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á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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To stir, move one's self :-- Hú se deáda stán oððe þ dumbe treów mæge gehelpan, þonne hí sylfe ne ástyriað of ðǽre stówe nǽfre, Hml. S. 17, 135

Linked entry: á-styrung

FRIGNAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIGNAN, part. frigneride, ic frigne, ðú frignest, he frigneþ, pl. frignaþ; p. ic, he frægn, frægen, frægin, fræng, fregen, fregn, ðú frugne, pl. frugnon; impert. frign, pl. frignaþ; subj. pres. frigne, pl. frignen; pp. frugnen

To askinquireinterrŏgāresciscĭtāri

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Ðáfræng hine his maæsse-preóst for hwon he weópe quem dum presby̆ter suus quare lachrymārētur interrogasset, Bd. 3, 14; S. 541, 3. Fregn freca óðerne one warrior asked another, Andr. Kmbl. 2327; An. 1165.

Linked entries: fregnan fricgan frinan

gid

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Ongan hé singan and þus cwæþ: ' Ic wille mid gid-dum ( in verse ) gecýþan . . . ' Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 2. Ides geómrode giddum the lady chanted a dirge B. 1118. of formal speech Gedd eologium Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 9. Gyd elogium, verbum 143, 18.

hreówsian

(v.)
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Ðonne hié for ánre hwelcre hreówsiað, ðonne hreówsiað hié for ealle dum per unumquodque erroris sui inquinationem deflent simul se ac totos lacrymis mundent, Past. 413, 24. <b>II a.

DRECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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Ðonne míne fýnd me drecceaþ dum afflīgit me inimīcus, Ps. Th. 42, 2. Ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú nánum men ne drece I command thee that thou afflict no man, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 5.

and-efn

(n.)
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Ðonne sió úpáhæfenes bið átyht ofer hire andefnu (-efenu, v. l.) dum elatio supra se tenditur, 301, 19. of things, quantity, amount, nature, extent Tódǽlað hí his feoh on fíf oððe syx, hwýlum on má, swá swá þæs feós andefn bið, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 29.

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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L. 21, 24. (1 a) used of a thing :-- Gif h byð gesett þǽr hé standan ne mæg, þonne sceal man hine þus genyðerian, Angl. viii. 333, 39. a person who exalts himself Ðú hié geniðrades, ðá hí hí selfe úp áhófon dejecisti eos, dum allevarentur, Past. 391,

Linked entry: niþerian

gífer-nes

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Suá oft suá wé úre hand dóð tó úrum múðe for giéfernesse ofergemet per immoderatum usum dum manus ad cibum tenditur Past. 313, 14.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Gif hwá openlíce lengctenbryce gewyrce, 402, 29. add: clearly to the senses Mid þý þá seó gesomnung eall gehýrde swá openlíce þá stefne, þá næs þǽr nǽnig tweó quas dum aperte voces congregatio audisset, dubium non fuit, Gr. D. 52, 32.

beón

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Th. 124, 29. to happen Ðú bist dumb oð ðæt ðé þis bið, Shrn. 133, 33.

oððe

(con.)
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oððe, conj. I.
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Hwá geworhte mannes múþ oððe hwá geworhte dumne oððe deáfne and blindne oððe geseóndne? Ex. 4, 11. Ia. in conjunction with óðóðer :-- Hí woldon óðer twega, líf forlǽtan oððe leófne gewercan, Byrht.

Linked entry: eðða

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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MS.) beón áfeorred mid þreora daga fefre aestimate, quam vultis nimio corporis bona, dum sciatis hoc, quodcumque miramini, triduanae febris igniculo posse dissolvi Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 31

sacan

(v.)
Grammar
sacan, p. sóc , sócon; sacen.

to fight, strive, contendto disagree,to wrangleto bring a suitto accuse, blameto refuse, deny.

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Voc. ii. 33, 10. to disagree, act in opposition, not to be, or not to act, in unison, to wrangle Ðonne se abbod and se práfost ungeráde beóþ and him betwyx sacaþ dum contraria sibi inuicem sentiunt, R. Ben. 124, 19.

útane

(adv.)
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útane, (-one, -ene); adv.

from withoutoutsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutat seaoutwardlyexternallyabout

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Dý læs ðonne hié oferhyggaþ ðæt hié sién oferreahte útane mid óðerra manna lárum hié sién innan gehæfte mid ofermétum ne dum aliorum suasionibus foris superari despiciunt, intus a superbia captivi teneantur, Past. 42; Swt. 307, 6.

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
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ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra þǽra ǽhta; þonne seó notu on gebróðra gewrixle bið, sý þæt gewis á mid þám abbode, þæt hé wite hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt underfangen ex quibus abbas brevem teneat, ut dum sibi in ipsa assignata fratres vicissim succedunt

þorn

(n.)
Grammar
þorn, es; m.
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Voc. i. 33, 44: 80, 22: tribulus, 33, 45: dumus, ii. 25, 70. On ða þyrnan westeweardes, ðǽr se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 13. Tó hafucðornæ; of ðam þornæ on ðone brádan stán ... on hælnes þorn; of ðam þorne on ðone bróc, v. 348, 21.

ge-tynge

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Dumbra manna tungan beóð swíðe getinge aperta erit lingua mutorum (Isaiah 35, 6), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 19. Ne weorþeð on worulde ǽnig wordsnotera ne on wordum getingra þonne Antecríst wyrðeþ. Wlfst. 54, 21.

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Swylce mé wǽre se hrycg forbrocen dum configitur [confringitur, Ps. Surt.] spina, Ps. Th. 31, 4.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

for-cweþan

to reproachupbraidblamereproverebuketo reproveto refusedeclineto excuseto refuseto receiveto rejectdisapprove of

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Substitute: to reproach a person, upbraid, blame, reprove, rebuke Ðá fortrúwodan, ðonne hié him selfum tó swíðe trúwiað, hié forsióð óðre menn and eác forcueðað protervi, dum valde de se praesumunt, exprobrando ceteros dedignantur. Past. 209, 6.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Wæs stefn geworden, seó forðgelǽd-dum hleóðre swá gecleopode and þus cwæð vox facta est, quae producto sonitu clamaret, dicens Gr. D. 53, 23. Hé ne meahte ellensprǽce hleóðor áhebban, Gú. 1129. Hé þurh hleóðor ábeád ege earmum gǽstum, 657.