þearf-líc
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Swá swá him þincæ ðæt mǽ þearfliicustþ sí, Chart. Th. 554, 36
þráwan
To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl
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To twist, rack, torture Hé hét hí on hencgene ástreccan and ðráwan swá swá wiððan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113. Hé hér hine hón on hengene, and mid hengene ðráwan tó langere hwíle, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 31. Grammar þráwan, intrans.
afor
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Swá hwylce þincg swá syndon áfore oððe bitere, i. 310, 12. bitter, of complaint, &c. Mid biterum (áfrum) heófum amaris questibus , An.
forþ-weard
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Cf. forþ, 4 Á swá hit forðweard[r]e (-werdre, -wærdre, v. ll. ) beón sceolde, swá hit lætre wæs, Chr. 999; P. 133, 6. departed, deceased. Cf. forþ, 6 a ꝥ him lifiendum wǽre ꝥ tó wíte ꝥ þám forðweardan (forðfarenum, v. l. ) men bið tó reste, Mart.
ge-hende
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Th. i. 602, 1, 21. of order or degree Cherubim sind áfyllede mid gewitte swá miccle swíðor swá hí gehendran beóð heora Scyppende ðurh wurðscipe heora geearnunga, Hml, Th. i. 344, 4. of association, intimacy, &c.
hatung
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Hwí is se deófol swá onweard þám men ? For þǽre hatunge þe hé hæfþ tó his scyppende ( propter odium in creatorem ), Angl. vii. 8, 65. Heora gelícan nǽron on þæs cáseres lande, ne him swá leófe, gif hí noldon áwendan þá lufe tó hatunge, Hml.
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
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Ðeáh þe láðra fela ðínne byrnhomon billum heówan, Vald. 1, 17. to shape with a cutting implement, Bd. 4, 11; Sch. 407, 21 (in Dict.). to hew, fell wood Hí slógon þá crístenan . . . swá swá mann wudu hýwð, Hml.
leáf
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Se ǽresta heofon gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð, Verc. Först. 122, 14. Feówer leáfum oþþe fífum of þǽre bóce gerǽddum, R. Ben. 67, 7. v. cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf
á-drúgian
To dry up,
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Ádrúwodon ðá hláfas swá swá stán, Hml. S. 23 b, 520. Oþ ðæt ðæt dolh ádrúgie, Lch. ii. 208, 24.
gamen
amusement, mirth ⬩ jest, game ⬩ game ⬩ a game, pastime
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Þæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillað swá fela swá gé reccað. Wlfst. 132, 20. a game, pastime Sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen (dancing and tumbling? cf. sealting), gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoðu-wác, Crä. 82.
ge-ǽrendian
to do an errand ⬩ a business ⬩ to obtain by negotiation ⬩ intercession ⬩ to go ⬩ and obtain ⬩ apply ⬩ and obtain
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Se cing Gode þancode ꝥ hé swá geǽrndod swá ðan ealra leómste wes, Chr. 995 ; P. 131, 24. to obtain by negotiation or intercession. for a person (dat. ) Geǽrendodon mé ðá híwan ðet þá men móstan on þan londe wunien, Cht. Th. 152, 13.
hát
Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.] ⬩ a fever
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Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget on geáre the hotter the summer the more thunder and lightning in the year, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9
be-beorgan
to ward off something ⬩ to guard one's self against ⬩ to save one's self ⬩ to guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something
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Hé bebearh him hí and warnode hine wiþ hí swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2. Þá wítu þe hí him sylfum beburgon supplicia quae evaserunt, 335, 21. Bebeorh þé þone bealoníð, B. 1758. Ꝥ hí him ꝥ wíte bebeorgen, Gr.
æðele
noble ⬩ eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind ⬩ excellent ⬩ famous ⬩ singular ⬩ nobilis ⬩ generosus ⬩ præstabilis ⬩ egregius ⬩ excellens ⬩ noble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ young ⬩ nobilis ⬩ novellus
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Kmbl. 950; El. 476. noble, vigorous, young; nobilis, novellus Ðine beam swá elebeámas æðele weaxen thy children grow like young olive-trees; sicut novellæ olivarum, Ps. Th. 127, 4: 143, 14. Swá swá æðele plantunga sicut nauellæ plantations, Ps.
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FRETAN
to eat up ⬩ gnaw ⬩ FRET ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ to break ⬩ burst ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ rumpĕre
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Swá hwylcne man swá hý gefóþ fretaþ hí hine quoscunque capiunt comedunt, Nar. 36, 4. Freotas devorant, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 40. to break, burst; frangĕre. rumpĕre Heó wǽre frǽton they brake their covenant, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 7; Exod. 147
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wíde
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where there is measurement, widely, far Bearwas wurdon tó axan efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 11; Gen. 2554. Swá wíde swá wæter bebúgeþ, Andr.
sunne
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Seó sunne is swíðe mycel; eall swá brád heó is, ðæs ðe béc secgaþ, swá eall eorðan ymbhwyrft, 236, 6. Ðá (at the creation) wæs seó sunne seofon síðum beorhtre ðonne heó nú is, Shrn. 64, 19. Seó sunne (sunna, Lind.) byþ forsworcen, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 29.
tídre
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weak, fragile, easily broken Tédre swá swá gangewifran nett, Ps. Th. 38, 12.
á-rísan
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Swá hwár swá þæt feoh up áríse wherever such payment has to be made, Wlfst. 181, 10. Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be ðám ðe seó sulh þone teóðan æcer ǽr geeóde (cf. ꝥ hé his teóðunge á swá seó sulh þone teóðan æcer gegá rihtlíce gelǽste, Ll.
beran
to carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to bear ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to carry ⬩ fruit
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Sý swá boren swá hé sý whatever his birth be, Ll. Th. i. 248, 4