spittan
to spit.
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to spit
sprútan
To sprout ⬩ pululo, ⬩ laetabitur germinans
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To sprout
ærian
to plough
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to plough Hwilc man aþohte ǽrust myd sul to ærienne [MS. æriende] what man thought first of ploughing with a plough? Anlct. 113, 27
án-waldan
to have sole power over ⬩ to exercise absolute rule ⬩ solam potestatem habere ⬩ dominari
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to have sole power over, to exercise absolute rule; solam potestatem habere, dominari He ðone ánwaldeþ he rules it, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 154
beágian
To crown ⬩ to set a garland on ⬩ coronare
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To crown, to set a garland on; coronare Of wuldre and weorþmynt ðú beágodest hine gloria et honore coronasti eum, Ps. Spl. 8, 6
cwyld-róf
Devoted to slaughter ⬩ necandi strenuus
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Devoted to slaughter ; necandi strenuus Deór cwyldróf = wulfas the beasts devoted to slaughter = wolves, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 10, 11 = 7; Exod. 166 = 164
frymdi
Inquisitive ⬩ asking ⬩ desirous ⬩ suppliant ⬩ inquīsītīvus ⬩ requīrens ⬩ desīdĕrans ⬩ supplex
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Inquisitive, asking, desirous, suppliant; inquīsītīvus, requīrens, desīdĕrans, supplex Ic eom frymdi to ðé I am suppliant to thee, Byrht. Th. 137, 1; By. 179
ge-wæltan
to roll
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to roll Gewælteno provolutus, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 14. He gewætte stán micel to duru ðæs byrgennes advolvit saxum magnum ad ostium monumenti, 27, 60
ge-nǽtan
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Add: to subject to trouble, ill, &c. Sáre and eallum ðám unrótnessum on þysse worulde wé beóð genǽtte, Verc. Först. 125, 11
birgan
To cover with a mound, to bury ⬩ sepelire
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To cover with a mound, to bury; sepelire Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23: Gen. 49, 31
un-cumlíðe
Inhospitable
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Inhospitable Se Hǽlend spræc tó sumum weligum men, ðe ... him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, and hé wæs uncumlíðe, Wulfst. 257, 14
wlitigness
Beauty ⬩ comeliness ⬩ adornment
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Beauty, comeliness, adornment Seó wlitignes heora ræsta and setla, Blickl. Homl. 99, 32. Crist com tó wlitignesse and tó weorþunge his brýde, ii. 31
bildan
to embolden ⬩ encourage
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to embolden, encourage Nán mon hiu hiéremonna mód ne bilt (bielt, v. l.) tó gǽstlicum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 129, 11
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cyne-riht
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A royal right, right belonging to the crown Myrce gecuran Eádgár tó cynge, and him anweald gesealden ealra cyne*-*rihta, Cht. E. 202, 18
fæstan
to entrust ⬩ commit
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Add: to make fast. Similar entries v. ende-fæstend. to entrust, commit In hondum ðínum ic fæsto (commendo) gást mínne, Lk. L. 23, 46
mánful-lic
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Iacób hæfde twá geswustru him tó wífe. . . Ac ꝥ is nú mánfullic ǽnigum menn tó dónne on þám crístendóme. Hml. A. 16, 73. Add
of-manian
to exact a fine or due
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to exact a fine or due Ofmanige se bisceop ða bóte tó ðæs cynges handa, L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 19, note
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slihtan
To smite, slay ⬩ caedens ⬩ mactare
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To smite, slay Gif ðú fallas ł slæhtas cadens (translator seems to have read caedens in the second case) Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 9
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be-fæstnian
to fix ⬩ to pledge ⬩ betroth
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to fix Búton gé ðá heáfodleahtras him on befæstnian, ne sceal hé for ðám lǽssan losian, Hml. Th. ii. 336, 21. to pledge, betroth