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LANG

(adj.)
Grammar
LANG, adj.

LONGtall

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Ða beóþ eahta and feówertiges elna lange and ða mǽstan fíftiges elna lange. Ors. 1, 1; Swt.18, 6. Ða ðe tó lang tó secgenne syndon which are too long to narrate, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 12.

styrung

(n.)
Grammar
styrung, e; f.
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Monige beóþ blíðe and eác unblíðe . . . for ðæs blódes styringe and for líchoman medtrymnesse, Past. 27; Swt. 187, 24. Ðonne hí (prepositions) getácniaþ styrunge, ðonne beóþ hí geþeódde accusativo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 274, 7. <b>I a.

Linked entries: stirung styring

un-geþwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, adj.

not in harmonyat variancediscordantnot in agreementgiven to discordquarrelsomedisagreeabletroublesomevexatious

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Fýr and wæter and manega oþra gesceafta ðe beóþ á swá ungeþwǽra betwux him swá swá hí beóþ, 21; Fox 74, 16. Ða twá mǽgþa, ða ðe betwih him ungeþwǽre and ungesibbe wǽron provinciae, quae ab invicem discordabant, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 31: Blickl.

on-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
on-cirran, -cerran, -cyrran; p. de.

to turn (trans.) make a change in position or directionto turn (into another form)to turn, to goto turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc.to turn, changeto turn from good to bad, to pervertto turn aside, avertto turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoketo turn (intrans.)

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Hé þyder oncirde, Beo. Th. 5933; B. 2970: 5895; B. 2951. Ýða ongin eft oncyrde, Andr. Kmbl. 932; An. 466. in a metaphorical sense to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc.

sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,

to carebe anxiousfeel anxiety or careabsoluteto sorrowgrievebe sorry for, on absoluteto be anxious; to sorrow

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Ne sorga, snotor guma, sélre biþ æghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne hé fela murne, Beo. Th. 2772; B. 1384. Ða woruldáre ðe ðú nú sorgiende ánforléte, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 12: Cd. Th. 22, 28; Gen. 347.

gelíce

(adv.)
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Náðer ne hí þeder gelíce eáðe cumað, ne hí þér gelíce eáðe ne beóð, Solil. H. 44, 11.

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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Wæs sió wróht scepen wið Hugas, Beo. Th. 5819; B. 2913. <b>III a.

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singinga singing, chantingsong, poetry,a songa poem

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Galan sigeleásne sang, Beo. Th. 1578; B. 787. Ðonne hé gyd wrece, sárigne sang, 4885; B. 2447. Ic ðysne sang ( the poem which follows ) fand, Apstls. Kmbl. 1; Ap. 1 . Word sanga verba cantionum, Ps. Spl. 136, 3.

Linked entry: song

georne

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Beorge man georne ꝥ man þá sáwla ne forfare, 304, 16. Godes cyrican georne sécan, Bl. H. 47, 28. Úre synna bétan georne, Wlfst. 266, 7. Beó man georne ymbefriðes bóte, Ll. Th. i. 310, 22: 278, 13: ii. 290, 2.

lícian

(v.)
Grammar
lícian, p. ode

To please

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For ðí sceolde ǽlc mon beón on ðam wel gehealden ðæt hé on his ágenum earde lícode erit igitur pervagata inter suos gloria quisque contentus, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 28. Hí cwǽdon ðæt him ealle ða wel lícedon, 4, 5; S. 572, 24.

Linked entry: ge-lícian

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.
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A track, trace, footstep, vestige; left in swathe a row of mown grass On Oliuetes dúne syndon nú gyt ða swæþe Drihtnes fótlásta . . . ne mihte seó his swaðu beón ðǽm óðrum fiórum geonlícod . . . ða his swaða syndon monnum tó écre láre . . . men mihton

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Ówhwǽr (hówer, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 3. in any case, in any way, in any point Ne gé áhwǽr (-hwár, v. l. ) ne beón, þæs ðe gé bétan magan, gewitan ǽniges morðres, Wlfst. 40, 6. Deófol gelǽrð þæt ungesǽlig man ne árige áhwár, 53, 23: 166, 33.

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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God hine álýsde æt his feóndum . . . hé sceolde álýsed beón ǽgðer ge fram Iudéum ge of ðý deáðe, 29, arg. Se cyng eall Normandig æt him mid feó álísde, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 32. Ðæt lond æt him álésan, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 9.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

cúþ

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Hí ácwellað heora cild . . . ꝥ hí cúðe ne beón, ne heora forligr ámeldod ne wurðe, Hml. S. 17, 152. Cúð conpertum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 45. Hwæt is cúðost mannum tó witanne? Nis nǽnigum men nánwiht swá cúð swá hé sceal deáð þrowian, Sal. K. 188, 3-5.

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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beóð gemæccan, Gn. Ex. 23

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
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Sealmas beón geedleehte (repetantur), R. Ben. I. 51, 3. <b>Ia.</b> with dat. :-- Se man ðe wile his synna . . . gebétan, þonne mót hé geornlíce warnian ꝥ hé eft ðám yfelum dǽdum ne geedlǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 24: Hml.

þing

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Nú wylle wé for iungra manna þingon (vel lufe) furðor úre sprǽce áþenian, Angl. viii. 309, 25 For huntnoþes þingon, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 28. (13) add :-- Swá þæt nánra þinga mid ǽnigre efestinge mannes hí mihton beón undón, Gr. D. 164, 15.

on-sundrum

(adv.)
Grammar
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv.

separately, severally, separated one from the other, apartin retirement from others, apartmaking distinction from others, especially

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Nǽnig heora, of ðám ðe hí áhton, ówiht his beón onsundran cwæþ, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15. Ðeáh bútú on ánum men síen, ðeáh biþ ǽgðer him onsundron, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35. Ǽlc ðæra gesceafta hæfþ his ágenne eard onsundron, 33, 4; Fox 130, 24.

Linked entry: sundor

tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren

To tear to piecesto tear to pieces a material to tear to piecesto harassdistractdestroy

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Beón tótoren lacerari, 527, 55. lit. to tear to pieces a material Ðú tótǽre (conscidisti) mín hwíte hrægl, Ps. Th. 29, 11. Hé ðæs beran ceaflas tótær, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 15. Hé ðone pistol tótær, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 30. Hé tótær his tunecan, 450, 21.

á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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Se cniht feóll of ðám munte . . . hwǽr se líchama þæs áslidenan cnihtes mihte beón funden, 212, 29.