a-ráfian
To unrove ⬩ unravel ⬩ unwind ⬩ dissolvere
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To unrove, unravel, unwind; dissolvere Aráfaþ ðæt cliwen ðære twífaldan heortan unwinds the clew of the double heart; dissolvit corda duplicitatibus involuta, Past. 35, 5; Hat. MS. 46 b, 1
a-rǽfnan
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to bear, endure Eall ic hit áræfnie for þínum gebode, Bl. H. 241, 33. Gif hit mon geðyldiglíce áræfnþ, Bt. II, I ; F. 32, 32. Wé eall áræfnaþ, Bl. H. 13, 9. Ic hit áræfnede ꝥ ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan áræfnan, 237, 12. Þú his dómas on
á-rásian
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Add: to try, put to the proof Hé sceolde gecunnian and árásian, hwæþer se Drihtnes wer hæfde wítedomes gást an vir Dei prophetiae spiritum haberet, explorare conatus est, Gr. D. 130, 29. ¶ á-rásod tried, experienced :-- Þás þing þincað þám árásedum
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screádian
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Ðá hét hé ( Herod) him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne (cf. æppelscreáda quisquiliae ) ǽnne æppel, i. 88, 9
spreót
A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit) ⬩ contus ⬩ sprit
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Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant, spreot et tendentis ante se quantum potest, Chart. Th. 318, 10.
hetelíce
violently ⬩ furiously ⬩ fiercely ⬩ malignantly ⬩ with ill-will
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Add: of action or motion, violently, furiously, fiercely Hét hé him his seax árǽcan . . . and hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, þæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10: Hml. S. 15, 24. Þá Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15.
mann-cynn
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Mann slóh eall þet mancynn ꝥ man árǽcan mihte, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 20. a race of men, a people Ðis mannkynn lifað fela geára hoc genus hominum multos vivit annos. Nar. 38, 22. Mannkynn . . . þá man háteð Silhearwan, 29.
seax
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Ða hét hé him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne ǽnne æppel, Homl. Th. i. 88, 9. Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte sié fealo hrýðeres horn and sién .III. ǽrene næglas on, Lchdm. ii. 290, 22. Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte, 346, 12.
leng
Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature
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Swá micel swá seó sǽ heó mǽst wiðteóhþ and git ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ quantum mare plus se retraxerit, et adhuc statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant
þeówan
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Voc. ii. 111, 12. to press with a weapon, to stab, pierce Ðá hét hé him his seax árǽcan, and hine sylfn hetelíce ðýde, Homl. Th. i. 88, 10. Ðá ðýde se cwellere hine bæftan mid átogenum swurde, ii. 478, 59.