sundor-cræft
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A special power or art, one possessed or exercised by an individual or a classBt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7. Ða rícan on ðam woruldwelan nabbaþ nǽnne sundorcræft, Seó wiht sundorcræft hafaþ, Exon. Th. 420, 14; Rä. 40, 3.
tang
A pair of tongs
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Gl. 241, 35 (omitted by Wright). Hí woldon mé glæccan mid heora byrnendum tangum, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 1, 5. Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42
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ypping
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, applied to the water of the Red Sea which had risen up on either side of the track followed by the Israelites. Cf. Holmweall ástáh, merestreám módig, Cd.
bréden
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Bd. i. 5 where speaking of the vallum made by Sevens it is said, 'vallum fit de cespitibus, quibus circumcisis, e terra velut murus exstruitur altus supra terram, ita ut in ante sit fossa, de qua levati sunt cespites, supra quam sudes de lignis fortissimis
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.
for-weorpan
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His feoh þe hé wénð ꝥ him forworpen sý ( lost to him by useless expenditure ), 36, 150. to throw out, cast out Dióblæs wé forworpon daemonia ejecimus, Mt. L. 7, 22. Ðegn forworpes ( eicite ), 25, 30. Ꝥ hé foruorpa ut eiciat, 9, 38.
hleótan
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R. 19, 24. to receive by appointment, be appointed to an office Hé wæs hleótende þá ændebyrdnysse biscophádes ad episcopatus ordinem accessuus est Gr. D. 192
lippa
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Ben. 69, 9) labia is rendered by weleras in R. Ben. 62, 10, and in all the versions of the Psalter.]
hǽtan
To heat, make hot
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Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.
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ge-þafung
Permission ⬩ allowance ⬩ assent ⬩ consent ⬩ permissio ⬩ assensus ⬩ consensus
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Be his geþafunge gecyrde se apostol by his permission the apostle returned, Homl. Th. i. 60, 6: Th. Ch. 526, 21. On húse Godes we eodon mid geþafunge in dŏmo Dei ambulāvĭmus cum consensu, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 15: Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 25.
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hleóðor-cyme
A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], ⬩ the coming of an army
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trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], the coming of an army: Hie iudéa blǽd forbrǽcon billa ecgum and þurh hleóðorcyme herige genámon beorhte frætwe ðá hie tempel strudon they destroyed the glory of the Jews with the edge of the sword, and by
BÍTAN
to BITE with the teeth ⬩ mordere ⬩ to cut, wound ⬩ cædere, vulnerare ⬩ discerpere ⬩ findere, perforare
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Biton [MS. byton] hine lýs lice bit him, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30.
wígend
a fighting man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ a noble ⬩ strenuous man
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Wígend cruncon wundum wérige, Byrht. Th. 140, 43; By. 302; Beo. Th. 6279; B. 3144. Wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod.180. Wígend, céne under cumblum, Andr. Kmbl. 2408; An. 1205. Wíggend, Judth. Thw. 22, 20; Jud. 69: 23, 26 ; Jud. 141.
hwæt-eádig
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Successful in war [cf. other compounds of eádig] Biþ se hwæteádig wíggeweorþod se ðe ðæt wicg byrþ he shall be successful and honoured in war whom that steed bears, Elen. Kmbl. 2388; El. 1195
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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We witon swíþe lytel ðæs ðe ǽr us wæs búton be gemynde and be geacsunge we know very little of that which was before us except by memory and by inquiry, 42; Fox 256, 25. Heora gemynd is forgiten the memory of them is forgotten, Swt. A. S.
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CÉPAN
To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare
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To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear; observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare Menn mágon cépan be his bleó hwylc weder toweard byþ men may observe by his hue what weather
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færeld
a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation ⬩ via, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta ⬩ The passover of the Jews ⬩ transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus
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Gáþ and nymaþ nýten þurh eówer hiwrǽdene, and offriaþ phase, ðæt ys færeld īte tollentes ănĭmal per fămĭlias vestras, et immŏlāte phase, Ex. 12, 21; go ȝe, and take a beeste by ȝoure meynees, and offre ȝe fase [passover], Wyc.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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R.] lyft ðe hí byrþ. Ne nán man næfþ náne orþunge búton þurh ða lyfte [ðæt lyft MS. M.], Lchdm. iii. 272, 12-22. Seó lyft ðonne heó ástyred is byþ wind, 274, 10.
hyht
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C. 100. marked by a preposition:-Gú ðlác upp gemunde hám in heofonum. Him wæs hyht tó þám, Gú. 69.
burh-ware
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Se geháten wæs mid ðǽm burhwarum Brutus he was called Brutus by the citizens, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 93; Met. 10, 47. Ofer burhware over the inhabitants, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 31; Dan. 179. Wurdon burgware blíðe on móde the citizens were blithe in mood, Andr.
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