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wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Hé gesette ða men on ǽnne truman ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr slóg, and wiste ðæt hié woldon geornfulran beón ðære wrace (or under III ?

Angle

(n.)
Grammar
Angle, g. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The ANGLES

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Bede wrote his history about A.D. 731, at which time Abercorn was within the bounds of Engla land - England: Ðæt land, ðætte Angle ǽr hæfdon the land, that the Angles formerly had, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 30.

ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor, ealdur, aldor; gen. ealdres; dat, ealdre; pl. nom. acc. ealdras; m. <b>I;</b> an

ELDER, parent, head of a family, author părens, paterfamilias, auctor an elder, chief, governor, prince sĕnior, præpŏsītus, princeps

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Ðæt unriht ðe his ealdras ǽr gefremedon inīquĭtas patrum ejus, Ps. Th. 108, 14. Sum híredes ealdor wæs hŏmo erat paterfamilĭas, Mt. Bos. 21, 33. þýstra ealdor tenebrarum auctor.

mircels

(n.)
Grammar
mircels, es; m.: e; f.

a signmarktokena mark to aim ata signetsealan ensigna trophya marked spot

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that would turn man's hand from thy face, Exon. 39 a; Th. 129, 30; Gú. 429. a marked spot Hé hét ða gebróðru ádelfan ǽnne pytt, ðǽr ðǽr hé ǽr gemearcode ... Ða gebróðru ðá eodon tó ðam mercelse, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 1-6

mirigþ

(n.)
Grammar
mirigþ, mirhþ, mirhþ, myrþ, e; f.

Pleasurejoydelightsweetness

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Wá him ðære mirigþe búte hé ðæs yfeles ǽr geswíce alas for his delight, unless first he leave evil, Hy. 2, 6; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 6. Hé ádrǽfed wæs of neorxena wanges myrþe ( paradisum voluptatis ), Gen. 3, 24. For ðære mirhte (mergþe, MS.

Linked entries: mirhþ myrþ

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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Wé willaþ ðæt munecas regollícor libban ðonne hí nú ǽr ðisan on gewunan hæfdon, ix. 31; Th. i. 346, 27. Muneca gehwylc ðe úte sý of mynstre and regoles ne gýme... gebúge georne intó mynstre, v. 5; Th. i. 306, l. Be munuca cynne.

Linked entry: munec

wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
wrixl, e; f.

changealterationvicissitudealternationexchangeinterchangeplacesteada loanwhat is given in returnreturnrequital

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MS.) ðe hé ǽr sealdon, Past. 45 ; Swt. 340, 18. Hæfdon hí mid him gehálgode tabulan on wígbedes wrixle habentes secum tabulam altaris vice dedicatam, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 34. a loan Borge odde wrixle mutuo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 5.

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Þú hæbbe forgitan þæt ðú ǽr andætta wére ꝥ þú wisse, Shrn. 191, 26

efen-niht

(n.)
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Ǽr emnihte and oferswíðdum ðeóstrum, Lch. iii. 256, 18. Be þissere emnihte, 25. On lenctenlicre emnihte, 246, 18, 22. Æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, Angl. viii. 330, 7. Rímcræftige on þá ylcan tíd emniht healdað, Men. 45.

ende-néhst

lastlastlowestlastfinallatest

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Ǽr ðan þe þú forgelde þone endenéxtan feórðling (novissimum quadrantem, Mt. 5, 26, where R. has þone nǽhstu feórþan dǽl), Hml. A. 4, 100. of rank, position, degree, last, lowest Þeáh ðe hé endenéxt on Godes ríce sý geendebyrd, Hml.

Linked entry: endemestness

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 22. Hé worhte fenn (lutum) of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan, Jn. 9, 6. Fenn strǽta lutum platearum, Ps. Spl. 17, 44.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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Hé wolde gecunnian ( probare ) þæs þe hé ǽr gehýrde, Gr. D. 142, 9.

ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, adj.
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Hý nán licgende feoh ne métton, swá hý ǽr gewuna (bewuna, v. l., cf. 16, where Thorpe prints gewuna) wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 31. <b>I a.</b> accustomed to, with dat. or dat. infin. :-- Sincalda sǽ . . . æflástum gewuna, Exod. 473.

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grénnes

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Cf. gréne; Wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen, ðeáh wé hí for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón me mægen for grénnesse, ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien ( tamen non repente in fabrica (lignum) ponitur, ut prius

tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, and ealle his tída tógædere, ǽr hé út eóde, Vis. Lfc. 64. <b>I d.

sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se im- patientiae enquirit, Past. 44, 4; Swt. 325, 16.

Linked entries: á-cunnan on-cunness

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ ábít ǽrest hire ládteów the lioness, if she tastes blood, will first rend her keeper; primusque lacer dente cruento domitor rabidas imbuit iras, Bt. 25; Fox 38, 14.

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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Sceal néde riht wyrcean se ðe ǽr nolde, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 9. Néde oððe lustum héran, Met. 9, 44. Niéde sceoldon gombon gieldan, Cd. Th. 119, l0; Gen. 1977. Similar entries v. next word

torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn of his breóstum ácýþan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne mid elne gefremman, Exon. Th. 293, 7; Wand. 112. Torna gehwylces, Beo. Th. 4385; B. 2189