stán-gripe
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A seizing of stones, stones seized Ðeáh hé stán-greopum (-greótum, Kmbl.) worpod wǽre though he was stoned with the stones that they seized, Elen. Kmbl. 1645; El. 824
derung
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Swylce hit fleónde wǽre þæs Godes weres deringe ( laesionem ), 214, 1. Add
scyfe
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praecipitium Þá hors . . . þǽre eá wǽtres hryne heom ondrédon, efne swá hit sum deáþes plyht oððe scyfe wǽre aquam fluminis tangere quasi mortalem praecipitium pertimescebant, Gr. D. 15, 10
tawian
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Hí begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe hí swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... Hí urnon wépende ꝥ hí þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add
þaccian
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Þú tó þon gelǽded wǽre ꝥ þú mid þínre brádre handa þá nunnan ofer hire eaxle þaccodest qui perductus es, ut posteriora illius alapaferires, Gr. D. 190, 14. Add
uppe-land
Up-country ⬩ country as opposed to town ⬩ rural districts
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Up-country, country as opposed to town, rural districts Ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him of porte and of uppelande, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 3
ǽ-men
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Ðá wundrade Alexander hwý hit swá ǽmenne wǽre vacuam civitatem ratus, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 12. Hié hit ðǽr swá ǽmenne métton, 2, 4; S. 76, 16. Add:
Linked entry: ǽ-manne
on-beornan
to set fire to, to kindle ⬩ to inflame
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Wǽte onburnenu, 218, 14
Linked entry: on-brinnan
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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Eác ðám wæs unrím óðres mánes (cf. ðæt wæs tó-eácan óþrum unárímedum yflum, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 11), Met, 1, 44. Ðǽr wæs wunden gold on wán hladen, ǽghwæs unrím, Beo. Th. 6261; B. 3135.
be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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Th. 14, 8. temporal Hié eal ꝥ tóweard wæs beforan wítgodan, Bl. H. 161, 15: 163, 26. ¶combined with ǽr :-- God hit wát eall beforan, ǽr hit gewyrþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 28. Wæs hé beforan ær þá þreó gear gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 35.
a-blendan
To blind ⬩ make blind ⬩ darken ⬩ stupify ⬩ cæcare
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Wæs ablend was blinded, Mk. Bos. 6, 52 : Num. 14, 44
a-dwæscan
To quench ⬩ put out ⬩ staunch ⬩ appease ⬩ extinguere
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Ðæt fýr adwæsced wæs flammæ extinctæ sunt, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29. Adwæscton extinguerent, 4, 8; S. 575, 41. Adwæsctum ðínum feóndum extinctis tuis hostibus, 2, 12; S. 514, 7.
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a-tyhtan
to persuade ⬩ solicit ⬩ incite ⬩ attract ⬩ allure ⬩ persuadere ⬩ allicere ⬩ incitare ⬩ to produce ⬩ procreate ⬩ procreare ⬩ gignere
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to persuade, solicit, incite, attract, allure; persuadere, allicere, incitare Ðá wæs ofer Múntgiop monig atyhted Gota, gylpes full then was allured over the Alps many a Goth, full of arrogance, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 16; Met. 1, 8.
BEÁCEN
BEACON ⬩ sign ⬩ token ⬩ standard ⬩ signum ⬩ significatio ⬩ typus ⬩ vexillum ⬩ portentum ⬩ miraculum
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Wæs beácen boden the token was announced, Andr. Kmbl. 2403; An. 1203. Beácnes cyme the beacon's [the sun's] coming, Exon. 57b; Th. 205, 4; Ph. 107. Segn genom beácna beorhtost he took an ensign brightest of standards, Beo. Th. 5547; B. 2777
carc-ern
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Ic wæs on cearcerne [MS. Cot. carcærne] eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7: Hat. MS. 62b, 22. To ðam carcerne to the prison, Andr. Kmbl. 179; An. 90: Exon. 8a; Th. 2, 27; Cri. 25: Cd. 227; Th. 304, 28; Sat. 637: Cot. 124: 191
cwéne
A woman, wife, queen, common woman, harlot ⬩ femina, uxor, regina, meretrix
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A woman, wife, queen, common woman, harlot ; femina, uxor, regina, meretrix Ic wæs feaxhár cwéne I was a hoary-headed woman, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 13; Rä. 73, 1. Cwénan forlǽtan to forsake a wife, L. N. P. L. 35; Th. ii. 296, 1.
dúru
An opening, a door, the door of a house ⬩ ostium, jānua, fŏris
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Seó dúru wæs belocen clausa erat jānua, Mt. Bos. 25, l0. Dúru sóna on arn soon he rushed on the door, Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Dúra, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. l001. Ðá ða dúra wǽron belocene cum fores essent clausæ, Jn. Bos. 20, 19.
Linked entry: dúre
Defenas
Devonians, the inhabitants of Devonshire in a body, Devonshire ⬩ Devonienses, Devōnia
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Devonians, the inhabitants of Devonshire in a body, Devonshire; Devonienses, Devōnia Hér wæs Weala gefeoht and Defena [Defna, Th. 110, 16] in this year [A. D. 823] there was a fight of the Welsh and Devonians, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 16, col. 1, 2.
flyht
A flight ⬩ vŏlātus
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A flight; vŏlātus Wæs ðæs fugles flyht dvrne and dégol the bird's flight was hidden and secret, Exon. 17a; Th. 40, 15; Cri. 639. On flyhte in flight, Elen. Kmbl. 1485; El. 744: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 29; Sat. 112.
flýma
One who flees ⬩ a runaway ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw ⬩ a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul
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He monigra geára tíde flýma wæs multo annōrum tempŏre profŭgus văgābātur, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 3: Ps. Th. 77, 37. Beó he sydðan flýma let him be henceforth a fugitive, L. Ath. i. 2; Th. i. 200, 10: i. 20; Th. i. 210, 13, 14