blǽd
a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity
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Biscophádas oððe blǽd flamina, ii. 35, 68. prosperity Gif him þince ꝥ his hús byrnð, micel blǽd and torhtnes him byð tóweard, Lch. iii. 170, 10
Linked entry: blæst
for-swíðan
To overcome ⬩ reprĭmĕre
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Seó him sára gehwylc symle forswíðede which constantly overcame each of his pains, Exon. 46 b; Th. 160, 5; Gú. 939. Forsuíða confundere, Rtl. 50, 13; præcedere, 32, 21
þeów-weorc
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Servile work, work to be done by a slave Gif hwá freót forwyrce ... sý hé ðæs þeówweorces wyrðe ðe ðǽr tó gebyrige if any on forfeit his freedom ... let him have such servile work assigned him as pertains thereto, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12.
efen-sárgian
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Se Godes man efensárgode (efensárgende, v. l. ) hire sáre, 215, 22. Se abbod him efensárgode, Hml. S. 33, 16. Hé hæfde frýnd ꝥ hine fréfrodon and him efensárgodon, 30, 202
Linked entry: sárgian
ge-weorp
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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat
sib
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Add Fríne hié mon æfter hú monegum wintrum sió sibb gewurde þæs þe hié ǽst unsibbe wið monegum folcum hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 17. <b>V a.
ofer-stige
Astonishment, extasy
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, ðæt ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit ðus macige,' Homl.
Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness
smeáh
creeping in, penetrating ⬩ subtle, crafty ⬩ insinuating
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Two þing ben in þe manne, on his þat clene kinde þat God haueþ þeron broht þureh his smehnesse (wisdom, skill) 205, 19. Smeihliche bicharede 71, 28.]
Linked entries: smeálíce smeá-wrenc smeá-wyrm smeóh
bítan
to bite
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Hé bítes and slítes hine adlidit eum, Mk. R. 9, 18. Bítende (bídtende, L.) ł bát hine discerpens eum, 1, 26. to bite, gnash the eccen :-- Hí bíton heora téð him tógeánes, Hml.
un-weder
Bad weather ⬩ tempest
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Bad weather, tempest Nú cweðaþ sume men ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went nǽfre náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde is, Lchdm. iii. 268, 4.
Linked entries: un-geweder un-widere
ge-angsumian
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Heó wearð oð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13. Hé micclum wearð geangsumod, and for his mágum swíðor þonne for him sylfum, Hml. A. 97, 168.
ge-sib
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Þá cwæð se cásere ðæt hí wǽron gesibbe, and for ðí heó sprǽce þillice word him fore, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 9. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Gen. 1612.
grápian
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Suá se wítga dyde ... mid his wordum ... hit wæs betre ðæt hé grápude mid ðǽm bíspelle ǽr ðon ðe hé cídde, suá se lǽce grápað and strácað ... ǽr ðon ðe hé stingan wille, Past. 187, 1-5.
orgel-líce
Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently
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Ðá áxode Pilatus hine orgollíce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 29. Orgellíce, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 76. Hé cwæþ orgællíce, 5, 449. He forþ, stæpþ wel orglíce swylce hwyle cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34
Linked entry: orhlíce
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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Gif ðonne ðæt worms up stíhþ tó ðon ðæt ðé þince ðæt hit mon sníþan mǽge and út forlǽtan . . . ðonne hrín ðú him mid ðý snidísene and sníð listum . . . ðonne ðú hit tóstinge oððe sníþe Lchdm. ii. 208, 11-21.
fore-sceáwian
to foresee ⬩ to provide for ⬩ to provide ⬩ give for use
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Paulus nolde ðá álýfdan bigleofan onfón, ac mid ágenre teolunge his and his geférena neóde foresceáwode, Hml. Th. i. 392, 23. God wile foresceáwian úre gesundfulnysse and sibbe mid ús, Hml.
clifrian
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Hí man clifrode mid ísenum clawum, Hml. S. 12, 187. Mid ísenum clawum clifrian his lima, 14, 43. Add
Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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, and buried him there [1035] Erl. 164, 17-19.
ofer-reccan
to convince, confute, convict
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Ðý læs ðonne hié oferhyggaþ ðæt hié síen oferreahte útane mid ó;ðerra manna ryhtum lárum hié ðonne síen innan gehæfte mid ofermétum ne dum rectis aliorum suasionibus foris superari despiciunt, intus a superbia captivi teneantur, 42, 2; Swt. 307, 6
úp
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Ðér hit ǽr úp eóde where it started, C. D. v. 40, 17. Þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽlþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on ofer-méttum weorðen, Bt. 39, Ii; F. 228, 23: Past. 79, 17 : 461, 28. Add