a-ebbian
To ebb away ⬩ recede ⬩ recedere
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To ebb away, recede; recedere Ðæt wæter wæs a-ebbad [a-ebbod MS. C. T; ge-ebbod Cant.] feala furlanga from ðám scipum the water had ebbed many furlongs from the ships, Chr. 897; Ing. 123, 19
of-linnan
to cease, leave off ⬩ discedere
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to cease, leave off Ðæt wæter oflan and má of heora múþe hit ne eode the water stopped, and it no longer came out of the mouth of the image Blickl. Homl. 247, 8
Linked entry: linnan
ge-stefnan
To institute ⬩ place ⬩ fix ⬩ instĭtuĕre
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To institute, place, fix; instĭtuĕre Freá engla héht wesan wæter gemǽne, stówe gestefnde the lord of angels bade the waters to be common, and their places fixed, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 21; Gen. 160
EARFE
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Earfan wyl on wætere boil tares in water, L. M. 1, 8; Lchdm. ii. 52, 16
Linked entry: earbe
hróf-stán
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Add:after hrófstáne: yrnð dropmǽlum swíðe hluttor wæter (cf. wæs of þǽm ilcan stáne þǽre ciricean hrófes swíðe hluttor wǽta út flówende (cf. ꝥ ilce hús (the church) on scræfes onlícnesse wæs æteówed, 207, 19), Bl. H. 209, 1.)
eorþ
The earth ⬩ terra
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The earth; terra Seó [MS. sie] eorþ is dryge and ceald, and ðæt wæter wǽt and ceald the earth is dry and cold, and the water wet and cold, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 34
Linked entry: rima
stán-hol
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Ðá flugon hié in ða wæter and hié ðǽr in ðám stánholum hýddon, 22, 13
sype
Suction
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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word
ge-cnúwian
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Gecnúa on ceald wæter, 20, 3: 94, 6: 322, 26. Finoles wyrttruman gecnúadne, 30, 6
ge-dífan
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To plunge, immerse Rammes wul on wætere gedýfed and æfter þám on ele, Lch. i. 356, 12
Linked entry: ge-dýfan
a-sceortian
To be short ⬩ to grow short ⬩ shorten ⬩ elapse ⬩ diminish ⬩ fail ⬩ breviare ⬩ effluere
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To be short, to grow short, shorten, elapse, diminish, fail; breviare, effluere Ðæt wæter asceortode the water failed, Gen. 21, 15. Ten þúsend geára ascortaþ ten thousand years will elapse, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 12
Linked entries: a-scortian scortian
ymb-lyt
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Hé gesette sunnan and mónan, stánas and eorðan, streám út on sǽ, wæter and wolcen ðurh his wundra miht, deópne ymblyt (ybmlyt, MS.) dene (clene, MS.) ymbhaldeþ Meotod on mihtum, Cd. Th. 265, 13 ; Sat. 7
býrigan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Ðæt he hire sealde ðæt wæter to býrigenne ut gustandam illi daret eam aquam. Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 21
þrýþ
Force ⬩ power ⬩ strength ⬩ forces ⬩ troops ⬩ hosts ⬩ vehemently ⬩ mightily ⬩ fiercely ⬩ greatly
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Force, power, strength; the word seems to occur only in the plural, forces, troops, hosts Of ðam stáne wæter cwóman swýþe wynlíce wætera þrýþe ( the waters' forces ); eduxit aquam de petra, et eduxit tamquam flumina aquas, Ps. Th. 77, 18.
Linked entry: gebéldan
Difelin
Dublin ⬩ Dublāna
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Dublin;Dublāna Gewiton him ða Norþmen ofer deóp wæter Difelin [Dyflen, Th. 206, 14, col. 2: Dyflin, 207, 14, col. 1] sécan the Northmen departed over the deep water to seek Dublin, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 14, col. 1; Æðelst. 56
Linked entry: Dyflen
níþ-sele
A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe
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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513
Linked entry: niþ
ge-lícung
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Substitute: Pleasing, pleasure Ꝥ him mon mettas gife . . . swá swá beóþ æppla . . . and hláf gedón on ceald wæter oþþe on hát be þǽre gelícunge þæs magan ( according as one or other is agreeable to the stomach ), Lch. ii. 176, 19
horweht
Foul, filthy, dirty
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Foul, filthy, dirty Hine ðá lǽddon on ðone sweartan fenn and hine ðá on ða horwehtan wæter bewurpon they led him then to the black fen and flung him into the foul water, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 9
Linked entry: horheht
sceafoþa
A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of
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A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of Ðá gehálgode ic wæter and scæfþan dyde on ðæs foresprecenan treówes tunc benedixi aquam, et astulam roboris praefati inmittens, Bd. 2, 13; S. 539, 5.
Linked entry: sceafþa
will-spryng
A well-spring, ⬩ fountain ⬩ source (lit. and fig.)
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Wæs ðæt wæter and ealle wyllspringas gehálgode þurh Cristes líchaman. Homl. Th. ii. 40, 28. Wilspringum fontibus, Hpt. Gl. 509, 18. Tó wyllsprangum wætra ad fontes aquarum, Ps. Lamb. 41, 2