cwicen
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Genim cucunehrefn take a live crab, L. M. 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 306, 20, 21
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ge-windan
To twist ⬩ weave ⬩ bend ⬩ wind ⬩ torquĕre ⬩ plectere ⬩ implĭcāre ⬩ To go ⬩ turn ⬩ turn about ⬩ revolve ⬩ roll ⬩ se vertĕre ⬩ volvĕre
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Se líg gewand on láðe men the flame rolled on to the hostile men. Cd. 186; Th. 231, 22; Dan. 251
be-windan
girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround
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He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.
camp-dóm
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Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan (militia est vita hominis super terram), for ðan þe ǽlc . . . bið on gewinne wið ðone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 26: i. 418, 9 : Hml. S. 23, 86. Campdómes militiae, An. Ox. 868: 750.
un-wreón
To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is covered ⬩ to reveal
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Lind. 10, 26. Unwrigen retectum, discoopertum, Germ. 389, 11. Úre misdéda bióþ ealle opene and unwrigene beforan ús, Wulfst. 225, 23. Unwrogene (revelata) synd staðolas ymbhwyrftes eorðana, Ps. Lamb. 17, 16.
tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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To lie between, to lie and part, to divide, separate Seó eá tólíþ Witland and Weonodland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 6. Ǽlc ðæra sprǽca is tódǽled on manega ðeóda, and ða sint tólegena and tódǽlda mid sǽ and mid wudum and mid muntum, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 62, 34
Germania
Germany
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De magnitudine Germaniæ antiqux, pp. 94-98, also Lib. iii. Cap. xxxviii. pp. 157-162, and the map, p. 3. Also Cellarii Geographia Antiqua, Cantab. 4to. 1703, pp. 309-313. Warnefried's Hist. Longob. Lib. i.
ang-sum
Narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard ⬩ difficult ⬩ angustus ⬩ difficilis
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Narrow, strait, troublesome, hard, difficult, angustus, difficilis Eálá hú neara and hú angsum is ðæt geat, and se weg ðe to lífe gelǽdt; and swýðe feáwa synt ðe ðone weg findon quam angusta porla, et arcta via est, quae ducit ad vitam; et pauci sunt
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eáþ-nes
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Eorla gehwám eádnys and tóhyht, Rún. 4. ease, freedom from difficulty Éðnise facultatem, Lk. p, 9, 6. gentleness Ongan hé wurðigan þá gódan þeáwas þára gódra on þám lífe, eádnysse and hýrsumnysse, geþyld and þolemódnysse, Guth. 18, 16. v. un*-*eáþness
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handlian
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Add: to touch with the hands Sé ðe handlað wífhádes mannes líc, Hex. 50, 11. Handla contrecla, i. palpa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 35. Handlian contrectare (mea membra ), An.
hege-rife
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Wyl æscrinde, . . . hegerife, marubian . . . and jí líc gnid mid þǽre hegerifan, Wyrc sealfe of marubian, . . . hegerifan, 78, 11-16. Hegerifan corn, 344, ii. Genim hegerifan, 76, II: iii. 16, 16. Wyl hegerifan, ii. 342, 2.
breóst-gewǽdu
the breast ⬩ a garment, clothing ⬩ A covering for the breast, corselet ⬩ pectoris vestimentum, lorica
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[breóst the breast, gewǽde a garment, clothing] A covering for the breast, corselet; pectoris vestimentum, lorica Gehwearf in Francna fæðm feorh cyninges, breóstgewǽdu, and se beáh somod the king's life fell into the power of the Franks, his corselet
a-sundrian
To put asunder ⬩ to sunder ⬩ separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ sever ⬩ separare
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To put asunder, to sunder, separate, disjoin, sever; separare Se deáþ asundraþ líc and sáwle death separates body and soul, Exon. 98 a ; Th. 367, 7 ; Seel. 4 : 50 a ; Th. 172, 27; Gú. 1150. Asundrod fram synnum separated from sins, Elen.
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capian
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Substitute: To look; úp capian to look up, lie on one's back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlð ufan, þonne stúpað hé, . . . gyf heó hine ontend neoðan, þonne capað hé úp; for þan þe hé went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard, Lch. iii. 266, 20-
ge-frínd
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Hí wurdon ðá gefrýnd for ðǽre dǽde, swá swá hí nǽron nǽfre ǽr on lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 3
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riht-líflád
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a right way of life, right conduct Hálige men gebiddað for heora feóndum on þá tíde þe hí magon heora heortan gecyrran tó wæstmbǽrre dǽdbóte and hí gehǽlan mid hyra sylfra rihtlífláde pro inimicis suis orant sancti eo tempore quo possunt ad fructuosam
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tó-swápan
To disperse by a sweeping movement ⬩ to sweep apart or away
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To disperse by a sweeping movement, to sweep apart or away Se ðone líg tósceáf, tósweóp hine and tóswende þurh ða swíðan miht he thrust back the flame on every side, swept and dashed it away by his strong might, Cd. Th. 237, 23; Dan. 342.
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teón
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Se ðe ús ðis líf tióde he that framed for us this life, Met. 20, 131. Waldend him ðæt wíte teóde, Exon. Th. 336, 4; Gn.
búan
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</b> of land, to lie :-- ꝥ land búeð oð Méda ríce subjacet regionibus Medorum, Nar. 34, 11. Heora landgemǽre búað neáh þám gársecge, 38, 20. trans. To inhabit, occupy (and cultivate land), possess Líf éce hé býeð ( possidebit ), Mt.
un-gewilles
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Involuntarily, not designedly Sé þe hine nódes ofslóge oððe ungewilles (qui non est insidiatus), LI. Th. i. 46, 22
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