tunge
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Wǽron hyra tungan tó yfele gehwam scearpe, 56, 5. representing the words expressed by the tongue, words, speech, language Hí mid tungan heora fácenfullíce dydon, Ps. Spl. 5, 10. Mé inwit næs on tungan, Ps. Th. 138, 2.
for-drífan
to drive away ⬩ off ⬩ out ⬩ to drive away ⬩ cast out ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to banish ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive aside ⬩ to overtask
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weder; wearþ ðá fordrifan on án íglond út on ðǽre Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 11. to subject to excessive toil or hardship, to overtask Eálá hú earmlice and hú reówlic tíd wæs ðá, ðá ðá wreccæ men lǽgen fordrifene full neáh tó deáðe, and syððan cóm se scearpa
grípan
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Gripon (cf. gáres gripe, An. 187), unfægre under sceát werum scearpe gáras sharp spears fixed cruel fangs within the breasts of men, 2062. non-material Gráp heáh þreá on hǽðen cynn, Gen. 2545. trans. to seize, v. grípend Grípeð capessit, capit sumitque
bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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D. 227, 4. in a medical sense, to do good, cure Scearpa þá stówe, þonne bétst þú ðá, Lch. ii. 82, 13. Wel þæt bét, 28, 17. Þá hóman hyt béteþ, i. 360, 11. to correct, emend an error, mistake Ic béte sume leáse bóc corrigo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 173, 10.
gearwe
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Cf. gearo; Stréle beóð scearpe ... syððan of glédon wesað gearwe áhyrded, Ps. Th. 119, 4. Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden, Lch. ii. 144, 16. Hí Iacób geara ǽtan comederunt Jacob, Ps. Th. 78, 7.
yfel
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Ðorn byð þearle scearp, anfengys yfel ( bad to take hold of ), Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 1; Rún. 3. Ic hit mid yfelre bysene inc forgylde, Blickl. Homl. 189, 25. Yfele habban sorge, Exon. Th. 376, 32; Seel. 163.
swégan
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Ærðan ðe ðæt scearpe swurd swége tó his hneccan descend with a crash upon his neck, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 185. Swégende tumultuans, Hpt. Gl. 528, 43. Com seó sǽfǽrlíce swégende, Homl. Th. i. 566, 7.
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Hié námon treówu, and slógon on óðerne ende monige scearpe ísene næglas, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 5. Heó lǽdde tó hire suna ða ísenan næglas ðe wǽron ádrifene þurh Cristes folman, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 15.
heán
Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble ⬩ humilis, infamis
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Se scearpa deáþ ðe ne forlét ne ríce menn ne heáne se hine genam stern death who spares neither rich men nor poor, that seized him, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 35.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Swínes scearn ðæs ðe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, L. M. 1, 20; Lchdm. ii. 62, 28. Ne hié selfe ðý beteran ne taligen ðe ða óðre ðeáh ða óðre be him libben ne se meliores æstiment, quia contineri per se ceteros vident, Past. 44, 1; Swt. 319, 19.
searu
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Gleáwnisse and seare (sceare, Wrt. ) astu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 27. Mid searwe on gewald gedón per proditionem tradere, Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 52, 27.
wráþ
wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed
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Is him on welerum wráð sweord and scearp, Ps. Th. 58, 7. Se yfla unrihta wráþa(evil) willa wóhhǽmedes, Met. 18, 2. Wráðan (fierce) yrres, Ps. Th. 77, 50. On ðám wráðan dæge diem tentationis, 94, 9. Wráþe hægle, 77, 47. Wráð yrre ðín, 78, 5.
open
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and swutole ðǽm ðiéstrum módum bodian, and náne wuht ðǽre diéglan láre ðonne giét cýðan, Past. 461, 4. clear of intellectual difficulties Uneáþe þisse sprǽce cymþ ǽnig mon of, gif hé ǽrest on cymþ; ne cymþ hé nǽfre tó openum ende, búton hé hæbbe swá scearp
þan
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hyrsta lǽdan of ðisse worulde wuhte þon máre ðonne hé hider bróhte (cf. ne lǽt hé his nánwuht of ðís middanearde mid him máre ðonne hé bróhte hider, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 15-17), Met. 14, 10. where the comparative takes the dative after it Hé ðám ðe on sceare
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Ðú eart gleáw and scearp, wís on ðínum gewitte and on ðínum worde snottor, 463, 30; Hö. 78. Cyninges rǽswa, wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 12; Dan. 418. Ne hýrde ic snotorlícor guman þingian. Ðú eart wís wordcwida, Beo. Th. 3694; B. 1845.
ge-hwá
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Tó yfele gehwám scearpe, Ps. Th. 56, 5. Æt leóhte gehwám, 62, I
ge-fæstnian
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Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid þǽre sýl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, Coll. M. 19, 19. Gefæsnode fixas (turmas quasi radicitus fixas ... immobiles manere fecit, Ald. 52, 6), An.
ge-myndig
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ICX :-- Eálá Gabrihel l hú þú eart gleáw and scearp, milde and gemyndig, wís on þínum gewitte and on þínum worde snottor, Hö. 77
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Scearpum wǽpnum, Exon. Th. 385, 30; Rä. 4, 52. Mid gǽstlícum wǽpnum, 112, 24; Gú. 148. Gescyldend wið sceaðan wǽpnum, Andr. Kmbl. 2584; An. 1298: Exon. Th. 48, 22; Cri. 775. Hí wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, Judth. Thw. 25, 33; Jud. 291.
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lócian
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Sume swíðe scearpe lóciað; sume uneáðe áwiht geseóð. Solil. H. 44, 22. Sé ðe ealra scearpost lócian mæg, ne mæg þeáh þá sunnan selfe geseón swilce swilce heó ys, 43, 21.