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swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, sweogian, sweowian, swugian, swuwian, sugian, suwian; p. ode.
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to be silent, of that which has voice Ic suwige (swugige, swuwie) taceo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 26, 13. Swigaþ silet (vipera ), Rtl. 125, 27. God ne swugaþ (swigaþ, Surt.) Deus non silebit, Ps. Th. 49, 3. Ðonne swíaþ ( silet) hé (the phenix ), Exon.

fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

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We sceolon mearcian úre fórewearde heáfod mid Cristes róde tácne we should mark our foreheads with the sign of Christ's cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 11. Fóreweard lencten the early spring; ver nŏvum, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 76, 12; Wrt. Voc. 53, 26.

ilca

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Mid þǽre gehrinennesse þára ylcra (ilcena, v. l.) gegyrela (gegyrelena, v. l.) tactu indumetitorum eorundem, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 15

segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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Ðæt nalæs ðæt án ðæt hí segen fore him bǽron æt gefeohte ac swylce eác on sibbe tíde . . . him mon symble ðæt tácen beforan weg ut non solum in pugna ante illum vexilla gestarentur, sed et tempore pacis . . . semper antecedere signifer consuesset, Bd.

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Cunne gé (uutas gé, L.)tócnáwan heofones híw, gé ne magon witan þǽra tída tácnu, Mt. 16, 3. Ne þurfon gé wénan ꝥ gé ꝥ orceápe sellon, Bl. H. 41, 12. Gehérde gé audistis Mt. L. 5, 21. Ne geseáð gié mec. Jn. L. 16, 16. Geseáð gié uidetis 12, 19.

libban

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tácne þæt hié óþer woldon, oþþe ealle libban oþþe ealle licgean, Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 32. <b>I b.</b> fig. of things :--- to supply oneself with food, feed, subsist (lit. or fig.)

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Mid micelre strencðe áfylled hé worhte micele tácna, Homl. Th. i. 44, 23. Swá se fulfremeda wæstm biþ on fulre strencðe þeónde, ii. 76, 19. Se weard (the angel at the gate of Eden) hafaþ miht and strengðo, Cd. Th. 58, 22; Gen. 950.

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Sunnan glǽm on lenctenne lífes tácen weceþ, Exon. Th. 215, 17; Ph. 255. Ðás windas and ðás regnas ða ðe eorþan wæstmas weccaþ, Blickl. Homl. 51, 21: Exon. Th. 38, 20; Cri. 609. Hí ǽled weccaþ they kindle a fire, 361, 18; Wal. 21.

hopian

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

To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.]

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Hé hopode ðæt hé gesáwe sum tácen sperabat signum aliquod videre, Lk. Skt. 23, 8. Hæbbende ðæs ðe wé ǽr hopedon, Homl. Th. i. 250, 35. Wé tó ðínum hidercyme hopodan and hyhtan. Blickl. Homl. 87, 11. Hopedon sperabamus, Lk. Skt. 24, 21.

Linked entries: á-hopian tó-hopian

wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wamm, es; m. n.

a spot, mark, blot. stainfilth, impurity, corruptiona blot, disgrace, damage, hurtmoral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilementevil, sin, shameful word or deed:

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Óþ ðæt hafaþ ǽldes leóma woruldwidles wom forbærned, 62, 25;Cri. 1007. evil, sin, shameful word or deed: — Nǽfre wommes tácn in ðam eardgearde eáwed weorþeþ, ac ðé firina gehwylc feor ábúgeþ, Exon. Th. 4, 18;Cri. 54.

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rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Ðás twelf tácna ( the signs of the Zodiac ) synd swá gehiwode on ðám heofenlícum roderum (rodere, MSS. R. L. P.), Lchdm. iii. 246, 6. mostly as a poetical term, the heavens, sky, upper regions Rodores candel the sun, Beo. Th. 3148; B. 1572.

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á-bítan

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Ðæt he mehte Godes þeówas on dón, ðæt hié diór ábite in quo sanctos bestiis objiceret laniandos Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 12. of a serpent Hét hió ðá nǽdran dón tó hiere earme ( Cleopatra . . . serpentis morsu in sinistro tacta brachio ) . . . ðǽre nǽdran

æt-íwness

(n.)
Grammar
æt-íwness, e; f.
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</b> shewing which serves as proof :-- Ðerh menigo ðǽra táceno ædeáunisse per multa signorum experimenta , Jn. p, 2, 1. shewing, making known, manifestation of a circumstance Éristes ædeáunise resurrectionis manifestatio, Jn. p. 8, I.

Linked entries: æt-íwedness -íwness

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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THORN;ás twelf tácna sind swá gehíwode on ðám heofenlicum roderum, and synd swá bráde ꝥ hí gefyllað twá tída mid hyra úpgange, Lch. iii. 246, 6.

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glædnes

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On xxvii and on xxviii nihta ꝥ tácnað ealne gefeán, and ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse smyltnysse and glædnesse gehátað, Lch. iii. 156, 14. alacrity, cheerful readiness. Cf. glædlíce; Gode man sceal dón mid glædnysse ǽfre þá betstan behát, Hml.

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, e; f.: hlæddre, an (?). l. hlǽder; e: hlǽdre, an; f.

a ladderflight of stepsstairs

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I. 28, 7) (scala) tácnað úre líf ... þǽre hlǽdre sídan tácniað líchoman and sáule; on ðǽm twám sídum missenlice stæpas eáðmódnesse sió gelaðung gefæstnode, R. Ben. 23, 9-14.

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p. swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))
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Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, ðeáh hé sóðra swá feala tácna gecýðde. Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Wile se Waldend, ðæt wé wisdom á snyttrum swelgen, Exon.

Linked entry: swylfende

freó-dóm

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Ic Eádweard cyngc mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne ðis hét getrymman and gefæstnian, ðisne freódóm ... Ic fæstlíce bebeóde ðæt hine nǽnig mínra æfterfyligendra eft ne onwende, vi. 203, 2

áscian

(v.)
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Hé ácsode hiom hwæs tácen ꝥ bión mihte, H. R. 5, 13. to ask, enquire about, with gen. Ic secge hwæs ic áscian wylle aperiam propositionem meam, Ps. Th. 48, 4. Gif þeós cwén þises áxian wylle, H. R. 9, 7. Ꝥ ic móte ánes þinges áxian, Hml.

Linked entry: áhsian

cneóres

(n.)
Grammar
cneóres, cneórys, cneóris, cneórnis, -ress, e; f.

A generationposterityracetribefamily; generatioposteritasgenstribusfamilia

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Hwí sécþ ðeós cneóris tácen quid generatio ista signum quærit Mk. Bos. 8, 12; Ps. Lamb. 23, 6; Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 9. Cneóresse generationis Mone B. 896. Mid ðisse cneórysse mannum cum viris generationis hujus Lk. Bos. 11, 31.