tó-þindan
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Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.
hiwian
To form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ shape, ⬩ colour, ⬩ feign, ⬩ pretend
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Sum fǽmne hí hiwode sárlíce seóce some woman feigned herself very ill, 506, 5. Herodes hiwode hine sylfne unrótne Herod pretended to be troubled, i. 484, 26. Ðú hiwodest formasti, Blickl. Gl: Ps. Spl. C. 138, 4: 93, 9.
Linked entry: hiwung
ge-beran
To bear ⬩ bring forth ⬩ ferre ⬩ părĕre
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Him wíf sunu gebær his wife bare a son to him, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 31; Gen. 2774. Ðá wearþ Abrahame Ismael geboren then Ishmael was born to Abraham, 105; Th. 138, 26; Gen. 2297 : Andr. Kmbl. 1379; An. 690
wesan
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Námon tó rǽde, ðæt him wærlícor wǽre, ðæt hí sumne dǽl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon they resolved that keeping back part of the price of the land would turn out more safely for them, Homl. Th. i. 316, 24. Hé ðóhte hine him tó yrfewearde gedón.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
cyte
A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell ⬩ casa, cubiculurn, cella
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Hí hine lǽddon út of ðære cytan they led him out of the cottage, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 8. Gecyrde he to sumes hyrdes cytan he turned into a shepherd's cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 14.
Linked entry: cote
á-dílgian
to destroy, &c., obliterate ⬩ to blot out iniquity, &c.
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Hí woldon his gemynd on erðan ádílgian, 979; P. 123, 21. Hé wolde ðá geleáffullan of heora lande ádýlegian, Hml. S. 25, 543. Ádíligiende obliterantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 49. Ðæt hire mægðhád wurde mid hǽmede ádýlegod, Hml.
be-reáfian
To BEREAVE ⬩ seize ⬩ spoil ⬩ take away ⬩ eripere ⬩ spoliare ⬩ privare
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To BEREAVE, seize, spoil, take away; eripere, spoliare, privare Heó hit ne mæg his gewittes bereáfian she cannot bereave it of its faculty, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 25. Hú mæg man hys fata hyne bereáfian quomodo potest quisquam vasa ejus diripere? Mt.
Linked entries: be-rípan be-rafan bi-reáfian
miscian
To mix ⬩ to mix in due proportion
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To mix, to mix in due proportion Hé of ðæm heán hrófe hit eall gesihþ and ðonan miscaþ and metgaþ ǽlcum be his gewyrhtum qui, cum ex alta providentiae specula respicit, quid unicuique conveniat, agnoscit, et, quod convenire novit, accommodat, Bt. 39,
wérigian
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To grow weary, get exhausted Ðonne ðæt deófol swíðe wérgaþ, hit séceþ scyldiges mannes nýten, oððe unclǽne treów, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 8. Hingrian, ðyrstan, hátian, célan, wérigean (wǽrigean, Bd.
Linked entry: wérgian
derian
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Sió ilce lár ðe óðrum hielpeð, hió dereð ðǽm oðrum saepe aliis officiunt quae aliis prosunt, Past. 173, 19. Ne dereð nán mon suíðor ðǽre hálgan gesomnunge nemo amplius in Ecclesia nocet, 31, 10. Nán gód ne dereþ þǽm þe hit áh, Bt. 14, 3; S. 32, 32.
gnornung
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Hit náuht elles nát bútan gnornunga crescit in immensum noxia cura, Bt. 3, 2; F. 6, 12: Met. 3, 10. Þǽr is wóp wíde gehéred . . . and gnornunge mecga, Sat. 334.
warenung
a putting on guard, a warning, admonition.
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Kmbl. 855; Sal. 427. a putting on guard, a warning, admonition. v. warnian, II Hit ys Godes sprǽc and his warnung and seó tíd cymð hrædlíce, Gen. 41, 32. Wísdómes bigspell and warnung wið disig, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 7, 38.
for-sceóppan
To re-create ⬩ transform ⬩ deform ⬩ transformāre
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To re-create, transform, deform; transformāre Sume, hí sǽdon, ðæt hió [Circe] sceolde forsceóppan to león some, they said, she [Circe] should transform to a lioness, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 33
Linked entry: for-scyppan
missen-lic
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Hí þá eádignesse begytaþ þurh missenlicu weorc ( per opera diversa Gr. D. 315, 25. Him se steóra bibeád missenlice gemetu, Sch. 46. Add
Wéland
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A character in old Teutonic legends celebrated for his skill as a smith. Allusion to him is found in Middle English poetry: 'My sword . . . thorrow Velond wroght yt wase,' Torrent of Portugaled.
Linked entry: Weolud
heolstor
That which covers or conceals ⬩ darkness ⬩ a veil ⬩ covering ⬩ place of concealment
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Gewitan him ðá gangan under beámsceade hýddon hie on heolstre ðá hie hálig word drihtnes gehýrdon they retired then under the trees' shade, hid themselves in the darkness when they heard the holy word of the Lord, 40; Th. 53, 12; Gen. 860.
Linked entry: hleostrum
middel
The middle ⬩ centre
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Hié gegripan on hire middel laid hold of her waist (cf. Laym. 28069, Þa leo iueng me bi þan midle: Piers. P. 5, 358, B. text), Blickl. Homl. 141, 29
Linked entry: midlest
ge-híwian
To marry
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To marry Forðæm hit is awriten ðæt hit síe betere ðæt mon gehiewige ðonne he birne, forðæm bútan synne he mæg gehíwian for it is written that it is better to marry than to burn, because a man may marry without sin, Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 33; Hat. MS
Linked entries: ge-híwendlic ge-hýwian híwian
wépan
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Ðæt ðætte óðre menn unáliéfedes dót hé sceal wépan suá suá his ágne scylde illicita perpetrata ab aliis ut propria deplorat, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 15. Ðá hé hine ealle wépende geseah when he saw all mourning him, Blickl. Homl. 225, 22.
wuldorfullíce
Gloriously
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Gloriously On eallum ðám ðe wuldorfullíce (gloriose) fram him gewurdon, Lk. Skt. 13, 17. Hí wurdon wuldorfullíce gemartyrode, Homl. Th. i. 80, 29. Heó tó dæg wuldorfullíce of ðam líchaman gewát, 440, 12