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a-wecþ

(v.)
Grammar
a-wecþ, 3rd pers. pres. of a-weccan.

awakes ⬩ raises up

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awakes, raises up, Jn. Bos. 5, 21;

a-þindung

(n.)
Grammar
a-þindung, e ; f.

A swelling or puffing up ⬩ tumor

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A swelling or puffing up; tumor,Som

for-gnóg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-gnóg, pl. -gnógon

gnawed up

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gnawed up, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 1;

for-swolgen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-swolgen, pp. of for-swelgan.

swallowed up ⬩ devoured

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swallowed up, devoured. Ps. Lamb. 106, 27;

á-styrigend

(n.)
Grammar
á-styrigend, es; m.

One stirring up; ⬩ ventilator

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One stirring up; ventilator. Germ. 393, 78

Linked entry: styrigend

a-hæbban

(v.)
Grammar
a-hæbban, p. -hóf, pl. -hófon; pp. -hæfen

To heave up ⬩ raise ⬩ exalt

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To heave up, raise, exalt Hió biþ up ahæfen ofer hí selfe she is exalted above herself, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 437; Met. 20, 219: 25, 37; Met. 25, 19: Elen. Kmbl. 19; El. 10

astíðian

(v.)
Grammar
astíðian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [a intensive, stíðian to become hard]

To become hard ⬩ dry ⬩ dry up ⬩ wither ⬩ indurare ⬩ arescere

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To become hard, dry, dry up, wither; indurare, arescere Astíðude swá swá tigle miht mín my strength dried up as a tile, Ps. Spl. 21, 14. Hit astiðaþ and drugaþ induret et arescat, 89, 6

Linked entry: stíþian

a-spryngan

(v.)

to spring up ⬩ arise

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to spring up, arise, Ps. Spl. 71, 7

a-wráþ

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wráþ, p. of a-wríðan.

bound up

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bound up,Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 36;

for-sweolgan

(v.)

to swallow up ⬩ devour

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to swallow up, devour, Ps. Th. 123, 2

weard

(adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.
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Add: v. niþer-, ofdún(e)-, tógædere-, úp-weard

ge-wyrtrumian

(v.)

to root up ⬩ eradicate ⬩ eradicare

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to root up, eradicate; eradicare, Rtl. 65, 25

ge-brytan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brytan, p. te; pp. ed [ge-, brytan to break]

To break up ⬩ destroy ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre

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To break up, destroy; confringĕre, extermĭnāre Gebrytte hine eofor of wuda extermĭnāvit eam ăper. de sylva, Ps. Spl. C. 79, 14. Gebryted wið ecede broken up with vinegar, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 348, 3

bígan

(v.)

To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend

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To bend, move in a curve :-- Se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum. Hml. S. 12, 226. Se hara bígde gelóme the hare frequently doubled, 31, 1058

Linked entries: býgan bégan

ge-ríp

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Æfter heora gerípe ( printed gerepe, Lch. iii. 252, 23) gǽð seó eá upp, and oferflét eal þæt Egyptisce land, Scrd. 27, l. what is reaped, corn Hé lǽdde hám tó his byrene ꝥ ásnidene gertp ( messem ) þe hé ǽr mid his handa geseów, Gr. D. 290, 20.

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.

Ireland ⬩ Scotland

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Hí cómon on Scotland (Hiberniam) upp, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 10. Scotland Hér fór Æþelstán cyning on Scotland (tó Scotlande) (in Scotiam,) (MS. F.), Chr. 934; Erl. 111, 9.

á-bláwan

(v.)

to breathe ⬩ to blow away ⬩ to blow up, swell

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Críst ábleów ðone Hálgan Gást upon ðá apostolas, Hml. Th. i. 324, 31.

wearg-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wearg-treów, es; n.

The accursed tree, a gallows, gibbet, cross

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[Nu raise þai up þe rode; setis up þe warhtreo, O. E. Homl. i. 283, 9. Doð up and waritreo, þer on heo scullen winden (hongy, 2nd MS.), 5714. Me ledde him uorte hongen o waritreo, A. R. 122, 8. Let heom don adun of þe waritreo, Misc. 51, 491

Linked entries: treów wearg-ród

be-hípian

(v.)
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to heap up Behýpedan ingesserunt, An. Ox. 3322

Linked entry: -hípian

ýþ-láf

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-láf, e; f.

The shore left bare by the waves

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The shore left bare by the waves Hié (the sea-beasts) mécum wunde be ýðláfe uppe lǽgon, Beo. Th. 1136; B. 566. Ofer ýðláfe on sǽ lǽdan, Andr. Kmbl. 998; An. 499. Dǽlan on ýðláfe ealde mádmas, Cd. Th. 215, 18; Exod. 585