wrídian
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish
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Mán wrídode geond beorna breóst. Andr. Kmbl. 1534; An. 768. Weóx ðá and wríðode mǽgburg Semes, Cd. Th. 102, 19; Gen. 1702.
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á-cuman
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Strang gyld, ðæt man hit uneáðe ácom (mihte ácuman, v. l. ), Chr. 1040; P. 160, 30. Heó éhtnysse ácom, Hml. S. 7, 3. Hé ǽlc þing dó and ácume, R. Ben. 113, 10. Hé wítu ácóme, Hml. S. 23, 119. Ðæt hí ðone cyle ácóman, 11, 221.
brycg
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Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, þæt se ælmesman mæge mid þám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, þæt him bið micel méd for Gode, Wlfst. 239, 9.
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23.
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flór
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Lǽt sittan þone man onmiddan húses flóre, Lch. iii. 70, 13. On flóre in area, An. Ox. 3432. Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. Ðá wearp ic mé sylfe forð on þá flór, Hml. S. 23 b, 469. Mon þǽre cyrcean flór emlice gewyrce, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12.
ge-recedness
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.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam . . . An.
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furh
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Þonne man þá sulh forð drífe, and þá forman furh on sceóte, Lch. i. 404, 2. Fúra sulcorum, An. Ox. 2733. On fúrum scrobibus. i. fossulis, scrobes sunt fosse, 2018. Furhum scrobibus, Txts. 94, 884. Andlang strǽte on ðá deópan fúra, C. D.
ge-fillan
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Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle. Ll. Th. i. 170, 10. Ealle ic mihte feóndas gefyllan, hwæðre ic fæste stód, Kr. 38. Ne wearð wæl máre folces ge-fylled sweordes ecgum, Chr. 937 ; P.
on-cweþan
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Clipiendra gehwylc wolde ꝥ him man oncwǽde omnis inuocans cupit audiri, Angl. ii. 373. to say in reply to a question 'Hwæt wearð eów . . . ?' Earmsceapen ágef andsware . . . and his fæder oncwæð, An. 1348. Ongan his magu frignan . . .
stæf
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</b> an official staff, staff emblematical of office :-- Cóm ƀ and forneáh man sceolde tóbrecan his stæf (stef, v. l.), for ðan hé ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swá hé sceolde fere perdidit baculum suum, quia nescivit ministerium suum, Chr. 1047
wæl-grim
Cruel ⬩ destructive ⬩ bloodthirsty ⬩ cruel ⬩ cruel ⬩ dire ⬩ destructive
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Wælgrimme wyrd (the fall of man) 61, 12; Gen. 996. Ðé sind heardlícu, wundrum wælgrim (wel-, MS.) wítu geteohhad, Exon. Th. 258, 12; Jul. 264. Gefyistan of ðám wælgrimmum. tintregum, L.E.I. proem.; Th. ii. 396, 4. Þolian wælgrim wítu, Andr.
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wil-sum
desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ willing ⬩ voluntary ⬩ spontaneous ⬩ devout ⬩ devoted
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Him (a child whose father is dead) man an his fæderingmágum wilsumne (willing, ready to undertake the guardianship; or under I (?), desirable, suitable, sufficient) berigean geselle his feoh tó healdenne, L. H. E. 6; Th. i. 30, 5.
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spédig
having good speed ⬩ prosperous ⬩ having means ⬩ wealthy ⬩ opulent ⬩ rich in material wealth ⬩ rich in ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundant ⬩ copious ⬩ powerful ⬩ uber, efficax, brevis
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Th. 107, 3; Gen. 1783. having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth Hé wæs swýðe spédig man on ðǽm ǽhtum ðe heora spéda on beóþ, ðæt is, on wildrum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 8. Ic ne eom swá spédig (dives) ðæt ic mǽge bicgean mé wín, Coll.
á-spendan
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Man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende, Hml. S. 16, 327. Áspendre erogatae (stipis). An. Ox. 1841. with abstract object (time, life, talents, etc.) Þá ðe mid gýmeleáste heora dagas áspendað, Hml. Th. ii. 78, 8.
CLÁÞ
CLOTH, ⬩ pannus ⬩ vestirnenta
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CLOTH,; pannus: in the plural, clothes; vestirnenta Ne déþ nán man niwes cláðes scyp on eald reáf nemo immittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. Bos. 9, 16.
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deór
brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens
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Nis mon in his dǽdum to ðæs deór there is not a man so bold in his deeds, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 17; Seef. 41. Ðæt wæs se deóra, Didĭmus wæs háten that was the bold one, he was called Didymus, Cd. 225; Th. 299, 1; Sat. 543.
land-ríca
a land-lord
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A powerful man in a district, a landed proprietor, a land-lord; the term, seems equivalent to land-hláford, q. v. Heáh landríca ierarchon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 29. Fó se landríca tó healfan, and tó healfan ðæt hundred, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 30.
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GEÓTAN
to pour, pour out, shed ⬩ fundere, effundere, profundere ⬩ to flow, stream ⬩ profluere ⬩ to found, cast ⬩ to cast
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Swá man gute wæter as one would pour water, Ps. Th. 78, 3. Ðý læs weras and idesa on geáþ gutan lest men and women should pour it forth in mockery, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 8; Gú. 1207. Ofer hleór goten poured over the cheek, Elen.
tíd-sang
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt man on rihtne tíman tída ringe, and preósta gehwilc ðonne his tídsang on circan geséce, L. Edg. C. 45; Th. ii. 254, 6: R. Ben. 67, 18: Homl. Th. ii. 160, 19-24.
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un-besacen
unmolested by litigation ⬩ not made the subject of litigation ⬩ uncontested
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S. 73; Th. i. 414 23. of things, not made the subject of litigation, uncontested Ðæt ðæt land swá unbesæccen gange intó ðære cyrican swá hit ðá on dæg wes ðá hit man him tó læt that the land pass into the possession of the church as uncontested as it