scyndan
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Scynde beaduþreáta mǽst tó hilde, Elen. Kmbl. 60; El. 30. Fǽge scyndan ( of death by violence ), Exon. Th. 271, 29; Jul. 489. Hí ǽghwonon tó him éfston and scyndon, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 10: Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 8.
þerscan
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Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ, Elen. Kmbl. 716; El. 358. Se ðunor ðæt deófol ðrysceþ mid ðære fýrenan æcxe, and hit drífeþ tó ðære írenan racenteáge ðe his fæder on eardaþ, Salnt. Kmbl. p. 148, 6. Sume hiá ðurscun quosdam caedentes, Mk.
wís-fæst
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ wise ⬩ having knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ learned ⬩ intelligent ⬩ rational
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Ðæs ðe wísfæste weras on gewritum cýþan, 356, 19 ; Pa. 14 : Elen. Kmbl. 627 ; El. 314. Ðæt is tó geþencanne wísfæstum werum, hwæt seó wiht sý, Exon. Th. 429, 5; Rä. 42, 9. intelligent, rational (?)
wíte-dóm
knowledge ⬩ prophecy ⬩ foreknowledge
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Wæs se wítedóm beforan sungen, Elen. Kmbl. 2304; El. 1153. Æfter ðam wítedóme secundum vaticinium (prophetiam ), Hpt. Gl. 493, 48. Æfter Esaias wítedóme, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 22. Gehýraþ wítedóm Ióbes gieddinga, Exon. Th. 234, 31; Ph. 548.
Linked entries: wíteg-dóm wítiend-líc
up-weard
turned upwards ⬩ moving upwards.
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he stretched his hands up. v. upweardes) plegade, Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 806. Nis ðæt gedafenlíc ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23.
hæft
a band, fetter ⬩ vinculum ⬩ captivity, bondage, imprisonment, keeping ⬩ captivitas, custodia ⬩ a bond, chain ⬩ clasp, rivet ⬩ imprisonment
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Kmbl. 1403; El. 703 : Cd. 171; Th. 215, 15; Exod. 583. Hé betǽhte hine on ðam hæfte sixtyne cempum tó healdenne he committed him to the keeping of sixteen soldiers to hold, Homl. Th. ii. 380, 29.
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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Kmbl. 1156; El. 580: 2219; El. 1111. to play [as in 2. Sam. 2, 14 'Let the young men play before us ...
fricgan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre
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Ðæs fricggan ongan folces aldor the prince of the people began to inquire about it, Elen. Kmbl. 313; El. 157: 1116; El. 560. Gomela Scylding, fela fricgende, feorran rehte the aged Scylding, learning much, related [things] from [times] remote, Beo.
CÝF
A vessel, vat, cask, bushel ⬩ dolium, modius
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Se hét afyllan áne cýfe mid ele he commanded a vat to be filled with oil, Homl. Th. i. 58, 25. Under cýfe sub modio, Mt. Bos. 5, 15
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ge-rǽde
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Counsel, design, device þǽr þá æðelestan hæleða gerǽdum hýdde wǽron, þurh nearusearwe, næglas on eorðan, El. 1108. Forþsnoterne hæleða gerǽdum (cf. rǽdum snottor, wís on gewitte, An. 469), 1054
frymþ
A beginning ⬩ foundation ⬩ origin ⬩ first-fruits ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ constĭtūtio ⬩ ŏrigo ⬩ prīmĭtiæ
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Exon. 65 a; Th. 239, 32; Ph. 630: 44 b; Th. 151, 9; Gú. 792: Elen. Kmbl. 1002; El. 502
hyse
A young man ⬩ warrior
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Kmbl. 1190; An. 595: 1622; An. 812: Elen. Kmbl. 1043; El. 523. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he pierced the man's neck with his javelin, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141. Hysse ðínum puero tuo, Ps. Th. 85, 15.
líf-dæg
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Ic on lífdagum healde ðínra worda waru vivam et custodiam sermones tuos, 118, 17: 139, 8: Cd. 162; Th. 203, 25; Exod. 409: Elen. Kmbl. 880; El. 441.
óþ-íwan
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Óþýwde, Elen. Kmbl. 325; El. 163. Óteáwdon apparuerunt, Ps. Surt. 17, 16. Óþeówdun, Exon. Th. 28, 17 ; Cri. 448. In bócum ne cwiþ ðæt hý in hwítum hræglum óþýwden, 28, 30; Cri. 454. Cf. æt-ýwan
GEÓTAN
to pour, pour out, shed ⬩ fundere, effundere, profundere ⬩ to flow, stream ⬩ profluere ⬩ to found, cast ⬩ to cast
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Ofer hleór goten poured over the cheek, Elen. Kmbl. 2264; El. 1133. to flow, stream; profluere, v. n He háte lét teáras geótan he let hot tears flow, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 16; Gú. 1029. Geofon geótende the flowing sea, Andr.
tyht
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Elche untuhtle heo talden unwurðe, 24655.] motion, move, march, v. teón, IV, tohte, and see passages from Layamon under tyhtan, I Werod wæs on tyhte the army was on the march, Elen. Kmbl. 106; El. 53. Líg scríþeþ ... brond biþ on tyhte, Exon.
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sǽne
Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive
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Kmbl. 408; An. 204: 422; An. 211: Elm. Kmbl. 440; El. 220, Næs his bróðor læt, síðes sǽne, Apstls. Kmbl. 67; Ap. 34. Nǽron ða twegen tohtan sǽne, lindgeláces, 150; Ap. 75.
brengan
To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ⬩ ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre
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Áras brohton the messengers brought, Elen. Kmbl. 1989; El. 996. Ða he hæfde ǽr him to wífe broht whom he had formerly married [lit. he had formerly taken to himself for a wife], Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 30
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ge-sprecan
To speak ⬩ speak with ⬩ agree
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Homl. 143, 14: 191, 23: Elen. Kmbl. 2568; El. 1285. God hí gespræc ðá God addressed them then, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 26: 156, 16. Ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man then was I conversing with the man, Shrn. 36, 19.
brim-nesen
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Gen. 1341) and gesundne síð settan mósten if they came safe from the sea, and might make a prosperous passage, El. 1004. and substitute