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á-ceorfan

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Add: To cut away, cut down a tree Ic of áceorfe abscido, Ælfc. Gr. 172, 2: amputo 277, 7. Wé scylda mid láre anweg áceorfað, Past. 167, 7. Ácearf abscindet Ps. Spl. C. 76, 8. Hé his eáre of ácearf ( amputavit ), Mk. 14, 47. Se engel him ðá cennendan

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Add: to cut up, cut asunder Hé gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr. D. 340, 20. to cut off, out, away Hió forcearf

ge-ceorlian

(v.)
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ge-ceorlian, p. ode
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To take a husband, marry Wíf ðe tuwa geceorlige mulier quae bis viro nupserit, Ll. Th. ii. 232, 1

Linked entry: ceorlian

a-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -cufon; pp. -corfen

To cut offabscideresuccidereconcidere

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To cut off; abscidere, succidere, concidere Of his ansýne ealle ic aceorfe, ða ðe him feóndas syndon concidam inimicos ejus a facie ipsius. Ps. Th. 88, 20

fóre-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen [fóre fore, ceorfan to cut]

To cut off the frontpræcīdĕre

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To cut off the front; præcīdĕre Ic fóreceorfe præcīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 35

ymb-ceorfan

(v.)
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ymb-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen
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To circumcise Gé ymbceorfas (-cearfas, Lind.) ðone monno circumciditis hominem, Jn. Skt. Rush. 7, 22. Tó ymbceorfanne (-cearfanne, Lind.) ðone cnæht circumcidere puerum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 59. Ðætte ymbcorfen wére ðe cnæht, 2, 21

ge-ceorfan

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Take here ge-cearfan in Dict., and add: to cut off, cut down Tré gecorfen bið ł [man] gecearfas arbor exciditur, Mt. L. 7, 19. Ðió eárliprece ðone Petrus gecurfe ( absciderat ), Lk. p. 11, 6. Gecearfa abscidi, Mt. p. 14, 15. to behead a person Hé gecearf

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be-ceorfan

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Add:: B. 1590: 2138

tó-ceorfan

(v.)
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tó-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon ; pp. -corfen.

to cut to pieces,cut in two,cut upto cut off

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to cut to pieces, cut in two, cut up Hé tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26. Hí tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10. Ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, Lchdm. i. 260, 15. Rammes lungen smæl tócorfen

be-ceorfan

to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting

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Add: to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting Ic wolde ꝥ ðú mé feaxe becurfe, Hml. S. 33, 123. Hát mé heáfde beceorfan . . . hé þá sceolde beón heáfde becorfen, Bl. H. 183, 16-20. Hé wæs heáfde becorfen, 173, 5: Shrn. 123, 6: Hml. Th

wiþ-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-ceósan, p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To reject

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To reject Hé wiðceóseþ (-císt) reprobat, Blickl. Gl. Stán ðone widcurun timbrende lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, Ps. Surt. 117, 22. Wiðcurun, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 42

á-ceósan

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Add: To pick out, elect; á-coren; pp. choice, excellent, select, elect Hié ácuron endlefan þúsend monna, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 24. Ðára monna ðe hé him tó fultume hæfde ácoren ( consilii causa legerat ), 6. 2; S. 256, 2. Paulus wæs bodigend and ǽcoren láreów

wiþ-ceósan

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Hé wiðcýst geþóhtas folca reprobat cogitationes populorum, Ps. Rdr. 32, 10. Þæne gé wiþcuron quam reprobauerunt, An. Ox. 61, 27. Add

tó-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceówan, p. -ceaw, pl. -cuwon; pp. -cowen

To chew to pieces,break up by chewingmasticate

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To chew to pieces, break up by chewing, masticate Ðæt húsel biþ betwux tóðum tócowen, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 33. Deoflen torendeð ham ant tocheoweð ham euch greot, O. E. Homl. i. 251, 12. Hit tocheoweð ant touret Godes milce, A. R. 202, 16

a-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ceósan, p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To chooseselecteligere

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To choose, select; eligere

Linked entry: a-curon

be-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceówan, bi-ceówan ; p. -ceáw, pl. -cuwon ; pp. -cowen

To chewgnawcorrodere

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To chew, gnaw; corrodere Biþ swyra becowen [bicowen, Exon.] the neck is gnawed, Soul Kmbl. 218; Seel. 111

Linked entry: bi-cowen

for-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
for-ceówan, p. -ceáw, pl. -cuwon; pp. -cowen

To chew offbite offcorrōdĕre

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To chew off, bite off; corrōdĕre Forceáw he his ágene tungan he bit off his own tongue, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 24

ge-ceósan

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ge-ceósan, to geceósanne, geceósenne; ic -ceóse, ðú -ceósest, -cýst, -císt, he -ceóseþ, -cýsþ, -cýst, pl. -ceósaþ; p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To electchoosedecideproveapproveeligerepræeligereseligereasciscerepeterenancisci

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To elect, choose, decide, prove, approve; eligere, præeligere, seligere, asciscere, petere, nancisci Nú monna gehwylc geceósan mót swá helle hiénþu swá heofones mǽrþu now every man may choose either hell's humiliations or heaven's glories, Exon. 16 b

ge-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceówan, p. -ceáw, pl. -cuwon; pp. -cowen [ceówan to chew]

To chewrūmĭnāre

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To chew; rūmĭnāre Sume dweorgedwostlan geceówaþ some chew pennyroyal, L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 236, 11. Lege dweorgedwostlan gecowene on ðone nafolan lay chewed pennyroyal on the navel, 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 20

Linked entry: ceówan

ge-ceolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceolan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To make coldto coolrefrigerare

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To make cold, to cool; refrigerare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 24