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bi-týnan

(v.)

to close, shut up

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to close, shut up, Exon. 61 b; Th. 227, 7; Ph. 419

þurh-dúfan

(v.)

to dive through

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to dive through Hé wæter up þurhdeáf, Beo. Th. 3243; B. 1619

wapolian

(v.)
Grammar
wapolian, p. ode
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To foam, bubble up, pour forth (intrans. and trans. ?), abound, swarm Wapolaþ ebullit (os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam, Prov. 15, 2), Kent. Gl. 505. Wapolode vaporat, Germ. 398, 220. Up ábrǽcan, wapeladan ebulliebant, emergebant (cadavera vermium examina

be-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lúcan, he -lýcþ; p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen; v. trans. [be, lúcan to lock]

To lock upinclosesurroundshutshut upconcludererecludereincluderecircumcludereamplectiobserareclaudere

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To lock up, inclose, surround, shut, shut up; concludere, recludere, includere, circumcludere, amplecti, obserare, claudere Drihten hí beleác Dominus conclusit eos Deut. 32, 30. Gif he ðone oxan belúcan nolde si non recluserit bovem Ex. 21, 29. Ðá hét

land-openung

(n.)
Grammar
land-openung, e; f.

proscissio

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Breaking up of land; proscissio, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 68; Wrt. Voc. 37, 54

wæter-spring

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-spring, es; m.

A springing up of water

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A springing up of water Upcyme, wæter-sprync wylla, Cd. Th. 240, 13;Dan. 386

tó-blǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-blǽdan, p. de

To inflate,puff up

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To inflate, puff up Sóð lufu ná byþ tóblǽdd caritas non inflatur, Scint. 82, 10

Linked entry: blǽdan

Embene

(n.)
Grammar
Embene, pl. m.

The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France Ambiānum

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The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France; Ambiānum Hér for se here up on Sunnan to Embenum, and ðǽr sæt án geár in this year [A.D. 884] the army went up the Somme to Amiens, and remained there one year, Chr. 884; Erl. 82, 17

a-stód

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-stód, p. of a-standan.

stood upinsisted

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stood up, insisted,Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20: Lk. Bos. 23, 23 ;

a-wurtwarian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wurtwarian, p. ude; pp. ud

To root upexterminare

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To root up; exterminare Awurtwarude hine exterminavit eam, Ps. Spl. M. 79, 14

forþ-teón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen

To lead forthmake knowndiscoverbetrayrender upprōdĕre

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To lead forth, make known, discover, betray, render up; prōdĕre, Som. Ben. Lye

bi-lúcan

(v.)

to lock up, inclose, surround

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to lock up, inclose, surround, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 14; Cri. 1624

be-súpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-súpan, p. -seáp

To sup upswallow

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To sup up, swallow Besúp scenc fulne þæs drences. Lch. ii. 312, 25

rinnan

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Úp rynneþ scaturiat, An. Ox. 1891. Eá rinnende, Lch. iii. 36, 25. Add

be-fealdian

(v.)
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to roll up (intrans.) Þonne befealdaþ þes heofon tógædere, Verc. Först. 117, 11

Linked entry: -fealdian

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, hlædder, e; f; hlæddre, an [?]; f.

A ladder, flight of steps;scala

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A ladder, flight of steps; scala Ðá geseah hé on swefne standan áne hlædre and godes englas up stígende and nyðer stígende on ðære hlædre viditque in somnis scalam stantem, angelos quoque del ascendentes et descendentes per eam, Gen. 28, 12, 13: Past

Linked entry: hlædder

wrótan

(v.)
Grammar
wrótan, p. wreót

To turn up with the snoutroot up

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To turn up with the snout, root up Wrótu subigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 64. Ic wróte subigo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6 ; Zup. 176, 12. Hine útan of wuda eoferas wrótaþ exterminavit eam (vineam) apfir de sylva, Ps. Th. 79, 13. Swín on bócwuda wrótende, Exon. Th. 428

a-hefen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hefen, = a-hafen

raised upexalted

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raised up, exalted,Lk. Lind. War. 13, 13: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 3. col. 2;

a-hefeþ

raises upexalts

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raises up, exalts, Cd. 220; Th. 283, 27; Sat. 311: Ps. Th. 74, 7: 144, 15

mis-scrence

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-scrence, adj.

Shrivelled updistorted

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Shrivelled up, distorted Hí ( demons ) hæfdon wóge sceancan and misscrence tán, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1