dihtan
to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose ⬩ parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre ⬩ to order, dictate, indite ⬩ dirĭgĕre, dictāre
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to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose; parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre Abram ðá dyde, swá swá him dyhte Sarai Abraham then did as Sarah arranged, Gen. 16, 3: Jn. Bos. 18, 14. Ic eów dihte, swá mín Fæder me ríce
firdian
march
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Take here passages under flerdian, fyrdian, and add: To go on an expedition, march, be on active service Swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác, Wlíst. 106, 28. used of a leader Fyrdode (mid fierde férde, v.l. /
tawian
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Hí begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe hí swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... Hí urnon wépende ꝥ hí þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add
ǽ-men
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Ðá wundrade Alexander hwý hit swá ǽmenne wǽre vacuam civitatem ratus, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 12. Hié hit ðǽr swá ǽmenne métton, 2, 4; S. 76, 16. Add:
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scop-gereord
Poetic diction ⬩ the language of poetry
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Poetic diction, the language of poetry Swá hwæt swá hé of godcundum stafum þurh bóceras geleornode, ðæt hé in sceopgereorde (verbis poeticis) geglencde, Bd. 4, 24; S. 594, 34
ge-swincan
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to labour, toil Ic wundrige hwí swá mænige wíse men swá swíþe geswuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and swá litel gewis funden, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20. to labour under, be afflicted with þonne se ufera dǽl þæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince, Lch
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hlecan
To join, ⬩ unite, ⬩ cohere
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To join, unite, cohere Swá eác his folgeras swá hie unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóþ swá hie swíður hlecaþ tósomne and eác fæstor tósomne beóþ gefégde tó gódra manna hiénþe sequaces quippe illius, quo nulla inter se discordiæ adversitate divisi sunt
brád
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the full breadth of the hand Swá mycel swá gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 73. [v. N. E. D. broad; <b> B.</b> 2.]
scír-wita
A chief man ⬩ of a shire
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A chief man (wita, q. v. ) of a shire Béte ðæt, swá se scírbisceop and eal scírwitan déman. Wulfst. 173, 30. Gebéte ðæt, swá scírewitan geceósan, 172, 4
droppetung
A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop ⬩ stillicĭdium
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A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop; stillicĭdium Swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung droppende ofer eorþan as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6
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wyrp
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A throw, cast, the distance which a thing may be thrown Swá mycel swá is ánes stánes wyrp (weorp ł wyrp, Lind.) quantum jactus est lapidis, Lk. Skt. 22, 41
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ge-wriþen
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Bound, obliged, under obligation to do Swá micele beón eádmódra gehwylc scyl of gyfe swá micele hyne gewriþenra ( obligatiorem ) beón besceáwað on ágyldendum gesceáde, Scint. 155, 7. Gewriþenre, 21, 2
mónaþ-ádl
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Be mónaðádles hǽmede de coitu in menstruali tempore Ll. Th. ii. 128, 26. Swá hwilc ceorl swá mid his wífe hǽme on mónaðádlie ( in consuetudine ejus menstrua ), 144, 3. Add
snáw-hwít
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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add
ofer-hrops
voracity
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voracity Ic brúce ðisum mettum mid sýfernysse swá swá dafnaþ munuce næs mid oferhropse vescor his cibis cum sobrietate, sicut decet monacho, non cum voracitate, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5
fúhtiende
To become moist
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To become moist Þá ðá þurh híwunge beóð swá hole swá hreód . . ., and þá ðe fúhtigende beóð on fúlre gálnesse, on swylcum se deófol macað his wnnunge, Nap. 26. Substitute:
íþe
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Take here <b>éþe</b> in Dict., and add Ǽdre levius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 58. easy, not difficult to do Swá éþe swá hit is tó ongitanne, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 21. Þá þing þe ne sint éðe tó forlǽtanne, 7, 2; F. 18, 16. Hí bióð swíðe éðe tó tedǽlenne
wrǽsnan
To twist ⬩ change the character of
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To twist, change the character of something Ic (a woodpecker) eom wunderlícu wiht, wrǽsne míne stefne, hwílum beorce swá hund, hwílum blǽte swá gát, hwílum grǽde swá gós (cf. Ic (a woodpigeon) þurh múþ sprece mengum reordum based on the Latin: Vox mea
leóht-líce
Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly
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Lightly, slightly, gently, without trouble or effort, easily, quickly Swá swá leóhtlíce gebylged quasi leviter indignata, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 24. Swá swá hé leóhtlíce onslǽpte quasi leviter obdormiens, 4, 11; S. 580, 2. Geswét swíðe leóhtlíce mid hunige
un-sceandlíce
Shamelessly
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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372