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miltan

(v.)
Grammar
miltan, mieltan, meltan; p. te.

To meltto digestto refine by meltingTo meltbecome liquid

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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre ( of fusible material ), gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, L. Ælfc. P. 45; Th. ii. 384, 6. to digest Sió wamb seó ðe biþ hátre gecyndo melt mete wel ...

Linked entries: mealt myltan sám-milt

tíd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sang, es; m.
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Ælfc. P. 31; Th.ii. 376, 1-8: L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 3-7. Wé syngaþ on ðone Ðunresdæg úre tídsangas tógædere . . . On ðone Frigedæg wé singaþ ealle ða tídsangas on sundor búton ðam úhtsange ánum, 36; Th. ii. 358, 30-33.

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

fús

readyeager

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Hýðweard gearo, sé þe ǽr lange tíd leófra manna fús æt færoðe feor wlátode, B. 1916

ge-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .

workŏpusŏpuscŭlusa fortfortressarx

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He worhte him geweorc æt Middeltúne he wrought him a fortress at Middleton, 892; Erl. 89, 14: 894; Ed. 92, 4, 11. Ðe æt hám æt ðǽm geweorcum wǽron who were at home in the fortresses, 894; Erl. 92, 18.

a-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-nýdan, p. -nýdde; pp. -nýded, pl. -nýdede = -nýdde [a from, nýdan to compel] .

to repelthrust or beat backkeep fromrestrainconstrainforcerepellereextorquereto expelto drive outexpelleredepellereexigere

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to repel, thrust or beat back, keep from, restrain, constrain, force; repellere, extorquere Hí fram his mágum ǽr mid unrihte anýdde wǽron they had formerly been unjustly forced from his kinsmen, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 34. with út to expel, to drive out;

Linked entry: a-nídan

lísian

(v.)

to releaseredeem

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to release, redeem Gif hé on hand gán wille dó hine man on carcern swá hit æt Greátanleá gecweden wæs and hine be ðam ylcan lýsige if he is ready to submit, let him be put in prison, as it was determined at Greatanlea [v.

mægen-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
mægen-fæst, adj.

Strongvigorousfirm

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Ǽlc líchamlíce gesceaft ðe eorþe ácenþ is fulre and mægenfæstre on fullum mónan ðonne on gewanedum every bodily creature that earth produces is more complete and more vigorous at the full moon than when the moon has waned, Homl. Th. i. 102, 21

sib-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
sib-sum, adj.
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Ða Gotan lustlíce sibbsummes friðes æt eów biddende sindon the Goths willingly ask for a friendly peace at your hands; Gothi societatem Romani foederis precibus sperant, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 22. Sibsume ł friðgeorne (ł friðsume, Rush.) pacifici, Mt.

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F. ) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17. Hana ða slápolan þreáþ, Hymn. Surt. 7, 1

strútian

(v.)
Grammar
strútian, p. ode
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Menn ðæs wundrodon, hú ða weargas hangodon, sum on hlǽddre, sum leát tó gedelfe, and ǽlc on his weorce wæs fæste gebunden, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 177

þyrelian

(v.)
Grammar
þyrelian, þyrlian; p. ode.

to make a hole throughpierce throughperforateto make hollowto make vain

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to make a hole through, pierce through, perforate Þirlie his hláford his eáre mid ánum ǽle dominus perforabit aurem ejus subula, Ex. 21, 6. Þirlige, Lev. 25, 10. to make hollow; fig. to make vain Áídlie ł þyrlie obunco (?

Linked entry: þyrlian

weorold-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríca, an; m.
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A man of great worldly power or wealth Gif him ǽnig heáfodman hwilces þinges forwyrnde . . . him sóna getíðode his Scyppendes árfæstnys ðæs ðe se woruldríca him forwyrnde on ǽr, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 17. Ne cyning ne woruldríca, Lchdm. iii. 442, 36.

cyssan

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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add

ealu-gafol

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Ǽrest æt hilcan híwisce feówerti penega tó herfestes emnihte, and vi ciricmittan ealað, C. D. vi. 147, 15. Sylle se gebúr .vi. penegas ofer Éstre, healfne sester hunies tó Hláfmæssan, .vi. systres mealtes tó Martines mæsse, iii. 451, 6.

fird-wíc

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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add

flíman

(v.)

to rontto banishexile

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Ine ofslóh Ealdberht þe hé ær út flémde, Chr. 725; P. 43, 28. Man flýmde Godwine eorl and ealle his suna of Englalande, 1051; P. 172, 38

ge-éfstan

Grammar
ge-éfstan, l. ge-efestan, ge-efstan,
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90

hand-gift

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Add: — Næs þǽr gefremed firen æt giftum, ac þǽr Hálig Gást handgift sealde. [The passage seems based on Mt. i. 20: Noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam; quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est.

lettan

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Ox. 8b, 6. the action from which one is hindered given in genitive Wé þé þæs nú nellað lettan þæs þú ǽr geþóht hæfdest propositi tui ortnonomias dirumpere nolumus, Guth. Gr. 123, 20

níde

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Add Hé gebint hine selfne tó him mid his wordum ðæt hé sceal niéde ðá giémenne ymb ðone habban ðe hé ǽr ne ðorfte ... ðæt hé hine sceal níde tela lǽran apud curam, quae ante deerat, mens ligatur . . . commissis sibi cogitur bona dicere, Past. 193, 8-