slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Gl. 423, 42. fig. applied to inanimate subjects Nú slít mé hunger and þorst Cd. Th. 50, 2.; Gen. 302. Hungor innan slát merewérges mód Exon. Th. 306, 22; Seef. 11.
mearc
a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines
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(Thorpe in the last two examples would take mearc to be the limit of an estate.) Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest mǽl ofer mearce, Wald. 1, 33; Vald. 1, 19.
Cædmon
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Thorpe, F. S. A. in large 8vo. 1832, with an English translation, notes, and a verbal index, pp. 341. Bouterwek, with German translation and notes, an excellent vocabulary, Lateinischangelsächsisches Wörter-verzeichniss, in 2 vols. 8vo. 1854.
lang
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Andlang stánweges tó ðám langan cýrstelmǽle . .. ðonne . . . tó ðan langan þorne, C. D. v. 297, 15. Þá geongan cnihtas wǽron lange on wæstmum, Hml. S. 30, 303. Þæt hé hangie on þám lengestan treówe ufeweardum, Verc.
sittan
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(a 1) referring to warlike or hostile operations, as in to sit down before a place (cf. siege), to encamp :-- Ðú sǽte ongeán ðínne brð-þor (cf. Icel. sitja á svikum við einn to plot against one), Ps. Th. 49, 21.
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gifu
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THORN;ancwurþe gife grata libamina, i. hostia (oblaturus ), An. Ox. 367. Gebróhton hint geafa (lác, R., W. S., munera), Mt. L. 2, ii.
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Hí wundon cynehelm of þornum plectentes coronam de spinis Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29 : Jn. Skt. 19, 2. Windan plumemus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 78. Windan manigne smicerne wǽn, Shrn. 163, 15. Windende plectentis Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 32. Wundene mé ne beóð wefle, Exon.
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ge-híran
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THORN;ǽr bið gehýred . . . þ ín micele miht. Hy. 7, 32. the object a clause Wé gehýrað ꝥ Drihten forseah þone welan þisse worlde, Bl. H. 23, 29 : 25, 21. Wé nú gehýrað hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan, Gen. 939.
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Westmes þorð uuele wederas scal forwurðan, E. Homl. i. 13, 28. Wastmes and wederes-sele, Laym. 32108. Brohhte ȝho þe wasstme forþ off wambe, Orm. 1937. He was þogen on wintre and on wastme, O. E. Homl. ii. 127, 16.
sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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Ethb. 83; Th. i. 24, 5. the bosom, surface of the earth :-- On ðone sélestan foldan sceátes (Thorpe would read sceáta, cf.
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weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Ða þornas weóxon (wóxon, Lind.: wéxon, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 7. Swá elebeámas weaxen, Ps. Th. 127, 4. Lǽtaþ ǽgþer weaxan (wexan, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 30. Ðíne teóðan sceattas gongendes and weaxendes ágyf ðú Gode, L.
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Átió of ða þornas, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 22. Gif ðara lima hwilc of biþ, 37, 3; Fox 190, 27. Ceorf of ðæt lim, Homl. Th. i. 516, 4. Ealles ðæs ðe ðenne on biþ, bútan ðæt man scel for hyre sáulle of dón, Chart. Th. 534, 7. Ða reáf ðe hé him of dyde, R.
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sum
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Sió ungelícnes hira gearnunga hié tiéhþ sume behindan sume, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 20. where a series of individuals or of groups or of parts is enumerated Sum feóll wið ðone weg ... sum feóll ofer stánscyligean ... sum feóll on þornas ... sum feóll on
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ge-wyrcan
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Beág of þornum geworht, Cri. 1446. Of, mid feówerfealdum cynne geworhte (statuam) quaterno (metallorum) genere fabrefactam, i. formatam . An. Ox. 1544.
wesan
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Se beág wæs of þornum geworht, Exon. Th. 88, 27; Cri. 1446. Þeód wæs oflysted, Andr. Kmbl. 2226; An. 1115. Cyning wæs áfyrhted, Elen. Kmbl. 112 ; El. 56. Ðá wæs gesýne ðæt sige forgeaf cyning ælmihtig, 287 ; El. 144.
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on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Th. i. 206, 21. marking motion from without to the inside, into, among Sume feóllon on þornas, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 7. Sume feóllon on góde eorþan, 13, 8. Ðá cómon big on ða stówe ðe ys genemned Golgotha, 27, 33.
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