ge-strangian
To make strong ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ rōbŏrāre ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ conflrmāre
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To make strong, strengthen, confirm, establish; rōbŏrāre, corrōbŏrāre, confortāre, conflrmāre Ðá wolde he heora geleáfan gestrangian and getrymman then would he strengthen and confirm their belief, Homl. Th. i. 152, 34. Ic gestrangige confirmo, Cod.
Linked entries: ge-strongian strangian
swígan
to be silent ⬩ to become silent from astonishment ⬩ stupere ⬩ silere, reticere
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to be silent God ná swígeþ Deus non silebit, Ps. Spl. 49, 3. Stiórdon him menigo ðætte hé suígde ( ut taceret) Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 48. Ðú bist suígende (swígende, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 20. Geót swígende ðæt blód on yrnende wæter, Lchdm. ii. 76, 14
Linked entry: for-swígan
trog
a trough ⬩ tub ⬩ basin ⬩ vessel for containing liquids or other materials ⬩ a trough-shaped thing ⬩ a cradle ⬩ a boat ⬩ a water-pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a basin of water
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a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials Trog albeus, genus vasis,Txts. 109, 1140 : 49, 425 : canthera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 7. Lege on hatne stán on troge, geót hwón wæteres on, Lchdm. ii. 326, 5 : iii. 30, 9. Dó on troh háte
forþ-gang
a going forth of a place ⬩ a going forth to a place ⬩ a going on ⬩ course ⬩ progress ⬩ successful progress ⬩ success ⬩ an exit ⬩ a passage ⬩ a privy
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Add: a going forth of a place Forðgang egressio, Ps. L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu tó þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr. D. 72, 16. a going on, course, progress Forðganges
wan
wanting ⬩ absent ⬩ lacking ⬩ not possessed of ⬩ less
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wanting, absent Ðá getreówde hé in godcundne fultom, ðǽr se mennesca wan wæs confidens in divinum, ubi humanum deerat, auxilium, Bd. 2, 7 ; S. 509, 23. Him won (wona, MS. Ca. ) ne wæs seó monung ðære godcundan árfæstnesse non defuit admonitio divinae
scrincan
to wither away ⬩ dry up ⬩ shrivel ⬩ to pine away ⬩ become weak ⬩ to contract ⬩ shrink
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of a plant, to wither away, dry up, shrivel Mid ðam mǽstan bleó hy (the male and female pennyroyal) blówaþ ðonne neálíce óðre wyrta scrincaþ and weorniaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. Scrincan marcescere, Hpt. Gl. 419, 74. of a living being, to pine away, become
Linked entry: a-scrincan
be-beorgan
to ward off something ⬩ to guard one's self against ⬩ to save one's self ⬩ to guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something
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Substitute: to ward off something (acc. or inst.) from one's self (dat.), to guard one's self against. with dat. of person only, to save one's self Hí heom sylfum beburgon mid Godes fultume, Gr. D. 335, 24. Ꝥ hé mihte him bebeorgan, 109, 33. dat. of
cíþ-fæst
Rooted, growing ⬩ radicatus, crescens
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Rooted, growing; radicatus, crescens Se man ðe plantaþ treówa oððe wyrta he hí wæteraþ óþ-ðæt hí beóþ cíþfæste the man who plants trees or herbs waters them until they are rooted, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26
fífel-streám
The frightful or horrid stream ⬩ the ocean ⬩ ōceănus
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The frightful or horrid stream, the ocean; ōceănus Nǽnigne merehengesta má ðonne ǽnne ferede on fífelstreám he led not more than one of the sea-horses on the ocean, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 51; Met. 26, 26
for-drugian
To dry up ⬩ parch ⬩ wither ⬩ arescĕre ⬩ siccāri
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To dry up, parch, wither; arescĕre, siccāri He forheardaþ and fordrugaþ indūret et arescat, Ps. Lamb. 89, 6. Hió wǽre fordrugod to duste it would be dried to dust, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 207; Met. 20, 104
Linked entry: for-druwian
hýrig-mann
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A person hired to work Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðam hýrigmannum wið ánum peninge an agreement to work for a penny was made between the lord and the workmen he had hired, Th. An. 73, 30
mis-tyhtan
to incite or persuade to what is wrong ⬩ dissuade
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to incite or persuade to what is wrong, dissuade Hig ðæt folc mistihton murmurare fecerant multitudinem, Num. 14, 36. Hé cwæþ tó ðám mágum ðe ða martyras mistihton ( urged them to renounce Christianity ), Homl. Skt. 5, 69
níd-máge
A near kinswoman ⬩ a cousin
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A near kinswoman, a cousin Ǽfre ne geweorðe ðæt cristen man gewífige on ðæs wífes nýdmágan ðe hé ǽr hæfde, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 16. Nédmágan, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24
ge-brýsed
Bruised ⬩ contrītus
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Bruised; contrītus Ðæt he his preósta ǽnne of horse fallende and gebrýsedne gelíce gebiddende and bletsigende fram deáþe gecyrde ut clērĭcum suum cadendo contrītum, æque ōrando ac benedīcendo a morte revocāvĕrit, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 24
ge-drysnan
To put out ⬩ quench ⬩ extinguish ⬩ vanish ⬩ extinguĕre ⬩ evanescĕre
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To put out, quench, extinguish, vanish; extinguĕre, evanescĕre Ðæt fýr ne biþ gedrysned ignis non extinguĭtur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 44, 48. He gedrysnade from égum hiora ipse evanuit ex oculis eorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 31
un-lísan
to unloose ⬩ undo ⬩ to release
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to unloose, undo Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú mé unlýse ða insæglunge, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 537. to release Hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 38
Linked entry: lísan
á-léfedness
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Infirmity, lameness, crippledness Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle getíged. . . . Ðám wearð geswutelod ꝥ hé sceolde gefeccan æt Swýðúnes byrgene his líchaman hǽle and þǽre áléfednysse ( the cure of his crippledness ), Hml. S. 21, 99
Linked entry: -léfedness
bísting
Beestings
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Beestings Býstinc (v. Angl. viii. 451) colostrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 31. Cúhyrde gebyreð, ꝥ hé hæbbe ealdre cú meolc .vii. niht syððan heó níge cealfod hæfð, and frymetlinge býstinge .xiiii. niht, Ll. Th. i. 438, 19
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deófol-seóc
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Deófelseócne inerguminum, An. Ox. 4934. Hé deóflum bebeád ꝥ hié of deófolseócum mannum út férdon, Bl. H. 173, 28. Heó deófulseóce gehǽlde, Shrn. 31, 13. Gewitleáse, deófel*-*seóce inergumenos, i. amentes, An. Ox. 3057: larbatos, 4936. Add
eall-wealdend
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The omnipotent, the Deity God ðe ána gewylt ealra gesceafta . . . swá swá ealwealdend (eall-, v. l. ) God, Hml. S. 17, 142. Swá swá se eallwealdend heom úðe, 26, 26. Gif hé gewilnaþ þæs eallwealdendes miltsunge, 19, 187
Linked entries: wealdend æle-wealdend