sceádan
to separate, divide, make a line of separation between ⬩ to distinguish, decide ⬩ to scatter, shed ⬩ to separate, divide, part ⬩ to be distinguished, to differ ⬩ to scatter, shed
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Ðonne dæg and niht scáde when, day and night separate (at morning twilight) Lchdm. ii. 116, 19. Ðonne dæg and niht furþum scáde, 346, 14: 356, 6: iii. 6, 7.
Linked entries: be-sceadan sceáde-sealf scédan
scríðan
to go ⬩ take one's way to a place ⬩ to go hither and thither ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ of the gliding motion of a ship, cloud, etc., or of the motion of a heavenly body in its orbit ⬩ of the increase or decrease of light ⬩ of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time
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Niht ofer ealle scríðan cwóme. Beo. Th. 1305; B. 650. of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time Ðæs scríð ymb seofon niht Weódmónaþ on tun, Menol, Fox 270; Men. 136. Dagas forþ scridun, Exon. Th. 160, 12; Gú. 942.
un-þoligendlíc
Intolerable
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Intolerable Náht unþoligendlícre nihil intolerabilius, Scint. 208, 14
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ge-healdsum
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Substitute: that takes care of, is protective of Gif hé bið ákenned on .xxiiii. nihta, sé bið geswincfull on his lífe.
stille
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Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11. Add Þú þe ealle ðá unstillan gesceafta tó þínum willan ástyrast, and ðú self stille and unáwendedlic þurhwunast, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 10
ac
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ac ðé on ðysse nihte sum untrymnys gelamp?, 80, 16. Add
líhtan
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On þǽre ylcan nihte þe se behátena dæg æfter líhte nocte eadem, qua promissus illucescebat dies, Gr. D. 148, 12. v. frum-, ge-, ofer-líhtan
weaxung
waxing, growing, increase ⬩ increase of prosperity
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waxing, growing, increase Ðonne se móna beó týn nihta eald, and ná ðænne his leóht beó ǽrest on weaxunge, Anglia viii. 323, 5.
un-meaht
Impossible
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Impossible Nǽniht unmæht bið iúh nihil inpossibile erit vobis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 20
deorc
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Þeós deorce niht getácnaþ micel leóht tówerd, Hml. S. 29, 14. of colour Deorc, dungrǽg fuscus, i. niger, Wülck. Gl. 246, 3 : furua, fusca, nigra, 245, 41. Ceruleus, i. glaucus grénehǽwen, fáh, deorc. Color est inter album el nigrum, subniger.
sǽ-grund
The depth of the sea,
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Paulus áwrát be him sylfum, ðæt hé ǽnne dæg and áne niht on sǽgrunde ádruge, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 14. Sǽgrunde neáh (cf. ðis fis (the whale) wuneð wið ðe se grund,Misc. 16, 517), Beo. Th. 1133; B. 564.
hrífe
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Alle ðá ǽttrena and gett ðá rífista feerrǽsenda ǽc nétna sceðende omnia venenata et adne ferociora repentia et animalia noxia, Rtl. 125, 31. [ of things, destructive Ðére vii. niht gyf win[d] byoð, fír byð swýðe rýfe þý geáre si in septima nocte fuerit
mǽtan
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Hé nán þincg þǽre byrig ne cúþe gecnáwan . . . and hé wundrigende þóhte swilce hine on niht mǽtte . . . Hé cwæð: 'God gebletsige mé, hwæþer hit furþon sóð sý oððe hwæðer mé on swefne mǽte eall ꝥ ic hér geseó fǽrlices wundres, Hml. S. 23, 512-523.
forþ-swebban
To prevail ⬩ profit ⬩ profĭcĕre
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To prevail, profit; profĭcĕre Náht forþswefaþ fýnd nĭhil prōfĭciet inĭmīcus, Ps. Spl. T. 88, 22
Linked entries: swefian forþ-swebbung
ná-þing
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nothing Náþing nihil, Germ. 395, 31. Ne gefrédde hé náþinc þæs brynes, Hml. A. 196, 48
hláf-mæsse
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Blódlǽs is to forgánne fíftýne nihtum ǽr hláf-mæsse. Lch. ii. 146, 9. Add
wæccan
To watch ⬩ wake
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Hé wæccende ða niht on hálgum gebedum áwunode, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 14. Of scondlícum geþóhte ðæs wæccendan (vigilantis) up cymeþ seó bysmrung slǽpendes ... ðæt hé wæccende ðóhte, ðæt hé nó witende áræfnode, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 5-9.
un-áblinnendlíc
Unceasing ⬩ incessant
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Unceasing, incessant Ðǽr wæs unáblinnendlíc staþolfæstnys Godes herunge ǽghwylcne dæg and eác nihtes, Homl. Skt. ii. 236, 86
mele-deáw
Honey-dew ⬩ nectar
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Nó hé fóddor þigeþ mete on moldan nemne meledeáwes dǽl gebyrge se dreóreþ oft æt miðdre nihte non illi cibus est nostro concessus in orbe, ambrosios libat cælesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Exon. 59 b; Th 215, 29; Ph. 260.
teofonian
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Swá teofenede se ðe teala cúþe dæg wiþ nihte ... fisc wið ýþum, 351, 18; Sch. 82