ofer-stígan
to mount, scale, surmount, rise above ⬩ to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed ⬩ transcendere, transire, exsuperare ⬩ overcome
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Yldo oferbídeþ stánas, heó oferstígeþ stýle, Salm. Kmbl. 600; Sal. 299. Oferstíhþ excedit, i. superat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 71. Ðæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhþ, R. Ben. 128, 14.
ge-sleán
To strike ⬩ pitch [a tent] ⬩ smite ⬩ slay ⬩ quell ⬩ forge ⬩ fight ⬩ obtain by fighting
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He geslóg xxv dracena he slew xxv dragons, Salm. Kmbl. 417; Sal. 214. Geslóh ðín fæder fǽhþe mǽste thy father quelled the greatest feud, Beo. Th. 922; B. 459. Geslægene grindlas forged bars, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 26; Gen. 383.
Linked entry: ge-slóh
bán-brice
A BONE-BREAKING ⬩ fracture of a bone ⬩ ossis fractura
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A BONE-BREAKING or fracture of a bone; ossis fractura Wið bánbryce genim ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman for fracture of a bone take roots of this same plant, Herb. 15, 3; Lchdm. i. 108, 9
leán-gifa
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One who gives recompense or reward Swylce se rihtwísa leángyfa nó mid wordum ac mid dǽdum ðus cwǽde as if the righteous Recompenser had said not with words but with deeds, Lchdm. iii. 436, 23
ge-dwínan
To dwindle or vanish away ⬩ disappear ⬩ evanescere ⬩ disparere
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To dwindle or vanish away, disappear; evanescere, disparere Ðæt hálige sǽd gedwán and gewát the holy seed has wasted away and departed, Blickl. Homl. 55, 29. His drýcræftas gedwinon his magic vanished, Shrn. 135, 1
ge-mǽlan
To speak, harangue
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To speak, harangue Adam gemǽlde and to Euan spræc Adam spoke and to Eve said, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 10; Gen. 790. Offa gemǽlde Offa spoke, Byrht. Th. 138, 34; By. 230 : 53; By. 244
swéging
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sǽs sonitus maris, Lk. Skt. 21, 25. Swégincga beátendra slecgea sonitus tundentium malleorum, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 7
ǽwisod
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For form cf. éwis-firinæ under ǽwisc-firen, and for meaning cf. the same word and thee
eofole
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A plant-name Twá snáda eofolan (but cf. the same recipe in Lch. ii. 324, 20:-- ii. snǽda elenan. See, however: Ebule ł eobulum wealwyrt ł ellenwyrt, iii. 302, Col. 1), Lch. iii. 28, 27
gór
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Cf. on ðone gáran ufwerdne, 356, 16 (the three passages refer to the same place)
hád-bót
A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders, or hád-bryce ⬩ sacri ordinis violati compensatio
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A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders, or hád-bryce; sacri ordinis violati compensatio, L. E. B. 4; Th. ii. 240, 17 : L. O. 12; Th. i. 182, 13
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Bryt-ford
a Briton ⬩ a ford ⬩ BRITFORD
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[Bryt a Briton, ford a ford] BRITFORD, near Sarum, Wiltshire Tostig wæs ðá æt Brytforda [MS. Brytfordan] mid ðam cinge [MS. kinge] Tostig was then at Britford with the king, Chr. 1065; Erl. 194, 38
ofer-steall
Opposition
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Opposition Gif ic ðísum dracan to forswelgenne geseald eom hwí sceal ic elcunge þrowian for eówerum oferstealle (the opposition which was offered by the prayers said at the speaker's bedside), Homl. Th. i. 534, 20
hlúd-swége
With a loud voice
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With a loud voice Se hana sóna hlúdswége sang the cock straightway crowed with a loud voice, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 33. Marcus swá swá leó hlúdswége clipode, Ælfc. T. p. 25; Grn. 13, 8
waru
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Hý ðæs wære cunnon, healdaþ hine twá hund wearda, Salm. Kmbl. 518 ; Sal. 258. His ware munitiones ejus, Blickl. Gl
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tó-geagnes
towards, ⬩ so as to meet ⬩ against, ⬩ to meet ⬩ in the way of, ⬩ to meet the approach of ⬩ in readiness for, ⬩ against the coming of ⬩ against, ⬩ for the purpose of resisting ⬩ on the approach of, ⬩ towards ⬩ again, ⬩ in return
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Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, ðé is susl weotod gearo tógegnes, 308, 15; Sat. 693. Gearwian ús tógénes gréne strǽte, 282, 15; Sat. 287. Tógeánes, Exon. Th. 450, 21; Dóm. 91.
æt-foran
Close before ⬩ close by ⬩ before ⬩ at ⬩ ante ⬩ pro ⬩ coram
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Sæt ætforan ðam dómsetle sedit pro tribunali, Jn. Bos. 19,13
Linked entry: fóran
leác-cærse
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Cockayne says 'erysimum alliaria,' Lchdm. ii. 318, 7: 320, 3. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 40, leáccærse id est túncærse glosses nasturcium
mǽr-bróc
A brook which forms a boundary
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Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)
sigefæstness
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Ðeáh ánra gehwylc wind hæbbe twelf sigefæstnissa, Salm. Kmbl. 152, 3. Sigefæst*-*nissum triumphis, Rtl. 93, 7 : 75, 19
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