snirian
To go quickly, hasten ⬩ swift ⬩ to make a quick turn, step out quickly
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Gesión brecan ofer bæðweg brimwudu snyrgan, sǽmearh plegan, wadan wǽgflotan Elen. Kmbl. 488; El. 244
tó-clifrian
To scratch or tear to pieces
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To scratch or tear to pieces Wæs tóclifrod laniatur, Germ. 398, 174. Hé unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðam þiccum brémlum and þornum swá lange, ðæt hé eall tóclifrod árás, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 30
be-lǽwan
To bewray ⬩ betray ⬩ tradere ⬩ prodere
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Ðæt Iohannes belǽwed wæs quod Ioannes traditus esset Mt. Bos. 4, 12
feónd-gráp
A hostile grasp ⬩ hostīlis arreptio
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A hostile grasp; hostīlis arreptio Ðæt ic ánunga eówra leóda willan geworhte, oððe on wæl crunge, feóndgrápum fæst that I alone would work your people's will, or bow in death, fast in hostile grasps, Beo. Th. 1276; B. 636
Ter-finnas
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Ac ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste ... Finnas, him þúhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29
twifeald-líc
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[Ðysra deáð wæs heora freóndan twyfealolíc sár; án, ðet hí swá feárlícee]
árlíce
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Ꝥ hé cume and sí micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add
begen
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and add Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ( utrimque) and þǽr wǽron þá cyningas bégen (ambo reges ) gewundod, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 1-3. Gedó bégea emfela on ampullan, Lch. ii. 30, 18
be-hreósan
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Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I
fald-gang
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(Cf. fold-course a sheep-walk, N. E. D.) Sceóte man ælmessan, swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sulhgange peninc, swá æt faldgange pening, Wlfst. 170, 37. Substitute:
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frimdig
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Hé underfǽng þone cnapan swá swá hé frymdig wæs he received the boy even as he requested, Hml. S. 3, 13. Cf. firmettan. Add
ge-mæc
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Of ðǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten, ꝥ heora bégra geearnung wæs gemæce (mæcc ?; -mæc, v.l.) qua ex re colligitur, quia utrorumque par fuerat meritum, Gr. D. 313, 23. Add
ge-botl
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A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511
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geár-dagas
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Add: days, lifetime Heora geárdagum in their days, Gen. 1657, days of yore Án wæs on geárdagum Gode wel gecwéme, Isaias se wítega, Wlfst. 44, 21. Hit gewearð on geárdagum þæt God sylf spæc of Synai munte, 66, 9
mótian
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Þá gehýrdon hí mótian wið Martine lange ( they heard a long conversation being carried on with Martin ), and he wæs ána ǽr innan þám húse belocen, 31, 694. Add
næs-þyrel
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Ðæt ádl þ e wé hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add
wæter-seáþ
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Wæs gewinnful niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne hí sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add
orf-cwealm
Pestilence among cattle, murrain
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Pestilence among cattle, murrain On ðisum geáre wæs swá mycel orfcwealm swá man ne gemunde fela wintrum ǽr, Chr. 1054; Erl. 188, 5. Ûs stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10
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be-creópan
To creep ⬩ reach by creeping
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Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36
ge-metfæst
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Hé wæs líðe and gemetfæst on his worde, and hé wæs geþyldig and eádmód erat colloquio blandus, temperantia modestus, Guth. Gr. in, 82. Hé wæs swiðe geþyldig and eáðmód and gemetfæst on eallum his lífe. Bl.
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