tǽtan
to gladden, make cheerful
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to gladden, make cheerful Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ bearn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ ( the father and mother try to make the child joyous, to amuse it; Thorpe suggests temiaþ and tǽcaþ ), Exon.
cristalla
crystal ⬩ crystallus ⬩ the herb crystallium ⬩ flea-bane ⬩ flea-wort ⬩ crystallion ⬩ psyllion
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Lat. crystal; crystallus = κρύσταλλος Ðæt wæs hwítes bleós swá cristalla it was of a white colour like crystal Num. 11, 7. Cristallan crystallum Glos. Prudent. Recd. 140, 49. He his cristallum sendeþ mittit crystallum suum Ps.
BREGDAN
To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid
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Nǽfre hie ðæs sellíce bleóum bregdaþ let them never so strangely change with colours, Salm. Kmbl. 301; Sal. 150. Bleóm bregdende changing in colours, Exon. 95b; Th. 357, 3; Pa. 23.
Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan
dyrodine
Scarlet dye or colour ⬩ coccus = κόκκos
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Scarlet dye or colour; coccus = κόκκos On ðæs sacerdes hrægle wæs dyrodine twegera bleó on the priest's raiment there was twice-dyed scarlet, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18 b, 1.
Linked entry: derodine
missenlíc-ness
Variety ⬩ diversity
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Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðære missenlícnysse (variegated character ) hyre blóstmena, for ðý ðe is geþuht ðæt heó ðone heofonlícan bogan mid hyre bleó geefenlǽce, Herb. 158, 1; Lchdm. i. 284, 14. Missenlícnesse varietatibus, Ps. Spl.
wæterig
Watery
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Mid ðam wæterian bleó, Scrd. 21, 27. Rixe weaxst on wæterigum stówum, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10 : Lchdm. i. 98, 26
iacinð
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On gimma gecynde carbunculus bið diórra ðonne iacinctus, and swáðeáh ðæt bleoh ðæs iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs carbuncules; for ðǽm ðæs ðe ðæt gecynd forwiernð ðǽm iacinte se wlite his beorhtnesse hit eft geiécð, 411, 27-30.
fleóge
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Ðæt hí wið-bleówen ðǽre fleógan (culicem), Past. 439, 25. Flégan hundlice muscam caninam, Ps. Srt. 77, 45. Lytle fugelas ofsleáð sum ðing, húru ðás fleógan, Hml. Th. ii. 46, 17. Add
belg
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Ðeáh man þone gársecg embsette mid byligeon . . and tó ǽghwylcum þǽra byligea wǽre man geset. . . ond man bleówe mid þám byligeon. Wlfst. 146, 27-147, 6. Belgum folliginis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 15. Bylgum, 97, 23; 36, I: follibus, 89, 12.
éðian
to breathe, inspire ⬩ hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāre ⬩ to smell ⬩ ŏdōrāre
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to breathe, inspire; hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāre He leórt tácen forþ, þurh fýres bleó, up éðigean he let a token forth breathe up, through colour of fire, Elen. Kmbl. 2211; El. 1107. Se gást éðaþ the spirit breathes, Greg. Dial. 2, 21.
telg
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Ðætte Iosephes tunece wǽre telga gehwylces bleóm bregdeude, Exon. Th. 357, 2; Pa. 22
Linked entries: tægl tælg telg-berend fæx
seld-
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strangely, wonderfully Nǽfre hié ðæs sellíce bleóum bregdaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 300 ; Sal. 149.
blǽ-hǽwen
Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colour ⬩ cæruleus, perseus
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[bleó blue, hǽwen hued] Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colour; cæruleus, perseus Moises scrídde ðone bisceop [Aaron] mid línenum reáfe, and girde hine, and dyde ymbe hine blǽhwene tunecan, and léde eaxlcláþ ofer hine Moses clothed the bishop
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mis-lic
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Ic sóðfæstum þurh mislic bleó mód oncyrre, 363. ( 2) different, various :-- Nǽron mislice mettas and drencas, Met. 8, 9. Þæt synt mistlice geearnunga fulfremedra manna, Ps. Th. 44, 15.
tennan
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to incite, encourage to effort Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ beorn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ, óþþæt seó tíd cymeþ, ðæt ða geongan leomu, líffæstau leoþu, geloden weorþaþ (the parents try to awaken the child&
ge-spornan
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K. p. 148, 13. to strike against, beat upon (of the wind) Windas bleówan and þæt hús swíðlíce gespurnun (impegerunt in domum illam), R. Ben. 4, 13
gyrwan
To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ make ⬩ put on ⬩ clothe ⬩ adorn ⬩ părāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ vestīre ⬩ ornāre
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Wer and wíf bearn mid bleóm gyrwaþ man and wife adorn their child with colours, 87 a; Th. 327, 14; Vy. 3
a-hreósan
To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ irruere ⬩ mere ⬩ corruere ⬩ decidere
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To rush, fall, fall down; irruere, mere, corruere, decidere Bleówun windas and ahruron on ðæt hús flaverunt venti et irruerunt in domum illam, Mt. Bos. 7, 25. On Godes naman ahreóse ðís tempel in God's name let this temple fall down. Homl.
cyll
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Wit geworhton þá hýde tó twám kyllum . . . and wit dydon þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl in þá kylla . . . þá bleówan wit þá kylla and ástigon þǽron, Hml. A. 205, 342-348. Add
níten
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Áþwer buteran þe sié gemolcen of ánes bleós nýtne oþþe hinde, Lch. ii. 112, 26. Sé þe hǽme mid nétene (niétene, nýtene, v. ll. ) qui coierit cum jumento, 52, 11. Wið nýten, Ex. 22, 19. Bletsien þec deór and nýten ( wild beasts and cattle ), Az. 145.