18: 238, 10. to overboil, boil too much Nim ðæt wæter ðe pyosan wǽran on gesodene oferwilleda, 286, 29

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Ðæt wíse men scelfon settan steóre dysigum mannum, swá ðætðæt dysig and ða unðeáwas álecgan, 268, 2. On steórum in increpationibus, Ps. Spl. 38, 14. [See O. E.

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Ðá forléton wé ða frécnan wegas and ðǽm sélran wé férdon, Nar. 17, 13. Ðæt him soelest wǽre ðæt hié friþes wilnaden nullam esse residuam spem, nisi in petenda pace, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 18.

Linked entry: sélost

on-sittan

(v.)

to occupy to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person)to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)

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Ðæt is ðæt án ðæs ic eallan dæg mé onsitte, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 730. Hí onsǽton and ondrédon ðæt wé heom grame beón woldon, 23, 273. Godes him ondrédon hete, heofoncyninges níþ swíðe onsǽton, Cd. Th. 48, 1; Gen. 769.

un-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
un-georne, adv.

unwillinglyreluctantlywithout diligencenegligently

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unwillingly, reluctantly Ðá on ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors 3, 11; Swt. 146, 24. without diligence, negligently Ðæt hé tó ungeorne bewiste hwæt hé on þeóstrum dyde, Blickl

weorold-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wrenc, es; m.
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A worldly wile, a trick of this world Ða ðe woruldmonnum ðynceaþ dysige, ða geciésð Dryhten, for ðæm ðæt hé ða lytegan, ðe mid ðissum woroldwrencium bióð upáhæfene, gescende quae stulta sunt mundi, elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes, Past. 30; Swt.