swimman
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Ðá geseah hé swymman scealfran on node. Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6. Teón ða wæteru forð swimmende cynn, Gen. 1, 20. of a vessel moving on water Secga geseldan swimmaþ on weg, Exon. Th. 289, 25; Wand. 53.
Linked entry: swymman
Eást
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Secga sitlu súð, eást, and west, 9, 42: 14, 7. v. norþ-, súþ-eást; cf. west; adv
ge-mircian
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, Mt. p. l, 18. to mark, put a mark on. to make the sign of the cross on Ðerh ástrogdnise ðisses wætres gibloedsades and saltes on ðínum nome gimercado (signi-ficatas), Rtl. 117, 12. to seal (lit. or fig.)
Linked entry: -mircian
ge-edstaþelian
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Ðurh hine ( Noah ) wearð mancynn geedstaþelod, Hml. S. 16, 24. to repeat, establish for a second time Geetstaþoliat instaurant (hostes superati bellum ), An. Ox. 11, 80.
Linked entries: ge-endstalian ed-staþelian
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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He cearf of heora handa and heora nosa he cut off their hands and their noses, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 10. Híg curfon ðone ram eall to sticceon they cut the ram all to pieces, Lev. 8, 20. Corfen cut, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4.
scirian
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Kmbl. 2462; El. 1232, Ðǽr womsceaþan on ðone wyrsan dǽl scyrede weorþaþ, háteþ Scyppend him gewítan on ða winstran nond, Exon. Th. 75, 26; Cri. 1227
swinge
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MSS.) fili mi, noli negligere disciplinam Domini, Swt. 253, 2. Ic neósiu in swingum (verberibus) synne heara, Ps. Surt. 88, 33
Linked entry: swynge
ecg
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Úp ofer feld . . . tó wuda; of wuda be ecge . . . á norð be ecge; of ecge eást, 446, 18-23. On Wilbaldes ecge; of Wilbaldes ecge, 439, 2. Á be ecge on ðá medemunga; of ðǽre mædemunge nyðær on ðone ealdan wíðig, v. 286, 31.
faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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cf. faran; I. 3; and for connexion of a noun denoting water with a verb denoting motion, v. wǽg wave, and wegan to move], surging sea, ocean, waves Brádne hwyrft oð þæt brim faroþæs (cf. the phrase sæ-acute;s brim.
seofon
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Add: when used without an immediately following noun the nominative is seofon or seofone. .vii. fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu, An. Ox. 54, 1. Þǽra eádigra seofon slǽpera ðrowung, Hml. S. 23, 1.
sǽ-flód
an incoming tide, flood ⬩ the sea,
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Voc. ii. 48, 27. the sea, the water of the sea Ðá fandode forþweard scipes ( Noah )hwæðer sincende sǽflód wǽre, Cd. Th. 86, 28; Gen. 1437. Heofen and eorþe síde sǽflódas coeli et terra, mare, Ps. Th. 68, 35.
wel-willende
of good will ⬩ benevolent ⬩ benignant ⬩ kind
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Se wellwillenda man wyle eáðe forberan gif hine man áhwǽr týnð Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 17. Hé hit þearfum dǽlde mid wellwillendum móde Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 59. Tó ðam welwillendan Hǽlende Homl. Th. ii. 230, 11: Homl. Ass. 80, 186: 101, 329.
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Ne hé sóðfæste lǽteþ ðæt hí tó unrihte willen handum rǽcean ut non extendant justi ad iniquitatem manus suas Ps. Th. 124, 4. Wén is ðæt hí ús lifigende wyllen forsweolgan forsitan vivos deglutissent nos 123, 2.
wesan
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Seó þrág gewát, swá heó nó wǽre, Exon. Th. 292, 9; Wand. 96. Hé him tó frófre lét forð wesan hyrstedne hróf, Cd.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
þes
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On þysse (ðasser, Lind.: þisse, Rush.) nihte in ista nocte, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 31. On þissere (ðisser, Lind.: ðisse, Rush.) nihte in hac nocte, 26, 34. Tó dúne þissere, Rush. 21, 21. Þissere þeóde, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 22, 27. Þisse ælþeódigan, Blickl.
gód
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Noe wæs gód . . . dómfæst and gedéfe (cf. Noe wæs rihtwís, Gen. 6, 9), Gen. 1285. Ic þé gódne wát, fæsthýdigne, 1346. Oft þá gódan déman (cf. þá unrihtwísan déman, 21) habbað yfele gingran, Ll. Lbm. 475, 28.
æt
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Cf. oþ. temporal, until Hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cuman, Gr. D. 206, 22. Seó is nú get æt þysne andweardan dæg mid wuldrum geweorþod, Bl. H. 125, 17. Ríneþ blódig regn æt ǽfen, 91, 34: 93, 3.
Beda
Venerable Bede
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C. 6; Th. ii. 344, note 4, 3
FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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Ðære fǽmnan líchoma brosnian ne mihte fēmĭnæ căro corrumpi non pŏtuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 36. Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life, Menol.
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stígan
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Ne stíge hé on his hús non descendat in domum, Mk. Skt. 13, 15. Ðæt engel ufan of roderum stígan cwóme, Cd. Th. 248, 8 ; Dan. 510. Niþer stígende, of dúne stígende descendentem, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 16 : Jn. Skt. l, 51. trans.
Linked entry: a-stígend