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slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten

To slit, tear, rendto tear a garment rendto tear, split, rend, cleave, divideto tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, to tear, bite irritateto tear to destroy, waste, consumeto carp at, back-biteto tear attero to tear, split to tear, break scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere to slit, tear, break

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To slit, tear, rend in the following glosses: Sclát carpebat Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 51. Bítende and slítende mordax 57, 52. Slítende mordens Kent. Gl. 580: corrumpens Hpt. Gl. 454, 68. Ic beó sliten carpor Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 40. Wǽran slitene carpebantur

síþe

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Ðá cóm se Godes wer gesceód mid geclútedum scón and bær his síðe ( falcem fenariam ) on his eaxle, Gr. D. 37, 14. v. híg- síþe. Add

racsan

(v.)
Grammar
racsan, raxan
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Scott. rax to stretch the limbs.]

Linked entry: raxan

on-scógan

(v.)
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Cf. un-scóg(i)an

Linked entries: an-sceón an-scód

Brondingas

(n.)
Grammar
Brondingas, nom. acc ; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Brondingspopuli nomen

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Breoca weóld Brondingum Breca ruled the Brondings, Scóp Th. 51; Wíd. 25

Íras

(n.)
Grammar
Íras, pl.

The Irish

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Íra-land] Férde twelf geár bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcyn he went twelve years preaching among the Irish and Scotch, and afterwards over all England, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35.

eorl-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-scipe, -scype, es; m.

Manliness, bravery, courage, supremacy, nobility vĭrīlĭtas, nobilĭtas

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Th. 6327; B. 3174: Scóp. Th. 283; Wíd. 141: Beo. Th. 3458; B. 1727: 4272; B. 2133. Eorlscipes, Salm. Kmbl. 22; Sal. 11. He eorlscype fremede he effected supremacy, Exon. 85a; Th. 320, 31; Wíd. 37

myrten

(adj.)
Grammar
myrten, adj.

That has died by disease

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Grécas myrten flǽsc nǽnigum men ne lýfaþ ac ða hýda ðæra myrtenra neáta hý heom dóþ tó scón Graeci carnem morticinam nulli permittunt, de pellibus tamen morticinorum animalium calceamenta sibi faciunt, Th. ii. 166, 29-31

be-syrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To rob, plunder, deprive, deceivespoliare, fraudare, dejicere

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Ða Scottas heora cyng Dunecan besyredon the Scots ensnared their king Duncan, 1094; Erl. 230, 40

þeówan

(v.)
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.

lóf

(n.)
Grammar
lóf, es; m. ? -

handthe palm of the hand

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E. 989 would translate 'lóf' hand, comparing Goth. lófa : Icel. lófi (Scott. loof) the palm of the hand. In Hpt, Gl. 525, 8 redimicula is glossed 'wrǽdas oððe cynewiððan, lofas;' would this be the same word as that in the above passage?

ge-swincfulnys

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ge-swincfulnys, Add: Labour, difficulty, trouble: — Geswincfulnyss nys menn forlǽtan his it is no trouble to a man to leave his things, Scint. 60, ii. v. ge-swincfull;
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hylte

(n.)
Grammar
hylte, es; m.

A woodshrubbery

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A wood, shrubbery Scoom hylti frutices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 60

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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A. 180, 350. an allotted amount to be paid, lot (and scot) Omnis Francigena qui tempore Eadwardi fuit in Anglia particeps comuetudinum Anglorum quod ipsi dicunt an hlote et an scote, Ll.

wæstm

Grammar
wæstm, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i. 580, 30. Þá assan syndon on þám mǽstan wæstme (printed wæstene) onagri forma maxima, Nar. 34, 16

sútere

(n.)
Grammar
sútere, es; m.
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Cf. scóh-wyrhta

Linked entry: scóh-wyrhta

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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</b> in the phrases naman or tó naman scippan to give a name :-- Him se pápa Petrus tó noman scóp cui papa Petri nomen imposuerat, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 43. Scóp him Heort naman, Beo. Th. 157; B. 78.

on-slúpan

(v.)
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to unloose, untie þâ þwangas þâra scôna ongunnon heom sylfe onslûpan ( dissolvere ), Gr. D. 221, 23

Linked entry: slúpan

gabban

(v.)
Grammar
gabban, p. ede; pp. ed

To scoffmockdeludejestGABBLEGIBBERISHderīdĕrelūdĕreillūdĕre

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To scoff, mock, delude, jest; hence, perhaps, GABBLE, GIBBERISH; derīdĕre, lūdĕre, illūdĕre, Som. Ben. Lye