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seld-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
seld-síne, -sýnde ; adj.
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Seldom seen, uncommon, unfamiliar Cirus geáhsade ðæt ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas. Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 76, 12. Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27

un-tealt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tealt, adj.

Steady

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Steady Ðá hét Ælfréd cyning timbrian lange scipu ongeán ðás æsceas; ... ða wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran, ge unteal[t]]ran, ge eác heárran, ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 1, col. 2

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ymb-tyrnan

(v.)
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to turn round Feówer and twéntig tída beóð ágáne, ǽr ðan ðe heó beó ǽne ymbtyrnd, Lchdm. iii. 254, 15. to surround Mid wæter ymbtyrnd stede circumlutus locus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 15

be-brúcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-brúcan, p. -breác; pp. -brocen.

to consume foodto practise

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to consume food Hyrahláfas wǽron forneáh ealle bebrocene (gebrocene, v. l.) panes pene omnes consumti fuerant, Gr. D. 145, 10. to practise Ealle þá gódnyssa þe hé bebreác, Hml. S. 23 b, 34

níwe

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Þá( at the creation of Adam) wæs fruma níwe ælda túdres . . . : fæder wæs ácenned Adam ǽrest, 795. Adam . . . neorxna wonges níwre gesceafte hyrde, Gen. 171.

scytta

(n.)
Grammar
scytta, an; m. A shooter, an archer
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Ðá gegaderade Regulus ealle ða scyttan ðe on ðæm færelte wǽron, ðæt hié ( the serpent ) mon mid flánum ofercóme, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 5. Wǽron on his fyrdinge twelf þúsenda scyttena, Homl. As. 104, 55

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden, þá þá hé wæs ealles óðres hláford?, Angl. vii. 6, 42.

palm-treów

(n.)
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Ðǽr wǽron hundseofontig palmtreówa ( palmae ), Ex. 15, 27. Palmtreówa (-trýwa) twigu ramos palmarum, Jn. Skt. 12, 13

þurh-borian

(v.)

to bore throughperforate

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to bore through, perforate Ðá wolde ic witan hwæðer ða gelícnissa wǽron gegotene ealle swá hé sǽde; hét hié ðá þurhborian simulacra quae an solida essent scire ego cupiens omnia perforavi, Nar. 20, 1

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cýpa

(n.)
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Þǽr tó láfe wǽron XII cýpan fulle, 3657 note: Lk. 9, 17 (in Dict.)

deóp

(n.)
Grammar
deóp, the deep.
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Þreó ásǽton on ðá healfe þæs deópes ðe dá Deniscan scipu áseten wǽron, Chr. 897; P. 91, 3. Deóp (trans) fretum (Mt. 8, 18), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 30: 36, 71. Cf. dípe. Add

fenester

(n.)
Grammar
fenester, es; n.

A window

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wæter becóm upp tó þám fenestrum (ad fenestras), 220, 15, 22

ge-namne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-namne, ge-namn; adj.
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Having the same name Ic seah rǽpingas (the two buckets of a draw-well) on ræced fergan under hróf sales hearde twégen: þá wǽron genamne, nearwe bendum gefeterade fæste tógædere, Rá. 53, 3. Substitute:

ge-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gán, p. -eóde, -ióde; pp. -gán.

to gogo or pass overcome to passhappenirepræterireevenireto occupyovercomeoverrunsubdueoccuparevinceresubigereto observepractiseexerciseeffectaccomplishobservareexercereperficereefficere

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Swá geostran-dæg gegán wǽre sicut dies hesterna quæ præteriit, Ps. Th. 89, 4. Hú ðæt geeóde, ðæt . . . how that came to pass, that . . . Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 7; Cri. 443.

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rǽd

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Wæs Acitofel mid Absalone on rǽde, 19, 201. rule, direction. v. rǽdan; Þá nigon werod bugon tó heora Scyppende, and betǽhton heora rǽd tó his willan, Hml. Th. i. 12, 7

ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupyto getsecure possession of, acquireto adoptto prove one's title tosecure by shewing titleto usurp

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Hé lét þá Godas þeówas þǽra áre brúcan þe him geáhnod wæs, Hml. S. 3, 354. reflexive Cnut geáhnode (-ágenede, v. l.) him þet land, ¨ Chr. 1028; P. 157, 21. Uton faran and geáhnian ús þæt land, for þan þe wé magon mid mihte hit bigitan, Num. 13, 31.

seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.
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Wearð se cyng and his bróðor sehte . . . and eall Normandíg æt him mid feó álísde, swá swá hí ðá sehte wǽron, 1096 ; Erl. 233, 17. Sæhte, 1077 ; Erl. 215, 10

sceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorfan, scearf, scurfon; scorfen

To gnawbitescarify

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Gærstapan frǽton ealle ða gærscíðas ðe bufan ðære eorþan wǽron ge furðon ða wyrttruman sceorfende wǽron locustarum nubes, exhaustis omnibus, ipsas quoque radices seminum persequentes Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 12

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leornung

(n.)
Grammar
leornung, e; f.

Learningstudymeditationreading

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On smeáwunge and on leornunge háligra gewrita ... ðonne hí on heora leornunge wǽron and heora béc rǽddon and beeodan meditationi scripturarum ... cum illi intus lectioni vacabant, 4, 3; S. 567, 29-34.

ge-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .

To bowbow down oneselfbendsubmitturnturn awayrevoltse flectĕreinclīnārecurvāredeclĕnāretransfŭgĕreTo bow toturn towardsinclīnāre ad

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Eall folc him to gebogen wæs all people submitted to him, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 2, 21 : L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 250, 1. Ðe ǽr fram him gebogene wǽron who had formerly turned from them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 45, 44. v. trans. acc.