staca
A stake
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On this practice, see, inter alia, Brand's Antiquities, ed. Hazlitt, vol. iii. p65, Grmm. D.
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ge-hwilc
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Gif mínra geréfena hwylc (gehwylce, v. l. ) þis dón nylle, 212, 27. as adjective Þonne ꝥ mód byð tódǽled tó manegum þingum, þonne byð hit þe lǽsse tó gehwilc-um ánum synderlicum þinge: and swá mycele swýðor hit byð under-cropen on gehwilcum ánum þinge
huntian
To hunt
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Gif him þince ðæt hé huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes, Lchdm. iii. 172, 19. Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast.
þider-weard
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Þinga gehwilc þiderweard fundaþ, Met. 13, 14. Wuhta gehwilc wilnaþ þiderweard, 20, 159
weorod
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Ǽlcum men þincð huniges biobreád ðý weorodra, gif hé hwéne ǽr biteres onbirigþ. Bt. 23; Fox 78, 25. Weorodran ofer hunig dulciora super mel, Ps. Lamb. 18, 11
gesca
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III. sobbing :-- Mé þiós siccetung hafað ágǽled, þes. geocsa (cf. ic nú wépende and gisciende . ; . misfó, Bt. 2 ; F. 4, 8), Met. 2, 5
hringan
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To give out a sound [Sal. 266: B. 327 in Dict.] trans. to ring a bell Dó þú mid þínum twám handum swylce þú bellan ringe, Tech. ii. 118, 20. with cognate object Tácnu þænne hí hringað signa dum sonant, Angl. xiii. 392, 382.
fyrmest
excellent
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Rufianus, Chr. 995; P. 128, 32. of things On þám fyrmestum stówum ealles his anwealdes, Lch. iii. 440, 12. marking order in merit, excellent Hú se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum fyrmest (praecipuus).
earm
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Help nú þínum earmum moncynne, Bt. 4; F. 8, 11. Þé þincþ sé earmra sé ꝥ yfel déþ ðonne sé þe hit þafaþ miserior tibi injuriae illator, quam acceptor esse videretur, Bt. 38, 6; F. 208, 1.
lang
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Þeáh hit lang þince, Met. 10, 66. with a substantive denoting a period of time to indicate an extent greater than that expressed by the substantive Þæt bið daga lengast, Sat. 606. Ealle lange dagas lífes þínes, Ps.
un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
and-weardnes
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For þǽre andweardnesse þínes yrres a vultu irae tuae, Ps. Th. 37, 3. Se Hǽlend Petrum lǽrde on his andweardnysse ( while present ), Hml. Th. i. 378, 15. On andwerdnysse beón to be present, ii. 288, 7. On andwyrdnysse standan, 30, 12.
be-helian
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Moyses behelede ðá bierhto his ondwlitan, Past. 459, 19. ꝥ Þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele (-a, v. l. ), Lch. i. 328, 24. Se preóst þá húselláfe behelie mid corporale, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 24. Ðeáh hé his þeáwas behelie, Prov. K. 58.
ceorfan
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Gyf þé syxes genyóðige, þonne sníð þú mid þínum fingre ofer þone óþerne swylce þú cyrfan wille if you want a knife make a stroke with one finger on another as if you meant to cut it off, Tech. ii. 123, 4.
ciric-sócn
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Þisne dæg wurþian mid ciricsócnum, H. R. 17, 26. Mid cyricsócnum cealdum wederum, Dóm. L. 30, 4. seeking a church for protection, a church as sanctuary. v. sócn, Be ciricsócnum. Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, Ll.
eorcnan-stán
a jewel ⬩ topaz ⬩ pearl
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H. 149, 3. of things Ne geweorpaþ ercnanstánas (margaritas) eówre beforan swínum, Mt. R. 7, 6. [See Grmm. D. M. (trans.) p. 1217.]
ge-hende
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Ús þincð þæt hit sý þám tíman swýðe gehende, 79, 12. marking kinship, association, &c. Þá Judéiscan ðe on Críst gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor ðurh cýððe. þǽre ealdan ǽ. Hml. Th. i. 106, 19
ge-lǽred
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Paminunde, þǽm gelǽredestan philosophe ( summo philosopho ), Ors. 3,7; S. 110, 21: 6, 18; S. 270, 27. of things. of thought, action, &c., displaying skill, wisdom, &c. Geléreddum geðancum eruditis cogitationibus, Kent.
ge-lygnian
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To charge with falsehood Ðá ne gecneów se portgeréfa þára namena nán ðing þe hé namode, ac hé sóna gelignode hine, and cwæð: 'Nú þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án forswíðe leás mon,' Hml. S. 23, 686.
ge-félan
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S. 23, 257. to feel pain, be conscious of a sensation Ne gefélest (-félst, v. l. ) þú gewin on þínum fótum, Lch. i. 330, 6. Ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, ii. 194, 12. Hwylc wundor is þéh þe þá sáwla magan gefélan þá líchamlican tintregan?, Gr.