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drysnan

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Ne drysnes non extinguet (linum fumigans ), Mt. L. 12, 20. Add

hearm-cwedelian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwedelian, hearm-ewidelian, hearm-cweodelian
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Þætte ne hearmcwideligen (-cweodelien, Ps. V. ), Ps. Vos. 118, 122. Add:

næs

Grammar
næs, was not.
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Hit nas (næs, v. l. ) gecweden, Past. 108, 10. Add

clifrian

(v.)
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Seó culfre mid cláwum clyfrað (lacerat), Chrd. 62, 16. Add

cild-geong

Grammar
cild-geong, In 1. 2 dele '. Mon . . , 49',
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and add Ne sceal hine mon cildgeongne forcweðan, Gn. Ex. 49

á-winnan

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Gié ne wunnon, óðero áwunnon (laboraverunt), Jn. R. 4, 38. Add

Linked entry: winnan

hǽr

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Ne efesiad eów ne eówre hǽr ne sciron ( non facietis calvitium), Deut. 14, a hair of an animal Of nǽrum (of hérum ðǽra camella, Mt. L. 3, 4) de pilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71. 61. Wullan fliásum, hérum. Txts. 151, 4.

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Ne wén ðú ðæt ic tó ánwillíce winne wiþ ða wyrd (fortunam) ... hit oft gebyraþ ðæt seó leáse wyrd náuþer ne mæg ðam men dón ne fultum, ne nǽnne ðem, 20; Fox 70, 22. Wyrde wiðstondan, Exón.

Linked entry: weord

wiþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.

to withstandresistto stand againstsucceed in opposingbe a match forrefuteto stand in the waybe a hindranceobstructpreventbe a preventiveto stand offkeep away,be absentto be hostile

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Ðæt hí ðám yrmðum ne wiðstanden in miseriis non subsistent, Ps. Th. 139, 10. Ne mæg eów nán þing wiðstandan (resistere), Jos. 1, 5: 10, 8: Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 10: Ps. Th. 75, 5. Wyrde wiðstondan, Exon.

hwat

(n.)
Grammar
hwat, es; n.

Augurydivination

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Augury, divination Ne gímon hwata ne swefna non augurabimini nec observabitis somnia, Lev. 19, 26. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc forbeóde hwata and galdra we enjoin that every priest forbid auguries and incantations, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3

Linked entry: hwatung

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.
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Separation, dismission, rejection Gif hé swá biþ ðæt hé ne sý wyrðe ðære scyrunge (scirunge, MS. T. : ðæt hé wurðe ne beó, ðæt hé beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag. ) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

Wódnes-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Wódnes-niht, e; f.

The night between Tuesday and Wednesday

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Sunnan-nihtum ne mæssenihtum ne Wódnesnihtum, Wulfst. 305, 23

wác

(adj.)
Grammar
wác, adj.

yieldingnot rigidpliantfluidweakfeeblewanting mental or moral strengthwanting couragepoormeannot of great value or in high esteemvilis

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Wác bið ðæt geðanc on cristenum men, gif hé ne cann understandan þurh rihtne geleáfan ðone ðe hine gescóp, Wulfst. 20, 9: Cd. Th. 40, 34; Gen. 649. On gewitte tó wác, Andr. Kmbl. 423; An. 212. Ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig, Exon.

eall

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Ne bæd hé ðæt hé hine elle (mid ealle, v. l. ) fortýnde, Past. 275, 22. (2 a) mid eallum, mid ealle. quite, altogether Ðá ðá ic myd eallum untrum wæs, Nic. 13, 15.

and-leán

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Heó þolian ne wolde yfel and ondleán, Gen. 2264. Add

for-sewen

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewen, for-sewenn, e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt Forsǽwennesse ł forsewenne despectio[ne], Ps. L. 122, 4

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfortsolaceconsolationhelpbenefitprofitrefugesōlāmensōlātiumconsōlātioauxĭliumrefŭgium

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Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gé sprǽcon the sorrowful ye sought not, nor a kindly word spoke ye to them, Exon. 30a; Th. 92, 21; Cri. 1512.

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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Be lyfte tácnungum de aeris indiciis, Nar. 3, 14.

Linked entry: tǽcning

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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Uton wé efstan ealle mægene gódra weorca, and geornfulle beón Godes miltsa, Bl. H. 109, 9.