of-þryscan
to beat down, repress, suppress
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Ðæt hé on him selfum ofþrysce ða lustas his unþeáwa in semetipso suggestiones vitiorum reprimat, 14, 5; Swt. 85, 12
smeáþancollíce
Exactly, in a searching manner, thoroughly ⬩ subtiliter
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Hí smeádon swíðe smeáþancollíce ymbe ðæt éce líf they went into the question of eternal life in the most searching manner Homl. Skt. i. 3, 44.
snǽd
The handle of a scythe.
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Benedictus heóld ðone snǽd bufon ðam wætere ðǽr ðæt ísen ásanc, and ðǽrrihte hit becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde Homl. Th. ii. 162, 10-14
symbel-cenness
The festival of a person's birth
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Symbelcen' ðæt ué ðerh brúca natalicio perfrui, 78, 21. Symbelcenn' natalitiis, 93, 25. Ðaes symbelcennise wé bigóaþ cujus natalitia colimus, 65, 8: 79, 18. Symbelcen', 56, 13: 67, 8
þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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Ðære uplecan ðreá sweopon supernae flagella districtionis, 2, 5; S. 507, 2. Æfter ðære ðreá ( flagello ), 4, 31; S. 611, 1. Ðæt weorþeþ þeódum tó þreá, ðám ðe þone Gode ne cúþun, Exon. Th. 67, 21; Cri. 1092. Ðoliaþ wé þreá on helle, Cd.
Linked entry: bróh-þreá
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Mid micelre gnornunge ymb ðæs cyninges slege Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 23. þurh ðæs hyrdes slege byþ seó heord tódrǽfed Mt.
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weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
- 475 :
- 772
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a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Ðæt wíf, ðe æt ðæra wega gelǽte sæt mulier, quae sedebat in bivio, Gen. 38, 21. Tó wega (ðære wegara ł ðæra wegana, Lind.: weogas,Rush.) gelǽtum ad exitus viarum, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 9. Wega gemittung compitum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 8.
be-hweorfan
to turn ⬩ spread about ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn or put in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ disponere ⬩ parare
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Híg behwurfon híg búton ðære wícstówe they spread them about outside of the camp Num. 11, 32. to turn or put in order, arrange; disponere, parare Ðæt ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene [behweorfene, H.] that all God's churches be well put in order
Linked entries: be-hófen be-hwyrfan
weámódness
Anger, passionateness, irascibility
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Ðære sáwle miht is ðæt heó sylf beó geðyldi and ǽlce weámódnysse fram hire áwyrpe, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 38, 27. [ Ira, þet is on Englisc wemodnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 19.]
swíþ
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Se willa biþ ðonne strengra ðonne ðæt gecynd. Hwílum biþ se willa swíþra ðonne ðæt gecynd, hwílum ðæt gecynd ofercymþ ðone willan, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 11. Ðæt swýðre mægen wæteres, Ps.
æcer-sǽd
Seed for an acre
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Seed for an acre Man sælde ðæt æcersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twégen sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt bærlic, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt æcersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas tó feówer scillingas, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 14-16. vi. æcersǽd
riht-laga
Right or just law, equity
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Right or just law, equity Rihtlaga is, ðæt man óðran gebeóde, ðæt hé wylle ðæt man him gebeóde, Wulfst. 274, 11. v. next word
Linked entry: laga
accent
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Accent Bóceras. . . ámearkiaþ heora accentas. . . acutus accentus, ðæt ys gescyrpt accent; baria, ðæt ys hefig accent . . . circumflexus accentus ðæt ys gebíged accent, Angl. viii. 333, 22-26
ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Hú mæg ðǽr ánes ríces monnes naman cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furþum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ðe hé on hámfæst biþ, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 2. Ríccræ wífe hrægl regillum vel peplum vel pella vel amiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 32.
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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Voc. ii. 88, 27-33: 52, 49. of morals, a vice, fault Ðæt on ús ne sý geméted nǽnigu stów ǽmetig gástlícra mægena, ðæt ðǽr mæge yfelu uncyst on eardian, Blickl. Homl. 37, l0. Ðeós deáþberende uncyst ( envy ), 65, 13.
Linked entry: un-gecost
ge-swinc
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., and add: with respect to action labour of body or mind, toil, hard work: — Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlic gesuinc, and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten multo labore sudatum est, Past. 269, 12.
weorc-wísung
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The direction of work Bisceopes dæg-weorc . . . weorcwísung be ðam ðe hit neód sý, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 22
BYCGAN
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Ðæt góde men mid feó bicgaþ which good men buy with money, 114a; Th. 436, 37; Rä. 55, 12. Ðæt bohte Abraham quam emit Abraham, Gen. 49, 30: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 27. Menn heora land bohton [MS. bohtan] men bought their land, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 10.
ræced
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In ðæt dimme ræced ( a prison ), Andr. Kmbl. 2618; An. 1310. Reced, Beo. Th. 2479; B. 1237. Hwearf geond ðæt síde reced, 3966; B. 1981. Ðæt ( Hrothgar's hall ) wæs foremǽrost receda, 625; B. 310. Receda wuldor, Salomones templ, Cd.
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be-leán
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Ðǽm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce, ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése in hebetibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, Past. 203, 9.