bregdan
to pluck ⬩ pull ⬩ draw ⬩ drag ⬩ to bind ⬩ knot ⬩ to change ⬩ to change ⬩ to move ⬩ be pulled ⬩ to flash
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.), with dat. to change Hí gehérað hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas they hear other birds varying their notes, Met. 13, 47. intrans. to move, be pulled Ne bregden nó ðá stengas of ðǽm hringum vectes a circuits numquam recedant, Past. 173, 10. of lightning
eorþ-lic
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Ǽnig eorðlic þincg ( = ǽnig ðing, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 20) anything in the world (cf. eorþe, II, 3 a), Met. 22, 5. Æfter eorþlicre wísan after the manner of men, Bl. H. 135, 20. For eorþlicra manna gebedum, 47, 8.
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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On Wendelsǽ ðǽr Apollines dohtor wunode Met. 26, 31: Salm. Kmbl. 406; Sal. 203
spryttan
To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite
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Ðonne treów and wyrta ǽrest up spryttaþ, Lchdm. ii. 148, 6: Met. 29, 68. Up spryttende pululantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 4. Folc weóx swilce hig of eorðan spryttende wǽron creverunt et quasi germinantes mulliplicati sunt, Ex. 1, 7.
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swápan
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To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop Húse on munte on swift wind swápeþ (cf. hús on munte full ungemetlíc wind gestent, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 16) montis cacumen protervus auster totis viribus urget, Met. 7
un-riht
Wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ bad ⬩ unjust ⬩ unlawful ⬩ depraved ⬩ perverse
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Se yfla, unrihta willa wóhhǽmetes voluptas, Met. 18, 1. Of unrihtum wege de via iniquitatis, Ps. Th. 106, 16. Gif hwá geniéd sié oþþe tó hláfordsearwe oþþe tó ǽngum unryhtum fultume, L. Alf. pol. i. 60, 5. Unryhtre ǽ unlawful marriage, Exon.
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wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse, Bt. 37, I; Fox 186, 18 : Met. 25, 41. [Laym. Orm. A. R. Ayenb. wod : Chauc. wood : Prompt. Parv. wood, coen : Goth. wóds: O. H. Ger. wuce: Icel. óðr.] Similar entries v. ellen-, tung-wód; wéde
dreórig
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Dreórigne hyge, Gú. 1112: Wand. 17: Met. 22, 33. Hig wurdon swíðe dreórige and cyrdon eft illi scissis vestibus reversi sunt, Gen. 44, 13. Beón dreórige contristari, Mk. 14, 19: Hml. Th. i. 60, 15: 62, 28. Dreórge, Jul. 482.
for-þencan
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Hé fela word spraec, forþóht ðearle (cf. ormód, Bt. 1; S. 8, 4), ne wénde ǽfre cuman of ðǽm clammum, Met. 1, 82. Hwæt mæg ic, earm, forðóht, máre geðencan?, Hml. S. 23 b, 477.
ge-défe
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Add: suitable, fitting, seemly Hé má lufedon dióra drohtað, swá hit gedéfe ne wæs, Met. 26, 92. Tó forðspównesse gedéfore heánesse ad profectum debiti culminis, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 5. Gedéfum gafule debita pensione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 22.
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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Hí druncon burnan wæter, calde wellan potum dabat lubricus amnis Met. 8, 29. Of denum yrnaþ deópe wyllan (wællan fontes Ps. Surt.), Ps. Th. 3, 10. In stówum ðǽr ðe hlúttre wyllan ( lucidi fontes ) urnon, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4.
tó-glídan
To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away
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Met. 7, 34. to slip away Ðeáh ðe ðás cáseras him háton gewyrcean heora byrgene of marmanstáne and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, ðeáhhwæðere se deáð hit eal tódǽlþ ; ðonne biþ ðæt gold tósceacen, and ða gymmas tóglidene (the gems have slipped from
dón
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S. 5, 216: Lch. i. 72, 8. with acc. and tó, to make an object (into) something, make something of an object Hrýðra þára þe mon tó mete dyde armentorum ad usum carnis, Nar. 9, 13. Hié þá men woldon him tó mete dón, St. A. 4, 18.
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Bróc biþ onwended of his rihtryne, Met. 5, 19. Biþ him se wela onwended, and wyrþ him wíte gegearwod, Cd. Th. 28, 5; Gen. 431: Blickl. Homl. 195, 28.
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se
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</b> 1 a His mǽgas hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe. Gif hé mǽgas næbbe, oþþe þone mete næbbe, Ll. Th. i. 60, 11. 2 g Þú flíhst from mé on þí gemete swilc man nǽddran fleó, Hml.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Grammar wirsa, of an unfitting condition of things And ðæt git wyrse is, ðæt wé witon manige foremǽre weras forþgewitene ðe swiþe feáwa manna á ongit Bt. 19; Fox 70, 11; Met. 10, 57.
myne
the mind ⬩ mind ⬩ purpose ⬩ desire ⬩ love
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Nó hé ðone gifstól grétan móste for Metode ne his myne wisse he might not approach the throne because of the Lord, and knew not his purpose, Beo.
be-wyrcan
surround
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Hé hét sceáwian Hiericho, hú heó beworht wæs, Jos. 2, 1. to cover over with metal Heó þá cartan beworhte mid leáde. Hml. S. 3, 532. Hé beworhte ðá bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 2.
glitnian
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</b> of f of objects that reflect light (metal, liquid, gems, plumage, &c.) Ðú ( the phenix ) glitenest swá reád gold, E. S. viii. 476, 46. Glite[naþ] fulgescit (pavonis pennae glauco coloris virore ), An. Ox. 539.
wǽr-fæst
Faithful,
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Wǽrfæst Metod, Cd. Th. 79, 33; Gen. 1320: 175, 23; Gen. 2900. of men Se eádega Loth, wǽrfæst, Waldende leóf, Cd. Th. 156, 29; Gen. 2596. Hálig, wǽrfæst ( Juliana ), Exon. Th. 256, 27; Jul. 238. Wǽrfæst (St. Andrew), Andr.