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gréting

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Brýdleóþes grétinge epithalami elogium, 3182. of respectful action or worship Hát mé unmedemre for þǽre godcundan róde grétinge ( for adoration of the divine cross ) þá duru beón untýnede, Hml. S. 23 b, 448

on-swífan

(v.)

to swing, turnto turn aside, divert

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Th. 5112; B. 2559. to turn aside, divert Ne mæg mon ǽfre ðý éð ǽnne his cræftes beniman, ðe mon oncerran mæg sunnan onswífan and ðisne swiftne rodor of his rihtryne, Met. 10, 40

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Ox. 3899. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on Se apostol his eágan gemearcode mid þǽre hálgan róde, Hml. S. 29, 55. to assign, appoint Ne wearð wyrse dǽd monnum gemearcod, Gen. 595.

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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. ; (Take here <b>ge-dreóh</b> in Dict.) of animals, gentle, tame; mitis Hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen on þæs horses heáfde and ealle his réðnysse áwende on geþwǽrnysse, swá þæt hit wæs stillre and gedreóhre (mitior) þonne hit wǽre ǽr þǽre

of-stígan

(v.)
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Ofstíg ł ástíg (ástíg, R.) of róde descende de cruce, Mt. L. 27, 40. Ðá menigo ofstígendra turbae discendentium, Lk. L. 19, 37. Ofstígendum (níþerstígendum, R.) him of mór, Mt. L. 17, 9 : Mk. L.

Linked entry: stígan

treów

(n.)
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</b> add :-- Stód þǽr án medmycel ród on þǽre eorðan, and wæs swá mycel þæs treówes gesyne swá wolde beón gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 72

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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</b> where fót is subject :-- -Symble wæs drýge folde swá his fót gestóp, An. 1584. of inanimate objects Se rodor þǽre eorþan on nánre ne mót neár þonne on óðre stówe gestæppan (cf. ðeáh se rodor þǽre eorþan náwer ne geneálǽce, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130

be-settan

(v.)
Grammar
be-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett; v. a. [be by, settan to set]

To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posesscircumdare, collocare, ponere

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To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posess; circumdare, collocare, ponere Seó cwén ða róde héht mid eorcnanstánum besettan [MS. besetton] the queen commanded them to beset the cross with jewels, Elen. Kmbl. 2049; El. 1026.

Linked entry: bi-settan

crisma

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</b> the sacred character conferred by unction :-- Se biscop forlét his crisman and his róde and his gástlican wǽpnu, and féng tó his spere and tó his swurde, Chr. 1056; P. 187, 24.

BLÓWAN

(v.)
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BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossomflorere, efflorere, reflorereto be in full vigour or bloomto burst, blossom

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Aarones gyrd greów and bleów and bær hnyte Aaron's rod grew and blossomed and bare nuts, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 18. Bleów flǽsc mín refloruit caro mea, Ps. Lamb. 27, 7.

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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Síæ nægled on róde crucifigatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 23. Ne hié scip fereþ naca nægled bord ( or nægled-bord; adj. ?) nor does ship carry her, vessel, nailed plank (or with nail-fastened sides ), Exon. Th. 439, 17; Rä. 59, 5.

Linked entry: nægled-bord

pæll

(n.)
Grammar
pæll, pellt, es ; m.
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Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde and of Marian reáfe and of Michaheles pelle, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 73. Volosianus ðone pæll ástrehte ðe Dryhtnes andwlytan on wæs befealden, St. And. 46, 13. iiii. pellas, and iiii. cuppan, Chart. Th. 519, 23.

Linked entry: pell

þurh-drífan

(v.)

to drive throughpiercetransfixto penetratepermeateimbueto drive violentlyperpellere

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Wes mon þurhdriuen upon þe rode homo cruci affixsus est, 1198.]

ísen

(adj.)
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ísen, adj.

Iron

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Seó gyrd wæs eal ísen the rod was all iron, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17. Hig hyne on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascus they brought him in an iron chest to the city of Damascus, St. And. 38, 8.

drencan

(v.)
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Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen, Lch. ii. 224, 1. to plunge into water Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. <b>II a.</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps.

HLÚD

(adj.)
Grammar
HLÚD, adj.

LOUD, sonorous

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Hlúde wǽran hý ðá hý ofer ðone hlǽw ridan loud were they when they rode over the hill, Lchdm. iii. 52, 13. Francan wǽron hlúde loud was the sound of the javelins, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 20; Gen. 1982. Hlúddra sang chorea, Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 47; Wrt.

æl-beorht

All-brightall-shining

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Hwílum cerreþ eft on up ródor ælbeorhta lég the all-bright flame returns sometimes again up to the sky, Bt. Met. Fox 29,104; Met. 29, 51

FLINT

(n.)
Grammar
FLINT, es; m.

FLINTa rocksĭlexpetra

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Híg cómon to ðam flinte, and Moyses ætfóran him eallum slóh mid ðære girde túwa ðone flint, and fleów sóna of ðam flinte wæter they came to the rock, and Moses struck the rock twice with his rod before them all, and immediately water flowed from (he rock

a-hón

(v.)
Grammar
a-hón, to a-hónn; ic -hó, ðú -héhst, he -héhþ; impert. -hóh; p. -héng,-héncg, pl. -héngon; pp. -hongen, -hangen

To hangcrucifysuspenderecrucifigere

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Pilatus on róde ahéng ródera Waldend Pilate had crucified on the cross the Ruler of the skies, Exon. 70a; Th. 260, 29; Jul. 305: Elen. Kmbl. 419; El. 210. He ahangen wæs he was hanged, Elen. Kmbl. 887; El. 445 : 903; El. 453

be-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wyrcan, -weorcean, bi-wyrcan; p. -worhte, pl. -worhton; pp. -worht

To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adornelaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare

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Seó cwén ða róde héht golde beweorcean the queen commanded to adorn the cross with gold, Elen. Kmbl. 2045; El. 1024