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reáfung

(n.)
Grammar
reáfung, e; f.
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Plundering, spoiling Atheniensum se sige and seó reáfung ðæs Persiscan feós tó máran sconde wurde forðon siððan hié welcgran wǽron hié eác bleáðran gewurdon castra regiis opibus referta ceperunt, non parvo quidem antiquae industriae damno.

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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A. 180, 350. an allotted amount to be paid, lot (and scot) Omnis Francigena qui tempore Eadwardi fuit in Anglia particeps comuetudinum Anglorum quod ipsi dicunt an hlote et an scote, Ll.

racsan

(v.)
Grammar
racsan, raxan
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Scott. rax to stretch the limbs.]

Linked entry: raxan

friþ-scipe

(n.)
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Of manegum landum máre ( more than the trinoda necessitas) landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne, swilce is . . . scorp tó friðscipe and sǽweard, Ll. Th. i. 432, 8. [Thorpe would read fird-scipe.] Cf. unfriþ-scip

ge-dál

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál, es; n.

A divisionseparationpartingdistributiondīvīsiosepărātiodīvortiumdistrĭbūtio

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Se hæfde heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles he had the most liberal heart in the distribution of rings, Scóp Th. 148; Wíd. 73. Æfter ðæs líchoman gedále and ðære sáwle after the separation of the body and soul, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 12.

ge-freógan

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Hér geswutelað on ðisse Crístes béc ðæt Ælfríc Scot and Ægelríc Scot synt gefreód for Ælfsiges abbodes sáwle tó écan freóte, C. D. vi. 209, 13 : 211, 2. Ué nǽnigum ne gehérdon ǽfre, huu ðú cueðes, 'Gé biðon gefriód (-frióde, R.),' Jn. L. 8, 33.

be-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lecgan, bi-lecgan; p. -legde, -léde pl. -legdon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. a.

To lay or impose uponcoverinvestloadafflictchargeaccuseimponereafficereonerareaccusare

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To lay or impose upon, cover, invest, load, afflict, charge, accuse; imponere, afficere, onerare, accusare Heó ðone hleóðor-cwyde husce belegde she covered the revelation with scorn Cd. 109; Th. 143, 21; Gen. 2382.

Linked entry: bi-lecgan

be-syrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To rob, plunder, deprive, deceivespoliare, fraudare, dejicere

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Ða Scottas heora cyng Dunecan besyredon the Scots ensnared their king Duncan, 1094; Erl. 230, 40

lóf

(n.)
Grammar
lóf, es; m. ? -

handthe palm of the hand

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E. 989 would translate 'lóf' hand, comparing Goth. lófa : Icel. lófi (Scott. loof) the palm of the hand. In Hpt, Gl. 525, 8 redimicula is glossed 'wrǽdas oððe cynewiððan, lofas;' would this be the same word as that in the above passage?

bósum

wombuter

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Add: bosom ; sinus, gremium. of persons Hé bær on his bósme (sinu) Honorates scóh, Gr. D. 17, 9. Hí wurdon gegripene fram móderlicum breóstum, ac hí wurdon betǽhte engellicum bósmum. Hml.

hádor

(adj.)
Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.

Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, sereneclarus, splendidus, serenus, micansbright (of the sky, stars)

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Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot, Beo. Th. 998; B. 497. Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48.

sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorfan, p. swearf, pl. swurfon; pp. sworfen
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To rub, scour, fileGerm. 394, 274. Swyrfþ limat, Corfen sworfen cut and scoured (of the preparation of a wine-vat), Exon. Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4. Mín heáfod is homere geþuren sworfen feóle, 497, 18; Rä. 87, 2.

Linked entries: a-sweorfan ge-sweorfan

wæstm

Grammar
wæstm, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i. 580, 30. Þá assan syndon on þám mǽstan wæstme (printed wæstene) onagri forma maxima, Nar. 34, 16

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn Gif hé ðis (lying at the feet of his superior) oferhigþ and hit dón nelle, R. Ben. 131, 7. Ðonne se mon oferhygþ (Hatt.

hyspan

(v.)
Grammar
hyspan, p. te

To mockscorntauntrevileinsultreproach

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To mock, scorn, taunt, revile, insult, reproach Drihten hispeþ hý Dominus subsannabit eos, Ps. Spl. 2, 4. Hú lange hyspeþ feónd usque quo improperabit inimicus? 93, 11. Se ðe hespþ qui calumniatur, Kent. Gl. 497. Hý mé hyspaþ exprobraverunt me, Ps.

Linked entries: hypsan hyspend hispan

heáne

(adv.)
Grammar
heáne, adv.

Ignominiously, shamefully, abjectly

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Scyldigra scólu áscyred weorþeþ heáne from hálgum the band of the guilty shall with shame be separated from the holy, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 17; Cri. 1609: 75 b; Th. 283, 16; Jul. 681.

for-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hycgan, p. -hogde, -hygde, -hygede; pp. -hogd

to despiseto disdainscorn

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Take here for-hicgan (where dele -higan), and add: to despise, scorn a person or thing Hé hine ne forhyged (contemnit), Past. 407, 5. Nalle gié woenæ ꝥte ic forhycgende (-hyccende, R. accusaturus) sié, is sé ðe forhycað (accusat) iúih, Jn.

scortian

(v.)
Grammar
scortian, p. ode.
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Se sceortigenda (scort-, MS. L.) dæg ... se langienda dæg, 252, 8. to make short (? cf. þenne cumeð þe deofel and him scorteð his daȝes, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 14. To schorte oure weie, Chauc.

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compelconstrainforceimpelurgeoppresscompellĕrecōgĕrepersuādēreimpellĕreurgēreprĕmĕre

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Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded, scóc ofer scyld-weall a storm of shafts, impelled from strings, rushed over the shield-wall, Beo. Th. 6226; B. 3117. Býsigum gebǽded oppressed with labour, 5153; B. 2580; 5644; B. 2826

Linked entry: ge-béded

CARR

(n.)
Grammar
CARR, es; m.
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Scot. cairn: Wel. carn: Corn. carn, m: Ir. carn: Gael, carr, m: Manx carn, m.]

Linked entry: Carrum