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scildend

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Ꝥ ðú tóweorpe feónd and wrecend ł and scildend ut destruas inimicum et ultorem, Ps. L. 8, 3. Add

scyte

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Add: the distance to which a shot will go Oþ ꝥ hé wæs fullneáh in ánes flánes scyte út fram þám lande pene ad unius sagit tae cursum a terra, Gr. D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte

breahtum-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
breahtum-hwæt, adj.

Swift as the twinkling of an eyeceler ut oculi nictus

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Swift as the twinkling of an eye; celer ut oculi nictus Dec lígetta hérgen, bláce, breahtum-hwate may the lightnings praise thee, pale, swift as the twinkling of an eye, Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Hé wæs heálíce up ábrogden ad alta rapitur, Past. 101, 2. Up ábróden exhaustum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 51. Ne sind míne eágan up ábródene ( elati ), R.

Linked entry: á-brédan

be-swápan

to sweepto wrap upcover up

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Gif hwylc sý ꝥ Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe, ꝥ hé þé náwiht lá þes ne dó si qui sit, qui Redualdo suadeat, ut nec ipse tibi aliquid male faciat, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 156, 21. to wrap up, cover up Heó hié mid scytari besweóp caput linteo cooperuit, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch

be-lǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lǽwan, p. -lǽwde; pp. -lǽwed; v. a.

To bewraybetraytradereprodere

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To bewray, betray; tradere, prodere Ðæt he hyne wolde belǽwan ut traderet eum Mt. Bos. 26, 15, 16. Heó hine belǽwde she betrayed him Jud. 16, 21. Ðæt Iohannes belǽwed wæs quod Ioannes traditus esset Mt. Bos. 4, 12

Linked entries: lǽwan be-lǽwing

bóc-riht

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-riht, es; n.

BOOK-RIGHT, the right of a will or chartertestamenti rectitudo vel jus

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BOOK-RIGHT, the right of a will or charter; testamenti rectitudo vel jus Þegenes lagu is, ðæt he sý his bócrihtes wyrðe taini lex est, ut sit dignus rectitudine testamenti sui, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 1

segling

(n.)
Grammar
segling, e ; f.
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Sailing Ðæt wé ne mid seglinge ne mid równesse ówiht fremian mihte ut neque velo neque remigio quicquam proficere valeremus, Bd. 5, 1 ; S. 613, 25. Hé mid seglunge binnon ánum dæge com tó Antiochian, Ap. Th. 6, 27

ge-holian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-holian, p. ode
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To get Ðætte ðonne hié wénen ðæt hié ðone gilp and ðæt lof begieten hæbben ðæt hié ǽr wilnodon, ðæt hié ðonne hæbben mid ðý scame geholode ut unde adepta gloria creditur, inde utilis subsequatur confusio. Past. 209, 19

Linked entry: -holian

gíme

Grammar
gíme, care.
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., and add Gif wé habbað suá micle sorge and suá micle giéman úrra niéhstena suá suá úre selfra si ut nostram, sic curam proximi gerimus Past. 45, II

ge-witan

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Þæs þe ic gewitan mihte from what I could see; ut dinoscere potui, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 620, 15. Hió wolde gewitan ( dignoscere ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre, 276, 16

land-stycce

(n.)
Grammar
land-stycce, es; n.
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A small portion of land Him gebyreþ sum landstycce for his geswince convenit, ut aliquam terre portiunculam habeat pro labore suo, L. R. S. 18; Th. i. 440, 8. Him man hwilces landsticces geann, 19; Th. i. 440, 14

slacian

(v.)
Grammar
slacian, slæcian, sleacian; p. ode
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To slacken, relax an effort Gif hé lithwón slacode . . . his handa ne slacedon sin autem paululum remisisset . . . factum est, ut manus illius non lassaréntur, Ex. 17, 11, 12. Ðæt ne ða sleacgiendan ( pigritantes ) hé ofhreóse, Hymn. Surt. 18, 15

wíd-gal

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Hé eóde út and mid wídgalum móde worhte á hwæthugu eorðlices egrediebatur et mente vaga terrena aliqua agebat, iii, 13. Add

hát-hirtan

(v.)
Grammar
hát-hirtan, -hiertan, -hyrtan; p. te

To make angry

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To make angry Ðonne is micel þearf ðætte se, se ða hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hé hiene ongeán ne háthirte necesse est, ut hi, qui furentes conantur reprimere, nequaquam se in furore erigant, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 296, 6

a-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drífan, æ-drífan; ic -drífe, ðú -drífest, -drífst, he -drífeþ, -drífþ, -dríft, pl. -drífaþ; p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivestakeexpelpursuefollow upagerepellereexpellererepelleresequiprosequi

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Adrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre let him pursue the track out of his shire, L. Ath. v. § 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 23. Adrifene fatu graven or embossed vessels, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 99

eóred-mann

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Hét ic þá hors gerwan and eóredmen hleápan úp imperaui equitibus ut ascenderent equos, Nar. 21, 22. ¶ a man riding in a chariot ?

ge-fédan

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L. 23, 29. to bring up Tó Nazareth ðér wæs gefoeded ( nutritus ), Lk. L. R. 4, 16. to bring forth Heora ágen gereorde þá ðe hie on geféded wǽron linguam propriam in qua nati sunt, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 1

ge-wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wistfullian, p. ode; pp. od

To feast

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Ðæt ic mid mínum freóndum gewistfullode ut cum amicis meis epularer, Lk. Bos. 15, 29

Linked entry: wistfullian

ge-unstillian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unstillian, p. ode; pp. od

To disquietdisturbinquiētāre

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To disquiet, disturb; inquiētāre Ðætte ða mynster ða ðe Gode gehálgode syndon nǽnigum bisceope alýfed sí in ǽnigum þinge hí geunstillian ut quæque monastēria Deo consecrāta sunt, nulli episcŏpōrum lĭceat ea in alĭquo inquiētāre, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 35

Linked entry: un-stillian