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sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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Th. 408, 2; Rä. 27, 6. to cut as a surgeon does, to lance or to amputate Mon sníð ða bearneácnan wíf secuerunt praegnantes Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 14.

(adj.)
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Ic wæs on ceóle and mínes cnósles má, Rä. 19, 4. as adj.v. Dict

for-weorþan

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Add: to become ill Philippus forwearð on móde, Hml. S. 2, 104. (1 a) of food, to go bad :-- Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedlywithout meaning to do somethingunexpectedly

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Maurus arn uppon ðam streáme unmyndlunge ( unaware of what he was doing ), swilce hé on fæstre eorðan urne ... undergeat æt néxtan ðæt hé uppon ðæm wætere arn, and ðæs micclum wundrode, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 9.

Linked entry: myndlinga

hwít

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Hwítes seolfres (cf. reád as an epithet of gold ), Jos. 7, 21. Dó on hwít sealt, Lch. ii. 94, 8 : 124, 10. <b>II a.

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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<b>I a.</b> in an indefinite sense :--- On healfa gehwǽr, sume hyder, sume þyder, Elen. Kmbl. 1093; El. 548. as antecedent Ðá ferede hine Godes hand þider, þǽr hine men siððan áredon, Shrn. 57, 5.

Linked entry: þyder

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Paulus ne éhte geleáffulra manna ðurh andan, ac ðurh ware ðære ealdan ǽ, 390, 6. safe-keeping, custody, keeping from injury, guard: — Stód se gréna wong in Godes wære, Exon. Th. 146, 32 ; Gú. 718: 143, 17; Gú. 662: Andr. Kmbl. 1648; An. 825.

Linked entry: wer-genga

spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to trackgo in a trackfollowmake a journey in search of something to make a trackgoto enquireinvestigateexamineto enquire after or intoseek to know aboutto search afterseek to attainto askinvestigare, indagare, sciscitarito track; to investigate; to ask

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to track, go in a track (v. spor, spyreman), follow, make a journey in search of something Deáð spyraþ (spyreþ, Met. 27, 9) ǽlce dæge æfter fuglum and æfter diórum and æfter monnum, and ne forlǽt nán swæþ, ǽr hé geféhþ ðæt, ðæt hé æfter spyreþ, Bt. 39

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

deófol-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-lic, (deóf-); adj.
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., and add: of the devil Se freódóm ðæs deófollican onwaldes freedom from the power of the devil, Bl. H. 137, 13. Dióflices fanaticae (lustrationis ), An. Ox. 2058. Deóuolicre, 7, 125. Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i. demonum invocations, 1927.

Linked entry: deófel-lic

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Gif ðú cymst on ðone weg and tó ðære stówe, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 21. Hé leóde lǽrde on lífes weg, Andr. Kmbl. 340; An. 170: 3357; An. 1682. Sume feóllon wið weg (æt strǽt ł woeg, Lind.: bi wæge, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 4.

scyld-hata

(n.)
Grammar
scyld-hata, an; m.
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One who hates wrongfully, an enemy Scyldhatan, ealdgeníðlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2095; An. 1049. Scyldhatan, egle ondsacan, 2295; An. 1149. v. next word

ge-met

(adj.)
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III. a measure, an instrument for measuring :-- False gewihta and wóge gemeta, Ll. Th. i. 310, 13. a vessel Éghuælc án wæs tuisestre gemet, Jn.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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Habbad emne gedǽled dæg and nihte sunne and móna, Met. 29, 35. (l a) of the partition and occupation of land :-- Þý geáre Healfdene Norþanhymbra lond gedǽlde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 12.

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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This word, as does swíþe (q. v.), tends to become an adverb of degree rather than one of manner or quality; where it qualifies words denoting pain, effort, or the like, it may be considered as keeping much of its old force, but even there it is used to

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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S. 36, 91-99. as the place for meals: Swylc þú æt swǽsendum sitte mid ðinum ealdormannum and þegnum on wintertíde, and sié fýr onǽled and þín heall gewyrmed (calido effecto cenaculo), Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 18.

hróf

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Add: the outside upper covering of a building, ceiling of a room, upper surface of a cave, &amp;amp;c. Hróf lacuna[r], Txts. 76, 109: lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 55: camara, 17, 16; tholus (tholus tectum de petris sine ligno, Ld. Gl.

efen-etan

(v.)

to eat as much as any one

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to eat as much as any one

betweohs-fæc

(n.)

an interval

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an interval Betwyxfæce intervallo, An. Ox. 3861

ge-líc

(adj.)
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and the compensation for destroying an eye are equal, Ll.

ofen-raca

(n.)
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ofen-raca, an; m.

An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace

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An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace Ofenraca rotabulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 34 : 27, 10

Linked entry: hláf-ræce