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á-drysnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-drysnan, p. ede

To extinguish, repress

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Ðæt fýr ne bið ádrysned non extinguitur Mk. L. 9, 46: Rtl. 38, 23

Linked entry: drysnan

on-forhtian

(v.)

to fear, be afraid

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to fear, be afraid Ne ondrǽdaþ gé eów ne gé ne on-forhtion nolite timere ne paveatis Deut. 31, 6. Onforgtigan timere, Germ. 388, 40

ge-smeáh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-smeáh, gen. -smeáges[?]; n.

Intrigue

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Intrigue Ðǽr wearþ se cyng of France þurh gesmeáh gecyrred there the king of France was turned back by intrigue, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 23

ge-þawenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þawenian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To moisten;hūmectāre

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To moisten; hūmectāre Hió mid ðæm wætere weorþeþ [weorþaþ, MS.] geþawened it is moistened with the water, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 204; Met. 20, 102

Linked entry: þawenian

ge-þinnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þinnian, -þinngian, -þynnian; p. ode; pp. od

To thinlessendiminishdispelattenuāre

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Bod.] I must first dispel them, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 19

Linked entry: ge-þynnian

tó-ícness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-ícness, e; f.

Increase

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Bd. 3, 22; M. 226, 31

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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Pms. 83, 1509.] to wrap. v. be-, ymb-swápan

ge-hwæþer

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Wearþ micel wælsliht on gehwæþere bond Chr. 871; P. 72, 2 : By. 112. adverbial, in each case. Cf.

Linked entry: hwæþer

ge-tǽlan

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, Bt. 32, 3 ; F. 118, 27. Ðæt wæs getǽled ðurh ðone múð ðǽre Sóðfæstnesse quod ore Veritatis increpatur, Past. 439, 27. to contemn, despise, mock : — Ðý lǽs ðú gitéla ne despicias, Rtl. 43, 13. Getéled bið contempnatur, Mk. L. 9, 12: inludetur, Lk.

ge-búan

(v.)
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Take here ge-bógian, -búgian, -býa in Dict., and add p. -býede; pp. -búd, -bogen. intrans. To dwell Gebýde in ceastra habitavit in civitate, Mt. L. 2, 23. Gebýde (gibýede, R.), Jn. L. 1, 14. Gewunedon ꝥ gebýedon ðér habitant ibi, Mt. L. 12, 45.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, p. ode.

to make greatextendto make knownspread the knowledge of anythingdeclareproclaimannouncecelebrateto celebrateto celebrateperform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnityto magnifyexaltpraiseglorify

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Ðǽr Sicilia sǽstreámum in éþel mǽrsaþ where Sicily, the sea streams among, her land makes illustrious, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 32; Met. 1, 16

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

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Voc. i. 37, 53. to break a chain Racentan brecan, Bt. 25; F. 88, 13. to violate a law, agreement, &c. Be þám þe ǽwe brecað, LI. Th. ii. 180, 12. Sé de hálignessa grið brece, Wlfst. 68, 1.

Linked entry: bracan

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Voc. i. 77, 8 . a shadow (cast by an object) Seó sceadu byþ tó underne seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes the shadow (of the dial-gnomon) will be twenty-six and a half foot long at nine o'clock (on Christmas day) Lchdm. iii. 218, 4 (and often on this

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Gif ðæt léht, ðætte in ðé is, þeóstru sint, ðæt þeóstre hú micel biþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 23. On ðæt gemǽre leóhtes and þeóstro, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 13. Mid þýstro genipum, Blickl. Homl. 203, 8: 209, 33.

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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On septem epistolas canonicas ic sette syndrie béc ( libros singulos ), Bd. 5, 24;S. 648, 13. Dile, mintan and merce, syndrige sceafas geseóð, Lchdm. ii. 188, 24: 228, 26

abbudisse

(n.)
Grammar
abbudisse, an; m.

An abbess

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An abbess Ða sealde seó abbudisse him sumne dǽl ðære moldan tunc dedit ei abbatissa portiunculam de pulvere illo, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 38

a-cweccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cweccan, p. -cwehte; pp. -cweht

To move quicklyto shakevibratemoverequaterevibrare

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Th. 140, 59; By. 310

ærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ærnan, p. de; pp. ed; v. intrans.

To runcurrere

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To run; currere Ærnan to run, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 42: S. 619, 12. Ærnaþ hý they run, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 36

Linked entry: hors-ærnnes

ǽror

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽror, ǽrror; prep. dat.

Beforeantepriusquam

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Before; ante, priusquam Næs ǽror ðé [MS. aworþe] ǽnegu gesceaft there was not before thee any creature, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 81; Met. 20, 41

Linked entry: ǽrror

a-fægrian

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

To make fair or beautifulto adornembroiderdepingereornare

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Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 22

Linked entry: a-fæged