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slídan

(v.)
Grammar
slídan, p. slád; pp. sliden

To slide, slip, fall to slide, glideto make a mistake, to fail, errto fall into an unhappy conditionto pass away, be transitory or perishable

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Mony folk slod to helleH. R. 136 157. Huanne þe on uot slyt, þe oþer him helpþAyenb. 149, 2

Linked entry: sliden

spell-boda

(n.)
Grammar
spell-boda, an; m.

one who delivers a messagebrings intelligencea messengeran ambassadorone who delivers a discoursea public speaker

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Him andswarode Godes spelboda (the prophet Daniel): 'Nó ic wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas,' Cd. Th. 262, 12; Dan. 743 : 249, 20; Dan. 533: the angel Gabriel, Exon. Th. 21, 17; Cri. 336.

Linked entry: spell

á-þweán

Grammar
á-þweán, pp.-þwagen,-þwægen,-þwogen.

to washcleanse an object from impurityto wash impurity from an object

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Bið micel folc áðwægen hira scylda, Past. 105, 23. Bið suíðe wel áðwægen sió wund, 259, 25. Mid fulluhte áþwagen (áðwogen, v.l.) fram his dǽdum, Hml. S. 27, 194. Hé bið áðwogen fram his synnun, Hml. Th. i. 472, 5.

Linked entry: on-þweán

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

un-lifigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lifigende, adj.

Not livingdeaddefunct

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Not living, dead, defunct Unlifigendes fét and folma, Beo. Th. 1492; B. 744. Heáfod Holofernus unlyfigendes, Judth. Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 180. Unlifgendes, Elen. Kmbl. 1754; El. 879. Siteþ eorl ofer óðrum unlifigendum ( Beowulf ), Beo.

Linked entries: -lifigende un-libbende

oþ-wítan

(v.)
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Ðæt ilce Dryhten oðwát Israhéla folce, Past. 267, 14. in a clause Ic þé ná ne oðwíte þæt þú mé ne gehýrst, Ps. Th. 21, 2. with pronoun and clause in apposition Hé him þæt oþwát ꝥ hé on þám wege dyde ei hoc quod in via egerat improperavit, Gr.

Linked entry: æt-wítan

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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Hé cweð þet hé gesíclod wǽre, and swá þ folc beswác, ꝥ hé lǽdan sceolde, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 14. Wolde se ealdorman beswícon þone æþeling, 1015 ; P. 146, 14. Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22

Linked entry: be-swícende

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards,so as to meetagainst,to meetin the way of,to meet the approach ofin readiness for,against the coming ofagainst,for the purpose of resistingon the approach of,towardsagain,in return

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MSS.) mínum folce ðæt gé meahton standan on mínum gefeohte for Israhéla folce.' . . . Ðæt is ðonne ðæt hé fare tógeánes Israhéla folce him mid tó gefeohtanne, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 17, 21.

glǽm

(n.)
Grammar
glǽm, es; m.

Brightnesssplendourradiance

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Ðé oftíhþ glǽmes gréne folde the green earth shall deny thee her beauty, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 22; Gen. 1018

un-snytro

(n.)
Grammar
un-snytro, (-u); f.

Folly

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Folly Gefylled mið unsnytro repleti insipientia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 11. Hosp unwísum ł unsnytro ðú sealdest mé opprobrium insipienti dedisti me, Ps. Spl. T. 38, 12. Worda eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra, Elen. Kmbl. 2567; El. 1285.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, a summons.
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Add: a fixed time for doing something Hí setton stefna út tó Lundene, and man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende they fixed times for coming to London, and the people over all this north part were called out thither, Chr. 1052; P. 175,

tramet

(n.)
Grammar
tramet, es; m.

A page

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Swá fela trameta tot paginae, swá fela leáfa tot folia, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Zup. 117, 12. Trametas paginas, Germ. 398, 181

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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Ðæt folc sæt and æt and dranc, and árison and plegedon, Ex. 32, 6. Ðæt folc ... eodon him plegean, Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 14. Men willaþ binnan Godes húse bysmorlíce plegian, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357, 2 note. Gesión sǽmearh plegan, Elen.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Folc þe ǽr nán folc ne mehte mid gefeohte gewinnan, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 31. Þeód wæs gewunnen wintra mænigo the people was in subjection many years, Met. 1, 28. Hí ꝥ land hæfdon gewunnen, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 9. to take a town, castle, &c.

Agustus

(n.)
Grammar
Agustus, nom. acc. gen. Agustuses; dat.- Agustuse; m. [generally spelled incorrectly in Anglo-Saxon MSS: Agustus, as well as Agustinus, for Augustus and Augustīnus, from augustus majestic, august, from augeo to increase, exalt, honour, praise] ,

Augustusthe month of Augustmensis Augustus

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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, reigned from A. C. 30 to A. D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34. Búton Agustuse sylfum without Augustus himself

Linked entry: Augustus

láþettan

Grammar
láþettan, [In the last two passages láþettan translates infestare, which however is for infestari. The original Latin of the two translations is: Canes latrantes uiderit vel eis infestare, and: Camelos uidere et ab eis se uiderit infestare.]
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4. Man tó forð láþet þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3 [: 168, 13: Wrt

Linked entry: lǽþettan

wíd-land

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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Cf. wíd*-*sǽ Nǽron Metode wídlond ( or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156. Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9; Gen. 1412 : Andr.

heals-wyrt

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Voc. i. 30, 57: auris leporis ł auris folia, Lch. iii. 300, col. 1: epicosium, 302, col. 1: epicurium, Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 22. Helswyrt, An. Ox. 56, 44. Heleswyrt epigurium, 393. Halswyrt narcissus, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1.

ofer-lecgan

(v.)
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Hit nis ná riht on Crístenum folce, þæt sume scylon mid oferǽte and mid oferdrence beón oferléde, and sume hungre cwylmede, 142, 99. [v. N. E. D. over-lay. Goth. ufar-lagian. ]

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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Folc to mánum getogen excitatum ad scelera vulgus, 2, 5; S. 507, 42. Hæfþ ealle gesceafta getogen he has restrained all creatures, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 48; Met. 11, 24.