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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b1130, entry 3 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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un-spannan; p. -speónn To unclasp, unfasten :-- Unspeón exfibulat, i. exsolvit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 24. [Cf. Seint Iohan ine his iborenesse unspennede his feder tunge into prophecie, A. R. 158, 14.] v. onspannan.

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un-stille; adj. Not still, unquiet :-- Unstille inquies, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 52, 4. I. of motion, not at rest, moving :-- Ðæt wæter unstille ghwider wolde tóscríþan, ne meahte hit on him selfum fre gestandan, Met. 20, 92. Sund unstille, Exon. Th. 338, 14; Gn. Ex. 78. Swift wæs on fóre, dreág unstille winnende wéga, 434, 24; Rä. 52, 5. Eall ðiós unstille gesceaft, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 23. Ðæt unstille hweól (velox rota) ðe Ixion wæs tó gebunden, 35, 6; Fox 168, 31. Ða unstillan woruldgesceafta, Met. 11, 19. Ðara unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg nó weorþan gestilled, ne eác onwend of ðam ryne ðe him geset is, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 3. Ðú ðe ealle ða unstillan gesceafta tó ðínum willan ástyrast qui das cuncta moveri, 33, 4; Fox 128, 9: Met. 20, 14. II. liking movement (lit. or fig.), unquiet, restless; in a bad sense, unruly :-- Hé cwæð ðæt sió tunge wre unstille yfel lingua, inquietum malum, Past. 38; Swt. 281, 7. Eh byð unstyllum fre frófur, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 9; Rún. 19. Ða unstillan (inquietos) hé sceal þreágean, R. Ben. 13, 12. Nánwuht nis on ús unstilre and ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód nil in nobis est corde fugacius, Past. 38; Swt. 273, 11. III. unquiet, disturbed :-- Ðæt mden hæfde unstille niht, Ap. Th. 18, 27. IV. not at peace, troubled :-- Hé wæs fram ðam áwyrgedan gáste unstille; and swá swýþe hé hine drehte, ðæt hé his sylfes nnig gemynd ne hæfde, Guthl. 13; Gdwin. 60, 12. [O. H. Ger. un-stilli inquiens, vacillans, inquietus.]

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wge-tunge, an; f. The tongue of a balance :-- Wgetunge (or wge tunge, v. wg, II) examen, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 41. [Ger. wage-zunge.]

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weó the upper part of the throat :-- Tunge lingua, weó faus, múðes hróf palatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 57. Cf. (?) weohlan.

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wincian; p. ode. I. to wink, make a sign :--Ic wincie annicto vel annuto, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27. II. to close the eyes, blink :--Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Zup. 156, 14. Se ðe ágímeleásaþ ðæt hé ðence r ðæm ðe hé dó, se stæpð forð mid ðám fótum and wincaþ mid ðm eágum qui negligit considerando praevidere, quod facit, gressus tendit, oculos claudit, Past. 39; Swt. 287, 16. Lamena hé is lce, leóht wincendra (winciendra, v.l.), dumbra tunge, Salm. Kmbl. 156; Sal. 77. [Waryn wisdome wynked uppon Mede, Piers P. 4, 154. Or mans eghe may open or wynk, Pr. C. 4970. Twynkyó UNCERTAIN wythe the eye, or wynkyó UNCERTAIN conniveo, nicito, nicto, Prompt. Parv. 505. Wynkyó UNCERTAIN conniveo, 530. O. H. Ger. winchen nutare, nictare, oculo annuere.]

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wirgung, e; f. Cursing, a curse:--Uae getácnaþ hwílon wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) . . . On wyrigunge: Uae tibi sit wá ðé sí, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12-16. Wyrgendras, ðæra múð bið mid wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) áfylled, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 43. Hé fordéð his sáwle mid ðære mánfullan wyriunge . . . Úre tunge is gesceapen tó Godes herungum, ná tó deófollícum wyriungum, Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3-6. Wyrgunge maledictionem, Ps. Lamb. 108, 18. Heó wolde ðone sunu ðe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 6. Tlincga oððe wærginga hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 16. [Ne wrec þu þe mid wussinge ne mid warienge, O. E. Homl. ii. 179, 23. Wariunge, A. R. 200, 28. Warryynge malediccio, imprecacio, Prompt. Parv. 516, and see note.]

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wrítere, es; m. I. a draughtsman, painter, v. wrítan, II :-- Lóca hú wlitigne monnan ic hæbbe átfred, swá unwlitig wrítere swá swá ic eom pulchrum depinxi hominem pictor foedus, Past. 65 ; Swt. 467, 19. II. a writer, scribe, copyist :-- Wrítere scriptor, gewrit scriptura, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 7: antigrafus, 61, 5. Wrýtere librarius, scriba, 37, 12. Se wrítere (scriptor), gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé r áwrát, ðeáh hé nfre má náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé r wrát, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 32. Mín tunge ys gelícost ðæs wríteres feþere ðe hraðost wrít, Ps. Th. 44, 2. Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne heraþ hé ðone writere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mnaþ. Homl. Th. i. 156, 3. Wrítera strican notariorum characteres, Hpt. Gl. 473, 12. Wríterum antiquariis (antiquariis describentibus, Aid. 79), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 16 : 5, 40. Siððan mín on Englisc Ælfréd kyning áwende worda gehwelc, and mé his wríterum sende súð and nord ; héht him swelcra má brengan bi ðære bisene, Past. pref. ; Swt. 9, 14. Ðe læs ðe wé þurh gýmeleásum wríterum geleahtrode beón, Homl. Th. ii. 2, 22. purh gýmeleáse wríteras, i. 8, 12 : Ælfc. T. Grn. 24, 32. III. a writer, author :-- Se gyt óþ tó dæg, cwæþ se wrítere, lifigende is, Bd. 5, 18 ; S. 636, 11. Tó geáre, ðá Brihtferð wrítere ðis áwrát, Anglia viii. 327, 11. Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 66, l. Gebyrede þurh ða heardslþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slwþe forléton un-writen ðara monna þeáwas and hiora dda, ðe foremroste wron, Fox 64, 33. IV. a scribe in the Biblical sense :-- Esdras se wrítere áwrát áne bóc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 37. Rihtwísnyss ðæra wrítera (scribarum), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 20. Folces wríteras scribas populi, 2, 4. v. eald-, ge-, not-, stæf-, str-, tíd-, un-, ward-wríte.

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á-hwistlian; p. ode To hiss, speak indistinctly:--Seó tunge áwistlað þe r hæfde getinge sprce and geráde, Wlfst. 147, 31.

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á-seolcan; p. -solcen To become sluggish :-- Ðæt seó tunge ne seolce ne semetipsam lingua pigre restringat, Past. 275, 20, v. -solcen, -sealcan.

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-slacian. Add: I. to slacken, become slack, (l) physical :-- Bi æs mannes wæstm gebged, his swura slacod. Hml. Th. i. 614, 13. (2) figurative :-- &A-long;sleaca his tunge t re godcundan bodunge. Hml. Th. ii. 442, 25. Gif w sleacia fram gdum weorcum, 98, 15. Gif w slacia þæs fries and þæs weddes þe w seald habba, Ll. Th. i. 238, 21. Ð ls se anwald slacige (-slacie, v. l.) æs recendmes ne solvantur jura regiminis. Past. 118, 4. Ð ls hira lufu slacige ne eorum dilectio torpeat, 143, 9. Þæt h urh orsorhnesse ne sleacion. Hml. Th. i. 610, 16. H hæf t gdum weorce gewunad, and lt æt slacian, Past. 65, 15. Gewilnunga ltan slacian, Hml. S. 33, 120. &A-long;slacad hand manus remissa, Kent. Gl. 318. &A-long;sclacad dissoluta, 696. &A-long;sclæcadun dimis(s)is. Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 52. &A-long;slæcadum, 35, 56. II. to make slack :-- &A-long;slacudæ, sclacade hebitavit, Txts. 66, 491. &A-long;slacude, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 45. &A-long;slacige (solet) enervare, 96, 51. &A-long;sleacod enervata, 143, 53. &A-long;slacod evacuatum, 144, 52. v. next word.

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