ÁC
OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a
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an OAK ; quercus, robur Ðeós ác hæc quercus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 46. Sume ác astáh got up into an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 31. acc. Ác an oaken ship. Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 21. Geongre áce of a young oak, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 9.
DURRAN
DARE, presume ⬩ audēre
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ToDARE, presume ;audēre Ne dear ic hám faran I dare not go home, Gen. 44, 34: Ex. 32, 30: Cd. 40; Th. 54,1; Gen. 870. Gif ðú Grendles dearst neán bídan if thou darest abide near Grendel, Beo. Th. 1059; B. 527: Andr. Kmbl. 2700; An. 1352.
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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Of fíf hláfum from five loaves, Andr. Kmbl. 1179; An. 590: Jn. Bos. 6, 13. We nabbaþ hér búton fíf hláfas and twegen fixas non hăbēmus hic nĭsi quinque pānes et duos pisces, Mt. Bos. 14, 17: Lk. Bos. 9, 13, 16: Jn. Bos. 6, 9: Gen. 14, 9; 47, 2.
Linked entry: fífe
or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O.
Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál
Arewe
ARROW, the name of a river in several counties ⬩ fluvii nomen
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Explicatio 13, col. 1
here-wæsmun
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Nó ic méan herewæsmun hnágran talige gúþgeweorca ðonne Grendel hine, Beo. Th. 1358; B. 677. Thorpe reads wæstmum [see the use of wæstm in the plural] and translates 'in martial vigour.'
Linked entry: wǽsma
in-lendisc
Native ⬩ indigenous
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Voc. 74, 63. Sí hé gemang eów swá inlendisc sit inter vos quasi indigena, Lev. 19, 34, Ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie where a foreigner injures a native, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 29.
mis-fón
to fail to take ⬩ to mistake
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to fail to take, to mistake Ic hwílum gecoplíce funde ac ic nú gerádra worda misfó once I readily invented, but now I fail to get appropriate words, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9. Be ðǽm ðe on cyricean misfón.
Linked entries: mis-cirran fón
scrætte
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Angl. 325; and in this sense Halliwell gives scrat as a word in dialects of the North. Scritta is the form glossing hermaphroditus in Ælfric's Glossary, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 28. Corresponding forms but with different meanings are found in O. H.
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þeóstrian
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to make dark or dim, to make the eye less capable of seeing, dim the sight Se dæg bletit and ðióstraþ hiora eágan, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. to grow dark or dim His eágan þýstrodon caligaverunt oculi ejus, Gen. 27, 1: 48, 10.
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eargian
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His geféran eargodon bútan eahta hund mannum þe him mid fuhton, 25, 654. Ne déð hé náht, eargie hé oðþon hine forsceamige riht tó sprecanne, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 21. Eargian for woruldege, 310, 20.
fiþer-féte
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Take here fyfer-fýte, feþer-fðte in Dict., and add:, Fiðerfóte fugel griffes, Wrt. Voc. i. 2 2, 44. Eall ðæt fiðerfðte byð, Hex. 14, 30. Fiþerféte[s] quadrupedis, An. Ox. 1854. Fiþer-fétum quadripedante, 14.
Linked entry: feówer-féte
sárgian
to make sad (sárig), to grieve (trans.),afflict, wound ⬩ to be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish
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to make sad (sárig), to grieve (trans.),afflict, wound Hí sárgiaþ fremdne flǽschoman, Salm. Kmbl. 220; Sal. 109. to be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish Hé sárgaþ ðæs he is grieved at it, Past. 33; Swt. 227, 21.
on-þracian
To fear, dread
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To fear, dread Ic anþracige (and-, MS. F.: á-, MS. O.) vereor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Zup. 162, 1. Ic andþracige (onþracie, MS. T.) horreo, ic onginne tó onþracigenne (and-) horresco, 35; Zup. 212, 3-4.
Linked entries: an-þracian an-þracian
tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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Ure men hí tobetet they knock our men about, Laym. 3308. Me tobeot his cheoken, A. R. 106, 24. Euer euch man me tobeteþ, and hwanne heo habbeþ me ofslaȝe, O. and N. 1610
tó-cínan
To break (intrans.) into chinks, ⬩ split ⬩ crack
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To break (intrans.) into chinks, split, crack Tócínit, tecínid dehiscat, Txts. 57, 653. Tócíneþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 27: dehiscit, 27, 15. Gif hit (an egg) ne tócíne, tósleah hwón if it will not crack of itself, crack it slightly with a tap.
mis-wendan
To pervert ⬩ apply to a wrong use ⬩ abuse ⬩ To turn in a wrong direction, be perverted
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To pervert, apply to a wrong use, abuse Ðá miswendon sume ða englas heora ágenne cyre, and hý sylfe tó deóflum geworhton then some of the angels made an ill-use of the choice that was theirs, and made themselves devils, Homl. Th. i. 112, 7.
rǽd-bora
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A counsellor; also translates consul Rǽdbora consiliarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 22. Hé ( the Messiah ) biþ geháten wundorlíc, rǽdbora, strang God, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 7 : Dóm. L. 42, 38. Aðelwold ðe is mín rǽdbora a secretis noster Athelwoldus, Chart.
récels
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Gl. 442, 1 : incensum, Rtl. 88, 30 : Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 32. Roecels, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 9. Ic eom on stence strengre ðonne rícels, Exon. Th. 423, 19; Rä. 41, 24. Rícels incensum, Ps. Th. 140, 2. Récilc balsamum, myrra, Rtl. 65, 39, 41 : 68, 30.
ge-blandan
to blend ⬩ mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ miscēre ⬩ turbáre ⬩ to stain ⬩ colour ⬩ corrupt ⬩ infĭcĕre
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to blend, mix, mingle; miscēre, turbáre Hí me gebléndon unswétne drync they mixed for me an unsweet drink, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 10; Cri. 1438 : Andr. Kmbl. 65 ; An. 33. Wurman geblonden mixed with scarlet, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 14; Ph. 294.
Linked entries: blandan ge-blendan ge-blénd ge-blondan