for-grindan
To grind thoroughly ⬩ grind to pieces ⬩ grind down ⬩ crush ⬩ pulverize ⬩ mangle ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ commŏlĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ contundĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ pulvĕrāre ⬩ lăcĕrāre ⬩ demōlīri
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Ðǽr læg secg manig, gárum forgrunden there lay many a warrior, ground to pieces by javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 21, col. 2; Æðelst. 18. Billum forgrunden ground down with swords, Andr. Kmbl. 826; An. 413.
nán
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Atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr ðe nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, Chr. 1032 ; P. 159, 5. Hí ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde beón they cannot be of any good to them, Solil. H. 68, 29.
a-riht
ARIGHT ⬩ right ⬩ well ⬩ correctly ⬩ probe ⬩ recte
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ARIGHT, right, well, correctly; probe, recte Gif man hit ariht asmeáþ if one considereth it right, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 21
birgan
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To cover with a mound, to bury; sepelire Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23: Gen. 49, 31
ge-arnian
To earn ⬩ merit ⬩ mĕrēri
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To earn, merit; mĕrēri Sceal mon lofes [MS. leofes] gearnian a man shall merit praise, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 9; Gn. Ex. 140
ge-lútan
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To bow Se bisceop eádmódlíce to ðam Godes were geleát the bishop humbly bowed to the man of God, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 17
récels-reóce
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Burning incense On ðone tíman man offrode on ðære ealdan ǽ, and mid récelsreócan on ðam temple ðæt weofod georne weorðode, Btwk. 218, 8
Linked entry: reóce
ge-wlǽtan
To defile ⬩ debase ⬩ fœdare
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To defile, debase; fœdare Gif ðú swá gewlǽtne mon métst if thou shouldest meet a man so debased, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 12
gúþ-beorn
A man of war, warrior ⬩ vir bellicosus, bellator
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A man of war, warrior; vir bellicosus, bellator Gúþbeorna sum wicg gewende one of the warriors turned his charger, Beo. Th. 634; B. 314
þeóf-wracu
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Punishment for theft Gif hé eft ofer ðæt stalie ... sleá man hine on ða þeófwrace, L. Ath. v. 1, 4; Th. i. 230, 4
un-ánrǽdness
Inconstancy
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Inconstancy Hé ( the devil ) nǽnige mehte wið ús nafaþ, búton hwylc man þurh ða unánrǽdnesse his módes him wiðstandan nelle, Blickl. Homl. 31, 34
wǽpen-berend
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An armed man Se stronga woepenberend (wépend-, Rush.) gehealdaþ ceafertún his fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5
arewe
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Gif hwylc man mid arwan ( sagitta ) deór ofsceóte, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 20. Arwan framea, An. Ox. 37, 1. Arewan, gauelucas catapultas, 4238. Add
cyfel
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Man sceal habban cyflas, Angl. ix. 264, 11
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cirn
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Man sceal habban . . . cyrne, cýsfæt, Angl. ix. 264, 11. v. ceren in Dict
frig-nes
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Þú ætíctest on þínre frignysse, hú þá þing man gyldan sceolde addes etiam, quomodo ea reddere debeant, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 67, 18. Add
hálig-wæter
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Gá man mid háligdóme út and mid háligwætere, Wlfst. 173, 13. Sprænge se mæssepreóst háligwæter ofer hig ealle, Ll. Th. i. 226, 23. Add
méle
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Man sceal habban bleda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. [v. N. E. D. meal.] Add:
wǽg
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6
CRAFIAN
To ask, CRAVE, implore, demand, summon ⬩ petere, postulare, in jus vocare
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Se man crafode hine on hundrede the man summoned him before the hundred court Lchdm. iii. 288, 4. He mid rihte crafede ðás ða he crafede he with right craved those things which he craved Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 18, 23
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