ge-scrincan
To shrink, dry up
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For ðæm ciéle him gescruncan ealle ða ǽdra ðæt him mon ðæs lífes ne wénde [ cum in præfrigidum amnem descendisset]obriguit, contractuque nervorum proximus morti fuit, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 38. Gescriungon aruerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6.
wítedóm-líc
Of superhuman knowledge ⬩ prophetical
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Of superhuman knowledge, prophetical Wítedómlíc wundor a miracle which displayed a knowledge communicated by God (cf. him God ealle ða díglan þingc cúð gedyde, 1. 12), Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 1.
Eáster-wucu
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Ǽr þám hálgan Eástron and ealle þá Eásterwucan ante sanctum Pascha et per totam hebdomadam paschalem, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 18. Add
eln-boga
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Gif men sié se earm mid honda mid ealle of ácorfen beforan elmbogan (el-, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 96, 29. An elmbogan in ulmam, Germ. 396, 156. Add
for-gǽgednys
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Bið seó ealde forgǽgednys geendod (ut consummetur praeuaricatio, Dan. 9, 24), Hml. Th. ii. 14, 12. Þurh heora ágene forgǽgednysse and ðwyrnysse, i. 112, 34. For heora forgǽgednissum pro suis excessibus, Hy. S. 65, 1.
ír
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The projecting back of an axe Somnige mon ealle þá bán . . . and cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, Lch. iii. 14, 12.
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segl
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Add Þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 34. Æfter siextegum daga þæs þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c. gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle, 4, 6; S. 172, 5. Add Segl larbanum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 40.
gýmeleás
Careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ uncared for ⬩ wandering ⬩ stray ⬩ negligens
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Ða gímeleasan men ðe heora líf adrugon on ealre ídelnisse careless men who passed their life in all frivolity, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 56, 11. Gýmeleáse heedless, Exon. 73 a; Th. 271, 33; Jul. 491; Blickl. Homl. 55, 30
cnódan
To give ⬩ assign ⬩ call ⬩ carry out ⬩ exalt ⬩ tribuĕre ⬩ attribuĕre ⬩ efferre
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Gif hwæt welgedónes biþ, ðonne cnódaþ him ealle mid hérenesse if anything be well done, then all exalt him with praise; si qua bene gesta sunt, omnes laudibus efferunt Past. 17, 3;Hat. MS. 22b, 3
slingan
To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent. ⬩ to move quickly ⬩ to wind ⬩ to wind
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heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr. Scrd. 20, 15
hold-scipe
Loyalty, ⬩ fealty, ⬩ allegiance
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Loyalty, fealty, allegiance Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15.
frum-cirr
first time ⬩ at once
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.), swá ðá eágan on besióþ, hió ongitaþ ealle ðone ondwlitan þæs líchoman, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 12
dǽd-béta
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Þæt forbod húslganges and inganges intó cyrican is eal þearflic þám dǽdbétan, Wlfst. 155, 3. Be dǽdbétan, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 1. Add
deorc
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Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106; Wlfst. 137, 9. Þeós deorce niht getácnaþ micel leóht tówerd, Hml. S. 29, 14. of colour Deorc, dungrǽg fuscus, i. niger, Wülck.
deóre
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Hí sculon deóre ágildan eal, Wlfst. 190, 22. Hygeteónan seolfre deóre bétan, Gen. 2732. Ǽlce misdǽda deór-ar ágyldan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 15. Se cyng sealde his land tó male swá hé deórost mihte.
ginne
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</b> as an epithet of the earth :-- Bið eal þess ginna grund ( this wide world ) gléda gefylled, Dóm. 12. In þýs ginnan grunde, Jud. 2. Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa geond ginne grund, Víd. 51.
sárness
bodily pain ⬩ mental pain, affliction, grief
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Hé ðis eal mid sárnesse beheóld, Ap. Th. 14, 19. Áfirsa fram him his sárnesse, 16, 14. Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 1. Helle sárnyssa mé beeodon, and ic on mínre gedréfednysse Drihten clypode, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 17.
ge-sweorcan
To become dark ⬩ be darkened ⬩ saddened ⬩ angry
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To become dark, be darkened, saddened, angry Ródor eal geswearc the heavens all grew dark, Elen. Kmbl. 1709; El. 856: Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 4; Exod. 461.
tó-hweorfan
To go in different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to disperse
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And hí tóhwurfon ðá mid ðisum sehte, Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 5: 1091; Erl. 228, 8: 1093; Erl. 228, 39. of many persons, to disperse Eal seó fyrding tóhwearf. Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 24.
á-þolian
To hold out under trial, ⬩ To put up with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer
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Seó upfléring tóbærst... þæt hús eal ansund áðolode, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 5. Wurdon gelæhte micele and manega fixas, and þæt net swá ðeáh áðolode, 290, 21. trans. To put up with, endure, suffer Ic wundrige hú seó sǽ áðolode míne lustas, Hml.
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