á-tǽsan
To tear with a weapon
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To tear with a weapon (lit. or fig. ) Án scytta ásceát áne flán and átǽsde ðone cyning betwux þǽre lungene, Hml. S. 18, 221. Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.
hǽte
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Th. i. 430, 12. heat as an element present in all bodies, fire as one of the four elements Ðunor cymð of hǽtan and of wǽtan.
ceaster
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Dele passage from Chron. under and add: used as a general term, or applied to foreign towns.
hreác
A heap ⬩ stack ⬩ rick ⬩ reek
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A heap, stack, rick, reek [in dialects, v. E. D. S. Old Country and Farming Words, ii. iii. and Halliwell's Dict.] Hreác acervus, Wrt. Voc. 89, 44.
Linked entry: hrǽc
bearhtm
Brightness ⬩ glittering ⬩ scintillation ⬩ twinkling ⬩ glance ⬩ claritas ⬩ splendor ⬩ nitor ⬩ scintillatio ⬩ acies
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Ðæt biþ an eágan bearhtm [MS. bryhtm] that is in the twinkling of the eye, in a moment, Bd. 2, 13 ; S. 516, 20
cysten
to get, procure, get the value of ⬩ acquirere, æquiparare facere
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to get, procure, get the value of; acquirere, æquiparare facere Se man ðe hafde án púnd he ne mihte cystan [MS. cysten] ænne peni at ánne market the man who had a pound could not get the value of a penny at a market, Chr. 1125; Erl. 253, 28: 1124; Erl
friþ-land
A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made ⬩ pācis terra
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A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made; pācis terra Hí ðone mǽstan hearm dydon ðe ǽfre here innon friþlande dón sceolde they did the greatest harm that ever an army could do in a land with which it was at peace, Chr. 1097
wiþ-feohtend
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel
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An adversary, opponent, enemy, a rebel Hió self fieht wið hié selfe tó fultome ðæm wiðfeohtende, (adversario) Past. 38; Swt. 279, 1. Ðone mángengan and ðone wiþfeohtend rebellem et sacrilegum, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 18.
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henne-belle
Henbane
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Voc. i. 30, 42: 79, 4: An. Ox. 56, 374. Hennebelle. Ðeós wyrt þe man symfhoniacam nemneð, and óðrum naman belone, and eác sume men hennebelle (hænne-, v. l.) hátað, Lch. i. 94, 3-6. Beolonan sǽd, ꝥ is hænnebelle, iii. 72, 10.
þri-wintre
Of three years ⬩ three years old
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Geoffra mé án þriwintre hrýðer and ǽnne þriwintre ramm and ánne þriwintre gát sume mihi vaccam triennem et capram trimam et arietem annorum trium, Gen. 15, 9. Hé ásende him tó án ðrywintre cild, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 7
myntan
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add: of the action of an inanimate object ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúmeweard, and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 12, II. <b>I d.
fóda
victuals ⬩ provisions ⬩ sustenance ⬩ support
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Tyrwena tendre and sprota fódan naptarum fomile sarmentorumque nutrimine, An. Ox. 1652. Tyrewan fódan resinae fomenlum, i. nutrimentum, 4028
ge-gearcian
To prepare
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To prepare Ðá hét se cyngc scipa gegearcian and him æfter faran, ac hit wæs lang ǽr ðam þe ða scipa gegearcode wǽron then the king bade prepare ships and go after him, but it was long before the ships were ready, Th. Ap. 7, 16-7 : Homl.
ge-reclíce
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Substitute: In an orderly manner. of movement, smoothly, quietly Ǽspringe Ce áwealleð of clife . . . and gereclice rihte fiðweð, Met. 5, 14.
ge-sméþian
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To make smooth, remove inequalities from a surface (lit. or fig. ), level an inequality Þonne ic fram fyrde gecyrre ic tówurpe ðás burh and hí gesméðige. Hml. Th. i. 450, 10. Clincig gesméþiende síþfæt asperum planes iter, Hy. S. 104, 35.
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munt
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Add: general Munt ł heofen Olimpus An. Ox. 18 b, 62. Þá Wylisce á tóforan into muntan and móran férdan.
un-gemæc
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Heora ǽgþres méd and geearnung nis náht ungemæcce (ungelíce, v.l. ) on heofonum, 91, 15. Add
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.
ge-dreóg
suitable, fit, meet ⬩ quiet, orderly. ⬩ of persons, serious in behaviour; ⬩ gravis ⬩ of animals, gentle, tame; ⬩ mitis
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hit wǽre ǽr þǽre wódnysse, Gr.
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byrgen
tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body
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as soon as any person was dead, the body was laid out, with the feet to the east and the head to the west.