cwellere
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Aurelianus wæs wælhreáw cwellere crístenra manna, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 4. Hé ( St. Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12.
ge-hnǽgan
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Hiora ríce wæs gehnǽged inclinata sunt regna, 45, 5. Fleáh fǽgegást, folc wæs geh[n]ǽged, Exod. 169
a-creópian
To creep ⬩ serpere ⬩ scatere
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To creep; serpere, scatere Ðá lǽfdon híg hit [Manhu] sume, óþ hit morgen wæs, and hit wearþ wyrmum acreóped dimiserunt quidam ex eis usque mane, et scatere cæpit vermibus, Ex. 16, 20
æðel-líce
Nobly ⬩ nobiliter
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Nobly; nobiliter Wæs se wer on hálgum gewritum æðellíce gelǽred vir erat sacris litteris nobiliter instructus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 17: 4, 26; S. 603, 9: 2, 1; S. 501, 8
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be-hýpan
To heap or cover over ⬩ surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ contegere ⬩ circumsepire ⬩ circumdare
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To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28
hund-wintre
A hundred years old
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A hundred years old Hé sylf wæs ðá hundwintre cum centum esset annorum, Gen. 21, 5. Wénst ðú lá ðæt sunu beó ácenned of hundwintrum men putasne centenario nascetur filius? 17, 17
ge-gæncg
A society ⬩ meeting ⬩ an assembly ⬩ cœtus
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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23
þǽr-ymbútan
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Thereabouts Hé ( the Roman name ) com tó Parþum ... hé wæs ðǽrymbútan manegum folce swíþe egefull, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 13. On gehwylce healfe ðǽrymbútan circumquaque, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 26
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ealdor-bold
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A chief residence, court of a king Be Deorwentan þǽre eá, ðǽr wæs þæs cyninges ealdorbold (aldor-, v.l.) juxta amnem Deruuentionem, ubi tunc erat uilla regalis, Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 146, 21
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ge-sewenlic
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Hí gesáwon þæt se heofonlica mete wæs gesewenlic, Hml. Th. ii. 274, 29. Cempa eorðlic ongeán feónd gesewen-licne (uisibilem) færð tó gefeohte, Scint. 61, 4. v. un-gesewenlic, ge-sáwenlic. Add
symbelness
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Hit wæs þæs abbodes hádingdæg. Þá sende hé ánne bróðor tó Pafnuntię and laþode hine tó þǽre symbelnysse, 33, 61
þweora
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Hé wæs gecyrred fram þám þweoran ( pravitate ) þæs Arrianiscan gedwolan, 239, 18
wilwan
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Hé ungyrede hine his hrægle and hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylewede (wylede, v.l. ) on þám ordum þára þorna . . . and þár þá wæs lange welwed (volutatus), Gr. D. 101, 14-18. Add
dón
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Add: 2 b α. with acc. and clause Hió ðá hind swá dyde ꝥ hió him beforan hleápende wæs she caused the hind to keep running before them, Lch. iii. 426, 32
weorþ-full
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Se cyng Willelm wæs swíðe wís man and swíðe ríce, and wurðfulre and strengere ðonne ǽnig his foregengra wǽre . . .
ge-beran
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Th. i. 174, 15. þæt þes eorl wǽre geboren betera, B. 1703.
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Ealdfriþ] æfter Ecgfriþe to ríce, se mon wæs se gelǽredesta on gewrítum, se wæs sæd ðæt his bróðor wǽre Oswies sunu ðæs cyninges Ecgfrith was succeeded in the kingdom by Alfred, who was said to be his brother, and a son of king Oswy, and was a man most
ge-þrǽstan
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Ic wæs swíðe geþrést for þyses wéstenes wæter wǽdlnesse, Hml.
éhtend
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Gyf man méte ꝥ hé geseón ne mæge, lǽre ic hine ꝥ hé him wið his éhtend beorge, Lch. iii. 174, 28. a persecutor Hé ( Nero ) wæs monna ǽrest éhtend crístenra monna, Ors. 6, 5; S. 262, 5. Oehtende persecutore, Rtl. 64, 16.
un-gewittigness
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</b> a mad action, foolish proceeding Hé wæs swíðe wundrigende, and þóhte ꝥ ꝥ wǽre sum ungewittignes ꝥ hé bebeád valde admiratus est, quod quasi insana praeciperet, Gr. D. 58, l