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cwilman

(v.)
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Cwylmed on róde crucified, Dóm. L. 54. Bið cwelmed mortificabitur, Kent. Gl. 698. <b>II a.</b> cwilman tó deáþe to put to a cruel death :-- Cwylm hig ealle tó deáðe, Hml. A. 188, 197

Linked entry: cwelman

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, ge-líffæstian; p. ge-líffæste, ge-líffæstade; pp. ge-líffæst, ge-líffæsted.
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H. 163, 18. to endow with active properties Ic wæs gemedemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre deórwurðan and þǽre gelíffæstan róde, Hml. S. 23 b, 467

leóma

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Glitenode gelícnys þǽre Crístes róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 43. Úp ásprungum leóman exorto (solis) jubare, i. splendore, An.

ǽg-hwanan

from all sides on all sides on all sides, in every respect, utterly

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Hé hine ǽghwanon mid ðǽre róde tácne gewǽpnode, 23 b, 776. Hí mon ǽghwanone sécan sceolde, 23, 236. Nú is ǽghwonon hreám and wóp, nú is heáf ǽghwonon, nú is ǽghwonon yfel and slege, and ǽghwonon ðes middangeard flýhþ from ús, Bl.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwonene

tó-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽdan, p. de

To spread outextendexpandspread in different directions

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His holie lichame was tospred on þe holie rode, O. E. Homl. ii. 21, 29. Tosprad, 205, 33. He tospret touward ou his ermes, A. R. 402, 9. þe Brutones þat were tosprad here and þere, R. Glouc. 134, 15.

þurh-féran

(v.)

to pass through or overto penetrateget into

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Voc. ii. 96, 38. to penetrate, get into Hér Rodla ðurhférde ( penetravit ) Normandi mid his here, Chr. 876; Th. i. 145, col. 3

Linked entry: þurh-faran

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Hé mearcode ða stówe, Homl. ii. 160, 35, Mearca ðé sylfne mid tácne ðære hálgan róde, i. 534, 22. Mearcie ( brand ) man hine (þeówman) æt ðam forman cyrre, L. C. S. 32; Th. i. 396, 9. Mercande signantes, Mt. Kmbl.

á-hón

(v.)
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His stíward hét se cyng on róde áhón, 1096; P. 232, 23. Hí hiene hét áhón in crucem suspendit, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 33. Sié áhóen crucifigatur, Mt. L. 27, 22: Lk. L. 23, 23

sac-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sac-leás, adj.

innocentcontention, unmolested, secure

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Wass Crist sacclæs o rode naȝȝedd, Orm. 1900. Sacles (without strife, freely) he let hin welden it so, Gen. and Ex. 916

dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
dirnan, p. de
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Dyrnan Meotudes mihte, An. 693: El. 971: Hy. 7, 93. with dat. of person from whom a thing (acc. ) is concealed Seó ród þe gé mannum dyrndun, El. 626. On yrre wille hé his milde mód mannum dyrnan numquid continebit in ira sua misericordiam suam?

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.

a treea materialwoodtreesa woodroof-treesaddle-treea piece of wooda beamlogstakestaffcudgelgallows-treetree used of the cross

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Ðú ðé on róde treów áhófe, Anglia xii. 506, 4: Elen. Kmbl. 411; El. 206. Ðurh treów ús com líf, ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde, Homl. Th. ii. 240, 22. Similar entries v. gealg-, wulfheáfod-treów, and ród

Linked entries: tréu trýw treó

wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te
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Ic sceal his róde sigor swíðor wíscan ðonne ondrǽdan, Homl. Th. i. 594, 20. in a precatory or imprecatory sense, = utinam, with clause Ic wýsce ðæt heorte healde lufe utinam cor teneat amorem, Scint. 25, 1.

Linked entry: wíscan

be-þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeccan, bi-þeccan; p. -þeahte, -þehte, pl. -þeahton, -þehton; pp. -þeaht, -þeht

To cover, cover over, concealtegere, contegere, operire

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To cover, cover over, conceal; tegere, contegere, operire Ða róde earme beþeahte he covered the cross with his arm, Elen. Kmbl. 2470; El. 1236: Cd. 185; Th. 230, 26; Dan. 239.

segnian

(v.)
Grammar
segnian, sénian ; p. ode.
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Ðeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit ðeáh bletsung, búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde . . . Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian, H. R. 105, 22.

Linked entries: sénian sægnian

searu-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
searu-cræft, es; m.
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Ða róde mid ðám æðelestum eorcnanstánum besetton searocræftum (cunningly, skilfully, cf. searu, ), Elen. Kmbl. 2049; El. 1026.

ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.
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Giarn án and gifylde copp mid æcede ymbsette and tó róde ða drinca salde him currens unus et implens spongiam aceto circumponensque calamo potum dabat ei Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 15, 36. Ymbsetton (ymsettun, Rush.) ł ymbuundun circumponentes Jn. Skt.

be-wyrcan

surround

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Hió ðá róde bewyrcan hét mid golde and mid seolfre, H. R. 15, 13.

glitnian

(v.)
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Betwux þæs heortes hornum glitenode gelícnys þǽre hálgan róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 42. Leóhtes dægrima glitnigende ( rutilans ) scínþ, Hy. S. 8, 21. Gliteniend(r)e corusco (immensi luminis splendore ), An. Ox. 4310. <b>I a.

nídan

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Stinge him mon feþere on múð, néde hine tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 286, 17. [3) with clause :-- Þone hié nǽddun ꝥ hé bére his róde hunc angariaverunt ut tolleret crucem ejus, Mt. R. 27, 32

hangian

(v.)
Grammar
hangian, p. ode; pp. od

To hang, be suspended, depend

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Ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde for úre álýsednysse when Christ hung on the cross for our redemption, 240, 22: Lk. Skt. 23, 39.

Linked entry: hongian