tó-sleán
To strike to pieces, ⬩ knock to bits ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ knock down a building ⬩ to divide in two by a blow or stroke ⬩ to drive away thoughts
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Swíðlíc wind toslóh ðæt hus æt ðam feówer hwemmum a strong wind broke down the house at the four corners, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 18. Ða hǽþenan weras tóslógon his glæsenne calic; ðá gesomnode se bisceoþ ða brocu.
windig
windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent
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Wiþ windigre áþundenesse, 166, 25 : 188, 22. Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 3
síd
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Wíf habbaþ beardas swá síde óþ heora breóst, 38, 2
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ge-eáþmédan
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A. 190, 265. with the idea of condescension, of human beings Tó ðon þaeti for mínum synnum hí ( the clergy of Worcester ) heó geeáðmédden þaette heó wáeren þingeras wið Drihten, C.
scort
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Scyrtest, Anglia viii. 306, 8. marking duration, short-lived, brief Ðeáh se hlísa ðara foremǽrena monna hwílum lang sié, hé biþ ðeáh swíðe scort tó metanne wið ðone ðe nǽfre ne geendaþ. Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 66, 18.
sund
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Ðú ðe wið Brecan wunne on sídne sǽ ymb sund flite thou that didst strive with Brecan on the wide sea, didst contend in the matter of swimming, 1019 ; B. 507. Flód on sund (cf. Icel. á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan, Cd.
ge-bróþor
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Gif twégen gebróðra wið án wíf forlicgan, Ll. Th. i. 168, 18. Mid ús wǽrun seofun gebróðru, Mt. 22, 25. Ón þone teógeþan dæg bið seofon gebróðra ðrowung . . . ðá gebróðor Publius wolde oncerran fram Crístes geleáfan, Shrn. 102, 22-26.
cyne-gód
Excellent, noble ⬩ præstans, nobilis
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Him ðá cynegóde on Carran æðelinga bearn eard genámon then the noble children of men took them a dwelling in Harran, 83; Th. 104, 16; Gen. 1736: 182; Th. 228, 2; Dan. 196: 195; Th. 243, 8; Dan. 433: Exon. 85b; Th. 321, 34; Wíd. 56
fagnian
To rejoice, be delighted with, wish for ⬩ gaudēre, appĕtĕre
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To rejoice, be delighted with, wish for; gaudēre, appĕtĕre Fagnian to rejoice, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 7, 10. Herodes fagnode, ðá he ðone Hǽlend geseah Hērōdes, vīso Jēsu, gāvīsus est, Lk. Bos. 23, 8.
for-bígan
To bow down ⬩ bend down ⬩ humble ⬩ abase ⬩ depreciate ⬩ avoid ⬩ pass by ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ prætĕrīre
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To bow down, bend down, humble, abase, depreciate, avoid, pass by; hŭmĭliāre, prætĕrīre Bælc forbígde he humbled their pride, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 15; Gen. 54: 4; Th. 5, 12; Gen. 70: Exon. 85 b; Th. 321, 19; Wíd. 48: Wad. 47; Vald. 1. 26.
fóre-þanc
Forethought ⬩ consideration ⬩ considĕrātio
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Ða hát-heortan hie mid náne fóreþance nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with any consideration, Past. 40, 6; Cot. MS
higera
A magpie or a woodpecker
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Wit. Voc. 62, 34. Higere picus, 281, 5: gaia vel catanus, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 14; Wrt. Voc. 29, 37: cicuanus, Cot. 34, Lye
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hreófla
Leprosy ⬩ scabbiness
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Wið sceápa hreóflan against scab in sheep, Lchdm. iii. 56, 19
nirwett
narrowness ⬩ a narrow place ⬩ pass ⬩ oppression of the chest ⬩ difficulty of breathing
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mehte for ðara wega nerwette ( propter angustas semitas ), Nar. 25, 5. a narrow place, pass Se engel eode intó ánum nyrwette angelus ad locum angustum transiens, Num. 22, 26. oppression of the chest, difficulty of breathing Hit fremaþ myclum gedruncen wið
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bi-settan
To set, beset, surround ⬩ inserere, circumdare
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Mid wyrtum se wilda fugel his nest biseteþ útan the wild bird surrounds its nest without with herbs, 63 b; Th. 233, 26; Ph. 530
swiling
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A swilling, washing, gargling, gargle Clǽsnunga and swilling wið hrúm and gillistrum, Lchdm. ii. 2, 3. Wyrc ðus swilinge tó heáfdes clǽnsunge . . . habbe on múþe lange, ðonne yrnþ ðæt gillister út.
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wógere
A wooer ⬩ suitor
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Sume wíf wyrcaþ heora wógerum drencas, 17, 157
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feoh-fang
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.), beó hé wið þone cyningc .cxx. sciłł. scyldig, Ll. Th. i. 384, 10. the fine inflicted for bribery, the right to receive such fines Huic libertati concedo additamentum, in qua nomina consuetudinum Anglice praecepi ponere . . . fyhfænge, Cht.
ge-nefa
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Hé gefeaht wið Pompeiuses nefan (genefon, v. l. nepotes), 5, 12; 8. 244, 6. the son of a cousin Adrianus, Traianuses nefa (genefa, v. l.) Hadrianus, consobrini Trajani filius, 6, 11; S. 266, 6
ge-siltan
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Nim þreó snǽda buteran, gemenge wið hwǽten mela, and gesylte, 152, 18. Netle gesoden on wætre and geselt 228, 3. Sié gesæle sallietur, Mk. L. 9, 49. Gesælted bið salietur, Mt. L. 5, 13