Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Angl. 410, and see note.]
Linked entry: Erming-strǽt
ge-teohhian
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Hé getihhade ꝥ hé þás woruld forhogode, Angl. x. 143, 86. Ðá hé getiohchod æfde ðæt hé him ondettan sceolde, Past. 419, 9. with gerundial infin. Ic geteohhode mín líf on mægðháde tó geendigenne. Hml.
hrepian
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Th. i. 176, 6. to touch on, treat of a matter. the subject a person Ðás þing wé swá hwónlíce hér hrepiað on foreweardum worce, for ðan wé hig þenceað oftor tó hrepian and tó gemunanne, Angl. viii. 300, 21. the subject the writing in which the matter
lyft
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four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . . . wæter is ceald and wǽt, Angl
wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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Wiþ wóuum múþe, genim ompran . . . sele on ðone wón dǽl, ii. 54, 22, Wón obunca (arpagine), Anglia xiii. 37, 296. Tó dam wón stocce. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 22. Tó ðære wóhgan apeldran, iii. 389, 32. Tó wóhan (wógan, v. l.) ǽc, Cod. Dip.
súpan
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Me þoȝte Kaym tok Abelles blod and sop it op, Anglia i. 314, 473. Sowpone or sowpe sorbeo, absorbeo; sowpynge sorbicio, Prompt. Parv. 466, col. 2
tíderness
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Ic eom andetta ealra synna ðara ðe ic ǽfre tó tiédernesse gefremede wið mínre sáwle þearfe, Anglia xi. 99, 89. Swá neár ende ðyssere worulde swá biþ unstrengre mennisc ðurh máran tyddernysse, Homl. Th. ii. 370, 17. v. innan-, innoþ-tíderness
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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.), Gif swá gesceád wissaþ si ita ratio dictaverit, Anglia xiii. 443, 1116. Ða ðe him betǽhte sindon tó wissianne, Wulfst. 108, 16. Wissiendum gubernante, Hpt. Gl. 453, 39. Grammar wissian, with dat.
hlot
on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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A. 180, 350. an allotted amount to be paid, lot (and scot) Omnis Francigena qui tempore Eadwardi fuit in Anglia particeps comuetudinum Anglorum quod ipsi dicunt an hlote et an scote, Ll.
ofer
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Þám hí ofer sint cui pęsunt, Angl. xiii. 373, 112
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Ðá ðing tó begánne and tó bewitanne ðe tó scipene belimpað, Angl. ix. 260, 3. to cultivate (lit. and fig.) Hié wel begáð hira plantan and hiera impan, Past. 381, 16. Hé his folces ðeáwas beeóde, swilce hé on wín-geardes biggencge swnnce, Hml.
sceran
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Sceáp scyran, Anglia ix. 261, 10. Hé fór scép tó sciranne ad tondendas oves, Gen. 38, 13
seonu
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Sinuwa, Anglia xi. 101, 47
Linked entry: sinu
georne
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Yrðe georne forðian, Angl. ix. 261, 21. Ǽghwilc unriht áwurpe man georne of þisan earde, Ll. Th. i. 322, 12. Gýme hé his crístendómes georne, 310, 5: 304, 6. Ǽghwilc crísten man unrihthǽmed georne forbúge, 306, 24.
ge-sceaft
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Hit of ungelícre gesceafte (from water, not fire) gewurde, 220, 2: Angl. vii. 48, 456. De elementis. Ðeós lyft ys án ðǽra feówer gesceafta, þe ǽlc líchamlic ðing on wunað.
under-hnígan
to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment
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Ðú galgan underhnige, Anglia xii. 506, 1. Nyste heora nán on hwæs tíman hé ðrowunge underhnige, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 31
wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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Wiþerwerdnysse arrogantie, Anglia xiii. 371, 83. Wyþerwyrdnysse, 369, 56. Wiðirwordnisum pravis, Rtl. 91, 24. unfavourable condition, adverse circumstance, adversity.
ár
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For þæs crístendómes áre from respect for Christianity, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 5 : Angl. xii. 510, 1. Wyrþe þú eart ꝥ þú onfó wuldor and áre, Bl. H. 75, 1. Lof secgean þára ára and þára weorþmenda þe Drihten mancynne forgeaf, 123, 4.
cwide
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Catus cwydas Catonis disticha, Angl. viii. 321, 29. Cwidas sententias, Kent. Gl. 993. a (grammatical) sentence, period Bebeád hé þæt him mon lengran cwidas ( sententias ) cwǽde, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 559, 9. Stæfcræfti(g)ra fulle cwydas (cwedas, Hpt.
for-déman
to condemn ⬩ to condemn ⬩ sentence to punishment ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ sequestrate ⬩ decide ⬩ determine
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Swá segð se apostol (v. 1 Cor. 11, 29) ná fordémiende (dijudicantes) líchaman Drihtnes, Angl. xiii. 389, 344