openlíce
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Gif hwá openlíce lengctenbryce gewyrce, 402, 29. add: clearly to the senses Mid þý þá seó gesomnung eall gehýrde swá openlíce þá stefne, þá næs þǽr nǽnig tweó quas dum aperte voces congregatio audisset, dubium non fuit, Gr. D. 52, 32.
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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Hit is gedón swá ðú héte, and hér gyt is rýmet æmtig, ii. 376, 9.
Linked entry: rýmetleást
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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metan, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. to measure one thing by or with another, to compare Se swég wæs be winde meten the sound was compared to the wind, Blickl. Homl. 133, 31.
stæþ
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Of ðæm mere ðe Truso standeþ in staðe, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 9. On ðam staþe ðe is genemned Ypwines fleót, 449; Erl. 12, 2. Treówlícre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne, ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. Kmbl. 64. On geofones staðe, Cd.
swíþ-líc
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Heard gebrec, swár and swíðlíc, swég*-*dynna mǽst, Exon. Th. 59, 19; Cri. 955. For swíþlícum réne, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17. Wið swíðlícne fléwsan ðæs sǽdes, Lchdm. i. 220, 3. On wæterum swýðlícum in aquis vehementibus, Cant. Moys. 10.
ufe-weard
upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time
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Ufeweard swer epistilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 29. Ufeweard eáre pinnula, i. 282, 62. Ufweard eáre, 43, 15. Uleweard lippa labium, niðera lippe labrum, 43, 24-5. Ufeweard exle ðæs æftran dǽles ola, 43, 46. Eal ufweard nosu columna, 43, 18.
Linked entries: ofe-weard ufan-weard uf-weard
sceáp-lic
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Of a sheep, of sheep Swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearlican suouetaurilia (cf. suouetaurili oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 32), An. Ox. 11, 187
ge-mengan
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VII. to infect with moral evil :-- Swá hyra aldor dyde máne gemenged, Dan. 184. Synfulle beóð máne gemengde, El. 1296. B. intrans.
ge-rád
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Stande on þæt ilice gerád on écnesse swá hwæt swá Críste geseald biþ on cyricena ǽhtum.
ge-þóht
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Swá heánlic geþóht geniman, ꝥ gé sǽdon ꝥ þá hǽðnan tída wǽron beteran þonne þá crístnan, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 17. Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht intó þám men, Angl. vii. 28, 260.
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húsel
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Th. i. 372, 35. tó húsle gán, gangan to go to communion, receive the sacrament, communicate (cf. husel-gang, -genga) Swá hwilc man swá tó húsle ne gá (sé ðe húselganges unwurðe sý. Hml. Th. ii. 174, 17) si quis non communicat, Gr.
hwæt-hwega
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Swá ꝥ hé hire hwæthwegu nabbe on his Móde, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 31. both preceding and following Lytles hwæthwegu underfón þæs þe ic hider bróhte, Hml.
hweorfan
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Hwearf hé tó healle swá hé hraðost meahte, Az. 166: Sat. 190. Hwurfon hæleð geonge tó þám hǽðenan foran, Dan. 434. Hé wæs miclum geswenced ǽr hé þanon hwurfe, Chr. 982 ; P. 124, 29. Þú scealt hweorfan of earde þínum, Gen. 1018 : Wal. 81.
lecgan
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', and add: to cause to take a horizontal position Swá swá gód scipstýra hǽt fealdan ꝥsegl and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. <b>I a.</b> to fell a person, slay :-- Gif hine hwá lecge binnan þǽm fyrste, Ll.
wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Brettas, l. 17) . . . and ða Walas flugon ða Englan swá fýr, Chr. 473; Erl. 12, 26.
æfter
among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)
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Faran gind lond swá swá lǽce æfter untrumra monna húsum, Past. 59, 23. Hé æfter wudum fór and on mórfæstenum, Chr. 878; P. 74, 29. Fóron hié æfter ðǽm wealda, 894; P. 84, 27.
ge-brec
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Cirm, swég, gebrec fragor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 13. Gebrece, swoege fragore, 33, 79
HÝRAN
to HEAR ⬩ hear of ⬩ to listen to ⬩ follow ⬩ serve ⬩ obey ⬩ be subject to ⬩ belong to
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Ne mæg nán mon twám hláfordum hiéran nemo potest duobus dominis servire, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 129, 24. Héra, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 24. Gif hé Gode wile rihtlíce hýran, L. Edg. C. 60, note; Th. ii. 256, 36.
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Ðæt wín slít ða wunda per vinum mordentur vulnera Past. 17, 10; Swt. 125, 9. Sliten oððe gremeden lacessant Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 54. Of yfelre wǽtan slítendre Lchdm. ii. 4, 30.
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Béte ðam cyninge swá ilce swá ðære mǽgþe let amends be made to the king in the same way as to the kindred, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 17: L. Ath. i. 2; Th. i. 200, 7. Ealle of ǽgðere mǽgþe, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 21. Se slaga wille bétan wið mǽgþe, L.