þeówan
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Ðæs mannes fét and handa man sceal swíþe þýn, 182, 25. to press on, urge on, drive Weard æt steorte wegeþ mec ( a plough ) and þýð, Exon. Th. 403, 10; Rä. 22, 5. Se mec on þýð æftanweardne, 480, 2; Rä. 63, 5.
ende-mes
together ⬩ coincidence ⬩ straightway ⬩ at once
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Wearð gefullod se cnapa and his fæder cempan endemes, Hml. S. 4, 239. combined with eall: Ic ne mæg eal þá monigfealdan yfel emdenes (altered to endemes) árecceau, Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 15.
uppan
upon ⬩ on ⬩ above ⬩ upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ upon ⬩ on to ⬩ upon ⬩ against
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Ðá wearð Eustatius uppon his horse and his gefeóran uppon heora Eustace got on his horse and his companions on theirs, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 38. Hé bær his tunecan, and áléde uppon ðám twám deádum, Homl. Th. i. 74, 2.
morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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God wearp hine on ðæt morþer innan ( into hell ), 18; Th. 22, 18; Gen. 342. Heó his mǽg*-*winum morþor fremedon (greatly afflicted), 149; Th. 187, 5; Exod. 146. Sceolde his wíte habban, ealra morþra mǽst, 16; Th. 19, 26; Gen. 297.
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wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Hé wearp hine on wyrmes líc, Cd. Th. 31, 26; Gen. 491. Ne wirce gé eów náne andlícnissa wurmes ne fisces (reptilium sive piscium), Deut. 4, 18. Hé wyrm ácwealde, hordes hyrde ... Ðæt swurd þurhwód wyrm ... draca morðre swealt, Beo.
wulf
a wolf ⬩ used in reference to outlaws
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[Gamelyn woluesheed was cryed and maad, Gam. 700.Cf. wearg, and see Grmm. R. A. 734.] applied to a cruel person Se biscop cwæþ tó ðæm hǽþnan kásere: 'Ne gang ðú ná on Godes hús; ðú hafast besmitene handa, and ðú eart deófles wulf,' Shrn. 58, 9.
Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów
ge-endebyrdan
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Ben. 124, 4. with object a thing Ús nǽfre swylc ege ne wearþ ǽr tó helle geendebyrded. Bl. H. 85, 14. to arrange the parts of a whole, put in order, dispose Ic geendebyrde dispono, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 44.
CÚ
A cow ⬩ vacca ⬩ bucula
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Án cú wearþ gebroht to ðam temple a cow was brought to the temple Homl. Th. ii. 300, 33; Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 36. Gesomna cúe mesa collect the dung of a cow L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 5. On ðære cú hricge on the cow's back M. H. 194a.
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Se weard hafaþ miht and strengþo, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 22; Gen. 950. Virtutes sindgecwedene mihta, þurh ða wyrcþ God fela wundra, Homl. Th. i. 342, 27. His meahte synt powers are his, Ps. Th. 98, 10.
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styrian
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Duruþegnum wearð hildbedd styred ( disturbed; referring to the only course that seemed left to the cannibals, when the prison was found without their intended victims, viz to feed on the bodies of the dead prison-guards), Andr.
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þearle
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Ðæt folc wearð þearle geswenct mid ðam síðfate taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris, Num. 21, 4: Ps.
ge-rǽdan
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Hi rǽddon swá ꝥ hí woldon þone cyng gesettan út of þám cynedóme, and hit wearð sona gecýdd þám cynge hú hit wæs gerǽd, Chr. 1075; P. 211, 2. Næs nán máre unrǽd geréd (-rǽd, v. l. ) þonne së wæs, 1016 ; P. 151, 4.
furþor
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Th. 104, 29. of time, later Gé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde, Dan. 140. Hé furðor cymeð ufor ánre niht ús tó túne, Men. 33. Ofer midne winter furðor fíf nihtum, 125
wæl
the slain ⬩ the dead ⬩ a number of slain, ⬩ a single corpse ⬩ a slain person ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage ⬩ destruction
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Ne wearð wæl máre folces gefylled, 937;Erl. 115, 14. Ðǽr was ungemetlíc wæl geslægen Norþanhymbra, sume binnan, sume bútan, 867; Erl. 72, 15: Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 80, 26.
ge-wǽcan
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Gl. 254, 16. of the effects on living creatures, physical, to weary, exhaust with labour, travel, &c. Ðá seó lætre tíd hí gangende gewǽhte cum eos tardior hora fatigaret, Gr. D. 129, 2.
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Wé sculon wið ðam fǽrscyte symle wærlíce wearde healdan, Exon. Th. 48, 5; Cri. 767.
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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Cyrice weard, cyrce weard a warden of a church, 1043; Erl. 169, 33: 1070; Erl. 207, 33. In ðæare cyrce in the church, 1070; Erl. 209, 40.
ceaster
a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas
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Ðá cómon ða weardas on ða ceastre then the keepers came into the city, Mt. Bos. 28, 11. Ðú in ða ceastre gong go thou into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 1878; An. 941. Ælla and Cissa ymbsǽton ceaster Ella and Cissa besieged the city, Chr. 491; Erl. 15, 6.
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rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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) móte on ðisse folcsceare frætwa dǽlan, 171, 15; Gen. 2828. without restriction or encumbrance, without the pressure of care. v. rúm-heort, Ðá (after Judith's prayer was answered ) wearþ hyre rúme (cf.
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ceorl
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Wearð forðféred sumes wífes ceorl ... and sæt ꝥ wíf ofer þám líchaman hire forðférdan ceorles, Gr. D. 215, 18: Gn. Ex. 97. Þú wilnast ceorles, Hml. S. 3, 396. Wǽron wydewan fornýdde on unriht tó ceorle, Wlfst. 158, 11. Ceorl maritum, An. Ox. 5166.