onettan
to hasten, move rapidly ⬩ to make a quick movement, to anticipate ⬩ to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy
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Lég onetteþ busy shall the flame be (at the day of judgment ), 448, 17; Dóm. 55: 212, 29; Ph. 217.
býsgian
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To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict; occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe mid gódum weorcum hine sylfne býsgaþ the man is praiseworthy, who busies himself with good works, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 16.
Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
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Hé ( Ohthere from Halgoland ) ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde, 17, 2. On his dagum cómon ǽrest iii scipu Norþmanna ... Ðæt wǽron ða érestan scipu Deniscra manna ðe Angelcynnes land gesóhton, Chr. 787; Erl. 57, 21-25.
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tó-weard
Toward ⬩ in the direction of
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Hí wendon him tó ðære burge weard, 1048; Erl. 178, 1. Hí wǽron heom tó Lundene weard, 1052; Erl. 185, 4. Hé hét ðæt hé biheólde tó his Drihtne werd. Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 78
sprengan
To cause to spring. ⬩ to scatter ⬩ to sprinkle ⬩ to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat) ⬩ to apply a clyster ⬩ quassare, rorare ⬩ to burst, scatter, sprinkle ⬩ to burst
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Nime se sacerd his blód arid dyppe his finger ðǽron and sprenge on dæt ryft, Lev. 4, 17, 6. government uncertain Ðá ðá hé sprencde dum rorat, Germ. 402, 43. to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat) Hé sceáf mid ðam scylde, ðæt
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lyge
A lie ⬩ lig ⬩ falsehood
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Búta lyg verumtamen, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 24. Hí on lige lange feredon de mendacio compellantur, Ps. Th. 58, 12. Mengan lyge wið sóðe, Elen. Kmbl. 613; El. 307. Ðú ǽr sægdest sóþlíce and nú on lyge cyrrest, 1329; El. 666.
segnian
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Ðeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit ðeáh bletsung, búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde . . . Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian, H. R. 105, 22.
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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brand, blight causing leaves, &c. to look as though burnt (v. N. E. D. brand, 7. Cf. O. H. Ger. wintbrant rubigo: Ger. brand blight) Brond, com (? or brand-oom, q. v.) rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34.
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mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Ðæt hié him to mǽrþe burh geworhte that they should build a city in their own honour, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 12; Gen. 1663. Ðú ongunne ætýwan ðíne mǽrþe (magnitudinem). Deut. 3, 24: Ps. Lamb. 150, 2. Sillaþ mǽrþe (magnificentiam) úrum Gode, Deut. 32, 3.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Hé wolde fandian hú longe þæt land norþryhte lǽge, oþþe hwæðer ǽnig mon be norðan þǽm wéstenne búde, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 7. of the action of things Gársecg fandaþ, hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe, Run. 25. combining the constructions of 1 and 2 Wolde se
ge-neahhe
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Hé ne wandode, ac fýsde forð flána genehe he flinched not, but kept the shafts flying, By. 269. Ic Drihten sóhte swýðe geneahhe Deam exquisivi, Ps. Th. 76, 2 : 85, 13. Singað him sealmas swíðe geneahhe; 146, l.
hálig-dóm
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Th. i. 398, 4. a holy place, place specially appointed for worship Þá burh Hierusalem, þǽr bið heora háligdóm, Hml. A. 106, 136. holy doctrines Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé háligdóm lǽre cum sancta studet dicere, Past. 383, 7
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Ðá burh hí mid fýre ontendan woldon, 994; P. 129, 1. Þá Walas flugon þá Englas swá fýr, 473; P. 14, 5. Þá lægdon hí fýr on they set fire to the minster, 1070; P. 205, 23. Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man weorðige fýr oþþe flód, Ll.
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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H.] búton hé gewitnesse hæbbe let no man either buy or barter unless he have a witness, L. Eth. 1, 3; Th. i. 282, 26. Huerfa mutuari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 42
grétan
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On sceortne -as geendiaþ grécisce naman ac we ne grétaþ nú ða Greek nouns end in short -as, but we shall not treat them now, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 24; Som. 10, 57. Se dǽl se ðæt flód ne grétte the part that the water did not touch, 1, 3; Bos. 27, 29.
tyhtan
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Troynisce tuhten (toȝe, 2nd MS.) to þon Gricken, 810.] but mostly in a metaphorical sense, to draw the mind to something, to incite, exhort, provoke, solicit, prompt, urge, persuade, where the construction is uncertain Ic tyhte ortor, Ælfc.
æt-íwan
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Goth. at-augjan to shew), the latter intransitive Ic beó ætýwed ł æteówie apparebo: but this distinction is not generally made). trans. To shew, what may be seen by the eye Hwylc tácn ætýwst (-eówes. R. , ædeáues, L. ostendis ) þú ús ?
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ge-bǽru
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D. 111, 9 the forms are almost certainly plural, and might belong to a neuter singular ge-bǽre, to which also might be referred all but the four singular forms given above; and in favour of the neuter is the Old Saxon gi-ƀari (an thínumu gibárea).] in
hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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MS. hliehhan] ðæs ðonne gé tó lose weorþaþ what shall I do but laugh at it, when you come to ruin; ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1. Forðon hí hlyhhan mǽgen for this reason they can laugh, L.
be-fón
to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere
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Bos. 22, 15. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, clothe, case, receive, conceive; circumdare, amplecti, complecti, capere, cingere, tegere, operire, accipere, concipere He hafaþ ðam brídle bú tú befangen he has encompassed both with the