þurh-smúgan
to creep through ⬩ move slowly through ⬩ to go carefully through a subject ⬩ go over the details
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hǽt solaris, þurhsmíhþ Zodiacum ðone circul on þrim hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum, Anglia viii. 303, 22. to go carefully through a subject, go over the details Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne þurhsmúgan ealle ða ðing ðe hláforde magan tó rǽde
Linked entry: smúgan
wæter-ǽdre
A vein of water, a spring
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Seó gýtsung hyre gold betweoh ða wæterǽdran rǽt avaritia aurum inter arenas legit, Gl. Prud. 55
Linked entry: ǽdre
ge-dyrstlǽcan
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Þæt nán ne gedyrstlǽce his ágenne rǽd tó beweri-genne, R. Ben. 15, 12 : 55, 10: 56, 17. with a preposition 'Úre Fæder . . . 'Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgðháde bútan sóðre lufe, Hml.
be-dyppan
To dip ⬩ immerse ⬩ mergere ⬩ intingere ⬩ tingere
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Se ðe ic rǽce bedyppedne hláf is cui ego intinctum panem porrexero, Jn. Bos. 13, 26. Híg bedypton his tunecan on ðam blóde tinxerunt tunicam ejus in sanguine, Gen. 37, 31. Ic bedyppe mergo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 36
un-cyme
Mean ⬩ paltry ⬩ poor
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Wæs his æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorðan. Ðá bǽdon hine his discipulos ðæt hié móstan húru sume uncyme streównesse him under gedón for his untrumnesse, Blickl. Homl. 227, 12.
of-þyncan
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<b>I b</b> :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð ꝥ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8.
carte
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Cartan wrítan [MS. wirtan] oððe rǽdan to write or read a paper, Lchdm. iii. 200, 35
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íð
More easily
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Hwá meahte iéð monnum rǽdan bútan scylde ðonne se ðe hí gescóp quis principari hominibus tam sine culpa, quam is, qui hos nimirum regeret, quos ipse creaverat? Past. 3. 1; Swt. 33, 16. Ðý ýþ, Exon. 120 b ; Th. 463, 6 ; Hö. 66
Linked entry: íðast
hymlíc
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Slǽpdrænc; rædic, hymlíc . . . Lch. iii. 22, 27. Wyrc sealfe of netlan and of hemlíce, ii. 128, 7. Well hemlíc, 78, 6. ¶ in a local name :-- On hemléclége, C. D. iii. 437, 3
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rǽcan
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To reach, hold forth, offer, present Ic rǽce porrigo vel porgo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46. Hé ys se ðe ic rǽce ( porrexero ) hláf, Jn. Skt. 13, 26. For hwon ne rǽcst ( porrigis ) ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ? Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14.
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
ge-rídan
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Se king . . . swór ꝥ hit nǽfre næs ná his rǽd ná his dǽd ꝥ man sceolde Sandwíc dón fit of ipes cyrð, 57, 9-17
wreccan
to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to rouse
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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps.
Linked entries: a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend
reád
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Rǽde clæfer, 288, 49. Reád clæfre, Lchdm. ii. 312, 19. Rósena reáde heápas, Dóm. L. 18, 286. Mid reádum rósum cum purpureis rosis, Hpt. Gl. 511, 4. of gold Reád gold aurum obrizum, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 33 : Met. 19, 6 : Cd.
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nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Rǽd biþ nyttost, Exon. Th. 341, 1; Gn. Ex. 119
here-gild
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The following passages give instances of the amounts paid to secure peace: On þám geáre man gerædde ꝥ man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . ꝥ wæs ǽrest .x. þúsend punda; þæne rǽd gerǽdde Síríc arceb., Chr. 991; P. 127, 2-6.
a-rǽman
To raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ elevate ⬩ excitare ⬩ erigere ⬩ elevare ⬩ To raise or lift up one's self ⬩ to arise ⬩ se erigere ⬩ se elevare ⬩ surgere
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To raise, lift up, elevate; excitare, erigere, elevare Ða ge mihton rǽdan, and eów arǽman on ðám which ye may read, and elevate yourselves in them, Ælfc. T. 31, 15. v. intrans.
ge-mǽrian
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To fix the bounds of Hé hine gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽru, swá hé him of ðám aldan bócum rǽdde, hú hit ǽr Æðelbald cyning gemǽrude and gesalde, C. D. v. 140, 33.
hlútor-líce
clearly ⬩ plainly ⬩ simply
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Þǽr man cyrcean rǽre, Þǽr mon Gode árwurðlíce hlúttorlice (with reverence and sincerity) offrigean mæge, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 17
þrafung
Reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ censure
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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce and unforwandodlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge and mid ðrafunga ex mucrone quippe percutere, est impetu apertae increpationis obviare, Past. 40; Swt. 297, 53.
Linked entry: þrafian
un-treów
Bad faith ⬩ faithlessness ⬩ perfidy ⬩ fraud
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Bad faith, faithlessness, perfidy, fraud Mé ðás woruldsǽlþa blindne on ðis dimme hol forlǽddon, and mé ðá berýpton rǽdes and frófre for heora untreówum, Met. 2, 13.