slide
A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of an actual slip ⬩ a slip into misfortune or error
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Surt. 7, 17
spátl
Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, screa, saliva,
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Surt. 80, 1
tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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To beat to pieces, destroy by beating Hig gebundon ðone bysceop be ðám fótum on sumne fearr and ðone gegremedon, ðæt hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan and ðam bysceope ðæt heáfod tóbeót, Shrn. 152, 2.
tó-cínan
To break (intrans.) into chinks, ⬩ split ⬩ crack
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Gemétte hé be wege sumne lícðrowere licgende eal tócinen (the skin all cracked with the disease), Homl. Th. i. 336, 9. Hie drinkeð þat hie tochineð, O. E. Homl. ii. 199, 32. Þe stan tochan, i. 141, 17.
ELN
the Royal
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Goth. 6, 27; quis autem vestrum cōgĭtans pŏtest adjĭcĕre ad stătūram suam cŭbĭtum ūnum? Mt. Vulg. 6, 27; hwylc eówer mæg sóþlíce geþencan ðæt he ge-eácnige áne elne to hys anlícnesse? Mt. Bos. 6, 27; Wycl. says cubite; Tynd. cubit.
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spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Óðre him of hyra spédum (de facultatibus suis) þénedon, Lk. Skt. 8, 3. Mid eallum hira spédum ðe hig hæfdon cum universa substantia eorum quam habebant, Deut. 11, 6.
tilian
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Ðara stówa sum raþe rotaþ, gif hire mon gímeleáslíce tilaþ, Lchdm. ii. 84, 25. Tiloden ( curabant ) his lǽcas, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 19.
ge-sellan
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Sunu monnes gesald bið (tradendus est ) in hond monna, 17, 22. Geseald, Bl. H. 73.
gold
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Ealle ðás goldsmiþas secgaþ ðæt hí nǽfre ǽr swá clǽne gold ne swá reád ne gesáwon all these goldsmiths say that they never before saw such pure and such red gold, Homl. Th. i. 64, 9.
tó-brítan
to break in pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise (lit. and fig.) ⬩ to crush with feelings of sorrow, ⬩ to make contrite
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Surt. 9, 22. Ne ús gedweld tóbrýte (atterat), 17, 24. Ðæt God úre helpe and tóbrýte ðisne here, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 350. Ic bebeóde mínum þeówum þæt hí hí (the idols) ealle tóbrýton, i. 5, 236. Tóbrýtendes confringentis, Ps. Lamb. 28, 5.
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a-drífan
To drive ⬩ stake ⬩ expel ⬩ pursue ⬩ follow up ⬩ agere ⬩ pellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ sequi ⬩ prosequi
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To drive, stake, expel, pursue, follow up; agere, pellere, expellere, repellere, sequi, prosequi Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum innan ðam wætere the Welsh staked all the ford of a certain river with great sharp piles
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Cartaine
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The Carthaginians; Carthaginienses Wilnedon Cartaine friðes to Rómánum the Carthaginians sued for peace to the Romans, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 87, 12.
firgen-streám
A mountain-stream ⬩ the ocean ⬩ montānum vel saltuense flūmen ⬩ oceănus
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Wæs ic firgenstreámum swíðe besuncen I was deeply sunk in mountain-streams, 103b; Th. 392, 4; Rä. 11, 2. Ymb ealra land gehwilc fiówan firgenstreámas mountain-streams [shall] flow over every land, Menol. Fox 555; Gn. C. 47.
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óþ-bregdan
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to take away, carry off Ða burgleóde óþbrúdon ða snore mid hiere suna, and hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten. Ors. 3, II; Swt. 148, 21. Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse, se ðe ðis áwende and ðere stówe óþbréde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 4, 3.
GNÆT
GNAT ⬩ culex
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Aaron slóh mid ðære girde on ða eorþan, and gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe; and ealle ðære eorþan dust wæs gewurden to gnættum ofer eall Egipta land Aaron percussit pulverem terræ, et facti sunt sciniphes [gnats] in hominibus, et in jumentis
gellan
To yell ⬩ sing ⬩ chirp ⬩ stridere ⬩ sonare
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Hí gullon they sung, Andr. Kmbl. 253; An. 127
strangian
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Surt. 51, 9. Ic strongade wið him praevalui adversus eum, 12, 5. Word unrehtwísra strongadun ( praevaluerunt ) ofer ús, 64, 4. Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, 46, 49.
un-wéne
hopeless ⬩ not having hope or expectation ⬩ not hoped for ⬩ unexpected
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Hé gehǽlde ánre wydewan sunu ðe unwéne læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 103. Hé fond hlingendne, fúsne on forðsíþ, freán unwénne, Exon.
wyrm-cyn
the genus reptile ⬩ reptiles ⬩ serpents ⬩ a species of reptile ⬩ serpent
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the genus reptile, reptiles, serpents Hí gesáwon æfter wætere wyrmcynnes fela, sellíce sǽdracan, sund cunnian, Beo. Th. 2855; B. 1425. Betwux dracum and aspidum and eallum wyrmcynne, Homl. Th. i. 488, 1.
be-gríwan
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Th. i. 384, 27. of guilt, sunk in On ánum dæge hé oft geworhte unrím scylda, and nǽnige gebétan ne wolde, and in oferfyllo hé wæs begriwen on unrihttídum, Vercell. MS. fol. 21 b.
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