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stille

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1 a. fig. Add Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 591. 2 b. Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11. Add Þú þe ealle ðá unstillan gesceafta tó þínum willan ástyrast, and

swinge

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swinge, <b>. I.</b>
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Add His seón swýðe þeóstrodon. Þá hrepode Martinus mid ánre swingan ( Martin gave the man a slight stroke ?) and eall seó sárnis him sóna fram gewát ... þurh Martines hrepunge, Hml. S. 31, 589. Add ꝥte ðá sóðfæstnis ðerscingra ł swinca dyde áwoerdeno

þífþ

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Add Godes feós ðeófð sacrilegium, Wülck. Gl. 116, 28. Wǽron in gangende þeófas in þone wyrtgeard, ac onwendum heora móde fram þǽre þýfðe (þeóf(e)tte, v.l.) ... hí ádelfon ... Hé cwæð: 'Ne willað gé nú leng þeófian ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe

wæstm

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wæstm, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Add Hé bæd God geornlíce ꝥ hé þám þegne forgeáfe bearnes wæstm, Hml. S. 33, 18. 6. Add Se cwide hú mon ðæt feoh befæste ðǽm ciépemen ðe hé scolde forð sellan tó wæstme. Past. 379, 8. Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i.

wite-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wite-lic, wítig-lic; adj.
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Penal Hwæthugu wítelices poenale aliquid, Gr. D 324, 1. Gclǽded æfter deáðe tó wítiglicre stówe ( ad poenalem locum), 331, 18. Se hunger sóna ácwelleð and álýseð of dám wítelican lífe, Verc. Först. 178. Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondrǽdon þone wítelican dóm

wiþer-breca

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Add: an adversary, opponent. Þeáh . . . ealle þá streámas hunige flówen, and him þonne ne sié ofer eorðan nǽnig wiðerbreca, Verc. Först. 114, 9. Þú slóge ealle wiþerbrecan mé percussisti omnes adversantes mihi, Ps. Vos. 3, 8. one who resists, an obstinate

cúþ

Grammar
cúþ, <b>; I.</b>
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Add Nú tólýsde swíðe cúð ( aperta ) gesceádwísnes þone tweón mínes geþóhtes, Gr. D. 228, 2. Add Landes dǽl ðe fram cúðum mannum Hindehlép is geháten, C.D. iii. 5, 7. Add Hié nǽnigne cúðne næfdon, mid hwám hié wunian meahton nullus erat notus, apud

be-dípan

(v.)

to dipplunge

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to dip, plunge Bedýp on fontwætre, Lch. ii. 344, 23. Sié bidéped (intinguatur) fót ðín in blóde, Ps. Srt. 67, 24. Se ráp wæs bedýped (-dyp-?) in þám wætre funis tingeretur aqua, Gr. D. 214, 26. Bedíped inditus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 62. Hé biþ bedýped on

be-galan

(v.)

to enchantcharm to recite a charm

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Add: to enchant, charm He on deófla naman begól þone gramlican drenc, Hml. S. 14, 76. Þá beóð begalene quae incan-tantur, Bl. Gl. to recite a charm Sygegealdor ic begale, sigegyrd ic mé wege, Lch. i. 388, 15. [Þe londes men hire (a snake) begaleðO.

bróþor

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Add: of blood-relationship His bróður (-or, v. l. ) lác, Past. 235, 3. For Amilcores láre, Hannibales bróðor (bréðer, v. l. ), Ors. 4, 11; S. 204, 11. Tó his bréðer, Past. 235, 7. ꝥ his broðor nime his wíf and his bróðor (broeðre. L. , bróðer, R. fratri

cirran

(v.)
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Add: trans. To turn, cause to move Cerrende heáfda hiora moventes capita sua, Mt. L. 27, 39. Cærrende (cerr-, R.), Mk. L. 15, 29. Styrendum ł cerrendum mobilibus, Mt. p. 8, 7. intrans. of change in direction of motion, to turn Cirdon hié úp in on

Linked entries: cerran cyrran

fædera

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Faedra patruus, faedran sunu patruelis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 24, 25. Mínes fæderan fæder patruus meus magnus, i. 52, 14. Harald, Magnus fædera (Sigurð, Harald's father, was stepfather to Olaf, the father of Magnus), Chr. 1049; P. 167, 20. Acsicheles sunum

for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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For 'I. to be deprived of . . . MS. H.]' substitute: to take away, take as forfeit Gif hine (a man who has sought asylum in a monastery) on þám fierste geyflige . . . léte mid ryhte þeódscipe . . . and þám híwum hundtwelftig sciłł. ciricfriðes tó bóte

gelimplic

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Add: that happens or befalls Gelimplice fatali, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 4. Gilimplicum gimaerende successibus determinans, Rtl. 164, 38. <b>I a.</b> in grammar translating accidens. v. ge-limp; Sume naman synd accidentia, þæt synd gelimplice,

heorot

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Add Heort cervus, hind cerva. Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 63. Heorot, ii. 23, 9: Ps. Vos. 41, 2. Geseah hé micelne floc heorta . . . æteówde him sylfum án ormǽte heort. Hml. S. 30, 29. Heorutes (heorotes, Ps. Vos., heortes, Ps. Rdr. Spl.) cervi, Ps. Srt. 17, 34

ge-þyncþ

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ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Take here <b>ge-þingþu;</b> in Dict., and add: thriving, prosperous condition. in temporal matters, dignity, honour Ne maeg se mann módigan on geðincðum (-ðinðum, v. l. ) for ðan þe fela synd geþungenran, Hml. S. 16, 372. Án woruldcynincg

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-sceppan</b> in Dict., and add: to create, form. of the operation of divine power God gesceóp æt fruman twégen men, and hé geswác ðá þǽra gesceapennyssa . . . ac . . . hé gescypð ǽlces mannes líchaman on his móder innoðe, and

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Add: of movement, to a place On þyssum eálande cóm upp Agustinus in hac insula adplicuit Augustinus, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 52, 8. Hannibal him cóm þwyres on, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 15. Hé hiene raðe gefliémde þæs hié tógædere cómon, 5, 13; S. 246, 5. Þá cwómon

be-gitan

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Add: to get for one's self, of acquisition, posses-sion Ic begeat æt Denulfe þá windcirican, Cht. Th. 156, 21. Bigaet obtenuit, Txts. 81, 1409. Se bisceop wæs Scyttisc and Sce~ Oswald hine begeat on ðás ðeóde the bishop was Scottish and St. Oswald got

ge-wrecan

Grammar
ge-wrecan, In l. 9 before 84 insert. Ps. Th.,
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and add: to carry out, execute. v. wrecan; <b>I. d</b> Þonne byð ꝥ þæt hé on his feóndum his willan gewryhð (þú ofercymst ealle þíne fynd, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 176, 10. Þá hié besǽtan þá burg Mæsiane, and áðas geswóran ꝥ hié nǽfre noldon æt