rǽsan
To rush, move violently or impetuously ⬩ inruere ⬩ of actual movement ⬩ of violent action, to proceed against with violence, to assault, attack ⬩ of precipitate action, to rush (into anything)
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Hé út rǽsde on ðone æþeling, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 34. Se stranga wind ðǽr on rǽsde, Shrn. 81, 32. Hit on ús and on úre wícstówe rǽsde, Nar. 15, 20 : Beo. Th. 5373; B. 2690. Hiá rǽsdon ( inruerent ) on hine, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 10.
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spor
a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking
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Hé ús spor tǽce, v. 8, 7; Th. i. 238, 3. Gif ðú gesyxt wulfes spor, Lchdm. i. 360, 19. a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf.
a-druwian
To dry up ⬩ siccari
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To dry up; siccari Ðæt ða wætera wǽron adruwode ofer eorþan quod aquæ cessassent super terram, Gen. 8, 11. Eorþan brádnis wæs adruwod exsiccata erat superficies terræ, 8, 13
gærs-cíþ
A blade of grass ⬩ grāmĭnis germen
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A blade of grass; grāmĭnis germen Gærstapan cómon and frǽton ealle ða gærscíþas locusts came and ate up all the blades of grass, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 42
ge-tǽslíce
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Easily, agreeably, conveniently Hé ús selð his oele, ðonne hé úre líf líðelíce and getǽslíce fereð oleum suum nobis tribuit, cum vitam nostrum blanda lenitate disponit, Past. 368, 12
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ge-fóg
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Fit, suitable Be þæs monnes mihtum sceal mon þá lǽce-dómas sellan þe þonne gefóge synd heáfde and heortan, Lch. ii. 238, 21. v. un-gefóg, and preceding word
herebeorgian
lodge
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To take up one's quarters, lodge Wolde his án mon herebeorgian æt ánes mannes (wícian æt ánes búndan húse, v. l.) his unðances, Chr. 1048; P. 173, note I
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líf-leást
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Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bel, beo hit úre lífleást (let us die), Shrn. 4, 5. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lif-leáste traditi sumuss 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
á-rǽran
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Add: of direction, to raise, lift up Martinus hine upheáh árǽrde, Bl. H. 219, 20. Ne ðú up ne árér ne erigas (oculos tuos), Kent. Gl. 863. Seó ród bið árǽred on ðæt gewrixle þára tungla, Bl. H. 91, 23. Árǽredne porrectam (turrem), Wrt.
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for-swelan
To burn up ⬩ kindle ⬩ combūri
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To burn up, kindle; combūri Hit fǽringa fýre byrneþ, forsweleþ under sunnan it suddenly burns with fire, kindles under the sun, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 29; Ph. 532
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mǽr-heg
A boundary (?) hedge
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hedge Ondlong ðære burnan óþ hit cymeþ tó ðæm mǽrhege; ondlong ðæs mǽres heges ðæt hit cymeþ up on ða dúne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 29
teón-cwidian
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Fore teáncuidendum ús pro calumpniantibus nobis, Rtl. 176, 33. Cf. hearm-cwidian
weoruld-geþyngþ
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Ús, þám þe God swá micele heálicnysse woruldge þingða forgifen hæfð, is seó mǽste þearf ꝥ wé hwílon úre mód gebígean tó gástlicum rihte, Gr. D. I. 7. Add
toll-scír
The office of taking toll, ⬩ business of gathering taxes
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The office of taking toll, business of gathering taxes Matheus árás and forlét his tollscíre Matthew arose and gave up his occupation as tolllaker, Homl. Th. ii. 468, 25
egle
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Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with painful thoughts from the bottom of the heart, Bl. H. 19, 2. Frécne þúhton egle eáláda, An. 441. Hé ús gescildað wið sceððendra eglum earhfarum, Cri. 762: Gú. 376. Add
wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Hé ús gelǽde tó his Fæder, ðe hine sealde for úrum synnum tó deáðe. Sý him wuldor and lof ðære weldǽde Homl. Th. ii. 282, 27. Weldǽdum beneficiis Scint. 16, 5. Uton brúcan godcundum weldǽdum 133, 6: Anglia xiii. 370, 74: Homl. Th. i. 562, 7.
fela-frécne
Very wild ⬩ savage ⬩ valde fĕrox
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Very wild or savage; valde fĕrox Úr biþ fela-frécne deór a wild bull is a very savage beast, Runic pm. 2; Kmbl. 339, 9; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 3
pistol-rǽding
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A lesson in the church-service Lucas ús manode on ðisre pistol-rǽdinge, Homl. Th. i. 294, 13 : ii. 380, 23. (Both passages refer to the Acts of the Apostles.)
wicel
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the next article is: Gif ðú lytel drencefæt habban wylle) blede tácen is ðæt ðú árǽre up ðíne swýþran hand and tósprǽd ðíne fingras, Techm. ii. 125, 9