stæppan
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To step, go, proceed Ic stǽppe gradior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Zup. 185, 18. Gange se wífman tó birgenne, and stǽppe ofer ða byrgene ... Ðonne heó tó hyre hláforde on reste gá, ðonne cweþe heó: 'Up ic gange, ofer ðé stæppe,' Lchdm. iii. 66, 18-26. Ic steppe on
ge-stapan
To step ⬩ go ⬩ gradi ⬩ ire ⬩ ingredi
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To step, go; gradi, ire, ingredi Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 22: Andr. Knbl. 3163; An. 1584
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Hǽlend ðá gestód the Saviour then stood still, Blickl. Homl. 15, 23: 219, 10. Æfter ðære béne gestóden him mæssan after the prayer they attended mass, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 15.
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Æðelstán
Athelstan
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Athelstan, the eldest son of Edward the Elder. Athelstan, who gained a complete victory over the Anglo-Danes in the battle of Brunanburh, in A. D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning
stinan
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To make a loud noise [ Gránode vel ásten (ásténde ? v. sténan) rugiebam (Ps. 37, 9), Blickl. Gl.]
be-standan
To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detain ⬩ adstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere
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To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detain; adstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere Him bestande man adstet quis ei L. Alf. P. 48; Th. ii. 384, 35. Abraham híg bestód on ða ealdan wísan Abraham stood by her
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standan
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Th. 168, 28. to stand still, cease to move, remain without motion, stop Gedón ðæt se Hǽlend stent, se ðe ǽr eode, Homl. Th. i. 156, 26. Hé clypode: 'Hǽlend, gemiltsa mín.' Ðá stód se Hǽlend, 152, 19.
be-stapan
To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, enter ⬩ gradi, calcare, ire, inire
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To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, enter; gradi, calcare, ire, inire Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ omnem locum, quem calcaverit vestigium pedis vestri, Jos. 1, 3. Se deófol into Iudan bestóp the devil went [entered] into Judas
feor-studu
stay ⬩ buttress
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A sloping beam, stay, buttress Ferstud continuus, Txts. 108, 1110. Feurstud destina (cf. seó wræðstuðu (destina) þám wáge tó wreþe geseted wæs, Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 269, 22), 123, 18. Flór pavimentum, feorstuþu obstupum (obstipum? cf. (?) obstipum, oblicum
ge-þrít
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clamour of a host, threatening noise [Tó?] geþréte [ad?] clangorem (cf. ? cum ad stridulae buccinae sonum Gothorumque clangorem ... Roma contremuit, Ald. 65, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 55
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ge-stician
To stick ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix
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To stick, pierce, transfix Hét mon me ðæt ic ðone swile gesticode jussērunt me incīdĕre tŭmōrem illum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 1.
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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of opposition to force or compulsion, to withstand, resist, Grammar wiþ-standan, absolute Wíðstód reluctaretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 45. Ðet landfolc hardlíce wiðstódon the people offered a stout resistance, Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 4. Wiðstóde disputans, Mt
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CÍDAN
To CHIDE, rebuke, blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain ⬩ increpare, rixari, altercari, queri
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To CHIDE, rebuke, blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain; increpare, rixari, altercari, queri Cídan on swefnum ceápes eácan getácnaþ to chide in dreams betokens increase of trade, Lchdm. iii. 208, 3: 204, 32. Rihtwís cídeþ me justus increpabit me,
swátan
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Beer Swatan cervtsia, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 62: ii. 17, 25. Áwyl on súrum swátum oþþe on súrum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 34, 15. [Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]
æf-éstian
to envy ⬩ to grow envious
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Substitute: to envy Hit þweora manna þeáw is ðæt hí æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽde mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum Gr. D. 117, 4. to grow envious Æfestian libescant Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41. Similar entries v. æf(e)stigian, æf(e)stung, æfeste
forþ-stapan
To step or go forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ to go or pass by ⬩ prōgrĕdi ⬩ prōdīre ⬩ procēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre
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To step or go forth, proceed, to go or pass by; prōgrĕdi, prōdīre, procēdĕre, prætĕrīre Forþstóp swylce of rysele heora unrihtwísnes prōdiit quăsi ex ădĭpe inīquĭtas eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 72, 7. Ðá he lyt-hwðn forþstóp cum prōcessisset paulŭlum, Mk. Bos.
fram-standan
To stand away from ⬩ stand aloof ⬩ abstāre
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To stand away from, stand aloof; abstāre, Som. Ben. Lye
gestæf-lǽred
Versed in letters ⬩ literate ⬩ learned ⬩ booklearned ⬩ lītĕrātus
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Versed in letters, literate, learned, booklearned; lītĕrātus Cild biþ gestæflǽred a child will be booklearned, Lchdm. iii. 184, 3: 192, 15: 194, 12
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a-stintan
To make dull ⬩ to blunt ⬩ stint ⬩ assuage ⬩ hĕbĕtare ⬩ obtundere
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To make dull, to blunt, stint, assuage; hĕbĕtare, obtundere, Scint. 12: Cot. 101
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and-sæc
Contention ⬩ resistance ⬩ denial ⬩ refusal ⬩ contentio ⬩ repugnantia ⬩ contradictio ⬩ negatio
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Contention, resistance, denial, refusal; contentio, repugnantia, contradictio, negatio Borges andsæc inficiatio vel abjuratio, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 16. Be borges andsæce concerning a refusing of a pledge, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 1, note 1. Ðe ðæs upstíges