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tó-stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stregdan, -strédan. [For conjugation see stregdan.]

To dispersescatterdestroyspargereaspergeredispergeredisperderedissiparedispertiredestruereTo be dispersednot to keep within proper bounds

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Geþancu and geþeahtu ðíne tóstrédde and tó náht getealde beón getácnaþ the dream betokens that your thoughts and counsels will be dissipated and counted for nought, Lchdm. iii. 214, 24. Scípa tóstrogdenra ovium dis-sipatorum, Rtl. 9, 38. intrans.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Cf. 436, 5-6: Hé sceal beón gehorsat ðǽt hé mǽgetó hláfordes seáme ðæt syllan oððe sylf lǽdan.

full

(adv.)
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</b> figurative :-- Þú git tó full sý þæs þe þéé Hí ( avarice and hell ) habbað unáfylledlice grǽdignysse ꝥ hí fulle ne beóð nǽfre, Hml.

spell

(n.)
Grammar
spell, es; n.

a storynarrativeaccountrelationa historical narrativehistorya false or foolish storya fablean instructive talkdiscoursea philosophical argumenta sermonhomilya sayingremarksentencestatement of a single pointdictuma saying that is to be repeated to anothera messagean announcementspeechlanguage of prosea fable, talefabulatio, parabolasermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythusa saying

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Ðú gehérdest reccan on ealdum leásum spellum, ðætte Iob sceolde beón se héhsta god, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 5: Met. 26, 2.

Linked entry: spel

on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To knownoscere, cognoscere, agnoscereto know, recognise,to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguishto recognise a factto know, understand, attain to a knowledge ofto know, learn by observation, observe, perceiveto acknowledgemake acknowledgment of a faultto acknowledge a greetingto acknowledge the power of another

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Beón oncnáwen conici (cf. 23, 50), 23, 78. to know, recognise, to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish of persons Se oxa oncneów his hláford, Homl. Th. i. 42, 25.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Ealle Drihtnes apostolas beóþ sende ðé tó bebyrgenne, Blickl. Homl. 137, 27. with a sense of compulsion or violence, to send to prison, into exile, etc. Se ðec on wræc sendeþ, Cd. Th. 251, 26 ; Dan. 569.

notu

(n.)
Grammar
notu, e; f.

useprofitadvantagean officeemploymentthe discharge of an officeconduct of business

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Ben. 29, 5. the discharge of an office, conduct of business Gif hit beón mæg swylc notu þurh decanonas on mynstre sý gefadod ... ðæt ná nán ǽnlípig ne módige ðonne mynstres notu manegum biþ betǽht if possible, let such a conducting of its business by

steall

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
steall, es; m.
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Ðæt hí nǽfre ne beón on stede ne on stealle, ðǽr ǽfre undón worðe ðæt úre forgengles geúðen, Chart. Th. 348, 30. place, stead Brihtwald gehálgode Tobian on his steall, Chr. 693; Erl. 43, 19. Steal. 780; Erl. 57, 1: 803; Erl. 61, 23.

þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów, adj.
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Þeówe men ða ðrig dagas beón weorces gefreóde, Wulfst. 181, 18. Seofæn þeówæ mæn, Chart. Th. 163, 10. Ne freó ne þeówe, Cd. Th. 166, 12; Gen. 2746. Freóra and þeówra, 166, 26; Gen. 2753.

breóst

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breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chestthoraxthe stomachwomba breastmammamamilla

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Cumað deór . . . and heora breósta beóð mid byrnum befangene (habebant loricas, Rev. 9, 9), Wlfst. 200, 12. Hé hlinode ofer ðæs Hǽlendes breóstum (onufa breóst supra pectus, L. R.), Jn. 13, 25.

eáca

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</b> in various special applications, increase of goods Wylspring on húse his gesihð beón geopenad eácan oððe blisse getácnað, Lch. iii. 204, 16. a reinforcement to an army Him cóm micel eáca tó ǽgþer ge of Eást-Englum ge of Norbhymbrum, Chr.

fremede

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Sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn ðe swyftoste hors habbað on ðǽm lande ... Þonne ærnað hý ealle tóweard þǽm feó ... ðá fremdan tó ærnað anð nimað, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 10.

ge-gaderung

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H. 165, 35. a whole formed by joining Hwæþer þé þynce unweorþ seó gegaderung ðára þreóra þinga, ðonne þá þreó biþ tó ánum gedón, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 29. what joins, a bond Hí beóð álýsde fram þǽre gegaderunge heora líchaman a carnis suae copula solvantur

ge-þreátian

(v.)
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Ðá ðe beóð swá áheardode on unryhtwísnesse ðæt hí mon ne mæg mid nánre ðreáunge geðreátian (cf. mid nánre swingellan gebétan neque per flagella corrigere, 9) qui flagella contemnunt, 263, 5.

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Cf. gearo; Stréle beóð scearpe ... syððan of glédon wesað gearwe áhyrded, Ps. Th. 119, 4. Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden, Lch. ii. 144, 16. Hí Iacób geara ǽtan comederunt Jacob, Ps. Th. 78, 7.

gearwian

(v.)
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Hié sculon látteówdóm gearwian ðám geleáffullum and him sculon fore beón ut sacrum ducatum praebeant, fidelibus praesunt, Past. 139, 16. Ðegnunge gearwian, Bl.

geat

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Th. i. 128, 8. where the enclosure contains a habitation Ceorles weorðig sceal beón wintres and sumeres betýned. Gif hé bið untýned and recð his neáhgebúres ceáp in on his ágen geat, Ll. Th. i. 126, 15.

godcundnys

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Arrius wolde wanian Crístes godcundnysse, 198: 152, 17: 155, 84, a divine being Hit is gecynd ðǽre godcundnesse ꝥ hió mæg beón ungemenged wið óþre gesceafta búton óþerra gesceafta fultume, swá swá nán óþer gesceaft ne mæg, ne mæg nán óþer gesceaft be

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Ger. hliodar, and add: a sound, noise Ongan þǽr beón gehýred swýþe mycel swég and hleóðor swylce þǽr wǽre sum mycel mænigo in gangende coepit quasi cujusdam magnae multitudinis ingredientis sonitus audiri Gr. D. 284, 24.

rím

(adj.)
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Ðone sylfan rím wintra hine hæbbende beón . . .