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tó-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brítan, p. te.

to break in pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise (lit. and fig.) ⬩ to crush with feelings of sorrow, ⬩ to make contrite

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Gewít of ðære leásan anlícnysse, and tóbrýt hí eall and hire cræt samod, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 14. Tóbrýt (contere) earm, ðæs synfullan, Ps. Lamb. 9 second, 15. Flǽsces tóbrýte (terat) módignesse, Hymn. Surt. 9, 22.

Linked entry: tó-brýtan

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.

A track, trace, footstep, vestige; left in swathe a row of mown grass

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Hig unc ásetton on óðre healfe ðære eá, ðæt ða ne mihton uncre swaðe findon, Shrn. 42, 3. Nǽnige swaðe his nullum ejus vestigium, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 3. Þeáh ælda bearn lástas míne sécaþ, ic swaþe míne bemíþe, Exon. Th. 500, 26; Rä. 89, 12.

will

(n.)
Grammar
will, well, wyll, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)

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Án wyll ( fons ) ásprang of ðære corðan, Gen. 2, 6. Ðǽr wæs Iacóbes wyl (wyll, v. l.). Se Hǽlend sæt æt ðam wylle, Jn. Skt. 4, 6. Bið on him will (wyll, v. l. ) forðrǽsendes wætres, 4, 14. Wyl, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 27.

Linked entry: well

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue

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Ðára ðe spéda hæbben ðæt hié ðǽm (learning) befeólan mægen, Past. 7, 11. Ne mæg ic ðǽre stíðnysse befeólan þe þú mé tó tíhst, Hml.

ge-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cweðan, he -cweðeþ, -cwyþ; p. ic, he -cwæþ, ðú -cwǽde, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre

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Ða deófolgildan gecwǽdon ðæt hí woldon ðone apostol to heora hǽðenscipe geneádian the idolaters agreed to force the apostle to their idolatry, Homl. Th. i. 70, 24; H. R. 101, 20

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious

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Hwá is swá wód, ðæt hé dyrre cweðan, ðæt God ne sé ǽce, Shrn. 176, 32. Ne syut ná ðiswódes mannes word, Jn. Skt. 10, 21. Wódan gewittes, Cd. Th. 255, 22 ; Dan. 628.

staþolian

(v.)
Grammar
staþolian, p. ode.
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Ðǽr hé hungrium hám staðelude collocavit illic esurientes, Ps. Th. 106, 35. Ðá hé æt Róme Cristes cyricean staþelode fundata Romae ecclesia Christi, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 13. Se wealdend ðe ðæt weorc staðolade, Andr. Kmbl. 1598; An. 800: Met. 29, 87.

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglect ⬩ despise ⬩ accuse ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ spernĕre

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Ða Sundor-hálgan forhogodon ðæs Hǽlendes geþeaht Pharĭsæi consĭlium Dei sprēvērunt, Lk. Bos. 7, 30. We forhogien on arísendum on us spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 7.

Linked entry: for-hycgan

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compel ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ impel ⬩ urge ⬩ oppress ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ persuādēre ⬩ impellĕre ⬩ urgēre ⬩ prĕmĕre

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Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come], 90 b; Th. 340, 2; Gn. Ex. 105.

Linked entry: ge-béded

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anything ⬩ to mark out ⬩ design

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Mearciaþ on marmstáne hwonne se dæg and seó tíd geeáwe in marmore signant titulo remque diemque, Exon. 60 b; Th. 221, 11; Ph. 333. Mearcode sulcaret ł scriberet ł labararet, Hpt. Gl. 465, 6.

ramm

(n.)
Grammar
ramm, es (a wk. gen. pl. occurs); m.
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Hé bierþ rammas ymbútan ðæt mód his hiéremonna, ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde, and se weall úres mægenes þurhþyrelað mid ðan scearpan ramman (ðǽm scearpan rammum, Cott.

Linked entry: ram

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, 3rd sing. pres. -ríseþ, -ríst , pl. -rísaþ; p. -rás, pl. -rison; pp. -risen

To behove, become, befit, suit ⬩ dĕcēre, convĕnīre

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Ðæt ðæm weorce nánum men ne geríse bét to fandienne, ðonne ðam wyrhtan ðe hit worhte that it became no man better to prove the work than the workman who made it, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37

efesian

(v.)
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S. 32, 192. (2 a) with head as object :-- Wæs wel gecweden ðæt se efsigenda (efsienda, v. l.) efsode his heáfod bene dicitur: 'Tondentes tondent capita sua,' Past. 141, 3.

ge-wéman

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Voc. ii. 9, 40. to allure to what is right, desirable Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid líðelicre ólicunga, for ðǽm ðæt hé hine tó ryhte geweeme (-wéme, v. l.) nonnunquam superbus dives exhortationis blandimento placandus est, Past

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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Is ús micel ðearf ðæt wé hálwendlíce ( to cur spiritual profit ; salubriter) geðencen ðá gód ðe wé forgiémeleásodon, 467, 7. Hálwendlíce ( salubriter ) geþreád, Gr. D. 160, 20.

þreágan

Grammar
þreágan, I.
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Ðá ðe him ondrǽdað ðæt hié men for hira scyldum ðreágen corripere culpas metuunt, Past. 91, 9: 195, 25.

Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.

The Sicilians ⬩ the people of Sicily ⬩ Sicily

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Sicilia ðæt ígland is þrýscýte, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2. On Sicilia ðæm londe, 2, 6; Swt. 88, 31. Betwux ðám muntum and Sicilia ðam eálonde, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 4] Sicilie ungeráde wǽron him betweónum, Ors. 2, 7; Swt. 90, 6.

GÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
GÓMA, an; m.
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The palate; in pl. the fauces Góma vel hróf ðæs múþes palatum vel uranon, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 107; Wrt. Voc. 43, 35. Góma palatum, Wrt. Voc. 70, 53. Ðes góma hæc faux, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 71; Som. 14, 15.

EAX

(n.)
Grammar
EAX, , ex, æx , e; f.

An axis, axle-tree ⬩ axis

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Sió nafu ferþ néhst ðære eaxe the nave goes nearest to the axle-tree, 39, 7; Fox 222, 2, 12, 20, 21, 22, 28.

ge-hreówan

(v.)
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Ne wilnað ná se wísa tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh hé gegremed sié, ac wýscð ðæt hit ( the wrongdoing) him (the wrongdoer) gehreówe, ðæt hé (the wise man ) hit mæge siððan forgifan, Past. 220, 16. Þec gelegdon on bend hǽðene . . .