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mæsse-reáf

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Twá mæssereáf, C. D. B. iii. 660, 33

rúnian

(v.)
Grammar
rúnian, ode

To talk low, whisper, mutter

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To talk low, whisper, mutter Ic rúnige susuro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 53. Tógeánes rúnedon ( susurrabant ) ealle fýnd míne, Ps. Spl. C. 40, 8. Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge, and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite, ne réhst ðú hwæt rǽdon oððe rúnion, Prov.

Linked entries: rún rúnere

wǽpned

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽpned, adj.

Malea malea man

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Male; used substantively, a male, a man Ǽlc wǽpned gecyndlim ontýnende omne masculinum adaperiens uuluam, Lk. Skt. 2, 23. Micel gedál is on wǽpnedes and wífes líchoman, Lchdm ii. 84, 16. Se ðe mid wǽpnedum men hǽme qui cum viro coiverit, L. Ecg.

ge-þræc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þræc, -þrec, es; n.

Presscrowdcrushtumult

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Press, crowd, crush, tumult Ac wæs flód to deóp atol ýða geþræc but too deep was the flood, the fierce press of the waves, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 13; . 23, 7: 101 a; Th. 381, 26; . 3, 2. Þurh þreáta geþræcu[?], 109 a; Th. 417, 17; . 36, 6.

Linked entries: searu-geþræc ge-þrec

bed-reáf

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Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid ðám hryfte and mid hoppscýtan and mid eallum ðám ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð . . . and ic geann mínum suna ánes beddreáfes, C. D. iii. 294, 4, 35. Hió becwið eal ðæt bedréf ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, vi. 133, 10.

hwiða

(n.)
Grammar
hwiða, hweoða, an; m: hweoðu, e; f.

A breeze

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A breeze Hwiða oððe weder aura, Wrt. Voc. 76, 43: Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 109; Wrt. Voc. 53, 59. Hwioðan oððe oreþe aura ii. 6, 56. Ǽlc hwiða windes every breath of wind, Past. 42, 1; Swt. 306, 6.

rípere

(n.)
Grammar
rípere, es; m.
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A robber, plunderer, spoiler Rýperas and reáferas Godes graman habban, búton hig geswícan, L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 5. is ðæra rýpera ðonne rihtwísra, and is earmlíc þing, ðæt ða syndon rýperas ðe scoldan beón hyrdas folces, L. I.

be-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swápan, p. -sweóp, pl. -sweópon; pp. -swápen; [be, swápan to sweep]

To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protectsuadere, cooperire, amicire, munire

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mid scýtan besweóp she covered herself over with a sheet, 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Beswápen [beswapyn MS.] leóhte swá swá of rægle amictus lumine sicut vestimento, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 2.

Linked entry: be-sweóp

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14.

Linked entry: lád

ymbren-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-fæsten, es; n.
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, hit ymbrenfæsten, hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe ( December ), Anglia viii. 311, 39.

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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S. 8, 18

facian

(v.)
Grammar
facian, fácian; p. ode.

To wish forreach

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posse depelli, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 7. intrans.

fæsten-dæg

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Gif hit fuguldæg sié; gif hit festendæg sié C. D. i. 293, 10. Gif hit fæstendagas beón si jejunii dies fuerint, R. Ben. 67, 3.

firen-lic

Grammar
firen-lic, (fyrn-).

flagitiouscriminalgrossgrievous

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bæd þone Ælmihtigan for ðám árleásum cwellerum, þæt him forgeáfe þá fyrnlican synne, 300, 22. Þá fæstan cnottan fyrnlicra synna, Hml. S. 10, 47. Fyranlicra, C. D. iv. 51, 33.

Linked entry: fern-lic

ge-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽnan, to grant for a time,
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Geléned feoh vel on borh geseald res credita, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 70. Wénst ðú ( earthly goods ) á þe deórwyrþran seón þe þínre note gelǽnde wǽron, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 2

heáfod-lic

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Voc. ii. 20, 38. Ðóme [heáfod]licum auctoritate principali, An. Ox. 5150. Þás feówer heáfodrícu (heáfodlicu rícu, v. l.) quatuor regnorum principatus, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 20. of sins, deadly, mortal Heáfod[licra] principalium (vitiorum ), An.

útfangene-þeóf

(n.)
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D. B. iii. 575, 22. Cf. cum furis comprehensione intus et foris, i. 550, 31. Omnis latro extra proclamatus (cf. proclamatus extra terminos suos, 4), Ll. Lbmn. 614, 1

wǽdelness

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdelness, e; f.

Povertywantindigencepenury

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Voc. ii. 44, 50. For wéþelnysse (wǽðelnesse, Bd. M. 298, 25) woruldgóda prae inopia rerum, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 9. Ðurh wéþelnysse (wæðelnesse, Bd. M. 68, 4) ex inopia, 1, 27; S. 490, 9. Of wǽdlnysse (wéðelnisse, Ps. Surt.) de inopia, Ps. Spl.

Linked entry: wǽdlness

wilsum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilsum-líc, adj.

desirablepleasantvoluntaryspontaneous

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Bd. l, 26; S. 488, 18.

wíf-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lác, es ; n.

Intercourse with women

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I. 43; Th. ii. 440, 2), L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 402, 30. Ealle synoðas forbudon ǽfre ǽlc wíflác (v. wífung) weófodþénum, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 12: Wulfst. 270, 21