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a-bacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bacan, ic -bace, ðú -bæcest, -bæcst, he -bæceþ, -bæcþ, pl. -bacaþ; p. -bóc, pl. -bócon; pp. -bacen

To bakepinserecoquere

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To bake; pinsere, coquere Se hláf þurh fýres hǽtan abacen the bread baked by the heat of fire. Homl. Pasc. Daye, A. D. 1567, p. 30, 8; Lisl. 410, 1623, p. 4, 16; Homl. Th. ii. p. 268, 9

manna

(n.)
Grammar
manna, manna.
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On ðǽre earce ðá stǽnenan bredu . . . and se swéta mete ðe hié héton moinnaa . . . sceal bión on ðǽmbreóstum ðæs monnan swétnes, Past. 125, 23. Hét hé hider rignan mannum tó móse manna cynne, Ps. Th. 77, 25

tó-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceówan, p. -ceaw, pl. -cuwon; pp. -cowen

To chew to pieces,break up by chewingmasticate

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To chew to pieces, break up by chewing, masticate Ðæt húsel biþ betwux tóðum tócowen, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 33. Deoflen torendeð ham ant tocheoweð ham euch greot, O. E. Homl. i. 251, 12. Hit tocheoweð ant touret Godes milce, A. R. 202, 16

tó-stingan

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

To prick to piecesbreak 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.

Linked entry: tó-stician

a-myrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-myrgan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans, [a, myrgan to be merry]

To make merryto gladdencheerexhilararelætificare

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To make merry, to gladden, cheer; exhilarare, lætificare Béc syndon breme: hí amyrgaþ módsefan manna gehwylces of þreánýdlan ðisses lífes books are famous: they cheer the mind of every one from the necessary affliction of this life, Salm.

tó-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-fillan, p. de

To cause to fall in different directions,to demolish,destroy,break to pieces

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To cause to fall in different directions, to demolish, destroy, break to pieces God heáfdas feónda gescǽneþ and hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan ðe hér on scyldum swǽrum eodon Deus conquassabit capita inimicorum suorum; verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis

hláfmæsse-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
hláfmæsse-dæg, es; m.

Lammas-day, the first of August

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Lammas-day, the first of August Of ðam gehálgedan hláfe ðe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg from the hallowed bread which is hallowed on Lammas-day, Lchdm. iii. 290, 27. Ǽr hláfmæsse [dǽge?], L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 9.

Linked entry: hláf-mæsse

ge-metan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metan, to paint, l. ge-métan
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Þonne man on brede hine beón gemétne gesihð when a man in a dream sees himself painted on a board, Lch. iii. 206, 18. Gemétum tepedum tapetibus pictis, Kent. Gl. 200

ge-sinlíce

(adv.)
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breác gesinlíce Dúnstánes rǽdes, Lch. iii. 440, 4. diligently Hé georne behogige and gesinlíce (georne, v.l.) gíme hwæþre . . . curiose intendat et sollicitus sit. . . R. Ben. 97, 14

oflǽt-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽt-hláf, es; m.
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A loaf of the bread used for the Eucharist Þá genam hé mid him twégen oflǽthláfas on beágwisan ábacene (cf. þis is hálig hláf . . . geoffra þysne hláf Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan, 23-28) duas secum oblationum coronas detulit, Gr. D. 343, 15

æt-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-berstan, ic -berste, he -birsteþ, -byrst; p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten

To break out or looseto escapeget awayerumpereevadere

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To break out or loose, to escape, get away; erumpere, evadere Ða ælbærst him sum man evosit homo quidam, Gen. 14, 13. Ða fíf cyningas ætburstop fugerunt enim quinque reges, Jos. 10, 16. Ðæt he ðanon ætberste that he escape thence, L. C.

Linked entries: æt-byrst at-berstan

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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bread is spiritually Christ's body, Homl.

Linked entry: húsl

wansian

(v.)
Grammar
wansian, p. ode [the word seems to occur only late, and perhaps is due to Scandinavian, cf. Icel. vansi want: wanian is the usual word]
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The compound á-wansian also occurs :-- If áni man ðis ilk forward breke and áwansige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 243, 6

Linked entry: á-wansian

nebb

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Ðá hé fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré(m)ber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá hé ætsacan wolde, ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne, C. D. ii. 134, 28. Þú gesceáwast ðæs mannes neb, and God sceáwað his heortan, Hml. Th. i. 288, 6.

bæþ-weg

(n.)
Grammar
bæþ-weg, es; m.

A bath-waythe seavia balneimare

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A bath-way, the sea; via balnei, mare Brecan ofer bæþweg to break over the bath-way, Andr. Kmbl. 445; An. 223. Bæþweges blǽst a blast or wind of the sea, a sea breeze, the south wind. Súþwind is so called, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 11; Exod. 290

óþ-berstan

(v.)
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to break away, escape Hé óþbærst tó wuda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 291, 17. [Rannulf út of ðam týre on Lunden nihtes óðbærst, ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs, Chr. l 101; Erl. 237, 40.] Gif se bana óþbyrste, L. H. E. 2 ; Th. i. 28, l. Cf. æt-berstan

brytsen

(n.)
Grammar
brytsen, gen. dat. acc, brytsene; pl. nom. gen. acc. brytsena; dat. brytsenum; f.

to breakA broken part, fragmentfragmentum

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[brytan to break] A broken part, fragment; fragmentum Hí námon ða láfa, twelf wilian fulle ðæra brytsena tulerunt reliquias, duodecim cophinos fragmentorum plenos, Mt. Jun. 14, 20: Jn. Bos. 6, 13. Of ðám brytsenum de fragmentis, Mk. Bos. 8, 8.

be-brecan

To break to pieces

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Dele second passage, for which see be-brúcan, and for the rest substitute: To break to pieces (acc. of object and dat. of part broken) Beám heó bebriceþ telgum she breaks the tree to pieces in its branches (cf. Sia (acc.)

ge-brecan

(v.)
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C. 81. to a thing, to break to pieces, demolish, break up Hé manig templ and deófolgyld gebræc and gefylde . . . Hé bæd ꝥ hé ðæt deófolgild gebrǽce and gefylde. Þá hé hit gebrecan ne móste, þá cómon twégen englas . . . and ꝥ gild gebrǽcan, Bl.

á-brecan

(v.)
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Add: I. trans, to break up, break to pieces, destroy the connexion between the parts of an object Hié bánhringas ábrecan þóhton, An. 150. Ðæt his byrne ábrocen wǽre, Fin. 44. Báncofa ábrocen weorðeþ, Vy. 35 : Gú. 1341.