a-scilian
To take off the shell ⬩ to shell ⬩ enucleare
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To take off the shell, to shell; enucleare, Cot. 171
Linked entry: a-scyled
be-fótian
To befoot ⬩ to cut off the feet ⬩ pedes abscindere
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To befoot, to cut off the feet; pedes abscindere Som
Linked entry: -fótian
be-briceþ
breaks off ⬩ deprives by breaking
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breaks off, deprives by breaking,Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295
a-wildian
To become wild or fierce ⬩ silvescere ⬩ efferari
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To become wild or fierce; silvescere, efferari, Off. Episcop. 7
ful-berstan
To burst fully or thoroughly ⬩ plēne rumpi
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To burst fully or thoroughly; plēne rumpi, Off. Reg. 3
blinnan
To cease, rest, leave off ⬩ cessare, desinere
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[be, linnan to cease] To cease, rest, leave off; cessare, desinere Seó réþnes ðæs stormes wæs blinnende the fierceness of the storm ceased [lit. was ceasing], Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 9.
Linked entry: blin
for-sceorfan
To gnaw or eat off ⬩ arrōdĕre
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To gnaw or eat off; arrōdĕre Gærstapan ǽlc wuht forscurfon, ðæs ðe on ðam lande wæs grówendes locusts ate off everything that was growing in the land, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, notes, p. 24, 7, MS. L
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swinsian
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On psalterio ðe him swynsaþ oft on the psaltery that oft makes music to him. Ps. Th. 143, 10. Frætwe míne (the swan's) swinsiaþ, torhte singaþ, Exon. Th. 390, 8 ; Rä. 8, 7 : 55, 17 ; Cri. 885.
aspide
An asp ⬩ viper ⬩ serpent ⬩ aspis ⬩ ĭdis ⬩ άσπίs ⬩ ίδοs
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Lamb. in Ps. 57, 4 have nædran instead of aspide. Ðú ofer aspide miht gangan thou mayest go over an asp [super aspidem], Ps. Th. 90, 13; Lamb. has ofer nædran, 90, 13
ge-dégan
to pass through ⬩ escape ⬩ pertransīre
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to pass through, escape; pertransīre Oft úre sáwl swýðe frécne hlimman gedégde hlúdes wæteres; wéne ic forðon ðæt heó wel mǽge ðæt swýðre mægen sáwel usser wæteres wénan ðæs wel gedégean torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima
wíd-gangol
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Rambling, roving, wandering: — Wídgongel wíf word gespringeþ, oft hý mon wommum bilihd, hæleð hý hospe mǽnaþ, Exon. Th. 337, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 65.
torn-cwide
A speech that causes grief, ⬩ bitter, grievous, distressing words
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A speech that causes grief, bitter, grievous, distressing words Heora tungan torncwidum serwaþ swá oft nædran dóþ acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.
ge-manian
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'Offa gemǽlde . . . 'Hwæt ! Þú Ælfwine hafast ealle gemanode þegenas tó þearfe,' By. 231. to advise, instruct Hiú gemonade from móder hire cweð illa, praemonita a matre sua, inquit, Mt. R. 14, 8. to demand of a person (acc.) what is due (gen.)
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Add: of a body that can move freely Sum sceal on holte of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan, . . . hé fealleð on foldan, Vy. 21-26. Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon of heofonum on helle, Gen. 306. Teáras feóllon, El. 1134.
in-dryhto
Nobleness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory
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Gehwone wyrta wynsumra ðe wuldercyning ofer eorþan gescóp tó indryhtum ælda cynne every pleasant plant that the king of glory created on earth as honours for the race of men, 58 b; Th. 211, 15; Ph. 198
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tropere
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One of the service books of the Church, that which contained the tropes (tropus cantus ecclesiastici genus); tropariurn. v. Maskell's Monutnenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1. p. xxxvii .i.tropere, Chart. Th. 430, 10.
fæsten-gewerc
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24.
þǽr-rihte
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A. 77, 127. of an event which immediately precedes another, just Se earn on ðám ófre gesæt mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng ( piscem, quem aquila nuper de fluvio prendiderat ), Hml. Th. ii. 140, 4. Cf. hér-rihte
fleán
To flay ⬩ pull off the skin ⬩ excŏriāre ⬩ deglūbĕre
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To flay, pull off the skin; excŏriāre, deglūbĕre,Cot. 61
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Ðæt flǽsc oft lett [MS. Hat. lætt] ða geornfulnesse and ðone willan ðæs þeóndan módes hér on worulde. Swǽ swǽ mon oft lett fundiende monnan and his færelt gǽlþ, swá gǽlþ se líchoma ðæt mód, Past. 36, 7; Swt. 256, 4-6.
Linked entry: ge-lettan