mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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Eádwerd scylode ix scypa of mále ( = Icel. skilja af máli) put an end to the agreement with, paid off, nine ships, 1049; Erl. 174, 38. Hé sette ealle ða litsmen of mále, 1050; Erl. 176, 13.
hóc
a hook ⬩ chain ⬩ dragging ⬩ a fish-hook
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Add: a hook at the end of a pole, chain, &c. for catching hold, dragging, &c. (lit. or fig.) Manna heortan þe beóð ðurh un-rihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27.
hlimme
A torrent
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A torrent Dó him swá ðú dydest Madiane and Sisare swylce Jabin ealle ða námon Ændorwylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme fac illis sicut Madian et Sisaræ; sicut Jabin in torrente Cisson; disperierunt in Endor, Ps. Th. 82, 8.
á-fillan
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H. 151, 16. metaph. to cause to cease, put an end to Hé áfylleþ þá inwitfullan word of his tungan he puts away deceitful words from his tongue , Bl. H. 55, 16. Áfyl praecipita , Ps. Spl. 54, 9. Áfæl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 7.
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án-daga
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Nis se man on eorðan þe wite þæne ándagan ( the appointed end of the world ) bútan Gode sylfum, Wlfst. 90, 1. Þá cende hé tém and lét þone forberstan and forbéh þone ándagan, Cht. Th. 206, 29. v. riht-ándaga, and next word. Add
cnapa
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Dele cnafa (q. v.) and bracket at end, and add: a lad Cúðberht þá þá hé git cnapa wæs, Hml. S. 26, 279. Sende þone cnapan mid mé send the lad with me, Gen. 43, 8. Geonge cild and stíðe cnapan pueri vel adolescentiores aetate, R. Ben. 53, 21.
gegninga
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Þæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme, 683. directly to an end, without modification, completely, simply Þæt mæg secgan sé þe wyle sóð sprecan, þæt se mondryhten, sé eów geaf eóredgeatwe . . . génunga gúðgewǽdu forwurpe ( that he simply threw away the weapons
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Sege mé hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnige die mihi, quis sit rerum finis, quove totius naturae tendat intentio, Bt. 5; 3 ; Fox 12, 19. Ðú cý. þdest ðæt ðú nestest hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnode, Fox 12, 35
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D
to cut
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root, and is usually considered as a participle, although no verb may exist to which it can be assigned; such words have, therefore, generally ge prefixed to them; as gehyrned horned; gesceód shod, Rask's Gr. by Thorpe, § 326. the perfect participle ends
ýtera
Outer: outmost, extreme ⬩ later, lower; last, lowest ⬩ external
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Ða ýtemestan endas ðare seglgyrde cornua, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 46. Ða ýtmestan eorðbúende, Met. 10, 25. From feówerum foldan sceátum ðám ýtemestum, Exon. Th. 55, 7; Cri. 880. Æt ðám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum usque ad ultimum terrae, Blickl.
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chor
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Oþ þæt chor endige, 646. Cild swíþran chores, 645. Ne hé ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé hine þǽm chore geþeóde, R. Ben. 69, 5: 70, 13
Boéties
The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, ⬩ the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs
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Therefore they have so short a course, because they are so near the north end of the axis, on which all the sky turns, as now Boötes does, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 17-24. Boótes beorhte scíneþ Boötes shines brightly, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 53; Met. 28, 27
fultumend
a helper of a person ⬩ an assistant to a person ⬩ a helper ⬩ promoter ⬩ an assistant to a condition ⬩ one who helps to bring about a condition
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ge-reccan
to put forth, shew, relate, express, denote, explain, interpret, translate ⬩ exponere, demonstrare, narrare, referre, disserere, exprimere, interpretari, reddere ⬩ to set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjection ⬩ exponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere
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Óþ-ðæt ðæs gewinnes God ende gereahte until God directed an end of the strife, 34 b; Th. 110, 12; Gú. 106. Ða witan gerehton Eádgife ðæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian the witan directed Eadgifu to clear her father's hand, Chart.
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á-teorian
to get exhausted ⬩ faint, ⬩ to lose heart or energy ⬩ get weary ⬩ faint ⬩ to get exhausted ⬩ come to an end ⬩ fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ to be defective
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Th. ii. 534, 33. to get exhausted, come to an end, fail, be wanting Ne áteorað ús ná þearfa tó scrýdenne we shall never want for a poor man to clothe, Hml. S. 31, 924. Ðín gemynd ne áteorad the memory of thee will not come to an end, 15, 64.
for-ealdian
to run out ⬩ expire
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Th. 31, 3. of a period of time, to run out, expire Seó syxte yld þe nú ys hyre geendung ys swýðe ungewis, ac hyre yld sceal forealdian and mid worulde ende beón geendod, Angl. viii. 336, 13
gebyrd-tíd
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Of úres Drihtnes gebyrdtíde tó þám ende. Wlfst. 312, 2. Ðis wæs gedón ðý geáre ðe wæs ágán fram Crístes gebyrdtíde nigon hund wintra and hundnigontig wintra, C.D. iii. 255, 22. Gebyrðtíde, 256, 18.
hlinian
To lean, ⬩ bend, ⬩ lie down, ⬩ recline, ⬩ rest
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Æt ðæm uferran ende Drihten hlinode Domino desuper innitente, Past. 16, 3; Swt. 101, 20. Ánra gehwylc hleonade wið handa each one leaned on his hand, Cd. 222; Th. 291, 19; Sat. 433. Ne hlina [hliona, Rush.] ðú non discumbas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 8.
mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Æt meres ende on the shore, 442; An. 221. Ofer wídne mere, 566; An. 283. Ofer sealtne mere, Menol. Fox 203; Men. 103. Mere sécan, mǽwes éþel, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 5; Bo. 25. a mere, lake Meri stagnum, Ep. Gl. 25 b, 16. Mere stagnum, Wrt.
tídlíce
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</b> for time, in this world :-- Se ðe on ðisse worulde wel tídlíce (temporaliter ) wealdt, bútan ende on écnysse ríxaþ, Scint. 182, 1. conveniently, at a suitable time Hé sóhte ðætte tídlíce ðætte mæhte sellan hine (cf. hé sóhte hú hé eáðelícust
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