bi-healdan
to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve ⬩ tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare ⬩ to see, look on, behold ⬩ videre, intueri, aspicere
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Se sceal ðære sunnan síþ bihealdan he shall observe the sun's course, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 27; Ph. 90 : 57 b; Th. 205, 17; Ph. 114.
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sufel
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., is called sowl in Pembrokeshire,' Halliwell]; pulmentarium Sile him fórmete on hláfe and on sufle and on wíne dabis viaticum de gregibus et de area et torculari tuo (the sufle corresponds to the gregibus, v. winter-sufel), Deut. 15, 14.
Linked entries: ge-sufel syfling winter-sufel
þráwan
To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl
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To throw (v. throw, thraw to turn wood, to twist; throwster one that throws or winds silk or thread; throwing-clay clay that will work on the wheel, Halliw. Dict. See, also, E. D. S. Pub.
un-geþyldig
Impatient
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On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða ungeðyldegan (-geðyldgan, Hatt. MS.) and on óðre ða geðyldegan ... Ðǽm ungeðyldegum ( impatientibus ) is tó sæcganne, Past. 33; Swt. 214, 3,-6. Se ðe ungerádum oððe ungeðyldigum stýrð, Homl. Th. i. 306, 5.
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weorþness
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Ne is wítge búta worðnis ( sine honore ) búta on oeðel his, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 4
wurma
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, ⬩ a purple dye ⬩ woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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Wolcreádum wurman bistincto cocco sive vermiculo, 29, 56. Twyhíwedum wurman, Hpt. Gl. 431, 31. Mid reádre wurman oǽroceo luto (v. Ald. 75), 524, 40: Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 48 (printed wurmaman). Wurman geblonden, Exon. Th. 218, 14; Ph. 294.
ge-fyrþran
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Hí sind mid gifum and gestreónum gefyrþrode, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 27. intrans. [v. N. E. D. to further (intrans.)] to get on, be enriched Gefyrðro (gifyrdro) ditor, Txts. 57, 678: Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 50
ge-regne
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Billfrið- gismioðade ðá gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint, and hit (the book) gihrínade mið gold and mið gimmum, Jn. p. 188, 4 (v. Rä. 27, 15 supra). Tó middangeardes gihrina ad mundi ornatum, Rtl. 108, 29.
gleáwnes
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I. 59, 14. a sign, token, distinguishing mark Se eásterlica dæg wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, ꝥ ys mid þrým gleáwnyssum hé wæs beboden; ꝥ ys, ꝥ hé wǽre æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, and on þám forman mónðe, and on þǽre
hamele
An oar-loop
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Then they decided that sixty-two ships should be paid, to each man eight marks. William of Malmesbury says twenty marks were paidto the soldiers of each vessel, ii. 12.
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swíþ-mód
great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted ⬩ stern-minded ⬩ of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded
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Folctogan faraþ him tógeánes, habbaþ swíðmóde sweopan, swenga ne wyrnaþ, 243; Sal. 121. in a bad sense, of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded Dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne swíþmód (cf. stíþmoda, l. 19) sinces brytta ( Holofernes ), Judth
þæc
a roof ⬩ the material of which a roof is composed ⬩ thatch
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Se ðe on þæce siǽ qui in tecto, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 17.
scild-burh
a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield ⬩ a city which affords protection ⬩ a city of refuge
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a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield [cf. the account of the battle of Stamford-bridge: 'Siðan fylkti Haraldr Konungr liði sínu, lét fylkingina langa ok ekki þykka ; þá teygði hann armana aptr á bak, svá at saman tóku, var þat þá víðr hringr
Linked entries: bord-haga scild-weall
scrincan
to wither away ⬩ dry up ⬩ shrivel ⬩ to pine away ⬩ become weak ⬩ to contract ⬩ shrink
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Gif sino scrince . . . oððe gif monnes fót tó hommum scrimme and scrince, ii. 6, 13-15
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god-web
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Geolo godwebb yellow silk, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 25; Rä. 36, 10. Godwebba cyst choicest of textures [the veil of the temple], Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 8; Cri. 1135
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á-swindan
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Voc. ii. 143, 15: enervus, i. sine virtute, emortuus, 51. Þá áswundenan enervata, 29, 8. Add
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tilian
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He sceal tilian suá tó libbanne sic studet vivere, 10; Swt. 61, 18. with a clause Da bilewitan sint tó herigenne forðæmðe hié simle snincaþ on ðæm ðæt hi tieligeaþ (tiliaþ, Cote.
FLEÓGAN
To FLY as with wings ⬩ vŏlāre ⬩ To flee ⬩ flee from ⬩ fŭgĕre ⬩ effŭgĕre
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Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó, fleóge ǽr leóhte si sumpsĕro pennas meas ante lūcem, Ps. Th. 138, 7. Se fugel fleógeþ the bird flies, Exon. 60b; Th. 220, 18; Ph. 322: Beo. Th. 4539; B. 2273.
folc-gemót
A folk-meeting ⬩ pŏpŭli consessus
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Sunnan dæges we forbeódaþ ǽlc folcgemót, búton hit for mycelre neódþearfe sí we forbid every Sunday folk-moot, unless it be for great necessity, L. C. E. 15; Th. i. 368, 16: L. N. P. L. 55; Th. ii. 298, 22.
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