stǽnen
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Wíf hæbbende stǽnna (stǽna, Rush.) fulle smirinisse mulier habens alabdstrum unguenti, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 7. Ða stǽnenan bredu the tables of stone, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 18: Ex. 31, 18. Stǽnene (sǽnine, Lind.) wæterfatu, Jn. Skt. 2, 6.
bróþor
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Tó his bréðer, Past. 235, 7. ꝥ his broðor nime his wíf and his bróðor (broeðre. L. , bróðer, R. fratri) sǽd wecce, Mk. 12, 19. þá wǽron Arwaldes bróðor (broðra, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 16; Sch. 426, 16. Bróðer (bróðero, L.) fratres , Mt. R. 12, 46.
drý-cræft
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Gif wíf drýcræft begǽð si mulier artem magicam exerceat, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 15. Drýcræft wyrcan, 154, 8. a magic art or practice Drýcræftas necromantiae, An. Ox. 4, 29.
a-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere
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Ac heó hire ðǽr wíc asette ibique sibi mansionem instituit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 26 : Exon. l08 a ; Th. 411, 27 ; Rä. 30, 6. Hét ǽnne weall asettan he ordered a wall to be built, Ors. 6, 15 ; Bos: 122, 34.
cyne-líc
Kingly, royal, regal, belonging to the state, public ⬩ regius, regalis, publicus
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Chaldéas cynelícan getimbro mid fýre fornámon [MS. fornaman] the Chaldeans destroyed the royal buildings with fire, 1, 15; S. 483, 42.
for-hergian
To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre
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To lay waste, destroy, ravage, devastate, plunder; vastāre, devastāre, depŏpŭlāre Ne wile he ealle ða rícu forsleán and forheregian will he not slay and destroy all the kingdoms? Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3.
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leánian
To reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ requite ⬩ pay
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To reward, recompense, requite, pay Ic ðé ða fǽhþe leánige ealdgestreónum I will recompense thee for the strife with ancient treasures, Beo. Th. 2765; B. 1380.
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ge-hálgian
To consecrate ⬩ dedicate ⬩ initiate ⬩ ordain ⬩ hallow ⬩ make holy ⬩ sanctify ⬩ consecrāre ⬩ dedĭcāre ⬩ sacrāre ⬩ inĭtĭāre ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ sanctĭfĭcāre
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He gehálgode wín of wætere he hallowed wine from water, Andr. Kmbl. 1171; An. 586 : 3298; An. 1652. Wælhreów Criste gehálgode offrunge tyrannus Christo sacrāvit victĭmam, Hymn. Surt. 52, 11.
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for-fón
to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate
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L. 76. with for[a]ne: Forne forféþ anticipet, An. Ox. 603. Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes mid gebígedum cneówum tó þon ꝥ hé hine on þá eorþan ástrehte . . .
hwettan
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D. iii. 430, II. to make a person keen (hwæt), incite, excite, egg on. absolute Swá þín sefa hwette, B. 490. with acc. Þonne wín hweteð beornes breóstsefan, Mód. 18.
twiwa
Twice
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With numerals: Sió gestód tuwa seofon hund wintra ...; ðæt is III c wintra and I M, Ors. 6, I; Swt. 252, 6. Tuwa fífe binas quinquies. Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 25. Tuwa fíftig bis quingentenum, 11, 76. Twige, Hpt. Gl. 486, 77.
ge-dígan
to escape danger, (i) used absolutely ⬩ to come successfully out of conflict ⬩ to escape from danger, harm, c. ⬩ of things :-- ⬩ to escape from an enemy ⬩ to recover from illness ⬩ to benefit, profit,
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Add: to escape danger, (i) used absolutely Seó wiht (a steer), gif hió gedýgeð, dúna briceð, gif hé tóbirsteð, bindeð cwice cf. the Latin riddle:Si vixero, rumpere colles incipiam, vivos moriens aut alligo multos, Prehn, p. 212), Ra. 39, 6. with acc.
fiðere
A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ
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A wing; āla:Wings; ālæ, pennæ Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29. Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ, Ps.
be-teldan
To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm ⬩ tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere
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Láme bitolden covered with clay [buried], 64 a; Th. 235, 11; Ph. 555 : 64 b; Th. 238, 25; Ph. 609. Hæfde sigora weard betolden leófne leódfruman mid lofe sínum the lord of triumphs had surrounded the dear chieftain with his praise, Andr.
ǽr-glæd
Brass-bright ⬩ gleaming with brazen arms ⬩ armis æneis coruscans
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Brass-bright, gleaming with brazen arms; armis æneis coruscans.Cd. 158; Th. 196, 17; Exod. 293
æt-swerian
To forswear ⬩ deny with an oath ⬩ abjurare
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To forswear, deny with an oath; abjurare, L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 11, note
be-fæðman
To embrace with the arms ⬩ ulnis amplecti
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To embrace with the arms; ulnis amplecti Befæðman, Cd. 163; Th. 204, 32; Exod. 428
heoru-sweng
A blow with a sword,
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A blow with a sword, Beo. Th. 3184; B. 1539: Andr. Kmbl. 1903; An. 954
ísig
Icy
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Icy, covered with ice Ðǽr stód hringedstefna ísig and útfús, Beo. Th. 65; B. 33
morgen-torht
Bright with the brightness of morning
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Bright with the brightness of morning (applied to the sun), Andr. Kmbl. 482; An. 241