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tó-rendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rendan, p. -rende

To rend in two,tear in pieces

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He is of þe tetore uolke, þet totereð his olde kurtel, and torendeð þe olde pilche, A. R. 362, 29. Haue ruþe of þi faire bodi, þt me ne lete hit noȝt þus torende, Marg. 28, 132

Linked entry: rendan

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Gewonie him God his weorldáre ond eác swá his sáwle áre, Chart.

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Longingdesireweariness

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Ðá wæs him micel langung and sorh on heora heortan ðá hié ðæt ongeáton ðæt hé leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde, 135, 21.

ge-fégan

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Ox. 200. to attach, join Is se scyld ufan frætwum geféged ofer þæs fugles bæc, Ph. 309. (2 a) figurative :-- Ꝥte hiá ðínum gifoega hiá ł ætféla hiá bodum ut tuis inhereant preceptis, Rtl. 90, 22.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad,enlarge,extend,make great in size or numberto make great, magnify, multiply, increase, improve the condition of a personto expand,extend,spread out,open wide,distendto extend,spread abroad,diffuse

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Mid hú miclum gódum willan Dryhten tóbrǽt (expandit) ðone greádan his mildheortnesse ongén ða ðe tó him gecierraþ. Past. 52; Swt. 405, 9. Hé tóbrǽdde (expandit) his feðeru. Deut. 32, 11.

Linked entry: tó-brédan

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen
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Hig scufon (ejecerunt) hine of ðære ceastre. Lk. Skt. 4, 29. Sume scufon heora mágas forþ tó heofenan ríce, and férdon him sylfe tó helle wíte, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 22.

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowingbreathbreathingspiritinspirationflameblazeprosperity

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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

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse without God's will and without his knowledge, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 212, 13: Gen. 31, 27, 31. Gif he stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes if he steal with the cognisance of all his household, L.

Linked entry: witness

slídan

(v.)
Grammar
slídan, p. slád; pp. sliden

To slide, slip, fall to slide, glideto make a mistake, to fail, errto fall into an unhappy conditionto pass away, be transitory or perishable

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Huanne þe on uot slyt, þe oþer him helpþAyenb. 149, 2

Linked entry: sliden

for-swíðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swíðan, he -swíþ; p. ede; pp. ed

To overcomereprĭmĕre

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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

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-weorc, es; n.
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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

(v.)
Grammar
efen-sárgian, p. ode
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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

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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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.

smeáh

(adj.)
Grammar
smeáh, smeóh; adj.

creeping in, penetratingsubtle, 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.]

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 :-- bíton heora téð him tógeánes, Hml.

ge-angsumian

(v.)
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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.

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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His líf ðæm his naman wæs gelíce gegearwod his life was ordered in accordance with his name, 167, 32.

mǽg-bana

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-bana, an; m.

A destroyer of one's kinsmen

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A destroyer of one's kinsmen Hit (surfeiting) biþ mǽgbana, and hit ne murneþ for nánum men, ne for fæder ne for méder ne for bróðer ne for swuster ne for nánum gesibban men, Wulfst. 242, 5

Linked entry: bana

ge-sib

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Þá cwæð se cásere ðæt wǽron gesibbe, and for ðí heó sprǽce þillice word him fore, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 9. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Gen. 1612.