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tó-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sleán, p. -sloh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen

To strike to pieces, ⬩ knock to bits ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ knock down a building ⬩ to divide in two by a blow or stroke ⬩ to drive away thoughts

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Voc. ii. 136, 16. of material objects, to demolish, knock down a building þunor tóslóg heora hiéhstan godes hús aedes salutis ictu fulminis disfoluta est, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 18 : 6, 14; Swt. 268, 29.

stocc

(n.)
Grammar
stocc, es; m.

a stock, trunk, log ⬩ a wooden trumpet

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Gé þeówiaþ fremdum godum, stoccum and stánum (ligno et lapidi), Deut. 28, 36. Stoccon lignis, 64. Tó stoccum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 7. a wooden trumpet (?) Béma ł stocc tuba, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 2

á-spendan

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Þone ofereácan his ǽhta hé áspende on Godes þearfum, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 31. Miccle spéda on his lácum áspendan, 580, 17. Þone máran dǽl his lífes áspendan on his lustum, 574, 8. Áspendan úre spéda on þearfum, Hml. S. 3, 51.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dafenian, -dafnian, -dæfnia; p. ode; pp. od

To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet

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Me gedafenaþ óðrum ceastrum Godes ríce bodian aliis civitātĭbus oportet me evangelizāre regnum Dei, Lk. Bos. 4, 43 : Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21. Gedafenode dĕcuit, 33; Som. 37, 21 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 579. 11.

tíd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sang, es; m.
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Æt ǽlcan tídsange eal híréd áþenedum limum ætforan Godes weófode singe ðone sealm : Domine, quid multiplicati sunt, and preces, and collecta, Wulfst. 181, 26: 171, 14. Ðonne bid hic híwan tó tídsongum mín gemund dón, Chart. Th. 159, 9, 19.

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

dígolnes

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Þéh þe ǽgþer þissa burga þurh Godes diégelnessa ( arcana ) þus getácnod wurde, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 25.

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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Gooda gifu, þeáh hí éca ne sién, Solil. H. 53, 4. Þára écena háma, 2, 14

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdain ⬩ to disdain

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Gié forhogas bebod Godes vos transgredimini mandatum Dei, 15, 3. Forhogede contempserit, An. Ox. 3920. Hié forhogodan ege ealra eorðlicra cyninga, Bl. H. 137, 5. Ne forhogiaþ wísdóm, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 26. Forhogot spreta, An. Ox. 11, 72.

for-lǽtnes

abandonment ⬩ desolation ⬩ neglect ⬩ abandonment ⬩ cessation ⬩ intermission ⬩ remissness ⬩ remission ⬩ pardon ⬩ loss ⬩ putting away ⬩ dismission ⬩ divorce

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Similar entries v. for-lǽtan; VIII 1 b Sió forlǽtnes ðæs gódan weorces ipsa operandi remissio, Past. 445, 14. remission, pardon, Similar entries v. for-lǽtan; VIII 5 Wé sceolan gelýfan synna forlǽtnessa and líchoman ǽristes, Bl. H. 111, 10.

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Nán mon Godes mihte forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oððe eorðan oþþe sǽ ðriddan, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 31. Hleostrum bibulis buccis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 6.

langsum

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Ox. 3625. of action that goes on long, or state or thing that lasts long Langsum diuturnum (trophaeum ), An. Ox. 800. Langfére, langsum diuturna i. longeua (valetudo ), 2072. Mid langsumere gestra[n]gunge diuturna uegetatione 1444.

limpan

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concerned with, have relation to Rǽdincga tó þæs hálgan árwyrþnesse limpende lectiones ad ipsius sancti uenerationem periinenies, Angl. xiii. 430, 936. expressing a relation of equivalence where the same amount is expressed in different units .xxx. ombra gódes

on-scunian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs hié herigen hiera gódan weorc, and onscunigen ðæt hié selfe suá dón ne bona laudent, et agere recusent, Past. 231, 13.

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Þ hí férdan in þæt weorc Godes wordes, Bd. i. 23 ; Sch. 50, l. <b>IVa.</b> add :-- Nǽron þis ná úre weorc, ac hit wǽron þára háligra apostola haec nostra non sunt, sed sanctorum apostolorum, Gr. D. 165, 26.

tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict

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Hét swingan and tintregian ðone Godes andettere caedi Dei confessorem a tortoribus praecepit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 42. Tintergian, Shrn. 76, 33. Tinterga torquere, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 29. Decius gewende tó tintregienne ða cristenan, Homl.

Linked entry: tregian

á-wreccan

to raise up ⬩ to arouse, ⬩ to arouse ⬩ excite

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Hine áwrehte Godes engel, Hml. S. 18, 162. Áwræhte (-wrehte), 15, 62. Man hí áwreccan ne mihte, 35, 69. Mid gehlýde hine áwreccan, Hml. A. 113, 361. Of slǽpe áwreht, Hml. Th. i. 60, 19.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Mé ne þincþ náuht lytel gód þisses andweardan lífes gesǽlþa, ne eác náuht lytel yfel his ungesǽlþa in hac ipsa fortuna populari nonnihil boni malive inesse perpendo, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 14.

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Godu ðe ðissum folce tó freme stondaþ, Exon. Th. 250, 7; Jul. 123. Swá hí ufor stondaþ ðonne ða óðre, Past. 52; Swt. 407, 21. Stond heó wið áttre, Lchdm. iii. 21: 36, 6. Se wið mongum stód, wuldres cempa, Exon.

Linked entries: for-stent stondan

ge-bycgan

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Add: to buy goods Sé þe hine gebohtte qui eum emerat, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 460, 12. <b>1 a.</b> to buy as a trader :-- Wilt þú syllan þingc þíne hér, ealswá þú hí gebohtest þǽr?

hǽte

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Him cóm on swá micel hǽte and swá micel þurst ꝥ hié him heora feores ne wéndun they got into such a state of heat and thirst that they gave up hope of life, 6, 13; S. 268, 12. <b>IV a.