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wadan

(v.)
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wadan, p. wód, pl. wódon; pp. waden
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Ðæt seó wyrd on ðínne willan wóde, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 19

Linked entry: ge-wadan

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Similar entries eald-, ge-, not-, stæf-, stǽr-, tíd-, un-, wyrd-wríte

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

crístnian

(v.)
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Þonne se sácerd crístnað, þonne orðaþ hé on þone man . . . and mid þæs sácerdes hálsunge se deófol wyrð áflýmed fram þǽre menniscan gesceafte . . . þæt sealt þæt se sácerd þám men on múð déþ þonne hé crístnað, þæt getácnað godcundne wísdóm . . . and ðonne

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

ge-néþan

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Add: where something perilous or of doubtful issue is undertaken. to venture to go Se wyrm genéðeð tó, Seel. 119. Hé genéðde ofer þone munt, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 3. Thomas þríste genéðde on Indéa óðre dǽlas, Ap. 50. (1 a) with dat.

ge-sceádwís

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Feáwa sient tó þám gesceádwíse, gif hé wyrð on ungeþylde, ꝥ hé ne e endowed with reason or intelligence, rational, intelligent Man . . . godcundlíce gesceádwís divinum merito rationis animal, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 18.

ge-sceap

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Swá scríðende gesceapum (fortuitu v. wyrd-gesceap) hweorfað gleómen, Víd. 135. Dryhten scyreð and scrífeð and gesceapo healdeð (governs the destinies of men), Vy. 66 :. Gen. 2827.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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Hé ... né geliéfð ðæs grines ðe hé mid gebrogden wyrð, Past. 331, 17-20. Forwyrd girene heara interitum laquei sui, Ps. Srt. 34, 7. Hé hit gewearp mid synne grine, Past. 309, 18. Gefón myd heora grine, swá swá man deór oððe fugelas féht, Solil.

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Se wyrm ligeþ since ( the hoard which it guarded ) bereáfod, 5486 ; B. 2746. Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre, Exon. Th. 401, 11 ; Rä. 21, 10. Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, 478, 4 ; Ruin. 36.

tó-samne

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.
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Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne, Beo. Th. 5129; B. 2568. Ða stánas bióþ earfoþe tó tódǽlenne and eác uneáþe tósomne cumaþ, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 25. Hié him geblendon tósomne drync unheórne, Andr. Kmbl. 66; An. 33: Exon.

Linked entry: tó-somne

wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostilitycontentionoppositionperversityfrowardnessdepravityarroganceunfavourable conditionadverse circumstanceadversitycontrarietydiversity

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Similar entries v. wiþer-weard, IV Wiðirweardnis ł wyrs perversius, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 1. Wiþerwerdnysse arrogantie, Anglia xiii. 371, 83. Wyþerwyrdnysse, 369, 56.

á-dreógan

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Wylm ádreáh fervorem exegit, An. Ox. 2512. Ádreógende laturus (cf. laturus, passurus, 78, 31), ádreág laturae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 2. Ðá þrowunga ðe hé ádreág æt ðǽm folce, Bl. H. 97, 16. Bysmra ádreógan, 15, 34. <b>I c.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

be-þurfan

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Getímode his wífe wyrs ðonne hé beþorfte his wife's condition was too bad to allow of his happiness, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 3. Hí nabbað þá láre þe hi beþorftan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 37. Gif þú ǽgera beþurfe, Techn. ii. 124, 1. Gif þú taperas ( = es?)

díc

(n.; v.)
Grammar
díc, es, e, and indecl.; m. f. [The instances given in Dict. under díc; m. and díc; f. may probably be taken together.]
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Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on dícon and on hreódbeddon, Lch. i. 98, 13. Hé hét delfan þá eorðan swá ꝥ hors urnon embe ꝥ hús þurh þá dígelan díca, Hml.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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Gl. 788. fertile, productive, rich (soil) Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on fǽttum landum and begánum, Lch. i. 254, 11. well supplied with what is needful or desirable, rich in good things Æt fruman ðes middangeard wæs ðeónde, . . . on spéda genihtsumnysse fǽtt

fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

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Mínre wylne ic sylle fódan (alimenta), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 101, 2. figurative Mid wordes fódan (pabulo) geþanc gereordian, Scint. 53, I. Ðám hé forgifð ðone gástlican fódan, Hml.

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Hit wyrð forlegen ad fornicationem ducitur, 463, 29. Gif se líchoma forlegan weorðeð unrihthǽmede, Met. 18, 9. Ðú eart forlegen wið manigne cópenere tu fornicata es cum amatoribus multis, Past. 405, 13.

ge-mang

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Jul. 528. v. ág-gemang, blód-gemang, worms-gemang, wyrt-gemang

ge-reord

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Gyf hig hwylc hýrédes fæder tó his húse gelaðige, sé þe wyle . . . æt him onfón þá gereord gástlicre láre, and him syllan líchamlice gereordo, Ll.

hreówsian

(v.)
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Mára gefeá wyrð on hefonum for ánum hreówsiendum, 411, 13. with acc. or uncertain Sé ðe his synna forlǽt and hí ne hreówsað, Past. 425, 29, 37. Ðá ðe ðá geðóhtan synna hreówsiað, 417, 32: 419, 19. Ðá ðe ðá gedónan scylda hreówsiað, . . .

weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Gif hé uppe on ðám clife wyrð, Solil. H. 45, 17-19. Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormæte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1274.