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be-prenan

Grammar
be-prenan, l. be-príwan, -préwan,
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Swylce hwá his éage bepríwe, Wlfst. 148, 13. and add:

cæg

(n.)
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Dele 'For eage; f. l. ' and add Seó cǽge, Verc. Först. 128, 20

þeóstrig

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Add:, þýstrig Gif þín eáge byð mánfull, þonne byð þín líchama eall þýstrig, Gr. D. 76, 9

slápian

(v.)
Grammar
slápian, p. ode

To cause to sleep

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To cause to sleep, used impersonally with acc.; cf. O. H. Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige nó ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS.) . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon his eáge lǽte

ǽ-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽ-swícian, p. ode; pp. od

To offend ⬩ to depart from the law ⬩ to dissemble ⬩ scandalizare ⬩ deficere ab aliquo

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To offend, to depart from the law, to dissemble; scandalizare, deficere ab aliquo Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswyície si oculus tuus dexter scandalizat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29

a-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
a-swícian, p. ode ; pp. od

To offend ⬩ scandalizare

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To offend; scandalizare Gyf ðín swíðre eáge ðé aswície [aswikie, Hat. MS.] si oculus tuus dexter scandalizat te, Mt. Kmbl. Rl. 5, 29

Linked entries: ǽ-swícian swician

óþ-dón

(v.)
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to put out Gif hwá óðrum his eáge óþdó (of dó, MS. H.), L. Alf. 19; Th. i. 48, 20. Cf. æt-dón

birla

(n.)
Grammar
birla, an; m.

The barrel

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The barrel, body (of a horse) Gif hors sié ofscoten; nim tóbrecenre nǽdle eáge, stinge hindan on þone byrlan, Lch. ii. 156, 30

Linked entry: byrla

un-líchamlic

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Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices búton hit gescyrpe þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse nec ipse corporeus oculus aliquid corporeum videret, nisi hunc res incorporea ad videndum acueret, Gr. D. 269, 22. Add

a-holian

(v.)
Grammar
a-holian, p. ode; pp. od [ a, holian to hollow]

To dig ⬩ eruere ⬩ fodere

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To dig; eruere, fodere Gyf ðín eáge ðé swícaþ, ahola hyt út si oculus tuus scandalizat te, erue eum, Mt. Bos. 18, 9: 5, 29

býcnian

(v.)
Grammar
býcnian, býcnan; p. ode; pp. od

To beckon, shew, signify ⬩ indicare

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To beckon, shew, signify; indicare Niht nihte býcneþ nox nocti indicat, Ps. Spl. 18, 2. Ðe býcnaþ [gehiwode finxit, Lamb: býcnaþ fixit?] eáge qui finxit oculum, 93, 9

cús

(n.)

of a cow

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of a cow Cús eáge biþ scillinges weorþ a cow's eye shall be worth a shilling, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 4 ; gen. of cú

buoptalmon

(n.)
Grammar
buoptalmon, es; n. [βούφθαλμον=βοῦς, ὀφθαλμός]

Ox-eye, chamomile ⬩ anthemis nobilis

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Ox-eye, chamomile; anthemis nobilis, Lin Buoptalmon . . . heó hafaþ geoluwe blóst-man eal swylce eáge, ðanon heó ðone naman onféng Ox-eye . . . it has yellow blossoms all like an eye, whence it took the name, Herb. 141, l; Lchdm. i. 262, 4

on-wǽre

(adj.)

unripe

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unripe Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw, and wring þurh cláþ on ðæt eáge, sóna gǽþ of ( the white spot will go off ) gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18. (?)

Linked entry: -wǽre

tó-stingan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stingan, p. -stang, pl. -stungon

To prick to pieces ⬩ break by pricking

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To prick to pieces, break by pricking Genim wulfes swýþre eage and hyt tósting, Lchdm. i. 362, 2. Ðonne ðú ðæt geswel tóstinge oþþe sníþe, ii. 208, 20. Olde men neddren tostyngeþ (sting them all to pieces, wound severely with their sting), Misc. 152,

Linked entry: tó-stician

be-prenan

(v.)
Grammar
be-prenan, be-preðan

To wink ⬩ nictare

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To wink; nictare Tele nú ða lenge ðære hwíle, ðe ðú ðín éage on beprenan [bepreðan, Cott.] mǽge compare now the length of the time, wherein thou mayest wink thine eye, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 7

næs-þyrel

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Ðæt ádl þ e wé hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add

mot

(n.)
Grammar
mot, es; n.

A mote ⬩ an atom

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A mote, an atom Mot attomos, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 37: ii. 8, 10. Mote atomo, 9, 62. Tó hwí gesihst ðú ðæt mot ( festucam ) on ðínes bróðor égan, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 3, 5. Ðú gesáwe gehwǽde mot on ðínes bróðor eáge, R. Ben. 12, 3. Ðæt lytle mot ... ðone mot, Lk

endung

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Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð æfter tíde cymð seó endung (fulfilment), Lch. iii. 154, 22. Neár worulde endunge, Past. 213, 6. On endungce in consummatione, Ps. L. 58, 14. On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 26. From endung a perfeccione

eáðelíce

(adv.)
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eáðelíce, eðelíce, ýðelíce; comp. or; sup. ost, ust; adv.

Easily ⬩ făcĭle

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Easily; făcĭle Eáðelícor mæg se olfend gán þurh ánre nǽdle eáge it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, Lk. Bos. 18, 25. He sóhte hú he eáðelícost hine gesealde he sought how he might most easily betray him, 22, 6

Linked entry: éðelíce