spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Ðás níwan spel ic ðé ealle in cartan áwríte has nouas explicaturas historias omnia cartis commendabo, Nar. 3, 17. Ic mæg singan and secgan spell in meoduhealle, hú mé cynegóde cystum dohten, Exon.
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ge-feohtan
to fight ⬩ pugnare ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ pugnando acquirere
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H.] if any one fight in the king's house, let him be liable in all his property, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 2. Ðeáh hit sié on middurn felda gefohten though it be fought on mid-field, L.
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Voc. ii. 56, 5. Wrixle mutuum (Lk. 6, 34), 74, 43. what is given in return, return, requital Hé forgeald wyrsan wrixle wælhlem ðone ; . . . hé him on heáfde helm gescær, Beo. Th. 5930; B. 2969
clǽne
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D. iv. 199, 7.] <b>II b.</b> free from what is shameful, of ground used for burial, hallowed, III
girnan
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Ne mæg ic tó giornanne non ualeo mendicare, 16, 3. <b>IV b.</b> to pray for evil, imprecate :-- Swá swá hé bæd, gyrnde ut imprecabatur i. optabat, An. Ox. 2820. <b>IV c.
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 15.
Linked entry: for-lǽge
be-ládian
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Th. ii. 424, 24. with (neg.) clause Nán man hine ne sceal beládian þæt hé Godes cyrcan ne geséce Hml. Th. ii. 444, 8.
eft
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Swá hit eft be eów Esaias mǽlde so, again, Isaiah said it of you, El. 350. ¶ In the Northern glosses the prefix re- in many Latin verbs is rendered by eft, but the English word is separable; cf. eft tó cerranne reuerti, Lk. R. L. 19, 12
cýse-hwæg
Cheese-whey ⬩ siringia
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Cheese-whey; siringia Ða rinda wyl on cýse-hwæge boil the rinds in cheese-whey, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm, ii. 332, 9
for-hátan
To renounce ⬩ forswear ⬩ renuntiāre ⬩ ejurāre
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To renounce, forswear; renuntiāre, ejurāre Búton he hit forhíten hæbbe unless he have forsworn it, L. Ælf. P. 47; Th. ii. 384, 30
gærcung
A preparation ⬩ practice ⬩ exercĭtātio
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A preparation, practice; exercĭtātio Gedréfed oððe geunrótsod ic eom on mínre gærcunge [MS. gærcuncge] contristātus sum in exercĭtātiōne mea, Ps. Lamb. 54, 3
mere-strengu
Strength in the sea ⬩ strength for swimming
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Strength in the sea, strength for swimming Ic merestrengo máran áhte, earfeþo on ýðum, ðonne ǽnig óðer man, Beo. Th. 1070; B. 533
press
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A press (in a list of requisites for spinning), Anglia ix. 263, 12. Cf. Pannicipium a presse, Wülck. 600, 14 : vestiplicium, 619, 10
ge-trifulian
to rub down ⬩ triturare
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to rub down; triturare Genim ða reádan netlan getrifula take the red nettle, bruise it, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 15
Linked entry: trifulian
geond-stredan
To scatter about, sprinkle ⬩ spargĕre
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To scatter about, sprinkle; spargĕre Ic geondstrede spargo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 37. Geondstred scattered over, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 18
sundor-cýþþ
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-Riht is ðæt mynecena ǽnige sundorcýþþe tó woruldmannum nabban, L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 34
féþre
Laden ⬩ loaded
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Laden, loaded Sélre byð oft féðre þænne oferféðre better is often loaded than overloaded; meliora plura quam gravia honera fiunt, Angl. ii. 373
Linked entries: ofer-féþre fóþer
ge-meldian
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Ǽne ic God spræcan gehýrde, and þæt treówe ongeat tídum gemeldad semel locutus est Deus, duo haec audivi, Ps. Th. 61, ii. Add
fullwiht-stów
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Take here <b>fulwiht-stów</b> in Dict., and add Fulwihtstówe baptisterio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 61: 11, 72
lám
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Ic eom láme wiðmeten comparatus sum luto (Job 30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13. Add