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sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
sprengan, de

To cause to spring.to scatter to sprinkle to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat)to apply a clysterquassare, rorareto burst, scatter, sprinkleto burst

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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 se sceaft tóbærst, and ðæt spere

Linked entry: sprængan

síde

(n.)
Grammar
síde, an ; f.
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. : sído, Rush.) mid spere, Jn. Skt. 19, 34. Sídan (ða sídu ł ðæt sídu, Lind. : ða sído, Rush.) latus, 20, 20. side of a house, ship, etc. Duru ðú setst be ðære sídan ( the side of the ark ), Gen. 6, 16: Past. 22; Swt. 169, 24.

EGLE

(adj.)
Grammar
EGLE, adj.

Troublesome, hateful, loathsome, horrid mŏlestus, odiōsus, infestus, turpis

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Eglum áttor-sperum with horrid venomed spears, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 10; Rä. 18, 9

Linked entry: fonfyr

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Án ðara cempa mið spere sidu his untýnde ( aperuit ), Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 34. Hé untýnde ealle ða bernu, Gen. 41, 56. Hí untýndon heora goldhordas ( apertis thesauris ), Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11.

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant. The Runes are chiefly formed by straight lines

æt-standan

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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him ( the shaft got fixed in the ground in front of him ), and ꝥ hors hine bær forð swá ꝥ ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, Hml. S. 12, 54. Mid þám ðe Drihten hrepode ðá bǽre, ðá ætstódon þá bǽrmenn. Hml. Th. i. 494, 7.

un-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
un-þearf, e; f.

Disadvantagehurtharmdetriment

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Disadvantage, hurt, harm, detriment Gif ðú heora untreówa onscunige, oferhoga hí and ádríf hí fram ðé, for ðam hí spanaþ ðe tó ðínre unþearefe si perfidam perhorrescis, sperne atque abjice perniciosa ludentem, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 10.

of-stingan

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce

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Ne ofstong Æfner hiene n mid ðý speres orde ac mid hindewerdum ðam sceafte Abner non eum recta, sed aversa hasta transforavit. Past. 40, 6; Swt. 297, 10. Sunu gif hé (an ox) ofstinge (gore), L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 50, 2.

Linked entry: of-stician

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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Ǽr þǽr wǽre ǽnig spere gescoten, Chr. 1055 ; P. 186, 5. Arewan, gauelucas wǽron gescotene catapultae diriguntur, i. misse sunt, An.

scúwa

(n.)
Grammar
scúwa, scúa, an; m.
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Th. 293, 15; Sat. 455. shadow, protection Ic on fægerum scúan fiðera ðínra gewície in umbra alarum tuarum spero, Ps. Th. 56, l. Under scúan fiðra ðínra gesild mé sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me, Ps.

Linked entry: scúa

geótan

(v.)
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Hí mid spere of mínre sídan swát út guton, Cri. 1449. Geót on bollan, Lch. ii. 50, 12. Geót on múð ꝥ ilce dúst, 140, 2.

hyhtan

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Uton tó þám beteran hycgan and hyhtan let us turn our thoughts and hopes to the better, Leás. 44. to trust, have confidence in Eádig wer sé ðe hihtaþ ( sperat ) on him, Ps. L. 33, 9. Móises in ðǽm gié hyhtas, Jn. L. 5, 45.

un-sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sófte, adv.

not at easein discomfortnot gentlyhardlyseverelyhardlywith difficultywith trouble

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Homl. 203, 18. hardly, with difficulty, with trouble Wé hit unsófte mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon vix ipsis defixa est venabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Ic ðæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, Beo. Th. 3314; B. 1655: 4287; B. 2140: Elen.

Linked entry: sófte

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
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Gihyhte in nome Drihtnes speret in nomine Domini Rtl. 19, 27. to look with hope to Tó hwám mæg ic heononforð gehyhtan (-hyltan, MS.) ?, Hml. S. 33, 273. trans. To hope for, hope to get. with acc. Ðæt ꝥ ic gehihte, ꝥ ic hæbbe nú, Hml.

gást-lic

Grammar
gást-lic, Add:

pertaining to the spirit, spiritualspiritualspiritualdivine, heavenly, holy, sacred

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Sé forlét his gástlican wǽpna and féng tó his spere and tó his sweorde, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 27.; of relationship, spiritual as opposed to natural Godes gelaðung bewýpðhire gástlican cild, Hml.

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen

To springto leapboundto burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., to fly to grow as a plantto rise as the sunto move as a spring movesto spreadbe diffusedto spring as blood from a woundto spring as waterto burstcrack

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., to fly Ðæt spere sprang ongeán the spear-head sprang out again (under the pressure of the shield), Byrht. Th. 135, 53; By. 137. Leád wíde sprong the drops of boiling lead flew far, Exon. Th. 277, 24; Jul. 585.

Linked entry: sprincan

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to trusthopeconfideresperareto make a treatysancire

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to trust, hope; confidere, sperare Ða ðe on heora feó getrúwigeaþ confidentes in pecuniis, Mk. Bos. 10, 24. He getrúwade ðæt he hine beswícan mihte he trusted that he could circumvent him, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 10: 4, 1; Bos. 78, 44.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Se ord (ðæs speres), L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17. Seaxes ord, Exon. Th. 472, 6; Rä. 61, 12. Wordes ord breósthord þurhbræc, Beo. Th. 5576; B. 2791. Ne ofstong hé hiene mid dý speres orde.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ede, ode.
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Se forlét . . . his gástlícan wǽpna, and féng tó his spere and tó his sweorde æfter his biscupháde, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 24

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Eorles heregeata . . . ehta spera and eall swá feala scylda, L. C. S. 72 ; Th. i. 414, 7. Hlyn wearð on wícum scylda and sceafta, Cd. Th. 124, 13; Gen. 2062. Síde scyldas, randas regnhearde, Beo.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld