a-hwyrfan
To turn away ⬩ avertere
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To turn away; avertere Ðæt ic ðé meahte ahwyrfan from hálor that I might turn thee from salvation, Exon. 71a; Th. 264, 6; Jul. 360. Ne ahwyrf ne avertas, Ps. Th. 89, 3. Ahwyrfde, subj. perf. would cast, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 33; Gú. 430
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a-willan
To cause to bubble ⬩ to boil ⬩ facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat ⬩ coquere ⬩ decoquere
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Awilled wín vel cyren new wine, just pressed from the grape, or new wine boiled till half evaporated; dulcisapa, Cot. 62, 168
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be-westan
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. ; besúþan Istria is se Wendelsǽ, and bewestan þá beorgas þe man hǽt Alpis . . . bewestan him Frofentsǽ, Ors. I. I; S. 22, 13, 15, 30. Beeástan him is se Risca sǽ, and bewestan Addriaticurn, S. 28, 1, 10
ge-tillan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ attain ⬩ tangere ⬩ attingere
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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15.
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Sníð oððe ceorf on ðæt hále and ðæt cwice líc 84, 28: 52, 2. Gód lǽce ðe wel cann wunda sníðan Past. 49; Swt. 377, 18.
leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Eác wǽre ðam earman leóhtne on móde gif hé ðæs rícan mannes welan ne gesáwe also the poor man would have been more cheerful, if he had not seen the rich man's wealth, Homl. Th. i. 330, 11.
hilt
Hilt, ⬩ handle
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Shakspere's, is used of a single weapon] Ðá wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince on hand gyfen then was the golden hilt given into the old man's hand, Beo. Th. 3358; B. 1677. Ðæs swurdes mid ðam sylfrenan hylte the sword with the silver hilt. Chart.
HÚ
How
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Swá hú swá hit gewurde however it may have happened, Homl. Th. i. 588, 29. Hí habbaþ æt Gode swá hú swá hí geearniaþ they will have from God, in accordance with whatever they merit, ii. 326, 30
Assan dún
Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex
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Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex Se cyning offérde hí innon Eást-Seaxan, æt ðære dúne ðe man hǽt Assandún the king overtook them in Essex, at the hill which is called Assingdon, Chr. 1016; Th. 282, 19, col. 2: 1020; Th. 286, 16, 19, col. 1
féðe-mund
A foot-hand ⬩ mánus gressus
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A foot-hand; mánus gressus. Used for the fore-feet of the badger Ic sceal fromlíce féðemundum þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan I [a badger] shall strenuously work a road through a steep mountain with my fore-feet, Exon. 104b; Th. 397, 10; Rä. 16, 17
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þreápung
Rebuke ⬩ reproof
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MSS.) oferfylgð suíður ðonne mon ðyrfe correpti mens repente ad odium proruit, si hanc immoderata increpatio, plus quam debuit, affligit, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 14
un-gímende
Careless ⬩ negligent
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S. 630, 38] sæcgan wolde haec quae viderat idem vir Domini non omnibus desidiosis ac vitae suae incuriosis referre volebat, Bd. 5, 12; M. 434, 5
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ge-þaccian
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; p. ode. to strike gently with the open hand, pat, clap Hé lufode mid his brádre handa þá nunnan and ofer þa sculdru geþaccode in tergo sanclimonialis feminae blandiens alapam dabat, Gr. D. 189, 22. to soothe by patting (?)
sprǽce
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jamne igitur vides, quid haec omnia, quae diximus, consequatur, Bt. 40, 1; F. 234, 32. Apollonius hyre árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26
hord
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Gong hord sceáwian under hárne stán, 2744.
óþ
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(αβ) with word and pronoun :-- Ðú bist dumb oð þone dæg oð ðæt ðe þis bið eris tacens usque in diem quo haec fiant, Shrn. 133, 33. where date is fixed by an event Oð his ealdorgedál, Gen. 1959.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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'Hæc igitur domina tantæ potentiæ fertur fuisse, ut a quibusdam, non solum domina vel regina sed etiam rex vocaretur'].
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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Eorþsele hlǽw under hrusan an earth-hall, a cave under ground, 4813; B. 2411
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sceáta
a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin
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Ðone norþsceátan man hǽt Polores . . . and se súþsceáta hátte Bachinum . . . and ðone west*-*sceátan man hǽt Libeum . . . se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hund syfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2-9. the lower corner of a sail (cf. sheet
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ofer-módig
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Róma áliésed wearð of þeówdóme þára ofermódgestana cyninga þe mon hǽt Tarcuinie, Ors. 2, 1 ; S. 62, 6. Add