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woffian

(v.)
Grammar
woffian, p. ode

To raveblaspheme

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To rave, blaspheme Ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetlíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæð, swylce for plegan, ðæt swýðún wǽre . . woffode ðá swá lange mid wordum dyslíce, óð ðæt feóll geswógen. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 298. Woffode debacchatur, Hpt.

Linked entry: a-woffian

be-heáfdung

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Add: decapitation Heó mid beheáfdunge hine ácwealde, Hml. Th. i. 488, 2: Hml. S. 19, 83. Tó beheáfdunge gelǽd, Ap. Th. 3, 17. Beheáfdinge, Shrn. 154, 8. Lǽded tó þǽre beheáf-dunge, 72, 34. Ðá áræfnode þá beheáfdunge, 129, II.

be-swingan

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beswincgð mid untrumnyssum his gecore-nan, Hml. Th. i. 470, 25. beswingað mé, 152, 9. Saulus beswang þá crístenan, 392, 1. Gif mon cierliscne mon unsynnigne beswinge, Ll. Th. i. 84, 3.

emel

(n.)
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Bonefatius áflígde þá emelas . . . Gemétte þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela . . . þá bewende hine tó þám emelum (ad erucas), Gr. D. 66, 31-67, 11. Substitute: es; m. and add

ge-syndrian

(v.)
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Swá swá án man biþ man ðá hwíle ðe sió sáwland se líchoma biþ ætsomne, þonne þonne gesindrede bióþ, ðonne ne bið ꝥ ꝥ ǽr wæs, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 25

niþer-lic

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Add Se deáð is nyðerlic (death has its place deep down) : is for þan nyðerlic : þeáh se man gewíte in ðá neowelestan scrafa þe on middangearde sý, þonne sceal þeáhhwæðere sweltan, Verc. Först. 103, 9-12.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Hér gǽð se swefnigend ecce somniator venit 37, 19. Gá þé hér tó mé huc ad me ingredere Gr. D. 25, 20. Gáð tó ús, By. 93. Gá hider tó mé, Past. 383, 1. Lǽtan hér beforan ús forð gán, Hml.

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33.

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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Ne sceal nó ðæt án dón ðæt ána wacie, ac sceal eác his friénd wreccan non solum ut ipse vigilel, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet, admonetur, Past. 28; Swt. 193, 21. Héht mid ǽrdæge wígend wreccan, Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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hit reahtan and be hwýhit reahtan we said what decision we had come to in the case, and on what grounds we had come to it, Chart.

áhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
áhte, áhtest

hadowned

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had, owned He sealde eall ðæt he áhte he sold all that he had; vendidit ornnia quæ habuit, Mt. Bos. 13, 46;

þearlwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þearlwíslíce, adv.
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Severely, strictly Ðreáge hine selfne ðearlwíslíce on his geðóhte se districta animadversione corrigant, Past. 64; Swt. 461, 20. Hié ða scyldigan þearlwíslíce démaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 20.

un-fæstrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽdness, e; f.

Instabilityinconstancylevity

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Instability, inconstancy, levity Hié wéndon ðæt nyste hiera leohtmódnesse and hiera unfæstrǽdnesse dum de ipsa levitate motionis praedicatori suo se incognitos crederent, Past. 32; Swt. 214, 2.

lín

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befealdan mid líne uoluant crucem sindone, Angl. xiii. 421, 808. onféng líne (linteum) and hine mid begyrde, Hml. A. 155, 92, 103. [v. N. E. D. line.] Add: —

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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eft mid his unwemmum líchaman hine gegyrede, Blickl. Homl. 89, 35.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.
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( Cnut ) fór tó Scotlande, and Scotta cyng him tó beáh, Mælcolm, 1031; Erl. 163, 20. ( Fursetis ) férde geond eal Ýrrland and Scotland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 29

be-hindan

(prep.; adv.)
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Behindan him sylfum tǽlan, Bl. H. 65, l. þǽr wunode behindan óþrum mannum, Gr. D. 278, 21. Ðeáh sín behindan ðǽm ðe lǽssan hádes bióð, Past. 411, 23. with acc. Ðeáh dó God behindan hine, Past. 373, I. Gong bi-hionda mec uade retro me, Mk.

nefne

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
nefne, nemne.

UnlessexceptExcept

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sǽdon, nemne ( nisi ) him máran andlyfne sealdon, ðæt woldan him sylfe niman, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 37.

Linked entries: nemne nymne

ge-bígan

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Gif mihte gebígan tó his synscipe, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 21. Gyf þú Godes folc gebígean ne miht tó rihte. Wlfst. 7, 8. wolde gebígan his leóda tó geleáfan and tó þám lifigendan Gode, Hml. S. 26, 46. Hine gebégean tó beteran wege.

on-cnáwan

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(l b), add: with noun or pronoun (representing a noun) suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw swá undruncenra wæs malum, quod fecerat, cognoscere potuit, quia hoc ebrius non audivit, Past. 295, 8.