hefig
force ⬩ violence
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action as of a heavy body, force, violence: All in ꝥ hefig wyrcas omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. L. 16, 16
a-blendan
To blind ⬩ make blind ⬩ darken ⬩ stupify ⬩ cæcare
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Ic sýne ablende bealo-þoncum I blinded their sight by baleful thoughts, Exon. 72b; Th. 270, 22; Jul. 469. He ablende hyra eágan excæcavit oculos eorum. Jn. Bos. 12, 40. Ablended in burgum blinded as I am in these dwellings, Andr. Kmbl. 155; An. 78.
be-hweorfan
to turn ⬩ spread about ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn or put in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ disponere ⬩ parare
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E. 5; Th. i. 246, 12. Ðæt ǽlc preost hæbbe eal mæsse-reáf wurþlíce behworfen that every priest have all his mass-vestments worthily arranged L. Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 250, 28
Linked entries: be-hófen be-hwyrfan
ge-stregdan
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to strew, scatter; — Tuiggo hiá ge[s]trédon (strægdun, R.) ł legdon on weg ramos sternebant in via, Mt. L. 21, 8. Þá gestródnan vel tóstencte dispersae, i. distribute. Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 70.
ranc
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<b>II a.</b> showy in appearance, splendid in dress (?) :-- Hé funde fíf mǽdena him tó wlitige and rance tó wunigenne mid him, Hml. S. 35, 52.
tó-brecan
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Th. i. 484, 4
hæftnung
Captivity, fastening, confinement
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Th. ii. 358, 20. On hæftnunge in captivity, 86, 3 : Ps. Spl. 13, 11.
tó-sníðan
to cut in two ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ cut up ⬩ to cut away ⬩ cut off
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to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up Hé geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . .
ge-tweógan
To doubt ⬩ hesitate ⬩ dŭbĭtāre
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To doubt, hesitate; dŭbĭtāre Ne getweóge ic náwuht be godes ǽcnessa I do not at all doubt about God's eternity, Shrn. 195, 4. Nó him treów getweóde his faith doubted not in him, Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 25; Gú. 311: 40 b; Th. 134, 27; Gú. 515.
Linked entry: tweógan
eofor-þrote
The carline thistle ⬩ carlina acaulis
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Lchdm. iii. 12, 25: 24, 7: L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: I. 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 13: 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 19, 28: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16. Nim eofor-þrotan sǽd take seed of carline thistle, 3, 12 ; Lchdm. ii. 314, 18.
ge-reord
Language, speech, tongue, voice
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Grn. ii. 287, 19: 293, 43. Ðæt ys on úrum gereorde that is in our language, Thw. Hept. 155, 37: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 55. To Norþhymbriscum gereorde to the Northumbrian speech, 58.
æt-wítan
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Mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, Hml. S. 23, 599
hyhtan
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In noman his þeóde hyhtað, Mt. L. R. 12, 21. On Drihtne hihtiende, Ps. L. 25, 1. to look with confidence to For ðon hé hyhte tó mé, ic hine lýse quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum, Ps.
ge-þringan
To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere
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Hæfde ðá se æþeling in geþrungen then had the noble one pressed in, Andr. Kmbl. 1980; An. 992. Wæs ðá ende-dógor neáh geþrungen the final day had come near, Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 10; Gú. 906.
Linked entry: folc-geþrang
torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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Skt. i. 3, 424. Hí námon stánas, ðæt hí hine torfodon, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 21. Hí mid stánum torfodon ðone soðfæstan Iacob, 300, 18. Hig námon stánas tó ðam ðæt hig woldon hyne torfian tulerunt lapides, ut iacerent in eum, Jn.
Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian
ymb-gán
to go round ⬩ a circular course ⬩ to go about, in the neighbourhood of ⬩ to go about, through
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C. 58, 16. to go about, in the neighbourhood of. Similar entries v. ymb, I. 1 b Ic ymbgaa weófod ðínre circumdabo altare tuum, Ps. Spl. C. 25, 6. Ic ymbgá and ic offrige onsægednessa circumivi et immolavi hostiam, Ps.
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FREÓ
FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus
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Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3, MS. H: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3, MS. B: Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 23.
cirlisc
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Th. i. 68, 9-14. in a general sense, common, vulgar, rustic, plebeian, peasant Hwæt is þes ceorlisca wer quis est iste vir rusticus?, Gr. D. 35, 2. Ceorlisc bysmrung, 46, 18.
ǽniht
Anything ⬩ quicquam
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In mec ne hæfeþ ǽniht in me non habet quicquam, Jn. Rush. War. 14, 30
fyrd-wyrðe
Famous in war ⬩ bello clārus
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Famous in war; bello clārus Gang æfter flóre fyrdwyrðe man the man famous in war went along the floor, Beo. Th. 2637; B. 1316