for-brittan
To break in pieces ⬩ smash ⬩ bruise ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre
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To break in pieces, smash, bruise; confringĕre, contĕrĕre God forbriteþ téþ heora on múþe heora Deus contĕrĕt dentes eōrum in ōre ipsōrum, Ps. Spl. 57, 6. Hú he forbritte ealle his bígengan quōmŏdo contrīvĕrit omnes cultōres ejus, Deut. 4, 3.
ge-hwirfness
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return, v. ge-hwirfan; 4 Hé wíte-gode on þám sealme be þæs folces gehwyrfnesse of heora hæftnýde, Ps.
gíman
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Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne wære húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 21. Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle. Past. 323, 17.
teón
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Hé ástígende on án scyp bæd hyne ðæt hé hit lythwón fram lande tuge . . . Hé cwæþ tó Simone: 'Teóh hit on dýpan,' Lk.
BLÓSTMA
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos
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He dysegaþ se ðe wintregum wederum wile blósman [Cot. blostman] sécan he is foolish who will seek flowers in wintry weather, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32. Ðænne wangas blóstmum blówaþ then [i.e. in summer] the fields bloom with flowers, Menol.
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ge-samnian
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Add: to collect, get together. the object living creatures, to assemble for a common purpose Hé gesomnade alle ðá aldormenn biscopa, Mt. L. 2, 4. Ðá hét heó gesomnian ealle þá gelǽredestan menn, Bd. 4, 24 ; Sch. 485, 3.
Exan ceaster
EXETER, Devon ⬩ cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis
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EXETER, Devon; cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis Se here Exan ceaster beseten hæfde the army had beset Exeter, Chr. 895; Th. 172, 12. He wende hine wið Exan ceastres he turned towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 166, 31.
Linked entries: Eaxan ceaster Escan ceaster
ge-hýrsumian
to obey ⬩ be obedient to ⬩ obĕdīre ⬩ părēre ⬩ to make obedient ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ subjĭcĕre
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Ðe heora lustum gehýrsumiaþ who obey their lusts, Homl.
Linked entries: hýrsumian un-gehírsumod ge-hiérsumian
hridder
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[The second passage in Dict., and all but the first here refer to the same incident.]
or-læg
Fate ⬩ to 'dree' one's 'weird'
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Hé ðonne á tô ealdre orleg dreógeþ he then for ever and ever undergoes his fate in hell (cf. Icel. drýgja örlög, to 'dree' one's 'weird'), Exon. Th. 446, 29 ; Dóm. 29
be-hýdan
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. ¶ of sheathing a sword :-- Hé hét Petrum behýdan his swurd, Hml. S. 25, 848: 28, 65. Þá sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron ( reconduntur ), Prud. 72. Add
drencan
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.), hé wirð self oferdruncen qui inebriat, ipse quoque inebriabitur (Prov. 11, 25), Past. 381, 4. God ús drencte mid teárum potum dedit nobis in lacrymis, 413, 11. Drynctun mec mid ecede potaverunt me aceto, Ps. Srt. 68, 22.
ge-cwéman
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Þú éce líf eallum dǽlest, swá hér manna gehwylc Metode gecwémað, Hy. 10, 58. Ic ne gecwémde non placui, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 27. Heora ofspring, þone dǽl ðe him ǽr gecwémde, Hml.
holt
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For ðǽm wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt, Hml. S. 19, 219. On pápan holt súðweardne, C. D.
ge-líþewǽcan
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Hé geliþewǽhte tó geleáfan heora wurðfullan templ he adapted their magnificent temples to the service of the Christian faith, Hml. S. 31, 482. to become pliant Geliþewǽhte lentesceret, An.
Lygean-burh
Lenborough
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Lenborough, near Buckingham Hér Cúþwulf genom Lygeanburg, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13
swefnigend
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A dreamer Hér gǽþ se swefnigend ecce somniator venit, Gen. 37, 19
batt
a bat ⬩ club ⬩ cudgel
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a bat, club, cudgel Batt hec claua, An. Ox. 18 b, 18
sígan
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Godwine sáh him ǽfre tówerd Lundenes mid his liþe ðæt hé com tó Súþgeweorce Godwin kept moving towards London with his force until he came to Southwark, Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 184, 19.