bi-þryccan
To press on ⬩ imprimere
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[þryccan to press] To press on; imprimere Hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heáfod gebýgdon, þreám biþrycton they bent a sharp crown around my head, pressed it on with reproaches, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 26; Cri. 1446
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ge-scerpan
To sharpen ⬩ acuere
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To sharpen; acuere Ic gescirpe mín swurd I will sharpen my sword, Deut. 32, 41. Ðære culfran bilwitnesse gescierpan [-scirpan, Hat. MS.] to sharpen the simplicity of the dove, Past. 35, 1; Swt, 236, 23; Cot. MS
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syge
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Scyppend hafa ðé tó hyhte and á sóð tó syge ðonne ðú secge hwæt have God as your hope, and ever truth as your aim, when you say anything, Exon. Th. 304, 2; Fä. 64
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un-gefrédelíce
With insensibility ⬩ callously
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With insensibility, callously Hié beóð tó ðreágeanne and tó swinganne mid swá micle máran wíte suá hié ungefrédelícor beóð áheardode on hiera unðeáwum tanto acriori invectione feriendi sunt, quanto majori insensibilitate duruerunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265
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un-hár
Very grey
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Very grey (un- seems to have here the unusual force of an intensive) Hróðgár, eald and unhár (cf. the epithets elsewhere applied to him, gamolfeax, 1220; B. 608: blondenfeax, 3586; B. 1791), Beo. Th. 719; B. 357
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un-lísan
to unloose ⬩ undo ⬩ to release
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to unloose, undo Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú mé unlýse ða insæglunge, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 537. to release Hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 38
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domne
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Tó ðæs bisceopæs mearcæ . . . swá tó domnes hlincæ, C. D. v. 84, 16: 243, 22. Cf. (?) domni pól, vi. 221, 30: iii. 377, 24. Add
ge-frécnod
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Substitute: to endanger, imperil: — Gif hí on sǽ oððe on lande gefrécnode beón, Hml. S. 30, 436. to make or become fierce Hyra aldor máne gemenged, móde gefrécnod (cf. hé wæs réðe and rǽdleás, 177), Dan. 184
híwet
Hewing ⬩ cutting
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Hewing, cutting Tó ðǽm ðæt wé sién geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean ut in templum Dei sine disciplinae percussione disponamur, Past. 253. Hýwyt dolatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 63
wanung
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Hé becóm tó þám dæmme his sylfes wanunge ad defectus damna pervenit, Gr. D. 200, lo. Heó byð tó þám mǽstan gestreónum gehealdenu of þám lytlan woningum ad lucra maxima ex minimo damno servetur, 205, 9. Add
rýnan
To roar
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To roar Sume hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león, and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan, ðonne rýnde hió, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194,34 . Ða ðe león wǽron ongunnon láðlíce yrrenga rýna (rýnan (?), rýan (?) ), Met. 26, 84
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salwian
to make dark, to blacken
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to make dark, to blacken Heó (the dove) nolde ǽfre under salwed bord ( in the ark, which was dark-coloured from the pitch that had been smeared over it) syððan ætýwan, Cd. Th. 89, 15; Gen. 1481
orgel-líc
proud, arrogant, disdainful ⬩ deserving scorn or disdain
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proud, arrogant, disdainful (v. next word). deserving scorn or disdain Hwý sceal ǽnigum menn þyncean tó orgellíc ðæt hé onbúge tó óðres monnes willan qua conscientia dedignatur homo alienae voluntati acquiescere? Past. 42, 2 ; Swt. 307, 15
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be-féran
To go about ⬩ to go round ⬩ surround ⬩ circumire ⬩ circumdare
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To go about, to go round, surround; circumire, circumdare He lǽrende ða castel beférde circumibat castella in circuitu docens, Mk. Bos. 6, 6. He beférde ðæt Israhélisce folc he surrounded the people of Israel, Ex. 14, 9
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éþ-gesýne
Easy to be seen, visible ⬩ fácílis vīsu, vīsĭbĭlis
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Easy to be seen, visible; fácílis vīsu, vīsĭbĭlis Ðǽr biþ éþgesýne þreó tácen there shall be easy to be seen three signs, Exon. 26a; Th. 76, 6; Cri. 1235: Beo. Th. 2225; B. 1110. v. ýþ-gesýne
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ge-orwénan
To despair, to be out of hope ⬩ despērāre
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To despair, to be out of hope; despērāre Georwened despērātus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 38. Ðæt he ðý earmlícor georwénedre hǽlo hér nú forwurde quo mĭsĕrābĭlius ipse despērāta sălūte pĕrīret, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 3
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un-trymman
To be or to become weak ⬩ sick ⬩ ill ⬩ infirm
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To be or to become weak, sick, ill, infirm His sunu untrymede (unntrymade, Lind.) filius infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 46. Ðæs bróðer untrymade, Lind. 11, 2. Hé ongann untrymmia coepit egere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 14
fald-weorþ
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Bound to send sheep to the folds of the lord Uolo ut. . . abbas et fratres Ramesiae habeant socam in omnibus super omnes homines qui sunt motwrði, ferdwrði, et faldwrði (-wurði, 208, 32), C. D. iv. 210, 14
ge-fætan
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and add: To lay as a burden, impose Tó hwan wyllað wé on ús álecgan and gefǽtan þá byrþene þe wé áræfnan ne magon quid nobis onera vultis imponere, quae non possumus portare? Gr. D. 165, 27
ge-edstaþelung
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Þá wæs mancynn gesceapen tó geedstaðelunge ( to supply the loss ) ðæs forlorenan heápes, Hml. Th. i. 342, 25
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