sealt
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Láreówum gedafenað þæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 17. See Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 69 sqq. on the subject of salt-works
slípan
To slip, put something on or off. ⬩ to take away the outside covering from anything ⬩ to strip off the skin or bark of anything ⬩ to slip one's self from a bond ⬩ induere
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Se cyning slýpte his beáh of the king slipped his ring off tuiit rex annulum de manu sua Anglia ix. 32, 158
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swíðan
to make strong, give strength to, strengthen, support ⬩ to be strong, exercise strength, prevail
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Swá reordode manna mildost mihtum swíðed, 213, 9; Exod. 549. to be strong, exercise strength, prevail (?) Ic oforswíðrode ágen ł ongén ł swáð ( = oferswáð? v. ofer-swíðan) hine praevalui adversus eum, Ps. Lamb. 12, 5
stæf-cyst
Excellence in letters or learning ⬩ book-learning
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'Ic stæfcyste ne leornode ne ðæra manna nánum ne hlyste ðe ða smeádon and rǽddon' 'didst thou ever learn psalms, or other holy writings?'
ge-þrowian
To suffer
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He æt ðǽm unlǽdum Iudéum manig bysmor geþrowade he suffered many contumelies at the hands of the wicked Jews, Blickl. Homl. 23, 31
á-wecgan
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Ðwyrlicra manna heortan, þe beóð ðurh unrihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, ðurh regolsticcan ðǽre sóðan rihtwísnysse beóð geemnode, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27
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æt-berstan
To break out or loose ⬩ to escape ⬩ get away ⬩ erumpere ⬩ evadere
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To break out or loose, to escape, get away; erumpere, evadere Ða ælbærst him sum man evosit homo quidam, Gen. 14, 13. Ða fíf cyningas ætburstop fugerunt enim quinque reges, Jos. 10, 16. Ðæt he ðanon ætberste that he escape thence, L. C.
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bendan
to BEND ⬩ flectere ⬩ tendere ⬩ intendere ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincire
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He bende his bogan arcum suum tetendit 7, 13. to bind, fetter; vincire Sume hí man bende some they bound Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 6, col. 2; Ing. 208, 28; Ælf. Tod. 4
fant
Fountain, spring ⬩ fons, tis ⬩ that which holds pure or holy water, The font for baptism ⬩ baptistērium = βαπτιστήριoν
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Fountain, spring; fons, tis, m; pure water, that which holds pure or holy water, The font for baptism; baptistērium = βαπτιστήριoν Ne dó man nǽnne ele to ðam fante let no one put any oil into the font, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 35; Wilk. 159, 32
for-bláwan
To blow away ⬩ inflate ⬩ inflāre
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Gif mon síe forbláwen if a man be inflated, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 240, 4
læt-hýdig
Slow-minded ⬩ dull
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Slow-minded, slow of thought, dull Nis mon on moldan ... ðæs læthýdig ðæt hine sé árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man is there on earth so dull, that the bounteous giver hath quite cut him off from powers of mind, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 5; Crä.
réceleásness
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Ongeán ðam wíslícan rǽde se wiðerrǽda deófol sǽwþ réceleásnesse, and eác gemacaþ ðæt se man þurh leáse hiwunge déþ swylce hé rǽdfæst sý, 53, 7. Ic andette mínes módes réceleásnessa Godes beboda, L. Edg. C. 8; Th. ii. 262, 32
ge-met-líc
Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit ⬩ moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus ⬩ mediocris
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Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit; moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus Hæle wísfæst and gemetlíc a man wise and moderate, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 12; Fä. 87.
wer-beám
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A strong man, warrior Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas ( the Egyptians in the Red Sea ), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486.
curs
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For first passage substitute Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ hí ǽfre on ǽnine man curs ne settan, bútan hý nýde scylan, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 5, and add :-- Bietsung fæder . . . curs móder benedictio patris . . . maledictio matris, Scint. 174, 6.
ge-hǽman
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Ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme, Ll. Th. i. 404, 27
ge-wrǽðan
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Gif hí hwylc man gefón wille, þonne gewrǽðað hý sóna grimlíce ongén ( they resist savagely). The Latin is: Si quis eos (certain animals ) uoluerit apprehendere, corpora sua inarmant), Nar. 34, 7
stǽnan
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Seó ǽ tǽhte þæt man sceolde ǽlcne wímman þe cild hæfde bútan rihtre ǽwe stǽnan (cf. eam lapidibus obruent viri civitatis, Deut. 22, 21). Nú ðonne gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, þonne wolde þæt Iúdéisce folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Hml.
snotor-wyrde
Prudent or wise of speech
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Sum man wæs geháten Mercurius on lífe, se wæs swýðe fácenfull and ðeáh full snotorwyrde Wulfst. 107, 1
á-teorian
to get exhausted ⬩ faint, ⬩ to lose heart or energy ⬩ get weary ⬩ faint ⬩ to get exhausted ⬩ come to an end ⬩ fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ to be defective
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Him áteorode se heofonlica mete deficit manna, Jos. 5, 12 : Num. 11, 33: Chr. 1087 ;P. 224, 20. Áteorode his líchaman mægn, Gr. D. 227, II. Þes dæg blinneð ǽr mé spell áteorige, 7, 29. Ne sceolde áteorian þæt cynecynn, Hml. Th. i. 82, 2.