ofer-hlifian
to tower above, rise high above ⬩ to exceed, surpass, excel ⬩ to tower over in a threatening manner
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to tower above, rise high above Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifaþ, Exon. Th. 206, 3; Ph. 121. to exceed, surpass, excel Ofer[h]lyfaþ praecellat, superemineat, Hpt. Gl. 413, 48.
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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Híg brohton him-dǽl gebrǽddes fisces, and beóbreád illi obtulerunt ei partem piscis assi, et favum mellis; oί έπέδωκαν αύτψ ίχθύos όπτoύ μέρos, καì άπò μελισσίoυ κηρίoυ; and from a honey-comb Lk. Bos. 24, 42
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
ge-bridlian
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and add Ne gebrídlode (frenaret) hé hí no mid swá swíðlicre ðreáunga his láre, Past. 391, 33. Hý sint gebrídlod (-ð, MS.) mid ðám brídle Godes beboda, Solil. H. 10, 16
luf-lic
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Críst hlinode on his (John's) luflicum breóste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. Hé fréfrode hí mid luflicum wordum eos verbis consola-batur, Gr. D. 251, 20: Hml. A. 73, 9. Add
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Hié on þǽm íglande fæsten worhton (castra posuerunt), 4, 6; S. 176, 15. Ꝥ hí fæsten geworhten him tó gescyldnesse, stǽnene weal, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 23: 34, 8. used with reference to siege-works: " Wyrceað fæsten ymb ðá burg."
wín-geard
a vineyard ⬩ a place where vines grow ⬩ the vines growing in such a place ⬩ vinea ⬩ a place where other plants than vines grow ⬩ a vine ⬩ vitis ⬩ vinea
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Wíngearda hócas ðe hí mid bindaþ ðæt him néhst bið capreoli vel cincinni vel uncinuli, wíngearda hringa[s] corimbi, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 59-60. Wíngearda gewind capreoli, 39, 10.
Linked entries: wín-eard wíngeard-bóh
wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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Dauid sang be his gehwyrftnesse of his wræcsíðe, Ps. Th. 22, arg. Hé is swíþe sárig for ðínum earfoþum and for ðínum wræcsíþe, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 19. Of wræcsíðe lǽdan. Exon. Th. 143, 12 ; Gú. 660.
bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án bodigan (-ean, v. l.) his hiéremonnun. hú ðá synna him wiðwinnað, ac hé him sceal eác cýðan mid hwelcum cræftum hé him wiðstondan mæg non solum debent innotescere qualiter vitia impugnent, verum etiam quomodo custoditae nos virtutes
hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Him of hræðre [hwæðre, MS.] gewát sáwol from his bosom departed the soul, Beo. Th. 5631; B. 2819. Him on hreðre heáfodswíma heortan clypte in his bosom stupor clasped his heart, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 27; Gen. 1568.
irþ-land
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Ic tówurpe ðás burh and hí gesméðige, and tó yrðlande áwende, swá þæt heó bið cornbǽre swíðor þonne mannbǽre, Hml. Th. i. 450, ii. His deácon sǽde ꝥ seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þiére cyrican yrðland ( agros ) úp yrnende, Gr. D. 193, 15. Add
ge-þeahtere
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Hwilc wæs his geþeahtere ( consiliarius )?, Gr. D. 136, 22. Geþeahteras consiliarii, Scint. 199, 12. Dauid sang þisne sealm be his unscyldinesse wið his sunu and wið his geþeahteras þe hine on wóh lǽrdan. Ps.
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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un-gecirred
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Add: unchanged, unreformed Gif hig þonne gýt eallunga ungerihte and ungecyrrede beón, Nap. 65, ii
rudian
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Him an rǽd hiów rudaþ on þám ricge
ge-sceótan
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Gif for folces synnum gesceóte, swá hit oft gescýt ( sicut crebro euenire solet ), 15, 23. Add Hwá is ꝥ wite hwæt him gesceótan scyle an þís lífe? quis scit quod contingat sibi in hac uita?, Chrd. 90, 1
crafian
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Hér kýþ on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífman þe Édit hátte mid unrihte . . . and Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633, 17. Ðæt nán bisceop náne feorme ne crafige, bútan of ðám ðe him mid rihte gebyrað, C.
ge-rípian
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Add: of vegetables, to get ripe: — Hé hé him bringan bere tó sǽde . . . Hit weóx . . . and wel gerípode, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 13. of non-material objects to get mature Se mynstres hordere si . . . wis, on gerípedum þeáwum (maturis moribus), R.
of-clipian
To obtain by calling
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To obtain by calling Ðá wolde se hálga habban gewitan ðære wunderlícan gesihþe and ofclypode his diácon him hrædlíce tó the deacon was called and came Homl. Th. ii. 184, 33.
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Ó his fird tófaren wæs until his army was dispersed, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 21.
flocc-mǽlum
By flocks ⬩ flockwise ⬩ in companies ⬩ grĕgātim ⬩ cătervātim
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By flocks, flockwise, in companies; grĕgātim, cătervātim Fleóþ him floccmǽlum they fly by flocks, Homl. Th. i. 142, 9: Num. 2. 34. Hí hý flocmǽlum slógon they slew them in companies, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 6.
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