in-bestingan
To pierce ⬩ penetrate
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To pierce, penetrate, make a thrust which enters but does not go quite through Gif hé þurhstinþ .vi. scill. gebéte. Gif man inbestinþ .vi. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 64; Th. i. 18, 12
grund-fús
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Ready for hell, hastening to hell Ðæt biþ feóndes bearn hafaþ grundfúsne gǽst that is a child of the devil, hath a spirit hastening hellwards, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 15; Mód. 49
self-sceaft
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523
scóung
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A provision of shoes Hís mete and scóung and glófung him gebyreþ he is to have his food and shoes and gloves provided for him, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 6
Linked entry: sceóung
ge-mettan
Eaters, partakers ⬩ comestōres
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Eaters, partakers; comestōres; Ða gemettan ne móston ðæs lambes bán scǽnan the partakers might not break the bones of the lamb, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 7. Ðám gemettum to the partakers, 282, 2
wiþer-feohtend
An adversary
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Ðæt gé wearde healden, ðý læs eów wiþerfeohtend weges forwyrnen tó wuldres byrig, Exon. Th. 282, 17; Jul. 664
Linked entry: wiþ-feohtend
rynig
Good at running
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Th. 296, 14; Crä. 51. [Cf. (?) He gon to rusien swa þe runie (wode, 2nd MS.) wulf þenne he cumeð of holte, Laym. 20123.]
ofer-líðan
to cross
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to cross (water), sail across Ástígende on scipe oferláð transfretavit ðone sǽe. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 1: Shrn. 88, 28: Cd. Th. 200, 26; Exod. 362. Oferlíðan transire, transfretare, Hpt. Gl. 492, 50
sneorcan
To shrivel ⬩ to wrinkle the face in displeasure (?) ⬩ to draw up the nose in contempt or displeasure
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To shrivel Ic gesnerc swé swé deád from heortan excidi tamquam mortuus a corde Ps. Surt. 30, 13. [Cf. ꝥ te hude swartete as hit snarchte (shrivelled with the heat) Marh. 18, 14.]
ge-þeón
To do ⬩ commit ⬩ perform ⬩ perficere ⬩ patrare
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To do, commit, perform; perficere, patrare Ðæt we siððan forþ ða séllan þing symle móten geþeón that henceforth we may ever do those better things, Exon 13 a; Th. 23, 31; Cri. 377
hold-rǽden
Faithfulness, ⬩ loyalty, ⬩ faithful discharge of duty to a superior
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Faithfulness, loyalty, faithful discharge of duty to a superior Hire hyrdeman þurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh her herdsman in the discharge of his duty had ascended an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 30
Linked entry: hyld-rǽden
þanne
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Generally if the subject follows the verb the word is to be rendered by then, if the subject precedes the verb, by when.
á-scirian
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Þá áscyredan privatam, i. singularem, 361. to cut off from association, to hold aloof Sé þe hine áscyrede for þyssere scearpnysse fram ús, Hml. S. 11, 167.
secgan
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Th. 429, 18; Rä. 43, 6. where the object denotes that which is spoken about, to speak of, tell, relate, narrate, declare, announce, give an account of something Ic ðé orlæg secge I will tell thee thy fate, Cd. Th. 262, 19 ; Dan. 746.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
a-hiscean
to hiss at ⬩ to mock ⬩ irridere
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to hiss at, to mock; irridere
Linked entry: a-hnyscan
forþ-scencan
to drink to ⬩ propīnāre
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to drink to; propīnāre, Cot. 149
grísan
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To shudder, to be frightened; horrere
Linked entry: grislíc
bi-seón
to see
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to see. l. to strain upon
a-drencan
To plunge under ⬩ to immerse ⬩ drown ⬩ immergere
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To plunge under, to immerse, drown; immergere Wolde hine adrencan on ðære eá would drown him in the river, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 36.
axe
Ash ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis
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Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan the groves became ashes and embers, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 9; Gen. 2553