tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Kmbl. iv. 45, 25. a twig used in casting lots ['Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently. The use of the lots is simple.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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L. 54, 4. of things, hard to bear, grievous; in a weaker sense, tedious. used attributively Hé geðafað þæt ðá árleásan his hálgan ðearle geswencað mid hefigtýmre éhtnysse, Hml. Th. i. 574, 23.
meaht
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Hergan metudæs maecti, Txts. 149, 2. superiority of strength or power as used to enforce one's will Neádunge, mihte uim, An. Ox. 1237. associated with mægen Hé on mihte (mahte.
a-weorpan
To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare
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Used also with the prepositions on into, as awurpan on to cast into, Mt. Foxe 13, 50. Fram from, Mt. Bos. 5, 29, 30. Út out, Mt. Bos. 13, 48. Under below, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 10
BÍTAN
to BITE with the teeth ⬩ mordere ⬩ to cut, wound ⬩ cædere, vulnerare ⬩ discerpere ⬩ findere, perforare
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Nim ðis ofæt, bít hit and byrge take this fruit, bite it and taste, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 12; Gen. 519. used metaphorically of the biting or wounding by a sword,- to cut, wound; cædere, vulnerare Se gist onfand ðæt se beadoleóma bítan nolde the guest found
þeód-cyning
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Sax. thiod-kuning (used of Christ and of Herod): Icel. þjóðkonungr.] Cf. þeóden
be-weddian
to betroth ⬩ pledge ⬩ plight
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Th. i. 196, 7. used of a married woman: Beweddod nupta, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 34. Hé ná má wífa þonne án hæbbe, and ꝥ beó his beweddode wif, Ll.
ge-singan
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L. 14, 72. to sing praise, glory, &c. to a person, repeat words which express Ðǽm wé gesinga wuldur ipsi cantantes gloriam, Rtl. 163, 15. to recite, repeat forms used in religious services (prayer, psalm, mass) Sé þe Pater noster inweardlíce
ge-dígan
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Add: to escape danger, (i) used absolutely Seó wiht (a steer), gif hió gedýgeð, dúna briceð, gif hé tóbirsteð, bindeð cwice cf. the Latin riddle: Si vixero, rumpere colles incipiam, vivos moriens aut alligo multos, Prehn, p. 212), Ra. 39, 6. with acc
ge-tynge
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Seó tunge þe ǽr hæfde getinge sprǽce, Wlfst. 148, 1. in a technical sense, rhetorical; used substantively, a rhetorician Getincum (tingcum, Hpt. Gl. 460, 41) lárum rhetoricis disciplinis, An. Ox. 2304. Getincne rhetorice artis participem, 3357.
ge-uferian
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Geuferod, 1470. (3 a) used of a place :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum geoffred (u is written over o) (Syracusae) prosperis successibus sublimatur, An.
hlihhan
to laugh ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ to laugh at ⬩ to laugh ⬩ to scorn ⬩ To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ scorn
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Gl. 1150. used of the mind: Wæs him frófra mǽst geworden . . . hlihende hyge, El. 995. to laugh at (with gen.) Seó eáðmódnes hlóh þǽre ofer-módignesse fylles humilitas deridet superbiam iacentem, Prud. 34 a.
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hwettan
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. ¶ hwete stán a stone used for whetting (?) :-- Tó hwettan stánes wylle; of hwættan stánes wylle, C. D. iii. 430, II. to make a person keen (hwæt), incite, excite, egg on. absolute Swá þín sefa hwette, B. 490. with acc.
trendel
a circle ⬩ ring ⬩ a disk ⬩ orb ⬩ a round place ⬩ a circus
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Gl. 419, 8. a circle used in calculation Ðás þing wégeopeniaþ bet on ðissum trendle (cf. gým ðisses hwióles; hyt ðé ætýwþ eall ðæs mónan ryne, 33 : and: Ðás circulas synt behéfe preóstum, 44), Anglia viii. 328, 38. figurative Trendel (benedicens) coronam
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Chronicle which deals with the struggle between the English and Danes, here is always used of the latter, fyrd being the term denoting the native force.
inne-weard
Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior ⬩ intestines ⬩ viscera
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In the neut. sing. and pl. it is used as a noun, intestines, viscera, the inward part Inneweard þeoh femen, Ælfc. Gl. 75 ; Som. 71, 78 ; Wrt. Voc. 44, 60.
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súþerne
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. ¶ The word is often used in reference to things coming to England from the south of Europe, plants or medicine :-- Genim súþerne cymen, Lchdm. ii. 184, 15. Ða súþernan finuglan, 142, 2. Súþerne popig, 212, 8.
Linked entry: abrotanum
þrýþ
Force ⬩ power ⬩ strength ⬩ forces ⬩ troops ⬩ hosts ⬩ vehemently ⬩ mightily ⬩ fiercely ⬩ greatly
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. ¶ Þrýþ is used in the formation of many proper names. v. Txts. 638
Linked entry: gebéldan
wícnere
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Ðá cwæð se wícnere (in v. 9 geréfa is again used, in v. 10 wícnere), Gen. 24, 5. Ðá cwǽdon hig tó ðam wícnere (v. geréfan, v. 16; in each case the Latin is dispensatorem), 43, 19.
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