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sígan

(v.)
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to sink. Add Se beám wæs áhyld on áne healfe ꝥ man eáðe mihte witan hwider hé sígan wolde, Hml. S. 31, 409. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Seó sunne sáh tó setle, Hml. S. 23, 246. Add Þá sáh him on ꝥ cyrlisce folc swíðe wédende (cf. gearn mycel menigeo

tweógan

Grammar
tweógan, <b>I c.</b> add after Swt. 192, 15: 5, 7; S. 230, 20. <b>II a.</b>
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Add [Þonne hí þeówiað þám ungesewenlican Gode, hí húru ne tweógen ná þára ungesewenlicra gescæfta ut quae invisibili serviunt esse invisibilia non dubitentur, Gr. D. 269, 2. Add Ic wát ꝥ hí tweógiað be þǽre sáwle life æfter þæs líchaman deáðe multos

wín-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wín-burh, f.

a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers,a chief towna walled vineyard

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a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, a chief town. Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, III. Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast) Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden

tó-wesness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-wesness, -wesenness, -wisness, e; f.

separationdissolutiondivorcedifferencedisagreementdiscorddissension

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separation, dissolution, divorce Tówesnes vel tólésednes dissolutio, dispersio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 40. Tówesnisse defortii, Txts. 181, 41. difference, disagreement, discord, dissension Hé sǽwþ ðone sticel ðæs andan óððæt ðǽr of áweoxþ tówesnes, and

Linked entry: -wesenness

á-sleán

to strike offremove by a stroketo strike make a mark(cut) by a stroketo strike with the handto strike with a hammer:--to strikeparalyseto strike out a pathmake way

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Add: to strike off, remove by a stroke Him mon áslóg þæt heáfod of, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 14. Hé áslóh of (áslóg, Lind.) ánes þeówan eáre, amputavit, Lind.) Mt. 26, 51. Hé ꝥ heáfod of áslóh, Hml. A. 15, 357. Hé hét his heáfod of ásleán, Hml. S. 26, 162

Linked entry: on-áslagen

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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to pass from a higher to a lower position, to sink, descend, decline, fall down Hé ( a man hung on a tree ) on wyrtruman sígeþ, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29 ; Vy. 25. Ðá hé on eorþan sáh cadens in terram, Bd. 3, 12 ; S. 537, 31. Hí áheówon ðæt

Linked entries: sígend sígere

be-gang

(n.)
Grammar
be-gang, be-gong, bi-gang, bi-gong, bi-gencg, es ; m. [be, gang a step, proceeding].

a coursewaypassagecircuitdistrictcursusviatenorcircuitusan undertakinga businessexerciseservicereligious worship negotiumexercitatiocultus

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a course, way, passage, circuit, district; cursus, via, tenor, circuitus Ofer geofenes begang over the course of ocean Beo. Th. 729; B. 362. Holma begang the passage of the deeps Andr. Kmbl. 390; An. 195. Gársecges begang the circuit of ocean 1059; An

nearulíce

(adv.)
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nearulíce, adv.

narrowlywithin narrow limitsbrieflyoppressivelygrievouslynarrowlyexactlystrictly

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narrowly, within narrow limits, briefly Nearolíce strictim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 60. Ys seó foresǽde bóc (Genesis) on manegum stówum swíde nærolíce gesett (is a mere narrative of events ), and ðeáh swíde deóplíce on ðam gástlícum andgite, Ælfc. Gen

Linked entry: nearu-þanc

bisceop-scír

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-scír, biscop-scír, e; f.

the province of a bishop, a dioceseepiscopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικίαthe office of a bishop, episcopateepiscopatus

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[bisceop a bishop, scír a province]. the province of a bishop, a diocese; episcopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικία Bisceopscír diœcesis vel parochia, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 69, 123; Wrt. Voc. 42, 4. Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óðres bisceopscíre

þyddan

(v.)
Grammar
þyddan, p. de

To strikethrustpush

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To strike, thrust, push Impingere on besettan ( in margin on þidden, ic on þydde), Hpt. Gl. 505, 46. Ðá ðydde Æfner hine mid hindewerde sceafte on ðæt smælðearme ðæt hé wæs deád percussit eum Abner aversa hasta in inguine, et transfodit eum, et mortuus

wánung

(n.)
Grammar
wánung, e ; f.
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Wailing, lamentation Wánung threnum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 20. Ðǽr ( in hell ) is wánung and gránung and á singal sorh, Wulfst. 26, 8. Hǽðenra gránung and reáfera wánung, 186, 13. Wóp and wánung and heófung and endeleás cwylming, Homl. Th. i. 592, 16. Geóm

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournfuldolefullamentable

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Mournful, doleful, lamentable Wóplíc flebilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 4. Grammar wóp-líc, of persons expressing grief Wóplíc (printed -lie) lacrimabundus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 66. In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut

ymb-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.
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to deliberate about an evil deed Swá micel tósceád is betwuh ðære beðóhtan synne, ðe mon longe ymbsireþ, and ðære ðe mon fæacute;rlíce ðurhtiéhð, swá ðætte se se ðe ða synne gesireþ, ǽgðer ge gesyngaþ ge eác hwílum on ormódnesse gewít. . . For ðæm sint

ge-mǽnnes

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Add joint tenancy of property Duobus carris dabo licentiam silfam ad illas secundum antiquam consuetudinem et constitutionem in aestate perferendam in commune silfa quod nos Saxonicae in geménnisse dicimus, C. D. ii. I. 27. joint occupancy of a place

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
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Add: reasonably, in reason, fitly Drihten, forgyf mé þæt ic þé cunne rihtæ and gescæádlíce biddan (ut bene te rogem), Solil. H. 4, 22. Ful gesceádlíce ðú mé andswarast and ful rihte optime omnino, 39, 3: 47, 3. Gif hé gesceádlíce (-sceáde-, v.l.) mid

ge-costian

(v.)
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Add: to try, prove, test Ðá aeláruuas cunnedon ł gecostadon ( temtantes ) hine, Mk. L. 10, 2. Ðis cwæð ðæt gicostade hine, Jn. R.L. 6, 6. Éghwelc mið fýre sié gicostad, Mk. R. 9, 49 (1 a) to try with inducements to evil, to tempt :-- ꝥte hé woere gecostad

huntaþ

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Add: hunting, the chase Bið gód huntoð on þám mónþe, Lch, iii. 182, Se cyng, for þan hé of huntaþe (-oþe, v. l.) cóm ( uenerat enim de uenatu), gestód æt þám fýre and hine wyrmde, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 17 : Gen. 27, 30. Hé férde út on huntað mid eallum

sǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-líc, adj.

Of the sea

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Of the sea On sǽlícum strande on the sea-shore, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 10. Of sǽlícum grunde, 138, 11. On sǽlícere ýðe in the water of the sea, 138, 8. Hí fixodon on sǽlícum ýðum, i. 576, 21. Gedréfed on ðám sǽlícum ýðum ðyssere worulde, ii. 388, 7. On sǽlícum

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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in a disgraceful manner, disgracefully, shamefully, infamously Heó lyfde sceandlíce, swá swá swín on meoxe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 528. Nán cristen man ne sceal sceandlíce flítan, 13, 122. Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl

BÚAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚAN, búgan; ic búe, ðú búst, he býþ; p. búde, pl. búdon; pp. gebún; v. anom.

To dwell, livehabitare, versari aliquo locoTo inhabit, occupyinhabitare, colere, incolere

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intrans. To dwell, live; habitare, versari aliquo loco He búde on Eást-Englum he dwelt among the East-Angles, Chr. 890; Erl. 66. 29: Ors. 1, l; Bos. 19, 26. Gif he weard onfunde búan [MS. buon] on beorge if he found the keeper dwelling in the mount,