slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Nán cræft nis Gode deórwyrðra ðonne sió lufu ne eft ðæm deófle nán cræft leóftǽlra ðonne hié mon slíte nihil pretiosius est Deo virtute dilectionis, nil est desiderabilius diabolo extinctione caritatis Past. 47, 2; Swt. 359, 24.
hwanne
When
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Sǽles bídeþ hwonne ǽr heó cræft hyre cýðan móte it waits for the time for displaying its art [cf. O.
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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Th. 30, 9. to declare, make known Se cræft sceolde wissian gewisslíce be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe on his lífes endebyrdnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 253
sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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Seó gesceádwísnes; nis ðæt scandlíc cræft, forðæm hit nǽnig hafaþ neát búton monnum, Met. 20,188. Scandlícre fúlnesse spurcae obscoenitatis, Hpt. Gl. 447, 19. Of scondlícum geþohte ex turpi cogitatione, Bd. 1, 27 ;S. 497,5.
cýþan
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Ðú wást ꝥ nán mon ne mæg nǽnne cræft cýðan bútan tólum and andweorce, Bt. 18 ; F. 58, 29
mis-
wanting in likeness or unity ⬩ unlike ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ diverging from the usual course ⬩ erratic
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Mistlícra ( variarum ) cræfta biggenceras, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 1. Misselícum sweccum variis odoribus, Kent. Gl. 1016. Mistlícum diversis, Hpt. Gl. 522, 73.
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Mid heora þám forcyrdan (-cerdan, forhwyrfedum) cræfte, 73, 32
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ofer-cuman
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Ne mihte hé geþencan hú hé hí mid ǽnige cræfte ofercuman sceolde, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 24. (1 a) to overcome in argument :-- Ofercuóm conuincit (Judaeos de baptismo Johannis interrogando ), Mk. p. 4, 19. of some physical or mental force or influence, to
sóna
Soon, immediately, directly, at once
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Ǽlc cræft biþ sóna forealdod Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10. And sóna (statim) gást hine on wésten genýdde Mk. Skt. 1, 12, 10. Hí ðá sóna forléton hyra nett Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22. Ðá sóna (continuo) forscranc ðæt fictreów 21, 19: Cd. Th. 53, 16; Gen. 862.
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leóht
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</b> fig. in respect to the mind Crisantus leornode mid leohtum andgite and mid gleáwun móde grammatican cræft, Hml. S. 35, 13. in respect to spiritual purity Gif égo þín bið bilwit all líchoma ðín léht ( lucidum ) bið, Lk. L. R. 11, 34.
ǽder
a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney
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His cræft gecymþ on ǽlcere ǽdre, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 2. Blód lǽtan of ðám swíðran earme on ðǽre niþeran ǽdre, Lch. ii. 210, 10: 82, 16. Lege on ðá ǽdre, 148, 18. Swá swá ǽddran licgeað on ðæs mannes líchaman, iii. 254, 22.
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snytro
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Þurh snyttra cræft Andr. Kmbl. 1261; An. 631. Ðara ðe geóce tó him séceþ mid snytrum 2307; An. 1155. On snytrum in sapientia Ps. Th. 89, 14. Mid módes snyttrum Beo. Th. 3416; B. 1706. Snyttrum wisely, prudently, Andr. Kmbl. 1292; An. 646.
séfte
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</b> in a bad sense, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminate :-- Ðý ne sceolde nán wís man wilnian séftes lífes gif hé ǽnigra cræfta récþ neque enim vos in provectu positi virtutis, diffluere deliciis, et emarcescere voluptate venistis, Bt. 40, 3 ; Fox
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gearcian
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. :-- Ic bicge hýda and fell and gearkie (praeparo ) hig mid cræfte, Coll. M. 27, 29. Gearca ús gereord-unge, Hml. Th. i. 60, 18. Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, 188, 4. to present, furnish, supply Gearcaþ wæfersýne prestat spectaculum An.
on-lúcan
literally, to unlock, open ⬩ to open, disclose, reveal
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Hwylc ðæs hordgates, cǽgan cræfte, ða clamme onleác, Exon. Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12. Wærc in gewód líchord onleác pain hath invaded me, hath opened to itself a way within my body, 163, 31; Gú. 1002: 170, 26; Gú. 1117.
beód
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Bútan cræfte mínon ( the baker's ) ǽlc beód ǽmtig byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Be abbodes beódes gereorde de mensa abbatis, R. Ben. 93, 2. Críst gehál-gode on his beóde þá gerýnu úre sibbe, Hml.
K
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On p. 212, l. 15 is found Crist, while the Hatton writes Krist; on p. 152, line 5 the Cotton MS. has kræft, the Hatton MS. cræft. On p. 459, ll. 29, 31, 32 (Hatton MS.) occur the forms kokka, kokkum, kok. So in the Chronicle.
ágen
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Þæt is ágen cræft ( a property ) wætres and eorðan. Met. 20, 122. Ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Þæs wæteres ágnu cýþ is on eorþan, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 14. Þis is mín ágen cýð, Met. 24, 49.
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Dryhten dǽleþ sumum tæfle cræft, bleóbordes gebregd, Exon. Th. 331, 19; Vy 70. Sum biþ hræd tæfle, sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege, 297, 25; Crä. 73. Hý twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan ... habban him gomen on borde, 345, 2; Gn. Ex. 182
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wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and hæfþ on him feówer óþre cræftas; ðara is án wærscipe, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34: 34, 6; Fox 140, 35: Shrn. 175, 27. Á geríst bisceopum wísdóm and wærscype, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 28.
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