a-wéstan
To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ depopulate ⬩ ravage ⬩ destroy ⬩ vastare ⬩ devastare ⬩ desertum facere ⬩ desolare
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Wiðútan awést híg sweord swerd with outforth schal waaste [destroy] hem, Wyc; foris vastabit eos gladius, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 a, 25. His stede oððe stówe híg awéston locum ejus desolaverunt, Ps. Lamb. 78, 7
Linked entries: a-wǽstan a-wést a-wéstendnes on-wéstan
ge-sǽgan
To lay low, cast down ⬩ prosternĕre, incurvāre
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To lay low, cast down; prosternĕre, incurvāre Hæfdon ealfela Eótena cynnes sweordum gesǽged they had laid low full many of the Jutes' race with their swords, Beo. Th. 1772; B. 884: Judth.12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 294.
swebban
to send to sleep, lull ⬩ of the sleep of death, to put to death, kill ⬩ o send to sleep, to cause to die ⬩ to lull, assuage.
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Ic hine sweorde swebban nelle, aldre beneótan, 1363; B. 679. Ne móton wyt wrecan torn Godes, swebban synnig cynn, Cd. Th. 152, 35 ; Gen. 2531
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hindan
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Add: where there is movement towards the back of an object, of the direction of an action Hé hét Mathéum hindan mid sweorde þurstingan, Shrn. 131, 33. þ á Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15. with verbs of pursuit Hé ofi nþ þá
ofer-wist
Excess in eating
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Excess in eating Sint tó manianne ða ofergífran ðeáh hié ne mǽgen ðone unþeáw forlǽtan ðære gífernesse and ðære oferwiste ðæt hé húru hine selfne ne þurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes, ac ongiete hú micel ofersprǽc cymeþ of ðære oferwiste admonendi
for-sendan
exile ⬩ banish ⬩ to throw away ⬩ cast away ⬩ destroy
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Hét hé hym gebyndan ánne ancran on hys sweoran and hyne forsendan on sǽ, Shrn. 150, 20. fig. to send to destruction, destroy Dauid miclum his ágnes herges pleh and monigne forsende, Past. 36, 8
eácen
Increased, great, vast, powerful ⬩ auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus
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Eald sweord eácen an old, powerful sword, Beo. Th. 3330; B. 1663: 4286; B. 2140. Eácne eardas the vast dwellings, 3246; B. 1621. Insende eácne egesan he sent in mighty terror, Salm. Kmbl. 947; Sal. 473.
gomel
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Forbærst sweord Beówulfes, gomol and grǽgmǽl Beowulf's sword burst asunder, ancient and grey-marked, 5357; B. 2682. Se gomola eald úþwíta the ancient old sage, Exon. 81 a; Th. 304, 5; Fä. 65
hrace
The throat
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Hire man bestang sweord on ða hracan, Shrn. 56, 14. Fýrene tungan and gyldenne hracan a fiery tongue and a golden throat, Salm. Kmbl. 148, 32. Hracan [bracan, Som.] fauces, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 109; Wrt. Voc. 43, 37
teoh
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An association, a company, band Besæt hé ðá sinherge sweorda láfe weán oft gehét earmre teohhe with a mighty host he besieged then those whom the sword had spared, to the wretched band woe he oft promised, Beo. Th. 5868; B. 2938.
ge-sellan
To give, give up, betray, sell ⬩ dare, tradere, vendere
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Ðú me ge-sealdest sweord thou gavest me a sword, 120 b; Th. 463, 18; Hö. 72. Ðe feorh gesealdon who gave up life, Andr, Kmbl. 3231; An. 1618: 865; An. 433.
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un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
ecg-lást
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A sword's edge On ðæs Paternosters ðǽre swíðran handa is gyldenes sweordes onlícnis . . . and ðæs dryhtenlican wǽpnes seó swíðre ecglást (gender influenced by that of ecg?) hé ( the true gender of -lást?)
þeóh
A thigh
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'Hæbbe eówer ǽlc his sweord be his ðeó.' Ðonne mon hæfþ his sweord be his ðió, ðonne... Past. 56; Swt. 433, 11: Exon. Th. 431, 2; Rä. 45, 1. Under mín þeóh subter femur meum, Gen. 24, 2: 47, 29: Ps. Th. 44, 4.
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snǽsan
To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon ⬩ to spit
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Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 13. [ Þe deoflen schulen mid helle sweordes al snesien (snesen, MS. C.: sneasin, MS. T.) ham þuruhut A. R. 212, 22.]
tǽling
reproof, rebuke ⬩ evil-speaking, slander, calumny
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Hié forberaþ ǽghwelce unryhte tǽlinge ... hié forberaþ ðæt hié mid ðæm sweorde hiera tungna tǽlinge ne sleáþ hira hláfurdes ðeáwas piae subditorum mentes ab omni se peste obtrectationis abstinentes praepositorum vitam nullo linguae gladio percutiunt,
grǽg
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Grǽgan sweorde with a grey sword, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 22; Gen. 2865: Beo. Th. 665; B. 330: 673; B. 334
á-breótan
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Wǽran sweordum ábrotene in gladio ceclderunt, Ps. Th. 77, 64
cláþ
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Voc. ii. 57, 37. v. bed-, bord-, eaxl-, flyhte-, fót-, sweor-, wæter-cláþ
be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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Fin sweord-bealo begeat misery from the sword seized Fin Beo. Th. 2297; B. 1146