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for-þwyrftan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þwyrftan, (-þwyrtan)
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to cut off, cut down; obtruncare Forþwyrtan obtruncasse, An. Ox. 5028. Fortþerty ( = forþwyrte) obtruncati, 11, 75. Hí man forðwyrftum limum wæfersýne tucode, Hml. S. 28, 128

hláford-swica

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Hláfordswican losiað on ende mid þám getreówleásan deófle þe hí tihte ðám swicdóme, Hml. S. 19, 231: 194. helle scylon hláfordswican, Wlfst. 203, 25. Add

on-ásetedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-ásetedness, e ; f.
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A laying on, imposition Ðá ðá foryldað and forgýmeleásiað ꝥ hig nellað heora bearn þám fulwihte and þǽre onásetednysse þæs bisceopes bletsunga bringan, Nap. 85

sóft-ness

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Gif wé lufiað þá sceortan sóftnysse and þá hwílwendlican lustas ðan swíðe þæt hí ús gebringan ðám écan pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 164, 10. Add

swinc

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Dele second passage, for which see swinge, and add Swá hwæt swá hé begit his swinces médes hé hit bringð mé, Hml. S. 36, 43

sǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽgan, de

To cause to sink

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To cause to sink Óþ ðæt seó sunne on súþrodor sǽged weorðeþ (cf. Só giségid wurð sedle náhor hédra sunna,Hel. 5715), Exon. 207, 15; Ph. 142

heard-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-neb, -nebb; adj.

Having a hard beak

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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15

of-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
of-hende, adj.

Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one

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Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one Gif him ǽnig ðara ofhende wyrþ if any one of them is lost to him, Met. 25, 34

Linked entries: æf-hende on-hende

ge-sméðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sméðan, p. de; pp. ed; v. a.

To make smooth or evento soothesoftencomplanare

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To make smooth or even, to soothe, soften; complanare Se ele gesméð ða wunda the oil sooths the wounds, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 125, 10; Hat. MS

Linked entry: sméðan

Weolud

(n.)

the river Welland

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the river Welland Him cirde þurferþ eorl and ða holdas and eal se here ðe Hámtúne hiérde norþ óþ Weolud Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 29

æf-reda

(n.)
Grammar
æf-reda, an; m.

Tow, oakum

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Tow, oakum Naptarum heordena, æbreda, ácumba (for the original here glossed cf. An. Ox. 1649), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 58. Putamine of æfredan, ácumban, An. Ox. 3728. Stamine æfredan, putamine of hniglan, 7, 266

Linked entry: æbreda

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Hié sindon swǽ micle wærlícor ferbúgonne (? oferbúganne, Hatt. MS. ), 294, 21. not to be exposed to, not be subject to Yrre Godes þá hwíle þe wé lybbað forbúgan (uitare) wé magon, Scint. 233, 20. Ðæt wé mægen forbúgan ðæt wíte, Past. 255, 5.

ge-féran

(v.)
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Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 444, 7, 15. to fare Habbað wé ealle for þínum leásungum lyðre geféred, Sat. 62. of events, to go, to come, to pass, happen Eall swá hit æt þám ende eall geférde just as it in the end all happened, Chr. 1066 ; P. 200, 6. trans. to go,

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Sié ðǽr eác lufu, næs ðeáh hnesce ; sié ðǽr eác réðnes, næs ðeáh stíé, Past. 17 ; Swt. 127, 3. Hér wæs se stíþa winter, Chr. 1048 ; Erl. 171, 33. Beóþ ymbgyrde stranglíce ðysum stíðan gewinne, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 341.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

ge-rihtan

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Béda betwyx þám óðrum þingum þe hé beorhtlíce gedihte þás þing hé gerihte, and mid leódlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. to direct. to address words to a person Ðone cwide Paulus geryhte biscepum, Past. 105, 8. to keep

eald-spell

(n.)
Grammar
eald-spell, es; n.

An old story antīqua narrātio

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An old story; antīqua narrātio Ælfréd us ealdspell reahte Alfred told us an old story, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 2; Met. Einl. 1. On ealdspellum in old tales, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19

sǽ-weard

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See, too, Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 63

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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VII. to take to, to begin; incipere [cf. O. H. Ger. ana-fáhan: Ger. an-fangen] :-- Ðonne ðæt vers geendaþ on ðam naman ðe hit eft onféhþ, Anglia viii. 331, 24. Ǽrest on cattes stán . . . eft on cates stán ðǽr hit (the boundary ) ǽr onféng. Cod.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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L. 8, 3. to catch, get to see a person :-- Gang ðám Godes menn ꝥ þú hine befó ǽr his forðsíðe, Hml. S. 3, 649. to get, attain to :-- ꝥte þá úe bifóe (contingamus) ðóhte, Rtl. 71, 21. of things Cwaecung biféng (adprehendit) hié, Ps. Srt. 47, 7.

HEARM

(n.)
Grammar
HEARM, herm, es; m.

HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insultpain, griefgrief, sorrow, harmcalamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuriagrief, sorrow

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Ǽr hí mycelne hearm gedydon before they did too much harm, 1004; Erl. 139, 20: Cd. 196; Th. 245, 6; Dan. 458. Ealle synt uncre hearmas gewrecene all our injuries are avenged, 35; Th. 47, 12; Gen. 759.

Linked entry: hearm-heort