streónan
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add: with gen. Hié wǽron ús gelíce on þysse worulde wynsumnesse lifigende and him welena strýndon, Verc. Först. 144, 10. dat. (?) or absolute (?) Wá ðám mannum þe . . . eorðlicum spédum tiliað and strýnað, Verc. Först. 120, 17
tredan
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add: to press with the foot, hold the foot on something Hé worhte him áne anlícnesse þe ... mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód, and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 13
ælmes-full
Liberal with alms, charitable
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Liberal with alms, charitable Ælfgár b se ælmesfulla Chr. 1021; P. 154, 30. Wé gehýrdan secgan be ðám ælmesfullan hú góde sáwle hé hæfð, Hml. A. 166, 61. Ælmysfulle eleemosynis largi, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 27
tygel
A strap to draw with ⬩ a trace
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A strap to draw with, a trace Tigel tractorium (cf.tractorium a trays, Wülck. Gl. 617, 7), Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 314, 16. Tiȝel tractorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 92, 74. Þe reines oþer þe tiels. Trev. 4, 77
for-weoren
Withered away ⬩ very old ⬩ decrepit ⬩ worn out with age
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Withered away, very old, decrepit, worn out with age Decrepita i. vetula forweren valde senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 76. Forwered, forworen decrepita, i. inueterata, An. Ox. 2109. Eorðgráp wyrhtan hafað forweorone geleórene, Ruin. 7. Substitute:
fúlian
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Sealf wiþ þon ꝥ dolh ne fúlige . . . ceów þá rinde on ꝥ dolh, ne fúlaþ hit, Lch. ii. 96, 16, 9. Fúliendum fexe squalente capillatura, An. Ox. 1213. Fúligendum limum putrescentibus membris, Scint. 45, 7. Add
ge-
with
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Earle, in Chr. p. 321, remarks 'A strong instance is ge-winnan [1090] = to win; which sense, now so intimately identified with this root, is not in the simple verb winnan, until compounded with ge-.
a-sittan
To dwell together ⬩ considere
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To dwell together; considere Secgas, mid sigecwén, aseten hæfdon, on Créca land the men had a dwelling together with the victorious queen, in the land of the Greeks, Elen. Kmbl. 1993; El. 998
Linked entry: sittan
a-þweran
To shake or stir together with a churn-staff ⬩ to churn ⬩ bacillo agitare
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To shake or stir together with a churn-staff [A. Sax. þwiril], to churn, bacillo agitare Aþweran buteran butyrum agitare, Som. Aþwer buteran churn butter, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii.112, 25
Beran burh
BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire
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D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3
Linked entry: Bearan burh
efen-eardigende
Dwelling together ⬩ cohăbĭtans
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Dwelling together; cohăbĭtans Ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efen-eardigende mid ðínne éngan Freán that thou his son shouldst be dwelling together with thy sole Lord, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 16; Cri. 237
Linked entry: eardian
eorþ-weall
An earth-wall, mound ⬩ agger
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Mid eorþwealle with an earth-wall, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 10: 4, 28; S. 605, 24
fóre-býsen
A fore-model ⬩ an example ⬩ exemplum
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A fore-model, an example; exemplum Arcebisceop sceal hálgian and getryman mid gódan mynegunga and fórebýsene an archbishop shall hallow and strengthen them with good admonitions and example, Chr. 694; Th. 67, 43
ge-æðele
Congenial ⬩ in accordance with one's nature, race ⬩ congĕnĭtus
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Congenial, in accordance with one's nature, race [ Similar entries v. æðelo]; congĕnĭtus Swá him geæðele wæs from cneómǽgum as was to them natural from their kindred, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 7; Æðelst. 7
ge-rímcræft
Arithmetic, art of numbering
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Arithmetic, art of numbering Ðe sélost cunnon on gerímcræfte that are best acquainted with arithmetic, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 1; Lchdm. iii. 256, 7: Hexam. 4: Norm. 8, 5
ge-metsian
To furnish with provisions
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To furnish with provisions Ðæt scip ðe Swegen eorl hæfde him silfum ǽr gegearcod and gemetsod the ship that Earl Sweyn had before prepared and provisioned for himself, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 14
Linked entry: metsian
un-ágifen
Not given up ⬩ not repaid
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Not given up, not repaid Nolde Sigelm tó wigge faran mid nánes mannes scette unágifnum Sigelm would not go to battle with the money owing to any man unpaid, Chart. Th. 201, 24
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weorold-dǽd
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A worldly deed, a deed which is concerned only with affairs of this world Hé hyne sylfne ǽgðer ge wið woroldsprǽce ge wið worolddǽda warnige, L. E. I. 21 ; Th. ii. 414, 38
æt-lutian
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Th. ii. 122, 4. with dat. of person from whom one hides Hé ætluðode his éhterum, Hml. S. 19, 21. Ætlutian his feóndum, Jud. 4, 18
Linked entry: lutian
geond-récan
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne hé restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6