topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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Th. 180, 26; Gú. 1285) up of ðære eorþan tó heofones heánnysse, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 88, 11. a top to play with (?)
á-reccan
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nídan
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge
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Gr. 28; Som. 32, 14 : Hé ús ne nét (Cott. MS. néd) tó ðam ðæt wé néde scylen gód dón, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 3. Hé nýt ( compellet ) eów ðæt gé faron út, Ex. 11, 1. Hié hié selfe nídaþ (Cott.
sunn-ganges
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Icel. sólar-sinnis with the sun :-- Þeir höfðu gengit sólarsinniss um goðahús, Droplaugarsona Saga 11, 4.
spillan
To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil
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Ðætte ne ic losige ł ic ne spillo ut non perdam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. Ðætte ðú spilla ut dissipes, Rtl. 55, 22. Ne þurfe wé ús spillan we need not destroy one another, Byrht. Th. 132, 50; By. 34. Sóhton hine tó spillanne quaerebant eum perdere. Jn.
haga
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Úp on Afene oð ðæt ðe se alda suínhæga út scióteð tó Afene; ðonne be ðǽm hagan, ii. 29, 11. Inn on bróc; of ðám bróke inn on ðone hagan: æfter ðám hagan, iii. 382, 14.
Linked entry: hecge
earfoþ-ríme
Difficult to be numbered ⬩ diffĭcĭlis numĕrātu
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Difficult to be numbered; diffĭcĭlis numĕrātu Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþríme the occupations are to us very difficult to be numbered, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 7
Linked entry: -ríme
teón
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Teón út lange, Lchdm. iii. 16, 13. Onlegena út teónde ðone heardan swile, ii. 182, 16. Wæs on næs togen wundorlíc wǽgbora, Beo.
síðian
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To journey, go, travel Hwider síðast ðú bútan ðín*-*um bearne ? Homl. Th. i. 416, 33. Ðǽr ic síðade juxta iter, Ps. Th. 139, 5. Hé ðider síðode. Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6. Sum undercyning hine bæd ðæt hé hám mid him síðode, i. 128, 6.
ceáp-man
CHAPMAN, merchant, market-man ⬩ mercator, negotiator, nundinator
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CHAPMAN, merchant, market-man; mercator, negotiator, nundinator Gif ceápman uppe on folce ceápie, dó ðæt befóran gewitnessum if a chapman traffic up among the people, let him do it before witnesses, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 12, note 32: Obs.
dæg-steorra
The day star ⬩ lucifer, aurora
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Nú gǽþ dægsteorra up jam ascendit aurora, Gen. 32, 26. Ǽr dægsteorran ic cende ðé ante luciferum genui te, Ps. Spl. 109, 4
fóddor-þegu
A taking or receiving food ⬩ food ⬩ cĭbi acceptio ⬩ cĭbus
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Léton him ða betweonum tán wísian hwylcne hira ǽrest óðrum sceolde to fóddurþege feores ongildan they let the lot decide between them which of them first should give up to the rest his life for food, 2203; An. 1103.
screncan
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To lay a stumbling-block in a person's way, trip up, ensnare Eft hé cwæð: 'Ne screnc dú ðone blindan' . . . Se screncþ ðone blindan ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ protinus adjunxit: 'Nec coram coeco pones offendiculum' . . .
for-sittan
to stop up
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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10.
hilfe
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Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wið-hæfde ꝥ slege. Hml. S. 31, 154. Take here helfe; m. n. (?) ( l.n.) in Dict. and add
spornan
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add: to kick Hine gelæhte án hors . . . and hefde him upp. Þá spearn óðer hors tó, and ásprencde hine ofer bord, Hml. S. 8, 213. Se flǽscbana spearn hine mid his spuran, and hét hine ꝥ hé árise hunc interfector calce pulsavit ut surgeret, Gr.
wind
Winding ⬩ wrapping
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Gif preóst searwaþ be winde, gebéte ðæt if a priest do not conduct an ordeal rightly, let him make 'bót,' If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal (cf. in the descriptions 'of the proceedings at the
ofer-módigian
to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride
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to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride:— Ðonne se unrihtwísa ofermódegaþ (-módgaþ, Ps. Spl. ) dum superbit impius, Ps. Th. 9, 21. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óðre men for eówrum gebyrdum, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 15: 42; Fox 258, 15.
Linked entries: módigian ofer-módian
á-cwilman
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Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus hig habbað yfelum deáðe ácwylmede, 191, 293
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sédan
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