sláw
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Slow, inert, sluggish, slothful, torpid Sleac vel sláw pigrus vel lentus, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 48. Sláw reses vel deses vel piger, 49, 30. Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw, Wulfst. 72, 14.
þrǽstan
to twist ⬩ writhe ⬩ roll about ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ harass ⬩ plague ⬩ afflict ⬩ to press ⬩ constrain
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Missenlícum cwealmnyssum ðréste diversibus cruciatibus torti, 1, 7; S. 479, 13. to press, constrain Tó nirwienne ł tó þrǽstenne artandum, constringendum, Hpt. Gl. 480, 32. [Is] þrǽst compellitur, coartatur, 469, 20
Linked entries: a-þrǽstan þræscende for-þrǽstan
Englisc
(the) English ⬩ the English language
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English form of a word: Ealle ðás (et, que, ac, ast, at, atque) habbað án Englisc (i. e. and), þeáh ðe hí tor fægernysse fela synd on Lédensprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12
in-gang
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Bið se torr þyrel, ingong geopenad, Jul. 403. Æt ánes scræfes inngange (cf. an sumes scræfes dura, Bl. H. 199, 16), Hml. Th. i. 502, 16. Fram þǽre heortan inngange ( ostio ), Gr. D. 35, 18.
wǽr-loga
One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person
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On wǽrlogum wrecan torn Godes, 152, 33; Gen. 2530. Mid ðyssum wǽrlogan, 151, 4; Gen. 2503. On wǽrlogan ( the people before the flood ) wíte settan, 76, 32; Gen. 1266. Hé sceal wedlogan and wǽrlogan hatian and hýnan, Wulfst. 266, 29.
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C
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Sometimes q or ch; as, cwén queen; cild a child; cin a chin. the Runic letter RUNE not only stands for the letter c, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon cén a torch
ge-belgan
To make one angry ⬩ irritate ⬩ enrage ⬩ īra se tumefăcĕre ⬩ irrītāte ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To anger ⬩ incense ⬩ irrītāre ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To be angry ⬩ indignāri ⬩ irasci
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Torne gebolgen swollen with anger, Beo. Th. 4794; B. 2401. Mid gebolgne hond with wrathful hand, Exon. 37 a; Th. 120, 19; Gú. 274. intrans. To be angry; indignāri, irasci Gebulgon wið ða twegen gebróðru indignāti sunt de duōbus fratrĭbus, Mt.
Linked entries: ge-bealg ge-bilegan ge-bolged ge-bolgen ge-bylgan
be-wyrcan
surround
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includere laminis, Nar. 7, 12. to furnish with buildings Bufan ðǽm wealle ofer ealne þone ymbgong hé is mid stǽnenum wighúsum beworht (habitaeulis defensorum dispositis), Ors. 2, 4 ; S. 74, 21. to shut up in a building Hét hire faeder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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Th. ii. 140, 16. a torch: Mið brondum ł ðæccillum cum facibus, Jn. L. R. 18, 3. burning (v. Dict). (?) brand, blight causing leaves, &c. to look as though burnt (v. N. E. D. brand, 7. Cf. O. H.
Linked entry: brand-óm
HEFIG
HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus
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HEAVY, weighty, oppressive, grievous, difficult, serious, grieved, important; gravis, molestus Wæs torn were hefig æt heortan in the man's heart was grievous anger, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 11;Gen. 980. Suíðe hefig is quam difficile est, Mk. Skt.
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þenden
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II Hý sceolon tæfle ymbsittan þenden him hyra torn tóglíde they shall sit at their play, while their grief slips away, Exon. Th. 345, 3; Gn.
tó-bregdan
to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something
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Ðæt hé wǽre from ðám hundum tóbróden, Shrn. 145, 4. to pull apart Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum their limbs weru torn from one another, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 72.
tiber
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A sacrifice, offering, victim Wit fýr and sweord habbaþ, hwǽr is ðæt tiber ðæt ðú torht Gode tó ðam brynegielde bringan þencest (cf. ic áxige hwǽr seó offrung sig; hér ys wudu and fýr ecce ignis et ligna; ubi est victima? Gen. 22, 7), Cd.
fræne
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is given as an English gloss to pugula
beátan
to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on
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Milton's 'the torrid clime smote on him sore'), Dan. 265. intrans. To beat on Hé on his breóst beót, H. R. 15, 29. Þeáh man mid hameron beóte on þæt þell, Wlfst. 147, 6
HEÁH
HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty ⬩ altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis
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Hwæt elles getácnaþ se heá torr búton ðone heáh foreþonc and ða gesceádwísnesse ðara gódena manna what else does the high tower signify but the lofty forethought and the sagacity of good men, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 24.
sceáwung
a looking at, contemplation, consideration ⬩ respect,regard ⬩ reconnoitring, surveying, examination ⬩ a spectacle, show ⬩ a show, appearance, pretence
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Ðá hét Neron gewyrcean mycelne tor, and beád ðæt eall ðæt folc cóme tó ðisse sceáwunga (the spectacle of Simon flying from the tower ), Blickl.
þeówen
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Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre mid twelf ðeówennum, 106, 1. Þeówenna bernas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 59: 12, 17. Ic hæbbe þeówas and þeówena ( servos et ancillas ), Gen. 32, 5
torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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In the first instance to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; so Icel. has tyrfa með grjóti ok með torfi, and Swed. tyrva med stenom.
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a-teón
to draw out or away ⬩ pull out ⬩ lead out ⬩ pluck ⬩ draw ⬩ abstrahere ⬩ extrahere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ educere ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ to treat ⬩ use ⬩ dispose of ⬩ employ ⬩ tractare ⬩ uti ⬩ adhibere ⬩ to draw to any place ⬩ betake oneself anywhere ⬩ go ⬩ come ⬩ make a journey or expedition ⬩ se recipere ⬩ meare ⬩ proficisci ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ iter facere
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v. trans. generally with a preposition : to draw out or away, pull out, lead out, pluck, draw; abstrahere, extrahere, ejicere, educere, trahere, ducere For ðam ðe he wolde ateón ðé fram Drihtne quia voluit te abstrahere a Domino, Deut. 13, 10. Ðonne