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tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Hé sealde him wéste land ðæt mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55.

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Boldboldpresumptuousaudaciousshameless

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Forhwon beóð suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur? Past. 1; Swt. 25, 16. Ða ðe tó ðam þríste sýn, ðæt hig God oferseóð, Wulfst. 270, 23.

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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</b> add :-- Þá slógon his geféran geteld tetenderunt tentorium, Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 268, 1. Hié námon treówu, and slógon on óþerne ende ísene næglas, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 4. Add Sleá man of þá hand þe hé ꝥ fúl mid worhte, Ll.

neoþor

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþor, nioþor, niþor; adv.

Lowerin an inferior position

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Hine nyþor ásette Metod the Lord humbled him (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 247, 7; Dan. 493

Linked entry: niþor

reócan

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p.reác

To reek, send forth smoke or steam

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To reek, send forth smoke or steam Ðonne hé ( helleborus albus ) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smic of him ǽsænde, Lchdm, i. 260, 8. Muntas reócaþ montes fumigant, Ps. Th. 103, 30 : 143, 6. Reác exalabat, Wrt.

Linked entries: récan hreócan

un-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getreów, -getreówe, -getríwe, -getrýwe; adj.

Untrueunfaithfulfaithless

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Hit is ungeleáful cynren and ungetreówe bearn generatio perversa est et infideles filii, Deut. 32, 20. Mé áblendan ðás ungetreówan woruldsǽlþa, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9. Hé sett his dǽl mid ðám ungetreówum ( infidelibus ), Lk. Skt. 12, 46

be-delfan

to dig a graveto dig aboutto buryput under ground,to buryput in a grave or tomb

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Nim his lifre and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra, Lch. i. 328, 22. of persons (when there are no funeral rites) Hié þá Rómáne cuce on eorþan bedulfan Minucia viva obruta est in campo, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19.

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clearbrightshiningsplendidbrightuntroubledpeaceclearsplendidgloriousillustriousbrilliantguiltdeceitpuresincere

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Hé scíneð of his heáhsetle hlútran lége, Cri. 1336. Geseón ðone hlúttran ǽwellm ðæs héhstan gódes (boni fontem visere lucidum), and of him selfum áweorpan ðá ðióstro his módes, Bt. 35, 6; F. 166, 25. Hiofones leóhtes hlútre beorhto, Met. 21, 39.

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

Sodome

(n.)
Grammar
Sodome, pl.

The people of Sodom

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The people of Sodom lǽrdon hira synna swá swá Sodome dydon . . . Gif Sodome hira synna hǽlen Past. 55; Swt. 427, 28. Sodoma lande (eorðe Sodominga, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 10, 15. On Sodomum (Sodomingum, Rush.) 11, 23

a-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurforn; pp. -hworfen.

To turn awayconvertavertereconvertereTo turn awayturnmoveaverticonvert!

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Hie of sib-lufan Godes ahwurfon they turned away from the love of God, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 26; Gen. 25. Ðá his gást ahwearf in Godes gemynd then his spirit turned to thought of God, Cd. 206; Th. 255, 26; Dan. 630

Linked entry: a-hworfen

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep throughmove slowly throughto go carefully through a subjectgo over the details

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mind all those matters which may be to his lord's advantage, Anglia ix. 259, 18.

Linked entry: smúgan

æt-wíndan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wíndan, l. æt-windan; p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden,
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Þá þe middan-geard oferswíðdon and his yrmða ætwundon, Hml. Th. i. 84, 32. v. oþ-windan

ge-cwéman

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Heora ofspring, þone dǽl ðe him ǽr gecwémde, Hml. Th. i. 28, 3. to satisfy, content by discharge of an obligation or demand Micel is ꝥ sácerd áh tó dónne ... gif hé his Drihtne gecwémeð mid rihte. Ll. Th. i. 360, 31.

lǽs

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Hý létan him tó . . . þá mǽde . . . and twégra getýmena lǽse, and týn cúna forð mid þas hláfordes and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Þone þe ðis land gelytlede on lǽsu[m ?] oððe on gemǽru[m ?]

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, e; f.

a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty,a refusal,

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Ben. 97, 7. a refusal, v. wirnan Hý bénan synt ðæt hié wið ðé móton wordum wrixlan, nó dú him wearne geteóh ðínra gegncwida they are petitioners that they may exchange words with thee, give them not a refusal of thy words in reply, Beo.

Wil-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-tún, es; m.

Wilton in Wiltshire

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Hér forðférde Ælfgár cinges mǽg on Defenum, and his líc rest on Wiltúne, 962; Erl. 120, 3. Swegen lǽdde his here into Wiltúne, 1003; Erl. 139, 14. Hió becwið án pund tó Wiltúne ðám híwum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 131, 1.

sogoþa

(n.)
Grammar
sogoþa, an; m.

hiccough, heartburngastric juice

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Ne yrne he ðe læs hé mid ðæs rynes éðgunge hwylcne wleattan and sogeðan on his heortan ne ástyrige lest the running cause nausea or give him heartburn : the Latin version has 'ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem' R. Ben. 68, 3. gastric juice (?)

æfter-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-ryne, es; m.

An encounteringmeetingrunning against oneoccursus

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An encountering, meeting, running against one; occursus Æfterryne his óþ to heáhnesse his occursws ejus usque ad summum ejus, Ps. Spl. 18, 7

and-hétan

(v.)
Grammar
and-hétan, p. -hétte

to confessconfiteri

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to confess; confiteri He his gyltas Gode andhétte he confessed his offences to God, Ps. C. 50, 29; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 29

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f. [wist food]

A day's fooddiei victus

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A day's food; diei victus Ðæt he him dægwistes tiðode that he would give him a day's food, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 30