be-weorpan
to cast, cast down, throw ⬩ projicere, dejicere ⬩ to cast about or over, cover over, surround ⬩ conjicere, supertegere, cingere
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He hæfþ us beworpen on ealra wíta mǽste he hath cast us down into the greatest of all torments, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 13; Gen. 393.
efen
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Hé démð rihtne dóm and emne dóm, Wlfst. 253, 20: 254, 9. equal, of like condition Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hé hine ná bettran ne déð qui scit ceteris aequalitate componi, Past. 113, 23.
fyren-wyrcende
Evil-doing ⬩ committing sin ⬩ mălum făciens ⬩ peccans
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Evil-doing, committing sin; mălum făciens, peccans Ic fyrenwyrcende oft elnade I often emulated evil-doing [men ], Ps. Th. 72, 2
snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Ðú oferswíþdest ðone snotrestan helwerena cyning Exon. Th. 275, 1; Jul. 543. Burgsittendum ðám snoterestum Elen. Kmbl. 553; El. 277.
Linked entry: snytre
tír
Glory ⬩ honour
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Th. 448, 11; Dóm. 52. Biþ týr scæcen, eorþan blǽdas, 447, 27; Dóm. 45. Tíres Wealdend (cf. wuldres Waldend, Cd. Th. 216, 27; Dan. 13) the Deity, Ps. Th. 79, 14. Tíres brytta, Judth. Thw. 22, 36;Jud. 93. Ðæt hý móstun tíres blǽd écne ágan, Exon.
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wrídian
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish
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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis
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for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23.
Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran
grénnes
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Cf. gréne; Wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen, ðeáh wé hí for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón me mægen for grénnesse, ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien ( tamen non repente in fabrica (lignum) ponitur, ut prius
lyt-hwón
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. (3 a) where the word is equivalent to an emphatic negative :-- Þone síðfæt him snotere ceorlas lythwón lógon . . . hwetton higerófne (far from blaming him, they urged him on), B. 203. gradually, little by little Lythuón onginnes from fruma, æfter ðon
stæf
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.), for ðan hé ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swá hé sceolde fere perdidit baculum suum, quia nescivit ministerium suum, Chr. 1047; P. 171, 13. Hé þám ƀ his stæf benam, 1094; P. 229, 4.
þencan
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Ercol wæs tó gefaren, tó ðon þæt hé hié ábrecan þóhte, 3, 9; S. 132, 12: 4, 13; S. 212, 2. (b i) add :-- Hé þóhte his sunu tó beswícanne, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 9
ÆPPEL
an APPLE ⬩ fruit generally ⬩ malum ⬩ pomum ⬩ what is round as an apple ⬩ the apple of the eye ⬩ a ball ⬩ bolus ⬩ pill ⬩ quidvis globosum ⬩ pupilla ⬩ globus ⬩ bolus ⬩ pilula
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Hí scilde swá geornlíce swá swá man déþ ðone æpl on his eágan he protected them as carefully as a man does the apple of his eye, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 13. Írenum aplum with iron balls, Salm. Kmbl. 56; Sal. 28
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Wrixle mutuum (Lk. 6, 34), 74, 43. what is given in return, return, requital Hé forgeald wyrsan wrixle wælhlem ðone ; . . . hé him on heáfde helm gescær, Beo. Th. 5930; B. 2969
neáh-lǽcan
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D. 330, 25, (la) with clause :-- Nú ú with impersonal construction, to approach a season or event Hit tó ðám dóme nú georne neálǽcð, Wlfst. 18, 14. Neólicað onlésnisse eówrum appropinguat redemtio uestra, Lk. R. 21, 28.
sand
sand, gravel ⬩ sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore
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Sume men secgen ðæt seó eá síe eást irnende on ðæt sond, and ðonne besince eft on ðæt sand, and ðǽr néh síe eft flówende up of ðám sande, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 12, 20-23.
ge-teón
To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Ðonne biþ ðam heard dóm geteód a hard sentence will be the lot of that man, 95, 36. Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód by what man's hand my death was determined; cujus mortem percussoris manu cavendam habeam, Nar. 31, 19: Th. Ch. 483, 15
fremu
Kindness ⬩ kind deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ good ⬩ profit ⬩ advantage
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Ðæt hé sumne hearm geswigode ðǽr ðǽr hé freme gecleopian meahte that he had done harm by silence where he might have got profit by calling out, Past. 49, 22
dúru
An opening, a door, the door of a house ⬩ ostium, jānua, fŏris
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An opening, a door, the door of a house; ostium, jānua, fŏris Dúru ymbstandennesse welerum mínum 'keep the door [opening ostium] of my lips,' Eng. versn. Ps. Lamb. 140, 3. Seó dúru wæs belocen clausa erat jānua, Mt. Bos. 25, l0.
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mid-winter
Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas
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Mid-winter, Christmas Gif se (seo, MS.) mid-winter biþ on Wódnesdæg, ðonne biþ heard winter and grim ... Gif heó byoþ on Ðunresdæg, ðonne byoþ gód winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendædlíc winter ...
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ge-swícan
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D. 27, 3. with clause Hí nyllað geswícan (cf. ne magon forlǽtan non desistunt, 7) ðæt hi óðre men ne reáfigen sua tribuentes aliena rapiunt, Past. 335, 4. to omit to do an act that should be regularly repeated, fail to do ꝥ hí nánum dæge ne geswicon