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or-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
or-þanc, es; m. n.

Original, inborn thoughtmind, genius, wit, understandingingeniuma skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, designskilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art

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Original, inborn thought. mind, genius, wit, understanding; ingenium Orþanc ingenium, cræftica artifex, Wrt. Voc.i. 47, 8-9. Líflíces orþa[nces] vivacis ingenii, Hpt. Gl. 407, 40-43. Hé genam þurh heora láre on his orþance ða egeslícan dǽda, Ælfc. T.

Linked entries: þanc on-þanc

sóþ-tácen

(n.)

a true signprodigy

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a true sign, prodigy Sóðtáceno prodigia, Rtl. 43, 35

ge-télan

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ge-ter

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ter, es; n.

A tearing;dilaceratio,

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A tearing; dilaceratio, Hpt. Gl. 499

Linked entry: ter

ge-teran

(v.)

to tear

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to tear Getearende discerpens, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 26

ge-þang

Linked entry: -þang

ge-þun

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þun, es; n.

A noise;clangor

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A noise; clangor Us þúhte for þam geþune ðæt sió eorþe eall cracode it seemed to us from the noise that the earth all cracked, Ps. Th. 45, 3

Linked entry: -þun

ge-þýn

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýn, = ge-þýan

to press

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to press He mæg ealla gesceafta on ánes weax-æpples [MS. -æples] onlícnisse geþýn he can press all creatures into the likeness of a wax apple, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 34

hlenor-teár

(n.)
Grammar
hlenor-teár, es; m.

Hyssop

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Hyssop: Hlenorteáre hyssopo, Ps. Lamb. 508

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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Add: to draw (out), with direction undetermined,(a) of movement Hé his sword áteáh, Hml. S. 27, 75. fig. to protract Hú lange wylt þú áteón þás ýdelnysse, Hml. S. 8, 105. with direction determined by an adv. or prep. of movement Seó orþung þe wé in

á-teran

(v.)

to tear away

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to tear away Hié mid ðǽm ánum yfele áterað of ðáre menniscan heortan ealle ðá gódan cræftas dum unam nequitiam perpetrant, ab humanis cordibus cunctas simul virtutes eradicant, Past. 359, 20

á-þýan

Similar entry: á-þeówan

á-þýn

Similar entry: á-þeówan

bed-þén

Grammar
bed-þén, -þeg(e)n.
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Bedþegn cubicularius, custos cubili, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 37. Add

symbel-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-tíd, e; f.

A religious festivalsolemnity

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A religious festival or solemnity Árwyrðe symbeltíd veneranda solemnitas, Rtl. 65, 1, 8. Eádges apostoles symbeltíde (festivitate), 47, 9. Symbbeltíd solempnitatem, 2, 27. Heald ða symbeltíde ðæs mónðes frumsceatta ðínes weorces, Ex. 23, 16. Árwyrðo

ge-tingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tingan, p. -tang

To press upon, throng

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To press upon, throng Corþer óðrum getang one troop pressed on the other, Andr. Kmbl. 276; An. 138

Linked entry: tingan

be-tyran

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyran, [be, tyrwa tar]

To BETAR, to smear over

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To BETAR, to smear over, to stain a dark colour; pice liquida inficere, q. d. pullo vel bætico colore imbuere,Æqu. vern. 2

eorþ-tyrewa

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-tyrewa, an; m. [tyrwa tar]

Earth-tar, asphalte bĭtūmen

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Earth-tar, asphalte; bĭtūmen Se weall is geworht of tigelan and eorþtyrewan the wall [of Babylon] is built with bricks and earth-tar, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 25

Linked entry: tirwa

tór

(adj.)
Grammar
tór, adj.

Difficult,hard

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Difficult, hard. v. tór-begete, -cirre & tat iss harrd & strang & tor and hefiȝ lif to ledenn, Orm. 6350. Erueð (tor, MS. T.) for te paien, A. R. 108, 9. An honful ȝerden beoð erueð for te breken (arn tor to breken, MS.

fram-a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
fram-a-teón, p. -ateáh, pl. -atugon; pp. -atogen

To draw away fromabstrăhĕreextrăhĕre

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To draw away from; abstrăhĕre, extrăhĕre Framatuge extraxisti, Ps. Vos. 21, 8. Framatogen detractus, ablātus, Cot. 69