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tó-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.

to cut in twocut in piecescut upto cut awaycut off

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to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . .

here-hýþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-hýþ, -húþe, e; f.

Spoilbootyplunder

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Ða herehýhþ ðe on helle genumen hæfde the spoil that he had taken in hell, Blickl. Homl. 89, 33. Genimon myccle herehýþ to take great spoil, 95. 2.

ge-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belgan, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen.

To make one angryirritateenrageīra se tumefăcĕreirrītāteexaspĕrāreTo angerincenseirrītāreexaspĕrāreTo be angryindignāriirasci

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Gebulgon ða tyne be Iacobe and Iohanne dĕcem coepērunt indignāri de Jacobo ēt Joanne, Mk. Bos. 10, 41. trans. dat. To anger, incense; irrītāre, exaspĕrāre Ðæt he écean Dryhtne bitre gebulge that he had bitterly incensed the eternal Lord, Beo.

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Eachevery oneallwhoeverwhateverquisqueunusquisque

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He beheóld heora ánra gehwilcne he observed each one of them, Th. Ap. 12, 24

be-sprecan

(v.)

mentionto claimTo complain ofblameTo complain

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Cf. be-secgan, I: Hit is ús swíþor bismre gelíc þæt wé þæt besprecað erubescant de recordatione praeteritorum, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 30. begeat sumne ðe hine bespræc tó ðám cásere, Hml.

sceatt

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Wið swylcan sceatte swilce hit þá findan mihte, C. D. B. i. 544, 4. geúðen Ælfwolde ǽnes dænnes wið his lícwyrðan scætte, iii. 490, 12. Ðæne dǽl ðæs landes ðe se arcebisceop for his sceatte him tó lét, C. D. iii. 352, 7.

wyrd

Grammar
wyrd, <b>. IV</b> 2.
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gefealh his gebede for þone seócan man, and þá sóna eft hine gelǽdde tó his ágenre ræste hálne . . . Of þǽre wyrde (ex quo ejus uno facto) þæs weres wé geleornodon ꝥ wé gelýfdon eallra óþra weorca, 248, 4.

hara

(n.)
Grammar
hara, an; m.

A hare

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sætte be ðám haran ðæt mósten freó faran he decreed concerning hares, that they should go free, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 30

sliht

(n.)
Grammar
sliht, sleaht, sleht, slieht, sliét, slyht (see the cpds.), es; m.

a striking of coin a stroke, flash of lightningslaughter, death by violencethe deadly stroke of diseasewhat is to be killed, animals for slaughter a blow, mortal blow; stamp, coining strages, occisio mowing ; striking of an instrument

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Icel. slátr butcher's meat; slátra to slaughter cattle) Gafolswáne gebyreþ ðæt sylle his slyht be ðam ðe on lande stent. On manegum landum stent ðæt sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 11

hiwung

(n.)
Grammar
hiwung, hiwing, e; f.

Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation

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com mid hiwunge he came with dissimulation, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 32. Mid ðære hiwunga ðe hió lícet ðæt hió síe gód mendacium specie bonorum, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 1.

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ealdor

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Eardcundes aldores terreni parentis, Rtl. 33, 36. an author, source Martinum wurðode, for þan ðe wæs ealdor his hǽle, Hml. S. 31, 526.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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He reigned fifteen years, and his death is thus recorded, —Hér, A. D. 870, fór se here ofer Myrce innon Eást-Ængle and, on ðam geáre, Sc̃ Eádmund [MS.

æfnan

(v.)
Grammar
æfnan, p. de; pp. ed

To performexecutelabourshowpatrarefacerelaborarepræstare

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To perform, execute, labour, show; patrare, facere, laborare, præstare His dómas æfnaþ they fulfil his judgments, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 29; Cri. 1680. Gif woldun his bebodu æfnan if they would execute his judgments, 54 a ; Th. 152, 29; Gú. 816.

Linked entry: æfdon

CÝF

(n.)
Grammar
CÝF, e; f:cýfe , an; f.

A vessel, vat, cask, bushel dolium, modius

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Se hét afyllan áne cýfe mid ele he commanded a vat to be filled with oil, Homl. Th. i. 58, 25. Under cýfe sub modio, Mt. Bos. 5, 15

Linked entry: cýp

from-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
from-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen

To turn fromgo or depart fromexīrediscēdĕre

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To turn from, go or depart from; exīre, discēdĕre Freá hét hie fromhweorfan neorxna wange the Lord bade them depart from paradise, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 9; Gen. 943: 50; Th. 64, 9; Gen. 1047.

in-stæpe

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stæpe, -stepe; adv.

At the outsetat oncedirectlyimmediately

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Árás instæpe surrexit continuo, 5, 5 ; S. 618, 14. instæpe fram mínre gesihþe gewiton statim disparuerunt, 5, 13; S. 633, 15. Ðonne wǽre mín blód instæpe ágoten then had my blood been at once shed, Shrn. 39. 17.

íð

(adv.)
Grammar
íð, iéð, ýð; adv. compve.

More easily

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Hwá meahte iéð monnum rǽdan bútan scylde ðonne se ðe gescóp quis principari hominibus tam sine culpa, quam is, qui hos nimirum regeret, quos ipse creaverat? Past. 3. 1; Swt. 33, 16. Ðý ýþ, Exon. 120 b ; Th. 463, 6 ; . 66

Linked entry: íðast

óþ-hebban

(v.)
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hine óþhóf (ot-, Cote. MSS. ) innan his geþohte eallum óðrum monnum cunctis in cogitatione se praetulit, 4, 2; Swt. 39, 15.

ge-cringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cringan, p. -crang, -crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To sinkfalldieoccumberemori

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Stíðmód gecrang firm of mind he died, Apstls. Kmbl. 144; Ap. 72

sticung

(n.)
Grammar
sticung, e; f.
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Gýme eác swán ðæt æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 12-16