CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave; secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere He wæs hine sylfne mid stánum ceorfende erat concidens se lapidibus, Mk. Bos. 5, 5.
ecg
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Úp on wádhám; ðonne be ecge, 406, 23, 34, 35. Of cumbes súðecge . . . ðonan súð on ecge oð ðæt niéhste slæd, 416, 21. Úp ofer feld . . . tó wuda; of wuda be ecge . . . á norð be ecge; of ecge eást, 446, 18-23.
rust
Rust
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Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc gesuinc and ðeáh ne meahte moon him of ániman ðone miclan rust... Hé wolde from ús ádón ðone rust úrra unþeáwa, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 11-15. Ǽrest ic wille beón gefremed in litlum weorce, ðæt ic mǽge sum rust (sinnrust (?))
ǽ-melness
want of energy or of interest, sloth ⬩ weariness, tedium, disgust
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Ðǽr beóð ealle unrótnyssa, ádl and yrre and ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, indignatio, languor (Dóm. L. p. 25, 115), Wlfst. 139, 18: Dóm. L. 228. Unrótnes, ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, 260. Snoffan ǽmylnysse nausiae tedio, Angl. xiii. 369, 50.
streáwian
To straw, strew
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Mid ðǽm hé strewede ðone weg, Past. 16; Swt. 103, 13. Sume of ðám treówum heówon and streówodon (streówedon, MS. A. : strewedon, MS. B.) on ðone weg, Mk. Skt. 11, 8. Strewodun (streówedon, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 8. Streówodan, Blickl.
a-feallan
To fall down ⬩ cadere
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To fall down; cadere Ðæt hús afeóll domas cecidit. Lk. Bos. 6, 49: Cd. 202; Th. 251, 1; Dan. 557: Jud. 16, 30. Wearþ afeallen Æðelrǽdes eorl Ethelred's earl fell [in the battle ], Byrht. Th. 137, 46; By. 202
Linked entry: a-feóll
forþ-boren
Born forth ⬩ noble-born ⬩ high-born ⬩ clāris parentĭbus ortus ⬩ nōbĭlis
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Born forth, noble-born, high-born; clāris parentĭbus ortus, nōbĭlis We lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig forþboren preóst ne forseó ðone læsborenan we enjoin that no high-born priest despise the lower born, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 20
óxn
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Heó ðone fúlan stenc ðæra óxna áfyrreþ, Lchdm. i. 284, 7. [O. H. Ger. uohsana ascella.] Cf. óhsta
greótan
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Dóm. L. 82. [v. N. E. D. greet.] Cf. grétan. Add
ufe-weard
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Andlang mearce on ðone gáran ufwerdne, C. D. v. 356, 17. Gyndleccing ofeweard . . . gyndleccing neaþewerd inriguum superius . . . inriguum inferius, Scint. 27, 6
rówend
A rower, sailor
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Ðæt scip wile hwílum stígan ongeán ðone streám, ac hit ne mæg, búton ða rówend hit teón, Past, 58; Swt. 445, 11
Linked entry: rórend
handlung
Touching, handling
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Touching, handling Ðone ðe se eádiga Benedictus ná handlunge ac on beseónde fram his bendum álýsde whom the blessed Benedict not by touching him, but by looking on him, had released from his bonds, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 4
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fót-lic
on foot ⬩ that is done on foot ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ low in style
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on foot, that is done on foot Folga mé ná þæt án on fótlicum gange, ac eác swilce on gódra ðeáwa geefenlǽcunge. Hml. Th. ii. 468, 21. fig. pedestrian, low in style Fótlic pedestre, i. uile. Germ. 403, 12
dihtan
to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose ⬩ parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre ⬩ to order, dictate, indite ⬩ dirĭgĕre, dictāre
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Drihten dihte him hwæt he dón sceolde Domĭnus omnia opĕra ejus dirĭgēbat, Gen. 39, 23
for-secgan
To for-say ⬩ mis-say ⬩ pretend ⬩ deny ⬩ say against ⬩ accuse ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ diffāmāre ⬩ nĕgāre ⬩ accūsāre
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Be ðon ðe mon óðerne forsecgaþ in case any one accuse another, L. Edg. ii. 4, titl; Th. i. 266, 21. Swá hwá swá óðerné forsǽde whosoever accused another, Homl. Th. i. 50, 16. Ða leásan gewitan hine forsǽdon the false witnesses accused him, i. 50, 14
ge-líðan
To go ⬩ move ⬩ sail ⬩ advance ⬩ proceed ⬩ come ⬩ īre ⬩ meāre ⬩ advĕhi ⬩ profĭcisci ⬩ vĕnīre
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Ǽr ðon we to lande geliden hæfdon ere that we had sailed to land, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 30; Cri. 858 : Elen. Kmbl. 498; El. 249. Ðæs ðe lencten geliden hæfde werum after spring had come to men, Menol. Fox 57; Men. 28
wrǽc
Vengeance
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Þatt was mikell wræche, þatt all follc for till helle, Orm. 19 ; don wreche (rimes with speche, leache, teche), Misc. 143, 56 ; tak wreche (rimes with preche), Alis. 2858: but there appears to be no instance in Old English of a nominative wrǽc which is
traisc
tragicus
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Trojan, perhaps the same meaning is intended here Æfter ðon hé eall gear onwealh Norþan-hymbra mǽgþe áhte nalas swá swá sigefæst cyning ac swá swá leódhata ðæt hé grimsigende forleás and hi on gelícnysse ðæs traiscan wacles wundade dein cum anno integro
Linked entry: Tróiesc
sang-cræft
the art of singing, music ⬩ an art of singing ⬩ the art of composing poetry
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Th. 206, 25; Ph. 132. the art of composing poetry Hé (Cædmon) þurh Godes gife ðone sangcræft onféng gratis canendi donum accepit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 41
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reng-wyrm
A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines
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Wið ðæt reng-wyrmas ymb ðone nafolan wexen, 218, 14