á-flíman
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Add: where there is conflict, to put to flight, of actual fighting Hé hyg áflímde and ofslóh má þonne .xxx. gódra ðegna. Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 11. Wé mid strǽlum hié scotodon and hié sóna onweg áflýmdon, Nar. 32, 18. Hý ðǽr áflýmede wurdon, Chr. 1001;
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burg-waru
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Eall seó buruhwaru populus civitatis, Deut. 21, 21. Gyf hit binnan byrig gedón bið, fare seó buruhwaru sylf tó and begyte þá banan, Ll. Th. i. 286, 21. Seó burhwaru gelæhton hine, Ap Th. 26, 23. Seó burhwaru, þæt sind Turonisce ..., and Pictauienscisce
ge-cirredness
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Take here ge-cyrredness in Dict., and add: a going to a place, the going of a monk to a monastery. [Cf. tó mynstre gecyrran, R. Ben. 114, 13.] Sý swylcera gebyrda oþþe gecyrrednesse swylce hé sý ( whatever his birth or the time of his coming to the monastery
ge-wenian
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Take here <b>ge-wænian</b> in Dict., and add: to accustom, train, make habitual to Tunglu him healdað betwuh ribbe singale, dydon swá lange, swá hí gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frum-sceafte (cf. healdaþ þá tnnglu þá ealdan sibbe ðe hí on gesceapne
heáh
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Add: physical. so as to extend to a great height Be ðám heán muntum and dúnum þá ðe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, Wlfst. 262, 13. Hlǽw sceal heáh hlifian, B. 2805: Ph. 23 : Dan. 603. at or to a position of great height Hí him ásetton segen gyldenne
hú-meta
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Add: in direct questions. in what way?, by what means? Húmeta wát God? quomodo scit Deus?, Ps. Spl. 72, 11. with what reason or right Húmeta cwyst þú tó þínum bréðer?, Mt. 7, 4. how is it that?, why? Gif heó turniende is, húmeta ne fealð heó? si volubile
hreóh-nes
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Add: hreów-nes. storm, tempest (lit. or fig.) Wearð ðáre sǽ smiltnesse áwænd fǽringa and wearð micel reównes áweht, swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla, Ap. Th. 10, 26. Ýstendre (wealcendre) sǽ (reóhnesse) flódas feruentis (i. furentis) oceani
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leahter
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Add: [The word is made feminine in Hml. S. 16, 306 Seó eahteóðe leahter, but in other MSS. it is masculine, and so in the other seven instances] :-- Scyld, lehter, mándǽd crimen, i. peccatum Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 2. Hwæt ne cann sé ðe ealle ðing cann ?
med-micel
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add: [The Latin to Guthl. 5 is: Adsumta hordeacei panis particula; the diminutive particula seems to show that medmicel refers to quantity, not to quality, which beren hláf suggests, cf. Bd. 5, 12, infra. ] add: with reference to quality, degree, &
ram-hund
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Add: The true form of the word, which is given only in comparatively modern MSS., is doubtful. Rain-, raine-hound, as well as ram-hundt, occur (v. Ll. Lbmn. 626, 2), and these seem to represent the original word more nearly than does ram-. In a MS. of
sár-cwide
injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter words ⬩ a lament
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a speech that is intended to give pain, injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter words Ne gedafenaþ ðé ðæt ðú andsware mid oferhygdum séce sárcwide it befits thee not to seek an answer with arrogance and bitter words, Andr. Kmbl. 693; An. 320
sceár
A pair of shears or scissors;
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A pair of shears or scissors; but the word is generally used in the plural (dual?) as the modern shears, scissors Scér forfex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36,65. Scéroro, scérero forices, Txts. 60, 401. ísern*-*scéruru forfex, 65, 903. Sceára forfex, Wrt. Voc. i.
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hǽwen
Blue, azure, purple, discoloured
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Blue, azure, purple, discoloured Hǽwen glaucus, Cot. 96 : jacinthina, 185 : fulvus, Lye. Ádó in ǽren fæt lǽt ðǽr in óð ðæt hit hǽwen sý put into a brazen vessel, leave it therein until it be turned colour, Lchdm. iii. 20, 18. Gyf dæt húsl byþ fynig oððe
BRYCE
to use, enjoy ⬩ Use, service, the occupation or exercise of a thing, profit, advantage, fruit ⬩ usus, ministerium, commodum
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Use, service, the occupation or exercise of a thing, profit, advantage, fruit; usus, ministerium, commodum Gif ðæt ówiht bryce wæs if that was any use; si hoc aliquid prodesset, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 8, note. Láfe on hwylc hugu fatu gehiwade wǽron mennisces
snǽdan
to slice, cut into slices ⬩ to snathe ⬩ to lop, prune, cut branches off trees ⬩ to hew ⬩ trim stones. ⬩ putare ⬩ to cut into slices
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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15. Jamieson gives sned to prune, lop off, sned a branch pruned off
á-weccan
to wake (trans.) from sleep ⬩ raise from the dead ⬩ to arouse a person from quiescence ⬩ to excite to feeling or action ⬩ stir up ⬩ to arouse ⬩ excite passion
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Add: to wake (trans.) from sleep, raise from the dead Hwílon láreow mín áwecþ mé stíþlíce mid gyrde, Coll. M. 35, 31. Ic míne frýnd áweahte, Nar. 30, 32. God hine áweahte tó onliésanne ðá gehæftan on helle, Past. 443, 9. Iern and áwece hine, 193, 18.
bæc
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Bæc tergum, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 31: terga, 65, 19: 283, 44. Se hund tótær his hæteru of his bæce, Hml. Th. 374, 9. Hé byrð byrðene on his bæce, 212, 5: 336, 16:Angl. xi. 112, 23. Him forburnon on þám bæce his reáf, Hml. S. 31, 865. Hé hine scét bæftan his
weorþscipe
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worship, honour shewn to an object Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod, hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó ðam ðe hine geweorðaþ; ðæt is tó herianne hwéne rihtlícor si quod ex appositis luceat, ipsa quidem, quae sunt apposita, laudantur Bt. 14, 3; Fox
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Dele II., and add: so as not to be moved or shaken, firmly, fast (in to stand fast) (lit. and fig.) Þæt treów fæste stód, Dan. 557. Nánwuht nis fæste stondendes weorces on worulde, Bt. 9; F. 26, 21. Ic fæste stande for þínre campunga, Bl. H. 225, 34.
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ge-staþelian
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Add Gestaþelaþ fundat, edificat, construat, consolidat, gestaþelad fundatum, consolidatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 14, 17. to fix in a position or place, place permanently, set. the object a living creature Ðæt hé gesteaðelie (collocet) hine mid aldermonnum
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