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ofer-weorpan

(v.)

to overthrow, throw downto throw (water, etc.) upon, to sprinkleTo fall down

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Mid ðý storme onwend and oferworpen tempestate convulsa, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 11. to throw (water, etc.) upon, to sprinkle Oferwurpe ðú mid ðý wætere ealle burgwaran, Exon. Th. 467, 3; Hö. 133. Se ðe mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn, Menol.

CRÆT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆT, crat, es; pl. nom. acc. cratu, crætu; gen. cræta; dat. cratum, crætum; n.

A chariotCART curruspilentum

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Heó oferarn Pharao, and ealle his crætu and riddan it [the sea] overwhelmed Pharaoh, and all his chariots and horsemen Homl. Th. ii. 194, 27. Crat pilentum vel petorrĭtum Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 95; Wrt. Voc. 34, 25

Linked entry: crat

slíf

(n.)
Grammar
slíf, sléf, slýf, e: slífe, an; f.

A sleeve

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Synd gesealde from ðam abbode ealle neádbehéfe ðing, ðæt is cugele...slýfa (slýfan, MSS. O. T.), gyrdel R. Ben. 92, 3. Hé one hláf tóbræc and bewand on his twám slýfum Homl. Th. i. 376, 30. Hé ðone hláf gedyde on his twá sléfan Blick. Homl. 181, 17

Linked entries: sléf slífe slýf

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian . . . heó wolde ǽrest ealle ðá baðian þe on ðám mynstre wǽron, Hml. S. 20, 44-7: 11, 151. with reflex, pron.:--- Ic mé nǽfre bet ne baðode, Ap. Th. 13, 21. Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre, Guth. 60, 2: Gr.

Linked entry: bæþ

a-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure fromenticeinduceurgepersuadeintroduce secretlyallicereillicereimpellerepersuadereattraheresubintroducere

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He aspeón him fram ealle he enticed all from him, 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19: 2, 2 ; Bos. 41, 8 : 5, 2 ; Bos. 102, 21. Aspeón óðerne bisceop subintroduxit alium episcopum, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 4

Linked entries: a-speón a-spón spanan

médum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
médum-ness, e: f.

worthdignitykindnesscondescensionappreciation of worth in others

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Gé underþiódaþ eówre héhstan medemnesse under ða eallra nyðemestan gesceafta vos dignitatem vestram infra infima quæque detruditis, 14, 2; Fox 44, 34. Ðæt gé nǽfre swá heálíce medumnesse ( the priestly office ) ne forwyrcen, L. E.

mild-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
mild-heort, adj.

kind-heartedof gentle dispositionmeekmercifulcompassionategraciousclement

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Hé wæs eallra monna mildheortast he was most compassionate of all men, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 20

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to -brǽdenne; p. de; pp. ed [ge-, brǽdan to make broad]

To make broadbroadenextendspreaddilātāreampliāreextendĕreexpandĕresternere

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Ealle ða telgan ðú æt sǽstreámas sealte gebræddest extendisti palmĭtes ejus usque ad măre. Ps. Th. 79, 11. Ðreatas gebrǽdon wédo hiora turba straverunt vestimenta sua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 8. Miþ stáne gebrǽded lapide stratus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 13

Linked entry: ge-brádian

un-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
un-weorþian, p. ode.

to dishonourdisgraceto become dishonoured

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Seó cwén, ðe ðín word forseah, ne unwurðode ðé ǽnne, ac ealle ðíne ealdormenn non solum regem laesit regina, sed et omnes principes (Esther 1, 16), Homl. Ass. 93, 53. Gé unworðadun mec uos inhonoratis me, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 49.

fearr

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Se micela ylp þe ðá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát, Hml. A. 63, 285. Hý mon band on wilde fearras, Shrn. 133, 12. ¶ in local names: Fearrhám, C. D. iii. 233, 31. Fearres cumb, v. 232, 24. Sunt rura haec . . .

ge-félan

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Ðá gefélde hé ꝥ se deáda man his leoma ealle ástyrede, Bl. H. 217, 30. Geféldon hí án swýn yrnan hider and þider betwyh heora fótum, Gr. D. 236, 1. Heora nán gefélan ne mihte hú hí gewurdon on slǽpe, Hml.

ge-flíman

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Geflémede sié diúblas fugantur demones, Rtl. 145, 14. to put to flight, chase an animal Hǽðstapa hundum geswenced, heorot . . . feorran geflýmed, B. 1370. to drive away inanimate objects Hé hafaþ ealle þíne þeóstro mid his beorhtnesse geflémed, Bl.

gyrdel

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Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . gyrdel (bracile), R. Ben. 92, 3. Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7.

godcundlic

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Ealle godcundlice gesceafta standað on Drihtnes gewealdum, Hml. A. 154, 61. that makes godlike Godcundlicere deifice, An. Ox. 705

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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D. iii. 5, 7. a precipitous fall in a river (cf. stæþ-hlípe), leap as in salmon leap Of ðǽre ealdan hæcce into présta hlýpe, intó ðám bece . . . tó Freóbearnes hlýpe . . .

Linked entry: hlípe-burna

huntaþ

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Þá hí ealle ymb þone huntað ábysgode wǽron . . . Hml. S. 30, 25-28. what is taken by hunting, venison (cf. N. E. D. hunt, sb. 2 b) Hwæt wæs sé þe mé ǽr bróhte of huntoðe and ic æt þǽrof?

Indéas

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Æfter þǽm þe hé hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón ... Hé cóm on India eástgemǽra post haec Indiam petit ... Nyssam urbem adiit ... Perdomita India ... Ad Chofides ventum est, 3, 9; S. 132, 4-29. Þá þá hé wæs on Indéum, 136, 6.

rím-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
rím-cræft, es; m.

The science of numbers arithmetic

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The science of numbers arithmetic Ða seofon cræftas on ðam beóþ geméted ealle weoruldwýsdómas, ðæt ys ǽrest arythmetica, ðæt ys rýmcræft Shrn. 152, 13. Rímcræft arithmetica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 56 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 58 : 3, 7.

hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
hiwian, p. ode; pp. od.

To form, fashion, shape, colour, feign, pretend

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Ealle ðe hiwiaþ hí wiðútan mid eáwfæstum þeáwum and wiðinnan sind geǽttrode mid árleásnysse all that fashion themselves outwardly with pious manners, but inwardly are poisoned with impiety, 404, 13.

Linked entry: hiwung