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ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
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K. p. 152, 22. of things, to cover as with a garment Þ treów biþ úton gescyrped (-scerped, v.l. ) mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10 ; F. 150, 7. to equip, provide with necessaries for a journey: — Þá sende hé hine tó Róme and hine þider well gescyrpte (cunctis

be-delfan

to dig a graveto dig aboutto buryput under ground,to buryput in a grave or tomb

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Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 29. to bury, put under ground, of things Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold þæs húses, Shrn. 141, 16.

brosnian

(v.)
Grammar
brosnian, part. brosniende; ic brosnige, ðú brosnast, he brosnaþ, pl. brosniaþ; p. ode, ade; pp. od

To corrupt, decay, rot, perishcorrumpi, deficere, dissolvi, perire

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Ða beámas á gréne stondaþ, nǽfre brosniaþ the trees always stand green, never decay, Exon. 56 a; Th. 200, 10; Ph. 38.

Linked entry: ge-brosnod

FYLLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLLAN, = fellan; ic fylle, ðú fyllest, he fylleþ, pl. fyllaþ; p. fylde, pl. fyldon; pp. fylled; v. trans.

To fellcut downcast downthrow downdestroyprosternĕrecædĕredejĭcĕredestruĕre

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Ic beámas fylle I fell trees, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 11; Rä. 2, 9. Se grimmesta hungor hí fylde fămes acerbissĭma eos prostrāvit, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 29: Cd. 35; Th. 46, 20; Gen. 747.

Linked entry: fellan

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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To treat ill, to afflict, harass, vex Unrihtwíse cyningas ðe ðis wérige folc wyrst tuciaþ (quos miseri torvos populi timent tyrannos; ða unrihtwísan cyningas . . . ðe ðis earme folc heardost ondrǽt, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26-29), Met. 24, 60.

Linked entry: ge-tucian

GRÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÓWAN, part. grówende; ic grówe, ðú grówest, gréwst, he gróweþ, gréwþ, pl. grówaþ; p. greów, pl. greówon; pp. grówen
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Eall se dǽl ðæs treówes upweardes gréwþ all that part of the tree grows upwards, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 2. Hí grówaþ geára gehwilce on lencten tíd they grow every year in spring time, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 133; Met. 29, 67: Ps. Th. 103, 12: 64, 11.

Linked entry: ge-grówan

stede

(adv.)
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Grn. 15, 39. v. beán-, ceáp-, ciric-, cwealm-, hám-, hleów-, hlós-, mynster-, plog-, treów-, tún-, wáfung-, wer-stede; in-stede; adv

Linked entry: welig-stedende

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cúþ-líce, cúþe-líce; comp. or; adv.

certainly, manifestly certo, aperte for, indeed, therefore nempe, igiturfamiliarly, courteously, kindlyfamiliariter, civiliter, comiter

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Ðæt he eáþmédum ellorfúsne oncnáwe cúþlíce that he should with affability kindly treat the ready to depart, Andr. Kmbl. 643 ; An. 322: Ps. Th. 118, 146, 154: 54, 16: 90, 15

Linked entry: cúþe-líce

meox

(n.)
Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Ðæt treów biþ bedolfen and mid meoxe beworpen ... ðæt meox is ðæt gemynd his fúlan dǽda ... Hwæt is fúlre ðonne meox? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 29-33: Lk. Skt. 13, 8. Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott.

Linked entry: mix

swín

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Ic ann ꝥ ðridde treów and ꝥ ðridde swiin ( printed swun) of æuesan ðæs wudes (the Latin version is: Dono tertiam quamque arborem et tertiam quamque sarcinam iumentariam fructuum qui nascuntur in sylua), iv. 202, 11.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Forlét hé ðæs hwílenlecan ríces yrfeweardas his suna þrý tres suos filios regni temporalis heredes reliquit, Bd. 2, 5 ; S. 507, 8

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeáma helm full oft the wood covered us the shady top of the forest trees, Exon. 129 a; Th. 496, 2; Rä. 85, 8.

Linked entry: helmiht

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Swá swá ðæt treów ðe ðá wyrtruman beóð færcorfene (for-, v. l.) forseárað, swá hié magon ondrǽdan ðæt him weorðen ðá wyrttruman færcorfene (for-, v. l.), 339, 19. to cut down Forcorfen succisa (arbor), An. Ox. 1578. to deprive by cutting of (dat.)

trahtnian

(v.)
Grammar
trahtnian, p. ode.

To expoundexplainto give as explanation of (be) somethingto treat of

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Th. ii. 92, 7. with prep, to treat of (be, ymbe) Manega trahtnedon ymbe ðis angin de hoc principio mulli tractaverunt, Anglia viii. 307, 7. Mid were ǽwfæstum trahtna (tracta) be hálignysse, Scint. 200, 14.

á-cumba

(n.)
Grammar
á-cumba, an; m: ǽ-cumbe, an; n ? [cemban to comb] .

oakumthat which is combedthe coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, towstuppathe thing pruned or trimmed, properly of treesPruningsclippingstrimmingsputamenreduced to ashesWood ashes

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Voc. 40, 36. the thing pruned or trimmed, properly of trees, and figuratively of other things, hence,— Prunings, clippings, trimmings; putamen, hinc,—putamina non solum arborum sunt, verum omnium rerum purgamenta.

Linked entries: á-cuma ǽcumbe

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]

To fellto strike or beat downto overturnsubvertlay lowabolishslaycædereoccidereprosterneredejiceredemoliricomprimereabrogare

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B. afylle] on wuda wel monega treówa if any one fell in a wood a good many trees, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19. Drihten afylþ ðíne fýnd the Lord will strike down thine enemies, Deut. 28, 7. Hí to eorþan afyllaþ ðé ad terram prosternent te, Lk.

CEORFAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEORFAN, ceorfende; ic ceorfe, ðú ceorfest, cyrfst, he ceorfeþ, cyrfþ, ceorfaþ; ic, he cearf, ðú curfe,;curfon; corfen; v. a.

To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engravesecare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere

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Treówa ceorfan to hew trees, Obs. Lun. § 11; Lchdm. iii. 188, 24: Cd. 200; Th. 248, 11; Dan. 511. On wuda treówa mid æxum hí curfon dura in silva lignorum securibus exciderunt januas, Ps. Spl. 73, 7.

Linked entries: curfon cerfe

hyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrwan, hyrwian; p. de, ede

blasphemedespisecondemntreat illoppressvexharass

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To speak ill or contemptuously of any one, blaspheme, despise, condemn, treat ill, oppress, vex, harass Óðerne herweþ alterum contemnet, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 24.

Linked entry: herwan

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Flinte heardra, Rä. 41, 78. used of a tree; Similar entries cf. hard-beam Hé ástág in treé heard (treó heord, R.) ascendit in arborem sicomorum, Lk. L. 19, 4.

á-belgan

(v.)
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Forbe;ád se biscop ðæt hí ne weópon, ðý lǽs [hí] ðá hálgan treów þurh heora wóp and teáras ábulgen monuit sacerdos ut pergeremus fletum ululatumque nostrum sacras arbores dicens offendisse, Nar. 32, 14.

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan