tó-teran
To tear to pieces ⬩ to tear to pieces a material ⬩ to tear to pieces ⬩ to harass ⬩ distract ⬩ destroy
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To tear to pieces Ic tótere lanio, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 2. Tóteran discerpere, Hpt. Gl. 520, 75. Beón tótoren lacerari, 527, 55. lit. to tear to pieces a material Ðú tótǽre (conscidisti) mín hwíte hrægl, Ps. Th. 29, 11.
swá
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V. 6), so, therefore, on that account Hé him ðet land forbeád .. and hé hit swá álét he forbade him the land . . . and so he gave it up, Chart.
þæt
That ⬩ that, ⬩ in order that ⬩ that ... not, ⬩ lest ⬩ that, so that, so as (with infin.)
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Th. 5297; B. 2646: Val. 1, 9. in apposition to a pronoun in the main clause Wæs seó hwíl þæs lang, þæt ic Gode þegnode the time of my serving God was long (or þæs = so? ) Cd.
tilian
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Th. ii. 372, 23. of medical attention, to treat, attend to His lǽcas hine mid sealfum lange teolodon, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 96, 15. to till Ðæt land tó tilianne, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 20.
feówer
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Þín seáð bið twégea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 29. Mid feówrum gesceaftum, Angl. viii. 299, 19. Féwere hwommas and hringas haefis quattuor angulos et anulos habet, Mt. p. 8, 5.
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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On India lande wendaþ heora scada (sceada, MSS. R. P.) on sumera súðweard and on wintra norðweard . Eft on Alexandria on dam sumerlícan sunn- stede on middæge ne byþ nán sceadu on nánre healfe, 258, 12-16. His sceadu gehǽlde ða untruman, Homl.
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þider
Thither ⬩ whither ⬩ thither ⬩ to that place ⬩ thither ... whither ⬩ to the place to which, ⬩ whither ⬩ whither
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Se síþfæt is þyder tó lang, 231, 26. Ǽrende wé þyder habbaþ, 233, 11. in an indefinite sense :--- On healfa gehwǽr, sume hyder, sume þyder, Elen.
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ge-hwirfan
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Hí gehwyrfdon landa wið Ælfwine commutationem terrarum fecerunt contra Ælfwinum v. 207, 7. Be þon þe nán mon gehwyrfe yrfes bútan gewitnesse, Ll.
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weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Kmbl. 342, 9; Rún. 15. of other things, concrete Ðæt land ðǽr ðǽr gold wixt terra, ubi nascitur aurum, Gen. 2, 11. Hwæðer gé nú sécan gold on treówum ? ...
þes
This ⬩ this as opposed to that ⬩ one as contrasted with others ⬩ this, ⬩ the present ⬩ this as opposed to that or the other
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Þis is landa betst, Cd. Th. 49, 21; Gen. 795. Þiss wǽron ealle Créca leóde, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 13. Þis sint ða ðe sceolon standan hi stabunt, Deut. 27, 12: Jos. 12, 1.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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K. p. 86, 4. of other things, to abound Tó gódan lande, þæt ðe fleówð mid meolce and mid hunige, Hml. Th. ii. 192, 8. Flówendre (blówendre?) praepollenti, i. florenti (gazarum affluentia), An. Ox. 3602
síþ-fæt
a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time
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a journey, expedition 'Se síþfæt is ðyder tó lang, and ðone weg ic ne con.' Drihten him tó cwæþ: 'Andreas ic ðínne síþfæt gestaþelode,' Blickl. Homl. 231, 26-8: Andr. Kmbl. 840; An. 420: Elen. Kmbl. 458; El. 229.
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BEORHT
BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus
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Beorht éðles wlite the land's bright beauty Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 32; Cri. 1347. Beorht sumor bright summer 54 b; Th. 191, 29; Az. 95. To ðære beorhtan byrg to the bright city 15 a; Th. 33, 1; Cri. 519.
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stenc
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</b> a pleasant smell, fragrance, perfume :-- Ys mínes suna stenc swilce ðæs landes stenc, ðe Drihten bletsode, Gen. 27, 27. Swétnys swá ðæra wynsumestra blóstmena stenc, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 86, 19: Exon. Th. 363, 16; Wal. 54.
elcian
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Ne hé lange ne elcode, Lch. iii. 434, 24. Elkede (ilkede, ylcodan þá déman) man fram dæge tó dæge, Chr. 999; P. 133, 5. Hí þágit elcodon, Hml. S. 31, 1166.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gif hwá embe cynincg oþþe hláford syrwie, 408, 3. with special reference to the grant of land: Fó se hláford tó his lande þe hé him ǽr sealde, Ll. Th. i. 420, 10. Hláfordes gifu, 292, 16: 422, 2.
turf
a turf ⬩ sod ⬩ piece of earth with grass on it ⬩ turf ⬩ greensward ⬩ the grassy surface of the earth
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Genim feówer tyrf on feówer healfa ðæs landes . . . drýpe on ðone staðol ðara turfa . . . bere ða turf tó circean and maessepreóst ásinge feówer mæssan ofer ðan turfon, and wende man ðæt gréne tó ðan weofode, and siþþan gebringe man ða turf ðǽr hí ǽr
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seóc
Sick ⬩ ill ⬩ sick at heart ⬩ ill at ease ⬩ sad
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Seó lange mettrumnes ðæs seócan mannes, Blickl. Homl. 59, 28. Swá swá lǽca gewuna is ðonne hió seócne (siócne, Cott. MS.) mon gesióþ, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 26. Ða ðe on sáre seóce lágun, Exon. Th. 83, 15; Cri. 1356. Feóllon wergend bennum seóce, Cd.
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Hwí is áwriten on ðære béc Genesis ðæt Abrahames cynn sceolde gecyrran ongeán fram Aegypta lande on ðære feórþan mǽgþe and seó óðer bóc Exodus sægþ ðæt hí férdon of Aegyptan lande on ðære fíftan mǽgþe? . .
DRIGE
DRY ⬩ siccus, arĭdus
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Se ðe gecyrde sǽ on drige land qui convertit mare in arĭdam, Ps. Spl. 65, 5. Dó drige pic to add dry pitch, L. M. 2, 38; Lchdm. ii. 246, 14. Ða drigan eorþan the dry earth, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 2.