wæccan
To watch ⬩ wake
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Ðæt gé wæccende wearde healden, 282, 13; Jul. 662. Ða þeówas ðe se hláford wæccende (-o, Lind. wæcende, Rush. uigilantes) gemét, Lk. Skt. 12, 37: Blickl. Homl. 145, 6. Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 12
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Th. 136, 20; By. 154. to change, vary, transform; vertere, variare, transformare Simon bræd his hiw ætfóran ðam cásere, swá ðæt he wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa, and eft hárwenge Simon changed his appearance before the emperor, so that he suddenly seemed
swíge
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Ðá wearð stilnes and swíge geworden innon ðare healle, Ap. Th. 17, 6. Mé náwðer deág secge ne swíge, Exon. Th. 12, 23; Cri. 190. Náht framaþ, gif on eardungstówe swígea sý, Scint. 82, 1: 213, 14. Be swígan . . .
þeów
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Hit þurh ǽnne þeówne mon geypped wearð quadam ancilla indice, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 31. Gif hé þeów oþþe þeów mennen ofstinge, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 50, 3: Cd. Th. 134, 32; Gen. 2233.
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Ðæt Israhéla folc wearð on ðam wéstene wiðerrǽde ongeán God, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 10. Ne beó gé wiþerrǽde wið eówerne Drihten nolite este rebelles contra Dominum, Num. 14, 9.
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á-bregdan
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Alexander wearð from ðǽm burgwarum in ábróden, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 14. Of Godes yrre ábrogdene de ira eruti, Bd; 2, 1; M. 96, 28. Of ðám þeóstrum ábrogdene exemti tenebris, 5, 12; M. 428, 26. Hé wæs heálíce up ábrogden ad alta rapitur, Past. 101, 2.
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wundor-líc
Wonderful ⬩ exciting admiration ⬩ surprise
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Hé (Samson) wearð swíðe ofþyrst for ðam wundorlícan slege, Jud. 15, 18. Wundorlícre hrædnysse hé bið álýsed, Lchdm. i. 288, 16. On wundorlícre mycelnesse, Blickl. Homl. 181, 20.
á-rísan
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Wearð se deáda man cwic and teolode tó árísenne, 219, 19. to rise after sleeping Hé wel ǽr árás . . . Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise þú swá hraðe?,' Gr. D. 227, 8. Hé hié áwehte and cwæð: 'Arísað,' Bl.
feówertig
alone
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Þǽr wearð Somnita and Gallia feówertig M (=þúsenda? but cf. Past. 409, 9 below for a number taken as singular ), Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 14. Bið feórtiges cæmpena ðrowung, Shrn. 61, 27. Ꝥ fæsten þyses feówertiges daga, Bl. H. 35, 5, 30.
ge-lettan
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Hé wearð þurh weder gelet, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 17. Hé him swá gelettum and swá genýddum hwæthugu getǽse gedyde ei commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 26.
ge-þreátian
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Swelce sió geðyld hæbbe ðæt mód geðreátod and gecafstrod quando animum patientia intra se frenare compellit, 218, 22. the object a thing Swá se lég wearð geðreátod þurh Sanctes Martines gebedu ꝥ hé nǽnigum óðrum ærne sceþþan ne mihte, Bl.
hwón
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R. 8, 7. of quantity, a little, alone Ádó ꝥ pic of, súpe hwón wearm, Lch. ii. 318, 5. Dó on breówende wyrt, hwón, 332, 22. with gen. Dó hwó;n sealtes tó, Lch. ii. 78, 2. Hwón berenes melwes, 322, 27.
lof
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Hæfde sigora weard wære betolden leódfruman mid lofe sínum God had protected St. Andrew at the same time praising him, An. 991. Lofum laudibus, i. preconiis (uir-ginitatis), An.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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D. 995, Hér Siric arcebisceop forþférde, and Ælfríc, Wiltunscíre bisceop wearþ gecoren on Easterdæi on Ambresbyri, fram Æðelréde cinge, and fram eallan his witan in this year, A.
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 12. Hé geseah feówer ormǽte fýr átende . . . 'þás feówer fýr ontendað ealne middaneard,' Hml Th. ii. 338, 7.
ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode; swá ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman swá he genyðerad wearþ through Christ's victory all holy people were set free; so then the sinful shall be subdued with their chief as he was
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þætte
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Wearð undyrne cúð, gyddum geómore, þætte Grendel wan wið Hróðgár, Beo. Th. 305; B. 151.
wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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On Móyses hand wearð wíg gifen, wigena mænieo, Cd. Th. 216, 11; Dan. 5. Hé mid ðam óðrum flocce tó ðære birig férde beótlíce mid wíge ascendit cum senioribus in fronte exercitus, vallatus auxilio pugnatorum, Jos. 8, 10.
á-feallan
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Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, Hml. A. 192, 320. of the approach of night. Cf. night-fall Mé áfeóll seó ǽfentíd þæs dæges, Gr. D. 83, 15. metaph. of health, to fall sick Sé þe áfealð earfoðlíce hé ætwint, Lch. iii. 150, l.
ge-hlýd
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</b> in an unfavourable sense. clamour, noise, din Wearð micel gehlýd hlihhendra deófla. Hml. S. 31, 810. Simpronius mid swíðlicum gehlýde hét hí gefeccan, 7, 81. Hé clypode mid gehlýde, 36, 362.