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á-belgan

(v.)
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Forbe;ád se biscop ðæt hí ne weópon, ðý lǽs [hí] ðá hálgan treów þurh heora wóp and teáras ábulgen monuit sacerdos ut pergeremus fletum ululatumque nostrum sacras arbores dicens offendisse, Nar. 32, 14.

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

fród

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Treów . . . fród dagum, Rä. 54, 4. of things Fród fyrngeweorc (a statue), An. 738: the universe, Ph. 84. Fród fyrngewritu ( the Old Testament ), El. 431

gim

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Gimmas hæfdon bewrigene weorðlíce wealdes treów, Kr. 16. Sum bið searocræftig goldes and gimma, þonne him gumena weard háteð tó mǽrðum máððum rénian, Crä. 59. Hé hit gihrínade mið golde and mið gimmum, Jn. p. 188, 5.

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Noldon ðá hǽðenan þám bálgan geðafian þæt hé swá hálig treów ǽfre hýnan sceolde (cf. hí ne mihton on heora móde findan ꝥ hé ꝥ treów forcurfe, Hml. S. 31, 395), Hml.

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

botl

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Wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt wé hí eft up árǽren on ðǽm botle, ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen altum silvae lignum succidimus, ut hoc in aedificii tegmine sublevemus, Past. 433, 36. of a considerable (royal, monastic, &c.) dwelling On Donafelda

ge-lǽtan

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D. 5, 25. to put into a position, commit, entrust On treówe gelǽton fidei commissum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 76

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-, híw-, hús-, land-, mǽg-, mann-, meodo-, nám-, teón-, þing-, treów

stól

(n.)
Grammar
stól, es ; m.
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Gewyrc stól of þrím treówum . . . geót under ðone stól, Lchdm. ii. 76, 21-24.

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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Sume snéddun telgran of treówum alii caedebant ramos de arboribus Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 8.

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

for-leósan

(v.)
Grammar
for-leósan, he -lýst; p. ic, he -leás, ðú -lure, pl. -luron; subj. pres. -leóse, pl. -leósen; p. -lure, pl. -luran, -luren; pp. -loren

To loselet godestroyamittĕreperdĕredestruĕre

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His treowe for feógýtsunge forleósan fĭdem suam amōre pĕcūniæ perdĕre, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 40. Ic forleóse amitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41. Gif he forlýst an of ðám si perdĭdĕrit ūnam ex illis, Lk. Bos. 15, 4. Ic forleás perdĭdĕram, Lk.

Linked entry: be-leósan

cennan

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Voc. i. 65, 27. of plants, to produce Of þám treówum balzamum bið kenned ( nascitur ), Nar. 36, 32. to produce, cause Cynð wam generat maculam, Kent. Gl. 291. to declare, &c. Þá cende hé tém, Cht. Th. 206, 27.

ge-tweógan

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want of faith, confidence, &c. with impersonal construction Þá hí him neálǽhtan, þá getweóde hié hwæðer hié wið him mæhten cum desistendum certamine propter metum periculi arbitrarentur, Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 31. with subject Him ne getweóde treów

ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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Add Þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt, E. S. viii. 477, 13. Gif mon on his wege biþ gedwolod, sleá him ánne spearcan beforan, biþ hé sóna on rihtan ( in the right way ), Lch. ii. 290, 18.

ge-weorc

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C. 3. v. súþ-, templ-, treów-geweorc. <b>VI c.</b> what is wrought, material prepared by labour :-- Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Gif treówa beóð on fullum mónan geheáwene, hí beóð heardran, and langfǽrran tó getimbrunge. . . Nis ðis nán wíglung, ac is gecyndelíc ðincg, Homl. Th. i. 102, 25.

Linked entry: wílung

westan

(adv.)
Grammar
westan, adv.
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Gesáwon wé westan ðone leóman sunnan, and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówum ufonweardum, Nar. 28, 23. marking the direction of measurement Is seó stów ǽghwanon mid sǽ ymbseald bútan westan est locus ille undique mari circumdatus praeter ab occidente Bd. 4,

Linked entry: westane

ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.
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Eá mid treówum ymbset amnis i. 54, 16

beám

a beamposta beam of light

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Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Bl. H. 187, 12.

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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Ne hrepa þú þæs treówes wæstm, for þan ðe þú bist deádlic, gif ðú ðæs treówes wæstm geetst de ligno . . . ne comedas . . . in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris, Hml.

for-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-ceorfan, part, -ceorfende; ic -ceorfe, ðú -ceorfest, -cirfst, -cyrfst, he -ceorfeþ, -cyrfþ, pl. -ceorfaþ; p. ic, he -cearf, ðú -curfe, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen

To cut or carve outcut downcut off or awaycut throughdivideexcīdĕreconcīdĕresuccīdĕreincīdĕreintercīdĕre

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Ælc treów, ðe gódne wæstm ne bringþ, byþ forcorfen omnis arbor, qrtæ non făcit fructum bŏnum, excīdētur. Mt. Bos. 3, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 406, 32. Ðæt we ne beón forcorfene that we may not be cut down, 408, 25