rǽsan
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Voc. ii. 111, 56. of actual movement Seó hǽtu rǽsde on ða ðe ðæt fýr ǽlde, Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 9. Hé, getogene ðý wǽpne, rǽsde on ðone cyning, 2, 9; S. 511, 22. Hé út rǽsde on ðone æþeling, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 34.
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hǽðen-dóm
Heathendom, paganism
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Heathendom, paganism Hí gecwǽdon ðæt hí ǽnne God lufian woldon and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne áweorpan they agreed that they would love one God and zealously put away every kind of heathendom, L. E. G. pref; Th. i. 166, 12.
wiþer-médness
adversity ⬩ perversity ⬩ depravity
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adversity From ǽlcum wiðermoednise (adversitate) giscild ðú, Rtl. 89, 24. Nǽngum wiðirmoednisum (adversitatibus) áðryht, 106, 15. From allum uiðirmoednesum (adversis) áscildad, 75, 7. perversity, depravity Wiðirmoednise pravitate, Rtl. 34, 9
selen
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Se cásere began tó gifenne ǽlcum his cempum cynelice sylene (gifu, v. l. ), Hml. S. 31, 97
a-bacan
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to bake Nim ælces cynnes melo and ábacæ man hláf, Lch. i. 404, 5. Þost tó cicle ábacen, 364, 15: Gr. D. 87, 21. Hláfas on beágwísan ábacene, 343, 15
HÝÐ
a port ⬩ haven
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,a port, haven Hýð angiportus, i. refrigerium navium, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 32 : Wrt. Voc. 17, 36 : confugium, i. statium, portus, ii. 131, 5l. Hýð portus, Ælfc. Gr. 11 ; Som. 15, 8.
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mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Ælfc. P. 31; Th. 6, 13. Mæssan singan to celebrate mass, Bd. 1. 27; S. 496, 23: 4, 22; S. 592. 8. Mæssan dón, 4, 22; S. 591, 29 note.
nama
a name ⬩ a noun
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Amans lufigend cymþ of ðam worde amo, ic lufige; ðon nymþ hé of ðam naman him ealle ða six casus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 26-46. Sume synd ágene naman, swá swá is Eádgár, Dúnstán. Sume gemǽnelíce, kynincg, biscop, Som. 4, 10-11
nytan
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Nytendum weardmannum clam custodibus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 58
ge-endian
To end ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fīnīre ⬩ consummāre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ to come to an end
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Geendiaþ ealle on ans they all end in -ans, Ælfc. Gr. Som. 43, 46
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clipung
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Clypunga vocabulorum, i. nominum, 878. articulation Þás syndon healfclypiende gecígede, for ðan ðe hí nabbað fulle clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 6, 3.
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Hig spinnaþ wulle illae nent lanam, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 97, 9. Nim ðone hweorfan ðe wíf mid spinnaþ, Lchdm. ii. 310, 22. Spunnun neverant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 10.
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tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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J.) findo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 178, 5. Ic tóclǽfe, Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 38. Gif ðú ǽnne stán tóclífst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 26. Tóclýfþ findit, i. rupit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 63.
heáp
- Cd. 215 ;
- Th. 270, 9 ;
- Sat. 87 .
A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company ⬩ a troop, flock ⬩ strues, acervus
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Ælfc. P. 21; Th. ii. 372, 3. Getalu vel heápas vel hundredu centurias, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 25; Wrt. Voc. 53, 34.
niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Ic nyþer álǽte submitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 41. Hé nyþer áléde deposuit, Lk. Skt. 23, 53. Nyþer ásceótan to cast down, Homl. Th. i. 170, 23. Hé niþer ásette ða mihtigan deposuit potentes, Cant. Mar. 52.
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ge-feoht
A fight ⬩ battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ preparation for war ⬩ prælium ⬩ pugna ⬩ congressio ⬩ bellum ⬩ procinctus
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To gefeohte in procinctu, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 35; Wrt. Voc. 55, 40. Gé gehýraþ gefeoht and sace ye shall hear of battle and strife, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 2, 13 : Bt. 15; Fox 48, 15.
lætsum
Slow ⬩ late
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Slow, late Wæs swíðe lætsum geár on corne and on ǽlces cynnes wæstmum it was a very late year for corn and crops of every kind, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 18
ár-weorþian
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Ǽlcne man mon sceal árweorðian, R. Ben. 16, 20. Add
mid-spreca
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Sege ús ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé beóð þíne geholan and ealne wæg þíne midsprecan. Hml. S. 23, 590. Leahtra anspecan and manna midspecan (liberatores), Chrd. 62, 26. Add
geán-fær
A going again ⬩ returning ⬩ return ⬩ rĕdĭtus
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A going again, returning, return; rĕdĭtus Him wiðcwæþ se cyng ǽlces geánfæres [MS. geánfares] to Engla lande the king prohibited him from all return to England, Chr. 1119; Erl. 247, 34
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