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ge-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scǽnan, -sceánan, -scénan; p. de; pp. ed

To diminish, break, bruise, shake, shattercontĕrĕre, confringĕre, conquassāre

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Ðú ðæs myclan dracan heáfod gescǽndest tu confrēgisti căput dracōnis magni, 73, 14. Ða he sylfa oft gebræc and gescǽnde quas ipse ălĭquando contrīvĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 27. Gesceányþ heáfda conquassabit capita, Ps. Spl. C. 109, 7

loca

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Ic sume in bryne sende, in líges locan (into the cloister of flame, hell), Jul. 474 ; and add: v. cǽg-, cealf-, heáfod-loca

þeówan

(v.)
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.

spearnlian

(v.)
Grammar
spearnlian, p. ode

To spurnstrike out with the feetkick

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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21

befer

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On beueres bróces heáfod, C. D. v. 48, 8. The word occurs in local names, v. C. D. vi. 257, col. 2

línen

Grammar
línen, linen.
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Línen heáfodes s

scirdan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
scirdan, p. de
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To hurt, injure Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde, ðæt hé tó sacerdan heáfod áhylde, . . . and hí hrædlíce siððan scyrde oððe scynde mid worde oððe weorce, L. , Eth. vii. 27 ; Th. i. 334, 35.

cugele

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Heó hire heáfod behylede mid hire cúlan, Hml. S. 33, 237: Angl. xiii. 443, 1115. Ofer þá cúlan super cucullam, 1116. Sýn on hrægelhúse gehealden cugelan (cúlan, v. l. ), R. Ben. 91, 11. Add

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft.

slingan

(v.)
Grammar
slingan, p. slang, pl. slungon

To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent.to move quickly to wind to wind

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Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?) heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr. Scrd. 20, 15

ge-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]

To breakbruisecrushdestroyshatterwastefrangĕreconfringĕrecontrībulārecontĕrĕreconquassāreattĕrĕre

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Ðú gebrǽce ðæt dracan heáfod deópe wætere tu contrībŭlasti căpĭta drăcōnum super ăquas, Ps. Th. 73, 13.

swíma

(n.)
Grammar
swíma, an; m.
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Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod, Lchdm, iii. 48, 3. a state of unconsciousness, a swoon Licgan on swíman to lie unconscious, Judth Thw. 21, 22; Jud. 30 - 23, 5 ; Jud. 106

geond-irnan

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Ꝥ se seáw mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan, 18, 15. of mental action, to run over a subject Geondyrnan ( percurrere ) þá þing þe syndon ongunnene be his lífe, Gr. D. 103, 10

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ge-ferian

(v.)
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Gefered wæs heáfod his in disc allatum est caput ejus in disco, Mt. L. 14, ii. Geferedne delatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 75. Gefæredne, 26, 50. Add

seáw

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mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan] :-- Genim þisse sylfan wyrte (foxglove ) seáw mid rosan seáwe, Lch. i. 268, 5. Þicgen þá mettas ðe gód seáw wyrcen, ii. 226, 12

BOLSTER

(n.)
Grammar
BOLSTER, gen. bolstres; m.

A BOLSTER, a pillow for the headcervicala shellculcitacervicala mattressa bolster

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A BOLSTER, a pillow for the head; cervical He his heáfód onhylde to ðam bolstre, and medmycel fæc onslǽpte reclinavit caput ad cervical, modicumque obdormivit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 7.

sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorfan, p. swearf, pl. swurfon; pp. sworfen
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Mín heáfod is homere geþuren sworfen feóle, 497, 18; Rä. 87, 2. Cpds. with for, omitted in their place, are added here:?-Forsweorfeþ elimat, i. mundat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 1. Biþ forsworfen vel forgniden demolitur, exterminatur, 138, 63

Linked entries: a-sweorfan ge-sweorfan

meós

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. ¶ as On meósbróces heáfod, C. D. v. 339, 3. On meósdene, 303, 1. In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26. Tó meósleáge, v. 215, 9 (cf. ge-légu). On meósmór, iii. 81, 29. the first component in local names, e. g

efesian

(v.)
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S. 32, 192. (2 a) with head as object :-- Wæs wel gecweden ðæt se efsigenda (efsienda, v. l.) efsode his heáfod bene dicitur: 'Tondentes tondent capita sua,' Past. 141, 3.

hú-lic

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R. 13, 1. predicative, of what sort Ꝥ hí him bróhtan ꝥ heáfod tó, ꝥ hé gesége húlic ꝥ wǽre, Shrn. 76, 27.