stott
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An inferior kind of horse Hér on stent gewriten hwæt man funde æt Eggemere syððan Cole hit lét. Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7
Went-sǽte
The inhabitants of Gwent
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Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreþ rihtor intó West-Sexan, þyder hý scylan gafol and gíslas syllan L. O. D. 9 ; Th. i. 356, 17-20
Linked entry: Wente
á-hredding
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Saving, rescue, deliverance Heó bæd God ꝥ hé hire gewissode his folce tó áhreddinge on þǽre frecednysse, Hml. A. 111, 281. Ús tó fullan fultume and tó áhreddingge gyf ús neód byð, Cht. E. 230, 11
Linked entry: hredding
FÓN
To grasp ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ to seize with hostile intention ⬩ take ⬩ undertake ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ mănu comprehendĕre ⬩ captāre ⬩ căpĕre ⬩ accĭpĕre
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Mæg man fón folcgesteallan one may take his adherents, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 6; Gen. 287. On óðer weorc to fónne to take to other work, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 4: Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 28. Heó him to-geánes féng she grasped at him, Beo. Th. 3089; B. 1542.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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Him his gebed hweorfe tó fyrenun oratio ejus fiat in peccatum, Ps. 108, 6.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
leornian
To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read
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To learn, study, read Swá swá in ðære béc his lífes geméteþ swá hwylc swá hí rǽdeþ and leornaþ sicut in volumine vitæ ejus quisque legerit inveniet, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 7.
Linked entry: leornend
stranglíce
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Se here ða burh besǽton and hire stranglíce wið feaht, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 15. Hire mǽtte ðæt heó hæfde sweord on handa and ðæt heó stranglíce fuhte mid ðý, Shrn. 60, 30.
ge-myndig
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Gif hwilc mon sié on ondyrstlecum wísum. and hé sý mínes naman gemyndig (remembers my name and calls upon it ), Drihten, gefriða ðú hine, Shrn. 101, 31. Hé wæs þíera worda gemyndig . . . and his fole lǽdde, Ps. Th. 104, 37.
hyse
A young man ⬩ warrior
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Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he pierced the man's neck with his javelin, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141. Hysse ðínum puero tuo, Ps. Th. 85, 15. Tó Abrahame his ágenum hysse ad Abraham puerum suum, 104, 37.
wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Hí lufiaþ ídele blisse, wóriaþ and wundriaþ, and ealne dæg fleardiaþ, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 24. Is ðæs (the whale's) híw gelíc hreófóm stáne, swylce wórie bi wædes ófre, Exon. Th. 360, 21; Wal. 9.
ge-wilnung
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Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge onbærnede sua cupidine accensi, 27, 18.
ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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Swá sceal man dón, ðonne hé gegán þenceþ longsumne lof, ná ymb his líf cearaþ, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ealle hí scínaþ, ná hwæðre ðeáh ealle efenbeorhte, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 460; Met. 20, 230.
ceafl
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Ðá león mid grǽdigum ceaflum hí tótǽron, Hml. Th. i. 572, 18. Hí clumiað mid ceaflum þǽr hí sceoldan clypian, Ll. Th. ii. 308, 20. Ceaflan (l. -as) mandibalas, An. Ox. 5015. Ceaflas rictus, 5017.
lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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Halliwell in his Dictionary quotes from a MS. of the 15th cent.
Linked entry: gold-finger
ge-beót
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Ðá cwæð Georius him tó: ' Ic ne forht*-*ige for ðinum gebeóte, ' 14, 101. Hé swór ꝥ hé Godes hús wolde for-bærnan . . . Hé eft genam fyrde, wolde his gebeót mid weorcum gefrem-man, 25, 621.
on-stellan
to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example)
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Ða láreówas sceolan gódes lífes bysene onstellan ðǽm ðe him æfter fylgeon, 81, 6. Wolde ic eów on ðon bysne onstellan, Andr. Kmbl. 1942; An. 973. Ða godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, swǽ hit míne ærfenuman onstellen ( appoint ), Chart.
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tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Ðonne hió hie selfe tóweorpeþ út of hiere selfre cum se extra semetipsam ejicit, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 24. Ne bið naut his (the wise man's) lare fremful, zif he mid wercan towerpeð his bodunge, O. E.
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
neáh-lǽcan
To draw nigh ⬩ approach
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Hí neáhlǽhton tó ðære ceastre adpropinquantes civitati; Bd. 1, 25; S. 487; 21. Hí ðam mynstre neálǽctan, 4, 25; S. 600, 28. Tó him neálǽcan, 4, 3; S. 567, 43
wiþ-foran
Before
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Before Hé feaht him wiðforan, Jos. 8, 22.
for-swelgan
To swallow up ⬩ devour ⬩ absorb ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ degluttīre ⬩ absorbēre
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Wén is ðæt hí us wyllen forsweolgan forsĭtan deglūtissent nos, Ps. Th. 123, 2. Ic forswelge absorbeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 51. Hit eorþe forswelgeþ the earth swallows it up, Ps. Th. 57, 6.
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