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swaþu

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Gl. 510, 57] Hí ne mihton on þám fæte nǽnige swaðe findan þæs bryces, Gr. D. 97, 23

trendan

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Se æppel nǽfre þæs feorr ne trenddeð (trendleð?) hé cýð hwanon hé cóm pomum licet ab arbore igitur unde reuoluitur tamen prouidit unde nascitur, Angl. i. 285. Add

bríd-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bríd-bletsung, e; f.

A marriage-blessing ⬩ nuptialis benedictio

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A marriage-blessing; nuptialis benedictio Man ne mót sillan him brídbletsunge they [priests] may not give them the marriage-blessing, L. Ælf. P. 43 ; Th. ii. 382, 33

Linked entry: brýd-bletsung

tó-scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scríðan, p. -scráð

To flow in different directions ⬩ be disperse

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To flow in different directions, be disperse Ðæt wæter unstille ǽghwider wolde wíde tóscríþan, wác and hnesce, ne meahte hit on him selfum ǽfre gestandan, Met. 20, 93

tó-þerscan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-þerscan, p. -þærsc, pl. -þurscon

To knock to pieces

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To knock to pieces Ðá com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót and tóþræsc, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Ne ðis geleornadon ꝥte dyde Dauið nec hoc legistis quod fecit, Dauid?, Lk. L. 6, 3

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp.swicen.

to move about, wander ⬩ to move away, depart, escape ⬩ from to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebel ⬩ to desist from (dat. or prep.), cease from ⬩ to deceive ⬩ to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ⬩ cease ⬩ to deceive, leave in the lurch

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Drihten mé swícan ne wile the Lord will not desert me, Ps. Th. 53, 4

Linked entry: be-swicenness

ge-cnáwan

to recognize, identify an object ⬩ to acknowledge, ⬩ a claim, to pay by way of acknowledgement, ⬩ to know, be acquainted with ⬩ to know, be conversant with a subject ⬩ to have a clear apprehension of ⬩ to be cognizant of a fact, understand ⬩ to make known, declare

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Hélias cóm, and hig hyne ne gecneówon ( cognouerunt ), Mt. 17, 12. Þá wurdon hyra eágan geopenude, and hig gecneówon hine, Lk. 24, 31. Heó helode hire nebb, þæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan ( ne agnosceretur ), Gen. 38, 15.

CÝLE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝLE, cíle, céle,es; m.

A cold, coldness, CHILL ⬩ frīgus

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A cold, coldness, CHILL; frīgus Ne mæg fýres feng ne forstes cýle somod eardian the grasp of fire and chill of frost cannot dwell together, Salm. Kmbl. 708; Sal. 353. Befóran ansíne cýles ante faciem frigŏris, Ps. Spl. 147, 6.

Linked entries: céle cíle

notu

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Hit mínra þegna . lii. tó loman gerénode þæt hié mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton (inutiles fecit), Nar. 15, 27. Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte, Angl. ix. 265, 7: 260, 14

sǽ-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-lida, -leoda, an; m.

A sea-goer, sailor

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Ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann ðé gelícne steóran ofer stæfnan . . Ic georne wát ðæt ic ǽfre ne geseah on sǽleodan syllicran cræft I have never seen in a seaman more wondrous skill, Andr. Kmbl. 999; An. 500.

Linked entries: lida sǽ-leoda

BRÚ

(n.)
Grammar
BRÚ, gen. dat. acc. brúwe; pl. nom. acc. brúa, brúwa; gen. brúwena, brúena, brúna; dat. brúwum; f.

A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash ⬩ cilium, supercilium, tauto ⬩ supercilium ⬩ the forehead, brow

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Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic breága ne brúna [ = brúena] brúcan móste I am very bald, nor can I make use of eye-lids nor eye-lashes, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100. Betweoh brúwum intercilium [ = intercilia ], Wrt. Voc. 64, 34: 282, 48

Linked entry: BRǼW

ofer-hleóðrian

(v.)

to outsound, exceed in sound ⬩ to exceed

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Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má for ðon wit habbaþ oferhleóðred [-leóred(?)] ðæt gemǽre uncres leóhtes cave ne nos ulterius scisciteris jam excede terminos luci nostri, Nar. 32, 7

býrian

(v.)
Grammar
býrian, 3rd s. býreþ; p. ede; pp. ed

an event, a favourable time, an opportunity ⬩ To happen, pertain to, belong to ⬩ evenire, contingere, pertinere ⬩ it pertains to, it concerns, it belongs to, it is lawful ⬩ pertinet ad, oportet, licet

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Ðe ne býrede him to etanne quem non licebat ei edere, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 4

lócian

(v.)
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Hé ne lócað mid ðǽm eágum gesceádwísra geðeahtes, 287, 18. Lóciað, Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 15. to take care that, see that Lóca nú þæt þú ofer gemet ne wilnige vide ne impudenter velis, Solil. H. 17, 9.

be-beódendlíc gemet

(n.)
Grammar
be-beódendlíc gemet, beódendlíc gemet, es ; n.

The imperative mood ⬩ modus imperativus

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This mood speaketh directly [forthward or to those present], and has no preterite, because no man commands to do what is done, Ælfc. Gr. 21; Som. 23, 20-24

wicca

(n.)
Grammar
wicca, an; m.
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Ne áxa náne wicca[n] rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat nec divinos, Deut. 18, 11

ge-dwimor

an illusion produced by diabolic agency, apparition ⬩ delusion, deception ⬩ a delusion, that which (by diabolic power) gives a false idea, deceit ⬩ a delusion, a false idea entertained, error :-- ⬩ a practice that deludes :--

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Ox. 4695. a delusion, that which (by diabolic power) gives a false idea, deceit :-- Ne gýman gé galdra . . . ne weorðian gé wyllas ne ǽnige wudutreówu, for ðám ǽghwylce ídele syndon deófles gedwimeru, Wlfst. 40, 16.

Linked entry: ge-dwimere

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Nis nú anweald tó tellanne tó sumum ðara héhsténa góda? ... hwæðer nú gód hlísa sié for náuht tó tellenne? Nis hit nán cyn, ðæt mon ðæt for náuht telle, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 14-19.

gingra

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Ne derige se scírman his gingran, ne se hláford his l mannum, ii. 314, 2. Hét se déma his gingran þis dón . . . þá hét se undergeréfa hí ealle gebringan, Hml. S. 4, 329. Ne sceal him nán ealdorman settan dysige déman ne unrihtwíse tó geongrum, Ll.