mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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Lind. 22, 29
nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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Lá næddrena (ætterna, Lind. ; nedrana, Rush.) cyn progenies viperarum, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7 : 12, 34. Hig wurpon ealle hira gyrda nyðer and hí wurdon tó næddrum ( versae sunt in dracones ), Ex. 7, 12
ge-dǽlan
To divide ⬩ part ⬩ impart ⬩ separate ⬩ distribute ⬩ share ⬩ partake
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Lind. 19, 24. Gif he ǽr nele ðone sélestan dǽl Gode gedǽlan if he will not before give the best part to God, Blickl. Homl. 195, 7. Ðæt we gedǽlan ðone teóþan dǽl that we distribute the tenth part, 39, 19.
staþol-fæst
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Lind. 16, 18. Beðearf seó sáwel staðolfæstre brycge ofer ðone glideran weg hellewítes, Wulfst. 239, 14. Staleðfæste (l. staðel-) tremmincge firmo fulcimento, Hpt.
heáh-geréfa
A high reeve, reeve of high rank
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Lind. 13, 9. Héghgeroefa comes, Rtl. 193, 9. Cyninges heáhgeréfan gild iiii þúsend þrymsa the 'wergild' of a king's high reeve four thousand 'thrymsas,' L.
sester
a vessel ⬩ jar ⬩ pitcher ⬩ a measure for liquids or for dry things
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Lind. 5, 15. Hund sestra (cados) eles, Lk. Skt. 16, 6. Ǽlc wæterfæt wæs on twegra sestra gemete oððe on þreora capientes singuli metretas binas uel ternas, Jn. Skt. 2, 6. Gecned þrí sestras (sata) smedeman, Gen. 18, 6.
Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht
sib
Sib ⬩ related ⬩ one related ⬩ a relation
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Lind. 14, 12
wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Lind. 12, 21: 16, 22. Wlonc dives . . . ðe wlonca divitem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 23, 24. Summ monn wlong quidam homo dives, 27, 57. Ðú, weliga, ðínne Drihten ne lufadest . . .
Linked entry: wlencu
stycce
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-Twá stycgce (stycas, Lind.) duo minuta, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 42. a short space of time:?-Ðú á embe sticce (after a bit) féhst eft on ða ilcan sprǽce ðe ðú ǽr spǽce, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14
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teóða
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Tenth, marking order Seó teóðe (teigða, Lind.) tíd hora decima, Jn. Skt. 1, 39. Ða wæteru wanedon óð ðæne teóðan mónð, and on ðam teóðan mónðe æteówdon ðæra munta cnollas, Gen. 8, 5.
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Lind. 12, 3
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seonu-wealt
That may be always rolled ⬩ round ⬩ round ⬩ circular ⬩ cylindrical ⬩ round ⬩ spherical ⬩ globular ⬩ of a building ⬩ having a concave roof or dome
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Lind. 6, 31, rubc. Hyre wyrttruma ys synewealt the root is a bulb, Lchdm. i. 152, 16. Seó byrgen (Christ's tomb) is sinowalt bús ácorfen of ánum stáne, Shrn. 68, 35. Of sinuwealtum cliwene ex teriti glomere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 20: 83, 19.
Linked entries: syne-wealt sine-wealt sino-walt sin-wealt
ge-treówan
to trust ⬩ believe ⬩ have confidence ⬩ hope ⬩ confidere ⬩ credere ⬩ sperare ⬩ to make true or credible ⬩ to persuade ⬩ suggest ⬩ to make one's self out to be true ⬩ to clear one's self
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Lind. 28, 14: 27, 20. Ðe hálig gást gitrióweþ iówih alle ða ðe swá hwæt ic cweðo iów spiritus sanctus suggeret vobis omnia quæcumque dixero vobis, Jn. Skt.
Linked entries: treówan ge-treówian ge-triéwan ge-trýwan
spówan
To succeed. ⬩ to be successful ⬩ it succeeds with a person (dat.)
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Gesæh Pilatus ðæt him náuwiht speóu (spéua, Lind.) videns Pilatus quia nihil proficeret Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 24. Him speówhwónlíce.Homl. Skt. i. 7, 94.
æcer
field, land ⬩ of arable land ⬩ the crop raised on the land ⬩ a definite quantity of land, an acre
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Similar entries v. bydel-, lín-, sulh-æcer, bóc-æceras
CWUDU
What is chewed, a cud, quid ⬩ manducatum, rumen
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. ¶ Hwít cwudu white cud, mastich; an odoriferous gum from the mastich-tree, which was called by Lin. pistacia lentiscas.
sunne
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Seó sunne (sunna, Lind.) byþ forsworcen, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 29. On sumera sunne scíneþ, Cd. Th. 233, 16; Dan. 276. Dæge sunnan die sabbati, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 16. <b>I a.
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Gangaþ inn þurh (ðerh, Lind.) ðæt nearwe geat, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13: Lk. Skt. 18, 25. Syllan drincan þurh þyrel, Exon. Th. 485, 1; Rä. 71, 7. Ðá férde hé þurh (ðerh, Lind.) hyra mydlen, Lk. Skt. 4, 30.
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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., Lind.: wæstem, Rush.) alia dabant fructum, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 8. Ǽlc treów ðe gódne wæstm (woestim, Rush.) ne bringð omnis arbor, quae non facit fructum bonum, 3, 10. Dóð medemne weastm (wæstm, MS. A., Lind.: wyrþe westem. Rush.), 3, 8.
DRÝ
A magician, sorcerer, wizard ⬩ magus, malĕfĭcus
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Lind. 2, 16. Ðýlæs-ðe se deófol us be dríum [MS. drian] máge lest the devil have power over us by sorcerers, Glostr. Frag. l0, 30
Linked entries: dreá dreóh-lǽcan drý-men