stagan
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Icel. steikja to roast) to roast Ǽles tácen is þæt mon wecge his swýþran hand and sette syþþan ofer his wynstran earm and ástrehtre his wynstran hande stríce þwyrs ofer mid þǽre swyðran, swylce hé hine corflige swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite
Linked entry: stǽcan
æðel-duguþ
A noble attendance ⬩ comitatus nobilis
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A noble attendance; comitatus nobilis Hine ymbútan æðelduguþ, eádig engla gedryht around him a noble attendance, a blessed train of angels, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 36; Cri. 1012
for-swelan
To burn up ⬩ kindle ⬩ combūri
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To burn up, kindle; combūri Hit fǽringa fýre byrneþ, forsweleþ under sunnan it suddenly burns with fire, kindles under the sun, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 29; Ph. 532
Linked entry: swelan
fyrdleás
Without an army or force ⬩ exercĭtu cărens
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Without an army or force; exercĭtu cărens Hit ðonne fyrdleás wæs it was then without a force, Chr. 894; Th. 164, 29, col. 2; 165, 29, col. 1, 2
Linked entry: fierdleás
ge-hréfan
To roof ⬩ cover ⬩ tĕgĕre
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To roof, cover; tĕgĕre Gehréf hit eall roof it all, Homl. Th. i. 20, 32. Holme gehréfed covered with water, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 12; Rä. 2, 10
Linked entry: hréfan
cwild-bǽre
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Swá hwæt ofer gemet ys, cwyldbǽre ( perniciosum ) hit byð, Scint. 55, 2: 192, 17. Orsorhnesse cwyldbǽr(r)e securitatis pestiferae, 92, 14. Cwyldbǽre fægernyssa perniciosas pulchritudines, 168, 15. Add
ge-fóg
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Fitness Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit mæge on mid gefóge geseóþan put it into a vessel in which you can suitably seethe it, Lch. ii. 28, 16
Langbeardisc
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Hit gelamp in sume tíd þá þá Langbeardisce mæn wrungon elebergan, 250, 12
mildheort-lic
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Merciful, compassionate Hé hit má dyde on wælgrimnesse wyllan þonne mid ǽnigre mildheortlicre forgifnesse, Gr. D. 319, 29. Wer ábysgod on mildheortlicum weorcum vir misericordiae aetibus deditus, 301, 18
sceáwere
an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor
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Alse hit bi þe wimman and bi sheawere . hie bihalt hire sheawere . and cumeð hire shadewe þaronne, O. E. Homl. ii. 29, 10. Godes word is ase a uayr ssewere, ine huam me yziȝt alle þe lakkes of þe herte, Ayenb. 202, 21. Sheweres glasses (A.
Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc
reáfian
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Reáfodon ( diripuerunt ) hine ealle oferfarende wæg, Ps. Spl. 88, 40. Reáfa vastes, Kent. Gl. 936. Gif hwylc man reáfige ( spoliaverit ) óðerne æt his dehter, L. Ecg. P. iv. 13; Th. ii. 208, 7. Swíðor ðonne hié reáfian earme and unscyldige, Blickl.
hype
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'Hæbbe eówer ǽlc his sweord be his ðió (super femur suum)'. . . Is ðearf ðæt hé hæbbe his sweord be his hype (super femur suum), Past. 433, 15. Ðæt mon his sweord doo ofer his hype, 383, 4
ge-wǽpnian
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Add: of persons, of military weapons Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, and hine ealne gewǽpnode, Hml. S. 25, 280. Swá gewépned wer quasi vir armatus, Kent. Gl. 139. On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, Homl. S. 25, 333.
for-wered
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Wǽron hí bútan cilde oð þæt hí wǽron forwerede menn, 202, 1. Hit is swíðe ungedafenlic þæt forwerode menn and untýmende gifta wilnian, ii. 94, 11. (2 a) of advanced age :-- Forweredre decrepitae (uetustatis ), An. Ox. 2522.
Linked entry: for-werod
þurh-þeówan
to thrust through ⬩ pierce through ⬩ transfix
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Hé siwode scós and ðurhþíde his hand, Homl. Skt. i. 15. 24. Ðurhðýde, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14. Hí þurhðýdon (ðurhðýgdon, Ps. Lamb. 21, 17) míne handa foderunt manus meas, ii, 16, 23. Dauides þegnas hine ( Absalom ) þurhðýdon, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 223.
Linked entry: þurh-þýn
iá
Yea
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And hé cwæþ : Iá leóf ic hit eom tu es filius meus Esau? Respondit : Ego sum, Gen. 27, 23. Se kyng befealh georne hire bréðer óþ ðæt hé cwæþ já wið the king pressed her brother eagerly until he said yes in reply, Chr. 1067 ; Erl. 204, 23
teóðung-sceatt
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Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícan neáweste sweltaþ, and hé him nele syllan his teóþungsceatta dǽl, ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig, Blickl. Homl. 53, 6.
mis-lícian
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Hira swá tilige ǽgðer óðrum tó lícianne, ðæt hié ne mislícien hiera Scippende sic eorum quisque placere studeat conjugi, ut non displiceat conditori, 393, 26. Add
wed-bryce
Breach of a pledge or engagement
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Breach of a pledge or engagement Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne, and ðæt áleóge . . . béte ðone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 6-21.
þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Se ðe biþ gemyndig Drihtnes þrowunge and his ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 83, 14. Ða móddru on heora cildra martyrdóme þrowodon ... neód is ðæt hí beón efenhlyttan ðæs écan edleánes, ðonne hí wǽron geféran ðære ðrowunge, Homl. Th. i. 84, 20.