sceaþan
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The form corresponding to the Gothic is sceþþan with a strong past tense, but in English a new infinitive sceaþan seems to be developed to suit the strong conjunction, and a new weak past tense to suit the infinitive sceþþan. The strong and weak forms
strangian
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Add Ꝥ ilce mód mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað eadem mens virtute pollet, Gr. D. 204, 23, <b>I a.</b> to move or act with energy, vigour, force :-- Beelzebub fleáh . . . and úre Drihten him strangode æfter (pursued him vigorously)
wæterung
Watering, providing with water, ⬩ providing water for people ⬩ watering of plants
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Watering, providing with water, providing water for people Sume ða hǽðenan on heora ðeówte leofodon tó wudunge and tó wæterunge ( as hewers of wood and drawers of water ), Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29. watering of plants Syððan ða wyrta grówende beóð, hé geswýcð
bréden
Broad; ⬩ latus
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Broad; latus Seuerus geworhte weall of turfum, and brédenne [breden MS: bred weal, col. 1: bred weall, col. 2] ðár on ufon, fram sǽ to sǽ Severus made a wall of turfs, and a broad wall thereupon, from sea to sea, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 22, col. 3
Linked entries: bred-weall briden brýden wah
bredende
Deceitful, cunning, crafty; ⬩ dolosus
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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [MS. sendan] hí Marius, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, a swá lytigne, and á swá bredende, swá he wæs they sent Marius, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and so crafty, Ors. 5, 7; Bos
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heáh-engel
An archangel
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An archangel Heáhencgel archangelus, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 102; Wrt. Voc. 41, 52. Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Englas and heáhenglas angels and archangels
of-clipian
To obtain by calling
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To obtain by calling Ðá wolde se hálga habban gewitan ðære wunderlícan gesihþe and ofclypode his diácon him hrædlíce tó the deacon was called and came Homl. Th. ii. 184, 33. Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode she had obtained help by her cries,
sót
Soot
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Soot Sót fuligo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 4. Sót fuligo, deorces sótes furvae fuliginis, Hpt. Gl. 504, 6-8. Soote fuligine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 28. Sooth, 109, 46. Meng wið sóte, Lchdm. ii. 76, 8. Meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, i. 356, 24
scip-ryne
A course or channel for ships
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A course or channel for ships Hé lét delfon án mycel gedelf and wolde ðæt scipryne sceolde ðǽrinne licgean eall swá hig dydon on Sandwíc he had a great trench dug and intended that in it ships could run, just as they did at Sandwich, Chart. Th. 341,
setlan
To settle ⬩ seat ⬩ put in a position of rest ⬩ To settle ⬩ take a position of rest ⬩ to set
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trans. To settle, seat, put in a position of rest Wǽglíðende setlaþ sǽmearas, and ðonne in ðæt églond up gewítaþ, Exon. Th. 361, 5; Wal. 15. intrans. To settle, take a position of rest, of the sun, to set. Similar entries v. setlung and the Mid. E. forms
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L
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In the later specimens of the West Saxon dialect those words in which the vowel a immediately preceded a combination of consonants beginning with 1 are generally found to have undergone a change which was represented by writing ea instead of a. This change
ríman
to count, number ⬩ to enumerate, recount, describe in succession ⬩ to calculate, compute, count up ⬩ to account, esteem as
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to count, number Ducentesimus se ðe biþ on ðám twám hundredum æftemyst, ðon hí man rímþ Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 5. Næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae viceret occisorum non commemorare numerum, Ors
ge-tæl
a number ⬩ series ⬩ reckoning ⬩ computation ⬩ numerus ⬩ series ⬩ computus ⬩ computatio ⬩ a company ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ centuria ⬩ tribus ⬩ a book of reckoning ⬩ a register ⬩ catalogue ⬩ laterculum ⬩ catalogus ⬩ = κατάλoγos
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a number, series, reckoning, computation; numerus, series, computus, computatio Ðæra etendra getæl wæs fíf þúsenda wera manducantium fuit numerus quinque millia virorum, Mt. Bos. 14, 21. Seó Abbudisse hét hine [Cædmon] lǽran ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Add: the ground, as a surface Hé ástrehte his líchaman tó eorðan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 22. Wæs his ræst on nacodre eorðan, Bl. H. 227, 11. Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorþan swá swá wæter, 237, 6. Þá lástas on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron, 127, 21. of a part of the
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geár
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Add: (n.) and m. as a unit of time-measurement, in the case of (approximately) exact measurement, the number of years being given Þá wæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes, El. 7. Ánes geáres cild oððe lamb anniculus Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 11. Wé ealne þysne
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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; Fierce, cruel, savage.; It glosses the following Latin words, ;efferus,; Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 57 : ;ferus,; 38; Som. 41, 45: ;trux,; 9, 67; Som. 14, 10 : ;ferox,; 9, 66; Som. 14, 6 : Wet. Voc. ii. 108, 37: ;funestus,; 34, 12: ;infestus,; 45, 26: ;
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sufel
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Anything, whether flesh, fish, or vegetable, eaten with bread, sowl ['Anything used to flavour bread, such as butter, cheese, etc., is called sowl in Pembrokeshire,' Halliwell]; pulmentarium Sile him fórmete on hláfe and on sufle and on wíne dabis viaticum
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ge-regne
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Take here ge-rén in Dict. and add: a structure, building Gesih ðás miclo gehríno ł glencas (getimbrunga, W. S. ) uide has magnas aedificationes, Mk. L. 13, 2. I a. edification :-- Gód word tó gehríne bonus sermo ad edificationem, Rtl. 12, 27. an instrument
sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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shamefast, bashful Scæemlíc, seó scamfæste pudibunda, pudica, erubescens, Hpt. Gl. 492, 53. shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious Ðá ongan hé him secgan hú lytel and hú scomlíc ðæs monnes líf biþ hér on worolde . . . and hú wuldorlíc seó éce eádignes
á-drincan
to drink up, quench thirst ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ to be sunk ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ crapulatus (a vino)
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Add: to drink up, quench thirst Ic of ádrince ebibo, Ælfc. Gr. 275, 9. Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum