swá
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Hé læg fíf dagas beforan ðæs mynstres geate swá hé ne æt ne ne dranc, ac hé bæd ingonges, Shrn. 109, 5. 3. add: the clause contracted Hé læg þǽr swá dǽd lange on þǽre flóra, Hml.
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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Eást-Engla cing: fifta wæs Eádwine, Norþhymbra cing: syxta wæs Oswald, ðe æfter him ríxode: seofoða wæs Ósweo, Óswaldes bróðor: eahtoða Ecgbriht, West-Seaxna cing in this year [A.
on-ǽlan
to set fire to, to ignite, kindle ⬩ to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning ⬩ to make hot with fire ⬩ to make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions
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Skt. i. 4, 260. to make hot with fire Hé hét onǽlan ðone ofen swíðe þearle, Homl.
BEORNAN
To BURN ⬩ be on fire ⬩ ardere ⬩ exardere ⬩ comburi ⬩ To BURN ⬩ urere ⬩ comburere
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To BURN, be on fire; ardere, exardere, comburi Ðonne beorneþ [byrneþ, Spl.] eorre his cum exarserit ira ejus Ps. Surt. 2, 13. Se ðe ǽfre nú beorneþ on bendum he who now ever burns in bonds Cd. 222; Th. 290, 12; Sat. 414.
be-scúfan
To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitate ⬩ intrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare
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Wá biþ ðǽm, ðe sceal sáwle bescúfan in fýres fæðm woe shall be to him, who shall thrust a soul into the fire's embrace, Beo. Th. 371; B. 184.
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stearn
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Voc. i. 281, 3: ii. 11, 1: beatica, i. 62, 32: beacita vel sturnus, 29, 6: fida ii. 108, 52. Stern, 35, 28. Stern avis qui dicitur gavia, Txts. 108, 1116. Stærn stronus ( = sturnus ), Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 39.
áþ
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D. iv. 235, II. the fine paid where the oath in a suit fails, [v. the grant in the following passage Ego Eadmundus rex . . . concedo . . . omnes forisfacturas . . . áthas et ordélas, C. D. ii. 252, 13. Cf.
hǽðen-scipe
Heathenism, paganism
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Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ídola weorðige ðæt is ðæt man weorðige hǽðene godas and sunnan oððe mónan fýr oððe flód wæter-wyllas oððe stánas we earnestly forbid all heathenism : heathenism is to worship idols, that is to worship heathen gods, and sun or moon, fire
hátian
To become or get hot, to be hot ⬩ fervere
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Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge hit hátaþ ðǽrrihte of ðam fýre ðe him on lútaþ take a stick and rub it against something, it gets hot directly from the fire which lurks in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4: Herb. 90, 13; Lchdm. ii. 198, 4.
ge-þeón
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On ðeáwum geþogen tó Godes þénungum by moral excellence fit for God's services, Ll.
fricgan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre
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Frige hwæt ic hátte find out what I am called. Exon. 1043; Th. 396, 6; Rä. 15, 19: 105 a; Th. 398, 20; Rä. 17, 10: 107 a; Th. 409, 9; Rä. 27, 26: 107 b; Th. 410, 13; Rä. 28, 15.
hwanne
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., hwenne, R.) ic bræc fíf hláfas ... . and hú fela wyligena gé námon fulle?, Mk. 8, 19: 20. Hé sceal winnan and sorgian hwonne se dæg cume ... búton hé ǽr hwæt for Gode gedyde, Bl.
tó
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Hig gýmað tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged, Angl. viii. 337, 35. 1. Add Þæt wæter wearð tó twá tódǽled, Ex. 14, 21. Add ꝥ ic eów tó ǽfen ǽr sǽde, ꝥ ilce ic eów nú segce, Hml. S. 23, 449. add: cf.
staþol
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a foundation (lit. or fig.) (cf. staddle the bottom of a hay-stack, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. 15, 19) Staþol fundamen, Wrt. Voc. ii, 152, 15. Se fruma and se staþol eallra góda ðe of him cumaþ, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 4.
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a-merian
To examine ⬩ purify ⬩ examinare ⬩ purgare ⬩ merum reddere
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To examine, purify [generally said of melted metal]; examinare, purgare, merum reddere Óðer dǽl sceal beón amered on ðam fýre, swá hér biþ sylfor the other part shall be proved in the fire, as silver here is, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 1.
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fréfran
To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri
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To comfort, console; consōlāri Ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec freóndleásne fréfran wolde I might find one who would comfort me friendless, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 9; Wand. 28: Andr. Kmbl. 733; An. 367.
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gafol-heord
A taxable stock or hive of bees ⬩ grex ad censum
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With us it is ordered that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax; ' bochero, id est, ăpum custōdi, pertĭnet, si gavelheorde, id est, grĕgem ad censum tĕneat, ut inde reddat sīcut ĭbi mos [MS. moris] ĕrit.
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ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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To find out by asking, learn, hear; fando accĭpĕre, discĕre, audīre Geascode he ðone cyning on Meran túne he learnt [that] the king [was] at Merton, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 28.
ge-horsod
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Hé sceal beón gehorsad tó hláfordes neóde equum habeat in opus domini sui 436, 18. mounted (of cavalry) On his féðehere wǽron XXXN M. and þæs gehorsedan fífte healf M. Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 12. XM gehorsedra and eahtatig M féþena.