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emb-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
emb-sníðan, p. -snáþ, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden, -snyden

To cut round, circumcise circumcīdĕre

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To cut round, circumcise; circumcīdĕre Ðæt ðæt cild embsnyden wǽre ut circumcidĕrētur puer. Lk. Bos. 2, 21

grinian

(v.)
Grammar
grinian, grynian; p. ode; pp. od [grin a snare]
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To ensnare; ligare, illaqueare

Linked entries: be-grynian grynian

a-snǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-snǽsan, -snásan ; p. de ; pp. ed ; v. trans.

to hit or strike againstto stake oneself upon anythingimpingereto wrest anything from anotherextorquere

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to hit or strike against, to stake oneself upon anything; impingere Gif befóran eágum asnáse [MS. H. asnǽse] if he stake himself before his eyes, L. Alf. pol. 36 ; Th. i. 84, 14. to wrest anything from another? extorquere, L. Noel, Lye

a-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sníðan, p. -snáp, pl. -snidon ; pp. -sniden ; v. trans.

To cut offamputare

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To cut off; amputare

scipian

(v.)
Grammar
scipian, p. ode
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To put in order, equip, man a ship Ðá lǽt Eádweard cyng scypian XL snacca, Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 33

of-steppan

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Add: -stæppan Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð (-stæpð, v. l. ) ǽttrig bán, snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 1

sǽtnian

(v.)
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xl. snacca lágan æt Sandwíc manega wucan; þá sceoldon sǽtnian (cépan, v. l. ) Godwines eorles, Chr. 1052; P., 178, 22. Add

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, a fleet.
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Þá lǽt Eádward cyng scypian xl. snacca, þá lágon æt Sandwíc . . . þá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, and hé heom ætbærst, and ꝥ lið wende ongeán tó Sandwíc, and swá hámweard tó Lundenbyrig, Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 13-22

ǽtrig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtrig, ǽttrig; adj.
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Gif hwá mid his fet ofstepð ǽttrig bán snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, l. Ǽttrige venenata , Hpt. Gl. 450, 38. Ǽttrigera (-ia, MS.) virulentorum , 423, 41. Stíðran leáfum and eác ǽtrigum, Lch. i. 94, 9. Fram ðám ǽttrigum synnum gehǽlede, Hml.

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pæþ

(n.)
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Snaca on wege and nǽddre on pæðe coluber in via, cerastes in semita, Wlfst. 192, 21. On ðone gréne pæð; of ðám paðe, C. D. iv. 98, 23. On þone smalan pæþ, of þám smalan pæþ, C. D. B. iii. 468, 15. Ofer herepað ðæt onsticelan pað, C. D. iii. 403, 18

nædre

(n.)
Grammar
nædre, næddre, an; f.

Any kind of serpentadderviper

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Snaca oððe nædre coluber, 16, 75. Gerumpenu, gehyrnedu nædre coluber cerastis. 15, 68 : 16, 2. Mé nædre beswác, Cd. Th. 55, 20; Gen. 897. Næddre vipera vel serpens vel anguis, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 55. Fleónde næddre, 24, 1.

teran

(v.)
Grammar
teran, p. tær, pl. tǽron; pp. toren
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Hit tyrþ ( mordebit ) eal swá snaca, Scint. 105, 8. Teraþ carpunt, Germ. 395, 403. Gif swín deáde men teraþ ( laceraverint ), L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 38. Ðá tær hé his cláðas scissis vestibus, Gen. 37, 29, 34.

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð ǽttrig bán snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 2. Hwǽr sint nú þæs Wélondes bán?, Bt. 19; F. 70, 5. Ne synu ne bán lágon, An. 1421. Þá gebrocenan bán, Ps. C. 81: Hy. 7, 88. Bána ossuum, Kent. Gl. 571: Ph. 575.

gird

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H. 1, 11. a rod, staff Girde snace áwendre uiminis (Aaron's rod) ex colubro transfigurati, An. Ox. 156.

tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Anweald tó tredenne ofer snacan potestatem calcandi supra scorpiones, Lk. Skt. 10, 19. to tread upon, step upon, walk upon Ðonne ic hrúsan trede, Exon. Th. 389, 22; Ra. 8, 1. Hió grundbedd trideþ, 493, 3; Ra. 81, 24. Se ðe mórland trydeþ, Elen.