wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf, ðonne heó grénost beó, wyl on wætere, and wring ðæt wós, Lchdm. i. 72, 7. Wring ðæt seáw, ii. 110, 26: 240, 8. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter. Bt. 5,2; Fox 10, 31. Tó wringen[n]e ad exprimendos, Hpt. Gl. 468, 32.
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a-deádan
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Substitute: <b>á-deádian;</b> p. ode To become dead, lose vitality or feeling, become paralysed Ádeádaþ fatescit, Wülck. Gl. 408, 6. Gif se líchama næfð mete, þonne forweornað hé and ádeádað, Hml. Th. i. 168, 32.
feónd-scipe
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Ꝥ wé wǽron ealle swá on ánum freóndscype swá on ánum feóndscype that we should all be united alike in friendship and in enmity, Ll. Th. i. 234, 22.
fore-þanc
consideration
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Hé næfð nǽnne forðanc be his deáðe, Ps. Th. 48, 8. what is thought beforehand, a preconceived idea On þone foreþonc . . . þý þe hý (the apostate angels) him sylfum séllan þúhton þonne Críst, Hy. 4, 53
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cystig
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Osuald pauperibus et peregrinis semper humilis, benignus et largus fuit, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 84. Ná cystig non prodigus, R. Ben. I. 61, 6. Cystigre sylene prodiga liberalitate, Hpt. Gl. 517, 35. Cystigan munifica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 29.
gúþ-fana
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Add: and <b>gúp-fan,</b> es; n. (?) a flag, pennon Hé (Constantine) mearcode on his gúðfanan hálig róde tácn, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 15. Gúðfanan gelea[fa]n wé beorað vexillum fidei ferimus, Ps Srt. ii. p. 203, 23.
hæppan
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Th. ii. 510, 22 : nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ; ꝥ seax cóm þe hé ǽr on handa hæfde, Bl. H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]
heals
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Add: as part of a person Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne þeóden, B. 2809: 3017. Cyning þegn be healse genam, 1872. Hire wið halse grápode, 1565.
-iht
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As wost adjectives with one or other of these forms occur in the oblique cases only, it is impossible to say which form should be given in the nominative; but the -iht is found in þorniht, and the -ihte (-ehte, -ecti) in écilmehti, bogehte, clibecti (
meolc
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Hé lifde be þára wildeóra meolcum, Shrn. 118, 17. ( ) of a woman Genim wífes meoluc þæs þe cild habbe, Lch. ii. 28, 8: 42, 5. ( ) figurative Ic sceal sellan eów giét mioloc drincan, nalles flǽsc etan.
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.
stocc
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<b>I a</b>. a post to which a person may be fastened, stocks :-- Óstiges stocces fæstene þæs (Godes weres) sceancan (in) nodosi cippi claustrum viri Dei tibias (astringunt), An. Ox. 3251.
á-dún
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Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl. H. 173, 4. Ásend ðeh ádúna deorsum Lk. L. 4, 9. Cumað ádúne of heofonum tácn, Wlfst. 137, 12. Hé his gesyhða ádúna on eorðan besette, R. Ben. 31, 8. Úre blód fleóð tó úrum fótum ádúne, Hml. S. 11, 191.
hádre
Clearly
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Hǽdre blícan, scínan to shine brightly, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 20; Ph. 115 : 120 b; Th. 462, 17; Hö. 53 : 51 b; Th. 179, 6; Gú. 1257. Swéga mǽste hǽdre clearly with loudest melody, 64 b; Th. 239, 10; Ph. 619 : 54 a; Th. 190, 26; Az. 79.
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heáh-burh
A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation
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A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation Ðǽr is Créca heáhburg there is the chief town of the Greeks, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 21: Beo. Th. 2258; B. 1127. Tó ðære heáhbyrig to the chief town [Babylon], Cd. 209; Th. 259, 30; Dan. 699.
cólian
To COOL ⬩ to be or become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ refrigerari
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To COOL, to be or become cold; algere, refrigerari Lét ðonne hyt cólian then let it cool Herb. 94, 4; Lchdm. i. 204, 23. Flǽsc onginneþ cólian the flesh begins to cool Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 14.
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snǽd
'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' ⬩ a clearing in a wood.
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'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' Leo, Anglo-Saxon Names of Places, pp. 68-9. Or (?) a clearing in a wood. Cf. snǽdan, II.
hinder
Back, ⬩ on the further side, ⬩ behind, ⬩ down
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On hinder in helle hús down into hell, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 23; Gú. 648
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turnian
to turn ⬩ revolve round an axis or centre ⬩ to turn
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Þis ys se lácecræft be þan manne þat hym þing[þ] ꝥ hyt turnge ábótan hys heáfod, Lchdm. iii. 90, 8.]
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á-wédan
to go mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be mad
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Th. ii. 126, 18. to be mad Áuoeded insanit, Jn. L. R. 10, 20