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tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or awaybe relaxeddissolvedto have the connection between several objectsthat between the parts of the same object relaxedto be dissipated,destroyedto be loosedundoneto get relaxed,to be relaxed,get remissto get paralysed,get powerless,

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Mid wriþan gewriþen grundweall ná byþ tóslopen loramento conligatum fundamentum non dissoluitur, Scint. 200, 9.

Linked entry: tó-swífan

cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Gif hwá ðæt ne gelǽste, sié he scyldig lx scill and be xii fealdum agife ðone ciric-sceat of church-scots. Let church-scots be given at Martinmas.

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Hé lǽrþ and hé týð heorde his docet et erudit gregem suam, Scint. 146, 7. Se wísdóm ðe hit lange ǽr týde and lǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30. Hé hine geornlíce týde and lǽrde hú hé drohtian sceolde eum erudire studuit qualiter conversari debuisset.

án-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Ánrǽdlíce syngian perseveranter peccare, Scint. 130, 16. Ánrǽdlíce lǽran instanter erudire, 175, 17: Hml. Th. ii. 324, 33. ꝥæt hé é Ánrǽdlíce gelýfan, 33, 10: H. R. 101, 30.

el-þeódignes

exilebanishmentpilgrimage

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Th. ii. 224, 9. figurative, of this world Elhðeódignysse his on þyses lífes langférnysse peregrinationis suae in hujus uitae longinquitate, Scint. 29, 1.

fore-sceáwung

considerationcontemplationforeseeingforeknowledgeforethoughtforesightprovidencedivine providence

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Hé átihtincge his on Godes foresceáwunge gefæstnað intentionem suam in Dei contemplatione defigit, Scint. 28, 14.

Linked entry: fore-gesceáwung

ge-lytlian

(v.)
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Líg byð gelytlud, áteorigendum holte flamma minuitur, deficiente silva, Scint. 56, 19. in respect to quality, degree, & c.

heáfod-mann

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Mann sceolde forðian út scipu, and setton Raulf eorl and Oddan eorl tó heáfodmannum þǽrtó, 1052 ; P. 177, 10. Hé gesette þá heáfodmenn tó gehealdenne ꝥ folc ( captains of the people, i. Macc. 5, 18), Hml. S. 25, 403. ¶ heáfdes-mann. Cf.

of-settan

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Ofsett eorðlice onwunung andgyt fela þencendne deprimit terrena inhabitatio sensum multa cogitantem, Scint. 138, 16. Hé wæs ofseted and geswænced mid hefigre mettrumnesse his líchaman qui cum gravi molestia corporis fuisset depressus, Gr. D. 298, 3.

boh

(n.)
Grammar
boh, bog, es; m. [bogen bent; pp. of búgan to bow, bend]

Anything curved or bentthe arm, shoulderarmushumerus, lacertusthe arm of a tree, a BOUGH, branchramus, stipes, palmesa branch of a family, offspring, progenypropagothe bow of a shiparmusarmusshoulder, bow of a shipthe shoulder, haunchthe shoulder of an animal

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Mec se beaducáfa bogum bilegde the battle-prompt man embraced me in his arms, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 21; Rä. 1, 11. the arm of a tree, a BOUGH, branch; ramus, stipes, palmes Bóh ramus, Scint. 1. Boh stipes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 16.

Linked entry: bog

twiwa

(adv.)
Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.
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Twuwa, Scint. 80, 11. Hú ne mynegodest ðú mé nú tuwa? Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 14. Tuwa (twiga, Bd. M.), Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 16. Tuwa (twigea, Bd. M.) on geáre, 4, 5; S. 573, 6. Tuwa (tuiga, Lind.), Mk. Skt. 14, 30. Tua (tuwa, MSS. A. B.

for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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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, and næbbe his ágne forfongen (hæbbe

ge-lengan

(v.)
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ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Ben. 37, 8. to defer Hopa þe byð gelencged geswencð sáwle spes quae differtur affligit animam, Scint. 130, 9. Remmingce wæs gelengced ( debita vicissitudo, quasi quodam dilationis) obstaculo, tricabatur (i. tardebatur ), An. Ox. 5451

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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v. sceát, -scíte) Se arc wæs fyðerscýte, and . . . wæs fram nyðeweardan oð ufeweardan swá tógædere gescoten (gestoten ?

on-ginnan

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Þænne hé óþres limes þénunge gegrípan ongynne dum alterius membri officium temptat, Scint. 133, 2.

wyrcan

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Add Gebiddan neód ys and weorcean orare necesse est et operari, Scint. 35, 3. (2 a) add :-- Wíngeard wyrcan blíðnysse líf getácnað vindemiare, hilaritatem uitę significat, Lch. iii. 212, I. I 2 a.

smyltness

(n.)
Grammar
smyltness, e; f.

Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillityof physical calmthe quiet of evening, eveninggentleness, quietness in actionquiet, silenceplacidity, calmnesspeace, tranquillity, quiet calmness, composure

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Næhtes smyltnisse noctis quiete Rtl. 37, 35. gentleness, quietness in action Hig hine mid ealre smyltnesse swá gelǽddon and on heora fiðerum bǽron, ðæt hé ne mihte ne on scipe fægeror gefered beón Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 40, 16, 14. quiet, silence Smyltnisse

trendel

(n.; adj.)
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trendel, es; m.

a circleringa diskorba round placea circus

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T. 64, 12. where a surface, plane or spherical, is denoted, a disk, orb Ðoes mónan trendel is symle gehál, þeáh ðe eall endemes eallunga ne scíne, Lchdm. iii. 242, 4: Hpt. Gl. 418, 16. Ðære sunnan trendel, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 12.

ceáp

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Bútan cépe ( gratis) gé underféngon, bútan cépe syllaþ, Scint. 131, 11. <b>II a.</b> the amount of a fine for redemption :-- Sceal sé þe hine (a homicide ) áh ... lx. sciłł. gesellan wið his feore.

hræd

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Hraeðe propero, 89, 1675. of rapid movement, v. hrædlic; Swá hrædlíce swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð, Ps. Th. 47, 6. Eal swá earn þonne hé mid hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 36.