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un-wrenc

(n.)
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un-wrenc, es; m.
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an evil trick, a malicious wile, a wicked artifice Ðisne unwrenc ( the device practised by Potiphar's wife ) heó geþóhte, Gen. 39, 16. Hé ( Antichrist ) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16.

wyrtung

(n.)
Grammar
wyrtung, e; f.
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Seasoning with herbs On scírum wíne . . . : ge on wíne ge on wyrtunge, Lchdm. i. 342, 26

stillíce

(adv.)
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stillíce, adv.
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,' 119, 6. not speaking Stillíce ingán silenter incedant, Angl. xiii. 403, 542. without producing sound Wer wís uneáþe stillíce hlihð uir sapiens uix tacite ridebit; a wise man doth scarce smile a little (Ecclus. 21, 20), Scint. 171, 16

ceorl

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</b> a (married) man, husband :-- Ceorl þe wíf hæfð maritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 13. Ceorl uxorius, ii. 124, 26. Wearð forðféred sumes wífes ceorl ... and sæt ꝥ wíf ofer þám líchaman hire forðférdan ceorles, Gr. D. 215, 18: Gn. Ex. 97.

cwýne

(n.)

a wife

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a wife L. Ethb. 85; Th. i. 24, 9

ge-deredness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-deredness, e; f.
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Injury, hurt Wið gehwylce gederednyssa, Lch. i. 322, I

ge-þind

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þind, es; n.
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Wið liþa sáre ( ad condilomata ) and wið geþind, Lch. i. 150, 1

flítan

(v.)
Grammar
flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten

To strivecontenddisputerebelcontendĕrecertāredispŭtārejurgāre

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Flát he wið ánne Israhéliscne man jurgātus est cum vĭro Israhēlīta, Lev. 24, 10: Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, note 31.

Linked entry: flítend

wǽpen-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-mann, (wǽp-), es; m.
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Synna wið wǽpman oððe wífman, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 23. Riht is ðæt ǽnige wǽpnmen on mynecena beóderne ne etan ne drincan, Wulfst. 269, 9. Wépmen (wǽpned-, v.l. ) ge wífmen, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 7. Wǽpmen, Homl.

Linked entry: wæp-mann

hǽman

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Þone þe hǽme wið nýtén qai coierit 19 ; Ll. Th. i. 52, 11. Sé þe mid nunnon hǽme, 2. 46, 6. <b>II a.</b> figurative :-- Þú fordydest ǽlcne man sé þe hǽmþ (fornicatur) fram þé, Ps. L. 72, 27

efen-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-eald, efn-eald; adj.

Co-eval, of the same, ageco-ævus, co-ætāneus

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Nǽnig efen-eald him no one of like age with him, Exon. 85 a; Th. 321, 2; Wíd. 40. Plegende mid his efen-ealdum playing uith his co-evals, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 4

Linked entry: efn-eald

mæssian

(v.)
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This should be placed after mæsse-wín

weallung

(n.)
Grammar
weallung, e; f.
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agitation Se drænc is gód wið heáfodece and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge the potion is good against headache and against giddiness and cerebral excitement, Lchdm. iii. 70, 20. fervour Wyrðelícre wallunge lufes digno fervore fidei, Rtl. 64,

ge-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeód, e; f.
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Ne sceal hé ágan náne geþeóde náðer ne wið þæt mynster ne wið þá geférrǽdene non debet sociari corpori monasterii, R. Ben. 109, 17

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
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stranglíce, adj.
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Gr. 38; Zup. 230, 15. with power, with energy, strenuously, vigorously Hé stranglíce ríxode and bewerode ðæt folc wið ða hǽðenan leóda, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 7. Hé galdorcræftum wiðstód stranglíce, Andr. Kmbl. 333; An. 167: Exon. Th. 156, 15; Gú. 875.

scyldig

Grammar
scyldig, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Beó hé útlah wið God . . . and wið þone cyning scyldig ealles þæs þe hé áge (cf. Wlfst. 271, 26), Cht. E. 231, 16. 2. Add Sió hé healsfange scyldig, Ll.

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

To finddetectfeelexperienceinveniredeprehendereexperirisentire

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Ðis wíf wæs afúnden on unrihton hǽmede hæc mulier deprehensa est in adulterio, Jn. Bos. 8, 4: Bt. 35, 5 ; Fox 162, 31

Linked entry: a-fúnden

hearm-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-scearu, e; f.
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A. 681] Wyrþ him wíte gegearwod sum heard harmscearu for them punishment will be prepared, some severe penalty, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 7; Gen. 432: 37; Th. 48, 25; Gen. 781: 38; Th. 51, 19; Gen. 829

wordlung

(n.)
Grammar
wordlung, e; f.

discourseconversationidle talkbabblingchattering

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Gl. 61. in a bad sense, idle talk, babbling, chattering Ðæt sidefulle wíf wordlunge ne lufaþ (cf. idele weord ne luuað, III. 21), O. E. Homl. i. 301, 2. Ásolcennys ácenð ídelnysse, gemágnysse and wordlunge, Homl.Th. ii. 220, 26

Linked entry: wordlian

buteruc

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Næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenan butruce . . . wæs se buteruc brerdful wínes. Hml. S. 6, 274-282.