on-sígan
of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend ⬩ of violent movement
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Swearte gástas mid micclum þreáte him onsigon, ðæt hí his sáwle gegripon, 414, 10. Hé bodode ðæt him wæs Godes grama onsígende, 246, 17. Mé wæs onsígende se stranga wynd, St. And. 28, 13. Onsígendum ingruenti, Hpt. Gl. 503, 32
on-tendan
to kindle, set fire to, to fire ⬩ to kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame
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.),, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 294. Hí on ða burh feohtende wǽron, and eác hí mid fýre ontendan woldon, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 12. Ðonne hé ( the moon) of hyre (the sun ) ontend byþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 12. Ontend succensus, Hpt. Gl. 507, 17. Antend, 471, 22.
tó-scǽnan
To break to pieces
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Ne furðon án bán næfde hé mid óþrum ac tóscǽnede ofer eall lágon and tóworpene geond ða wídan eorban he had not even one bone along with another, but broken to pieces they lay in all directions and flung here and there throughout the wide world, Homl.
tó-wesness
separation ⬩ dissolution ⬩ divorce ⬩ difference ⬩ disagreement ⬩ discord ⬩ dissension
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Ðonne hé him ondrǽt ða tówesnesse útane dum humana foras jurgia metuunt, Past. 46; Swt. 351, 23
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hréfan
To roof
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To roof Hé lǽt it réfen he had it roofed, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 8
þurh-brengan
to bring through
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to bring through Hé tóslát sǽ and hé þurhbróhte ( perduxit ) hig, Ps. Lamb. 77, 13
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freclíce
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Greedily Geseah heó ǽnne leahtric ... heó hine freclíce bát ( avide momordit ), Gr. D. 31, 1
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æt
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Hé hine berǽdde æt þám ríce, Chr. 887; P. 80, 18. (j) marking source from which action proceeds :-- Hé wearð ácweald æt his witena handum, Hml. Th. i. 60, 4. Hí wǽron gemartyrode æt þám mánfullan Nero, Hml. S. 29, 117.
ge-secgan
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H. 66, 2
eorl-riht
An earl's right or privilege ⬩ cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium
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An earl's right or privilege; cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium Gif þegen geþeáh, ðæt he wearþ to eorle, ðonne wæs he syððan eorlrihtes weorþe if a thane thrived, that he became an earl, then he was thenceforth worthy of an earl's right, L.
mǽg-líc
Belonging to kinsmen
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Belonging to kinsmen Hé hine lufode ná swá micclum for ðære mǽglícan sibbe he loved him, not so much because they were relations, Homl. Th. i. 58, 4.
nón-gereord
A repast after the service of nones
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A repast after the service of nones Siððan hýðone forman cnyl tó nóne gehýren, gangen hý ealle from hyra weorce and dón hý gearuwe, ðæt hý mágon tó cirican gán, ðonne mon eft cnylle. Ðonne eft æfter heora nóngereorde rǽdan hý eft heora béc, R.
ge-bregdan
to draw ⬩ unsheath ⬩ stringĕre ⬩ exĭmĕre ⬩ to feign ⬩ pretend
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to draw, unsheath; stringĕre, exĭmĕre He hringmǽl gebrægd he drew the ringed sword, Beo. Th.3133; B. 1564. He gebrægd his sweord exēmit gladium suum, Mt. Kmbl.
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tídlíce
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</b> for time, in this world :-- Se ðe on ðisse worulde wel tídlíce (temporaliter ) wealdt, bútan ende on écnysse ríxaþ, Scint. 182, 1. conveniently, at a suitable time Hé sóhte ðætte tídlíce ðætte mæhte sellan hine (cf. hé sóhte hú hé eáðelícust
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folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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Hé (the centurion) forlét his folgos, Hml. S. 37, 192. the district in which office is held: Se biscop ámanige þá oferhýrnesse æt þám geréfan þe hit on his folgoðe sý, Ll. Th. i. 214, 3.
under-þencan
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Búton hí hí selfa underþæncan and tó dǽdbóte cuman. Ll. Lbmn. 438, 35. Add
bricst
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he bricþ thou shalt break, he shall break; confringes, confringet, Ps. Spl. 2, 9;
á-wacian
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Hí of ðám slǽpe áwacedon . . . þá hí áwacodon, Hml. S. 23, 441-3. Add
wífian
To take a wife ⬩ to marry ⬩ on
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Hí ne wífiaþ, ne hí beóð hámbróhte, Hpt. Gl. 436, 40. Ðæt se cniht heólde hine sylfne clǽne óð ðæt hé wífode, Homl. Ass. 20, 149. Abraham and Nachor wífudun (duxerunt uxores), Gen. 11. 29. Wifodon, Lk. Skt. 17, 27. Wífian nubere, Hpt.
hæftnung
Captivity, fastening, confinement
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Captivity, fastening, confinement Hé hine gewráþ gelomlíce ac hine sic mihte nánes cynnés hæftnung gehealdan he often bound him, but no kind of fastening could hold him, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 20. On hæftnunge in captivity, 86, 3 : Ps. Spl. 13, 11.