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ceorf-æx

(n.)
Grammar
ceorf-æx, e; f.

A cutting axe, executioner's axesecuris

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A cutting axe, executioner's axe; securis Wǽran ða heáfda mid ceorfæxum ofacorfena their heads were cut off with axes, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 7

Linked entry: æx

æt-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-glídan, p. -glád
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To slip away, disappear Ædglide delitesceret (cf. another gloss of the same passage in An. Ox. 2089: Bemiþe, fordwine; and fordwínan delitescere, 2152), An. Ox. 7, 132

Linked entry: glídan

æt-habban

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Námon ðá tó rǽde, þæt him wærlícor wǽre, þæt hí sumne dǽl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon, Hml. Th. i. 316, 24. Æthabban retinere, Scint. 57, 7, 8. Add

æt-hwára

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-hwára, (-e) ; adv.
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Somewhat Æthwáre aliquantuum, Hpt. Gl. 421, 37

Linked entry: -hwára

æt-ícness

Grammar
æt-ícness, v. tó-ætícness, and æt-ýcnes
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in Dict

Linked entry: -ícness

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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Goth. at-augjan to shew), the latter intransitive Ic beó ætýwed ł æteówie apparebo: but this distinction is not generally made). trans. To shew, what may be seen by the eye Hwylc tácn ætýwst (-eówes. R. , ædeáues, L. ostendis ) þú ús ?, Jn. 2, 18.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

æt-íwendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-íwendlic, æt-íwiendlic; adj.
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Demonstrative Iste þes ys æteówiendlic (-eów-endlic, -ýwigendlic, v. ll. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 9

æt-íwung

(n.)
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Epiphany Ætýwincge Drihtnes epiphaniam Domini, Angl. xiii. 402, 531

ǽt-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ǽt-ness, e; f.
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Edibility Ǽtnes edilitas. Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 37

æt-níman

Grammar
æt-níman, l.
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-niman

æt-samne

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Ætsamne sóhton conquirerunt , Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 19. Þá apostoli wǽron ætsomne, Bl. H. 229, 4. Raðe þæs hié wurdon bégen ætsemne (-somne, v. l.) ofslagen cum quo simul continue inter-fectus est , Ors. 6, 22 ; S. 274, 6. Þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne

æt-slídan

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Add: To slip up, fall Ætslád se hálga wer on ðám grádum swá þæt hé forneán eal wearð tócwýsed, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 10. Þá ætslídendan (printed -slidan) beheald labentes respice , Hy. S. 7, 13

æt-standan

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Add: where there is or may be movement, of a moving body, to stop, come to rest Seó sunne cymð tó þám sunnstede and þǽr ætstent. Lch. iii. 250, 24. Swá swá wæter scýt of ðǽre dúne and ætstent on dene, Hml. Th. i. 362, 22. His sceaft ætstód ætforan him

æt-styntan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-styntan, p. te.
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to blunt Téð hé ætstente dentes retundat , Hy. S. 16, 3. to make inactive or ineffective Hé ætstynte, gedrehte elideret (favorabile praeconium ). An. Ox. 2779. Móð ætstentan animum retundi , Hy. S. 70, 19. [Etstunten þe strencþe of mine swenges, Marh

Linked entry: á-styntan

æt-swígan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-swígan, p. de
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To become silent, keep silence about something Be Lazares mægnum wæs ætswíged de Lazari virtutibus tacetur , Gr. D. 2171 18. v. oþ-swígan

æt-swymman

Grammar
æt-swymman, l. -swimman;
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and see oþ-swimman

æt-telg

(n.)
Grammar
æt-telg, (?) (= (?) ed-telg what springs again without sowing, cf. telga; but see telg)
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flax (?) Ættælg rediva (=rediviva (?); possibly glossing Ald. 19, 30 ut sit virginitas purpura, castitas rediviva: cf. An. Ox. 1379 rediviva, i. linum flex), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 9

æt-wenian

(v.)
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Þæt hí heora gingran Gode gestrýnan and hí deófle ætwænian (-wenian, v. l. ), Wlfst. 38, 24 : 301, 16. Add

æt-ýc-

(prefix)

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æt-berstan

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Add: of actual motion, absolute Hé ætbærst and hé ys geworden né tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5. Se here ætbærst, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17. Uneáþe cwic ætberstende, Coll. M. 27, 3. when person from whom or place from which is given, dat. Hé heom