BÍTAN
to BITE with the teeth ⬩ mordere ⬩ to cut, wound ⬩ cædere, vulnerare ⬩ discerpere ⬩ findere, perforare
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Ðeáh mec heard bite stíðecg stýle though the stiff-edge steel wounded me greatly, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 10; Rä. 88, 13
stǽnen
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Gl. 449, 26. metaph. of stone, stony, hard as stone, in a good sense Ic ðé secge, ðæt ðú ( Peter ) eart stǽnen, and ofer ðysne stán ic timbrige míne cyrcan, Homl. Th. i. 364, 23. in a bad sense Hié, wǽron stǽnenre heortan and blindre, Blickl.
under-wreðian
to support ⬩ sustain ⬩ supponere
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Stud. xi. 65, 34. Ðú underwreððes sustentas, Rtl. 45, 9. Underwreoðaþ his untrumnesse sustentat inbecillitatem suam, Kent. Gl. 644. Ealle stówa Drihten ymbféhþ and neoþan underwreþeþ, Blickl. Homl. 23, 21.
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ge-sciftan
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Stów gecwéme gebróþrum sí ámearcud (designetur) . . . þæt hús ealswá wé sǽdan gescifte (designatam), Angl. xiii. 397, 464. Syndon eahta heálice mægnu þurh Godes mihte mannum gescyfte, Wlfst. 68, 19. <b>II a.
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grundsópa
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This supposition is made still more probable by a later gloss, where coriza occurs correctly among co- words — coriza, i. sternutatio, cartilagines nebgebraec vel fnora, Wrt. Voc; ii. 135, 77.
hwettan
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. ¶ hwete stán a stone used for whetting (?) :-- Tó hwettan stánes wylle; of hwættan stánes wylle, C. D. iii. 430, II. to make a person keen (hwæt), incite, excite, egg on. absolute Swá þín sefa hwette, B. 490. with acc.
ge-þungen
Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect
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Stev. ii. 202, 7. Wæs he swíðe geþungen on his þeáwum he was very excellent in his conduct, Blickl. Homl. 217, 6: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 19; Jud. 129. Cwén móde geþungen the queen excellent of mind, Beo. Th. 1252; B. 624.
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trendel
a circle ⬩ ring ⬩ a disk ⬩ orb ⬩ a round place ⬩ a circus
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Stríc ðú mid ðínum scytefingre, swilce ðú trændel wyrce, Techm. ii. 129, 9. Trendla circulorum (the rings on a peacock's tail), Hpt.
á-standan
to stand ⬩ to stand up ⬩ arise, ⬩ to stand ⬩ continue, ⬩ not to be overturned, destroyed ⬩ to persist ⬩ continue to act ⬩ to stand ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ to stand ⬩ stop
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þrynesse, Angl. xi. 97, 8. to persist, continue to act Ꝥ hé on gebedum ástóde and áwunode quia in orationibus persteterit, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 245, 4. to stand, support, endure Swá líðne lǽcedóm swá se týdra líchoma mæge ástandan, Past. 455, 31. to stand, stop
on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, literally Mycel leóht onleóhte ðæt carcern, St. And. 4, 4. Óþ ðæt ðære sunnan leóman hine ( the moon ) eft onlíhton, Lchdm. iii. 240, 27. Onleóhtende inluminans, Hymn. Surt. 15, 22.
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cæg-loca
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There is a republication of the same law in the Stat. Willielmi Regis, with this variation: 'Spensa et arca robarum et jocalium suorum et de scrinio seu coffero,' xix. c. 3.
DEÓP
DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn ⬩ prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis
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Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum flód elna the flood stood fifteen ells deep over the hills, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 15; Gen. 1398. Noe oferláþ ðone deópestan drencflóda Noah sailed over the deepest of drowning floods, 161; Th. 200, 29; Exod. 364.
HUND
A HUNDRED ⬩ centum
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Ðæt flód stód ðá swá án hund daga and fíftig daga obtinuerunt aquæ terram centum quinquaginta diebus, Gen. 7, 24. Æfter óðer healf hund daga post centum quinquaginta dies, 8, 3. Mið penningum twǽm hundum denariis ducentis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 37.
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ísern
Iron
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Wið slege ísernes oððe stenges for a blow from iron [sword] or stick, Herb. 32, 8 ; Lchdm. i. 132, 4. Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne som hý sýn of stenge, 63, 3 ; Lchdm. i. 166, 9.
bismer
Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumny ⬩ ludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumnia ⬩ opprobrium
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Seó stów gewearþ swíðe mǽre for Rómána bismere the place became famous for the disgrace of the Romans, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 62, 44. His mód wæs mid ðam bismre ahwæt his mind was whetted with that disgrace, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 17.
scíne
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Se scýna stán, Andr. Kmbl. 1532 ; An. 767. On stede scýnum, Exon. Th. 70, 33; Cri. 1148. Ic ðé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde, 85, 6; Cri. 1387. Hé forlǽrde idese sciéne, Cd. Th. 43, 34; Gen. 700.
tyslian
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Stud. viii. 62. Gedónum tácne gán and hí mid dægþernum tyslian gescýum facto signo eant et se diurnalibus induant calciamentis, Anglia xiii. 383, 260
dǽd-bétan
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Ástrecce hé hine eallum limum on þám stede þe hé stande, and on þá wísan mid hreówsunge dǽdbéte oð se abbod hine geswícan háte proiciat se in terram in loco quo stat, et sic satisfaciat usque dum ei jubeat abba ut quiescat ab hac satisfactione, 70, 18
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Þá fǽringa (repente) stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man, Gr. D. 62, 9: Bl. H. 173, 24; 175, 2: B. 1414. Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44.
for-cuman
to seize ⬩ get hold of ⬩ to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ to reject
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Stán forcuómon lapidem reprobauerunt, 12, 10: Lk. L. 20, 17, Forcuma from ældum reprobari a senioribus, Mk. L. R. 8, 31. Forcumman from aldum, Lk. L. 9, 22. Ꝥte hé sé forcumen, Lk. L. R. 17, 25