ge-werc
A fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx
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A fort, fortress; arx Hie ðǽr gewerc worhton they there wrought a fortress, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 16
wíg-bil
A battle-blade ⬩ a sword
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A battle-blade, a sword Ðæt sweord ongan æfter heaþoswáte hildegicelum, wígbil wanian, Beo. Th. 3218; B. 1607
á-wirdness
corruption ⬩ blemish ⬩ injury ⬩ annoy ⬩ affliction
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Th. i. 236, 31. injury, annoy, affliction 'Búton wé ðǽre sáwle derian magon, ðá líchaman þurhwuniað on heora áwyrdnysse.' Hé cwæð: 'Hú becume gé tó ðǽre sáwle áwyrdnysse?', Hml. Th. i. 464, 1-4.
æt-feolan
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.), 72, 28. fig. of continued action, to stick to, with idea of diligence, be instant in Ðæt hé geornlíce ætfealh ðǽre ðénunge ministerio sedulus insistere, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 14.
cyll
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Wit geworhton þá hýde tó twám kyllum . . . and wit dydon þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl in þá kylla . . . þá bleówan wit þá kylla and ástigon þǽron, Hml. A. 205, 342-348. Add
under-fón
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VI a. add :-- Ðæt ðæt gé gǽsðlíce underféngon, gé willað geendigan flǽsclíce cum spiritu coeperitis, nunc carne consummemini, Past. 207, 16. Hí nyllað underfón ðæt uncúðe ðæt hí gehírað neque sequuntur, quae inexperta audiunt, 441, 7.
ge-frínd
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Hí wurdon ðá gefrýnd for ðǽre dǽde, swá swá hí nǽron nǽfre ǽr on lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 3
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leóht
Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy
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Ðæt sió wamb ðý ðé leóhtre síe by it the stomach may be relieved, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 1. Wið módes (? innoþes, MS) hefignesse ... sóna biþ ðæt mód leóhtre, Lchdm. iii. 50, 23.
tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Pilatus hym cwæð: Hwæt ys ðæt hé déþ ðæt hé mǽge eówre ǽ tówerpan? Hí cwǽdon: 'On restedagum hé hǽlþ,' Nicod. 2; Thw. 1, 23-27. Hé com tó ðý ðæt hé wolde ǽlc yfel tówurpan, and ǽlc good árǽran. Nú tówyrpþ hé on us leahtras . . .
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
níd-riht
a duty that must be performed ⬩ service ⬩ office ⬩ officium ⬩ debitum ⬩ a due ⬩ what must be paid
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Ac ðeáhhwæðere sindon gesette tíman synderlíce tó ðam ánum, ðæt gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mǽge, ðæt hé húru ðæt niédriht dæghwamlíce gefylle, Btwk. 194, 3-8. a due, what must be paid Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreþ midwintres feorm and Eástorfeorm ... tóeácan
bildu
Boldness ⬩ confidence
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Ðæt hié habbað ðá arodnesse and ðá bieldo (bældo, v. l.) ðæt hié magon anweald habban auctoritatis fortitudine erecti, Past. 41, 17. Hé hæfde mid him myccle bælde (fiduciam) híwcúþnesse, Gr. D. 140, 7. Baeldo, Rtl. 89, 3.
fore-stæppan
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Hig þæne forman dæg forestæppað, Angl. viii. 330, 23. Se dæg forestóp þá niht eall oð Crístes ǽriste; ac syððan hé þá niht gewuldrode mid his ǽriste, heó forestóp þæne dæg, 319, 40. Hé hí forestóp on heofenan ríce, Hml. Th. i. 50, 3.
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ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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Ðæt híg sín gesmirode on ðam and hira handa gehálgode ut ungantur in ea et consecrentur mănus eōrum, Ex. 29, 29. Ðæt nǽfre ne afúlaþ ðæt mid hire gesmered biþ that never becomes foul that is anointed with it, Blickl. Homl. 73, 23.
Linked entry: ge-smirian
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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On ðæt gerád ðe ðæt stande ðe wit beforan ðam ealdormen lucan on the condition that that arrangement stand which we concluded before the alderman, 597, 32. Hrím and forst lucon leóda gesetu rime and frost shut up men's dwellings, Andr.
Linked entry: lýcþ
súsl
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Torment, where the word is certainly neuter Se seáð ðæs sing[alan] súsles, Nar. 50, 23. Súsles þegnum, Exon. Th. 275, 30: Jul. 558: 304, 18; Fä. 72. Hié ðæt súsl þrowiende wǽron, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 26. In ðæt swearte súsl ( hell ), Exon.
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wícing
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Metellus fór on Belearis ðæt lond, and oferwan ða wícingas ðe on ðæt land hergedon Metellus Baleares insulas bello pervagatus edomuit, et piraticam infestationem compressit, 5, 5; Swt. 226, 23. ¶ in passages dealing with English affairs the word refers
Linked entry: scegð-mann
ge-stillan
To rest ⬩ cease ⬩ be still ⬩ quiet ⬩ mute ⬩ quiescĕre ⬩ sĕdāri ⬩ sĭlēre ⬩ obmutescĕre ⬩ rētĭcēre ⬩ To restrain ⬩ still ⬩ stop ⬩ stay ⬩ calm ⬩ keep in ⬩ compescĕre ⬩ cŏhĭbēre ⬩ sĕdāre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ rĕtĭnēre
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He bebeád ðæm winde ðæt he gestilde he commanded the wind to be still, Blickl. Homl. 235, 8. Ic bebeóde ðé ðæt ðú fram ðisse ungeþwǽrnysse gestille I command thee to cease from this troubling, Guthl. 8; Gdwn. 48, 17. v. trans.
Linked entries: ge-stellan ge-styllan ge-styllan ge-styltan
æl-fylc
a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes
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a foreign land; aliena provincia Ðæt hie on ælfylce on Danubie stæðe wícedon till they encamped in the foreign land on the banks of the Danube, Elen.
a-wǽgan
To deceive ⬩ delude ⬩ frustrate ⬩ disappoint ⬩ cause to fail ⬩ eludere ⬩ frustrari ⬩ irritum facere
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To deceive, delude, frustrate, disappoint, cause to fail ; eludere, frustrari, irritum facere Ðæt is sóþ ðæt ðú ǽr awǽgdest that is true which thou before didst frustrate, Homl. Th. ii. 418, 58.
Linked entry: wǽgan
fót-swæþ
A foot-trace ⬩ foot-print ⬩ pĕdis vestīgium
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A foot-trace, foot-print; pĕdis vestīgium Ðæt ne sýn astyrode oððe awende síþstapla oððe wegas oððe fótswaðu míne ut non mŏveantur vestīgia mea, Ps. Lamb. 16, 5.