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screncan

(v.)
Grammar
screncan, p. te
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To lay a stumbling-block in a person's way, trip up, ensnare Eft hé cwæð: 'Ne screnc dú ðone blindan' . . . Se screncþ ðone blindan ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ protinus adjunxit: 'Nec coram coeco pones offendiculum' . . . Coram coeco offendiculum ponere

heáfod-land

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Take here hafud-land in Dict., and add: [v. land; ] Of ðǽre stréte on ðá díc ðe scýt tó ðám heáfodlande; ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes, C. D. v. 275, 17-19. Tó þám heáfodlonde, iii. 384, 32. Of þǽm wege á be þǽm heáfodlande; ꝥ eft in ꝥ óþer heáfodlond

clerc

Grammar
clerc, cleric.
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Add: one of the secular (as opposed to monastic) clergy Ic secge þé, lá cleric, on þín eáre, Angl. viii. 300, 14. On gewittnesse Byrhtstánes mæssepreóstes and on clerices þe þis gewrát, Cht. E. 255, 30. Wolde ic ꝥ þá ǽðela(n) clericas ásceócon fram

creópan

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Add: of reptiles Eall ðæt on sǽ and on eáuum crýpð, Hex. 14, 8. Nǽddran crupon on ꝥ hús, Shrn. 152, 28. Wurmas crupon cuce of his líce, Hml. S. 4, 430. of human beings. literal Heó creáp on þám handum, and dróh on ðǽre eorðan ealne hire líchaman, Gr

á-tyhtan

to stretchtendereattendereextenderein-tendereto persuadeincite

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Add: to stretch; tendere, attendere, extendere, in-tendere Hí átiht (adtendit) fram slǽwþe, Scint. 67, 2. Átiht (extende) þá só; ðan lufe gynd ealne embehwyrft, 2, 16. Þænne geþanc ná tó bebodum só;ðre lufe byð átiht (tenditur), 53, 7. Átyht, Past. 301

Linked entry: á-tiht

ge-rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rihtan, -ryhtan; p. -rihte; pp. -rihted, -riht

To set right or straight, to direct, correctdirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre

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To set right or straight, to direct, correct; dirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre He wolde ðone Cristes gelǽfan gerihtan he would set right the faith of Christ, Chr. 680; Erl. 41, 14. Ða þing ðe he unfullfremed gemétte, mid heora fultume he ða gerihte and

Linked entry: ge-ryhtan

hlípe

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe, an; f.
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a place to leap from, a place to mount a horse from. Similar entries v. hleápan; II a. Take here passage under hlýpa in Dict. a place to jump over On hlýpan; of hlýpan. Cht. Crw. 3, 14. Tó hindehlýpan, C. D. iii. 385, 29. On ðone holan weg æt hindehlýpan

Linked entries: hlíp hlýpa

rust

(n.)
Grammar
rust, es; m. n. (?)

Rust

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Rust Rust erugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 37 : 29, 46. Erugo rust, óm, vel tinea .i. vitium frumenti vel ferri, 144, 3 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 19. Rost, Txts. 60, 397. Of ruste vel óme erugine .i. rubigine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 5. Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc gesuinc

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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the Finns generally, including Scride-finnas and Ter-finnas, are the inhabitants of the north and west coast from Halgoland [v. map in Ors. Bos.] to the White Sea, as defined by Ohthere in the following example Ne métte Ohthere nán gebún land, syððan

a-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drífan, æ-drífan; ic -drífe, ðú -drífest, -drífst, he -drífeþ, -drífþ, -dríft, pl. -drífaþ; p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivestakeexpelpursuefollow upagerepellereexpellererepelleresequiprosequi

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To drive, stake, expel, pursue, follow up; agere, pellere, expellere, repellere, sequi, prosequi Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum innan ðam wætere the Welsh staked all the ford of a certain river with great sharp piles

Dægsan stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dægsan stán, Degsa-stán, Dæg-stán,es; m. [Flor. Hunt. Degsastan: the stone of Degsa]

DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberlandagro Cumbriæ

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DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland; loci nomen in agro Cumbriæ Hér Ægþan Scotta cyng feaht wið Dælreoda, and wið Æðelferþe, Norþhymbra cynge, æt Dægstáne [Dægsan stáne, Th. 37, 26], and man ofslóh mǽst ealne his here in this year [A. D. 603] Ægthan king

ǽrne

Grammar
ǽrne, l. ǽrne-mergen, -morgen

early morning

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early morning Clǽnnyss sý swá swá ǽrnemergen (diluculum), Hy. Srt. 16, 27. Diluculum, ðæt is se ǽrnemergen, Lch. iii. 244, 6. Se dæg hæfð þreó tódǽlednyssa. . . . Seó forme hátte mane, ðæt ys ǽrnemergen, . . . seó niht hafað seofon tó-dǽlednyssa . .

sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sóþfæstness, e; f.

truthfaithfulnessgood faithsinceritytruthrighteousnessjusticetruth of speech or thought

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truth, faithfulness, good faith, sincerity On worulda woruld wunaþ ðín sóðfæstnes thy faithfulness is unto all generations (A. V.), Ps. Th. 118, 90: 56, 12. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode. Cwæþ se æþela

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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Add: together. in respect to quantity or number, marking completeness, without exception His efencempan hine endemes wurðodon (cf. the rendering of the same in Hml. S. 31, 49; His efencempan ealle hine árwurðodon), Hml. Th. ii. 500, 16. Wearð gefullod

lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Almost, nearly, within a little Lytesná concedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 49. Lytisná, 14, 65: Ep. Gl. 7 d, 31. Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66

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sticol

(adj.)
Grammar
sticol, adj.
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lofty, reaching to a great height, of a mountain 'Ic wille standan on ðisum steápum munte'. . . Moyses ðá ástáh tó ðam sticolan munte, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 9-12. Wæs án myrige dún . . . ful sméðe . . . se streám arn of ðære sticolan dúne, 19, 108-115. Hét

Linked entry: sticel

eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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Substitute: [the positive is uncertain]; cpve. eástra; spve. eást(e)mest Þǽre eástan Eoae (the passage is: Eoae tripertitas Indiaeprovincias illustravit, Ald. 25, 31, the glosses to which in Hpt. Gl. 451, 13, 16 are, Eoae i. orientis þára eástan (in

hunta

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Wæs Esau gléw hunta (vir gnarus venandi), Gen. 27, 27. Deáð æfter moncynne, egeslic hunta, á bið on waðe, Met. 27, 13. Of huntan gríne losian, Ps. Th. 123, 6. Tó huntan wícan, C. D. iii. 219, 9. Ðis is ðára .iii. hída landbóc . . . ðe Æðelréd cing gebócode

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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A people Him cierde tó eall se þeódscype on Myrcna lande all the people of Mercia, Chr. 922; Erl. 108, 25. Eal þeódscype hine hæfde for fulne cyng, 1013; Erl. 148, 36. Þes þeódscype the English, Wulfst. 163, 19. Se ðeódscype the Jews, 14, 7. Cyning sceal

Linked entry: leód-scipe

erian

(v.)
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Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan hé sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .i. æcer . . . His gafolyrðe III. æceras erige, Ll. Th. i. 434, 14-19. Wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ, Nap. 22, 28. Þeáh hé erige his land mid