brogdettan
to shake ⬩ quiver ⬩ to glitter ⬩ be splendid
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to shake, quiver Brogdetteð vibrat, Txts. 107, 2132. Swá ꝥ wæs æteówed, ꝥ hé bródette byfiende mid wundorlicre styrunge ut apparuerit cancussione mirifica tremendo palpitasse, Gr. D. 166, 14. Þá ongan hé ofdrǽdd bifian and broddettan (forhtiende and
ge-smyltan
To appease ⬩ quiet ⬩ plācāre
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To appease, quiet; plācāre He ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tŭmĭda æquŏra plācāvit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8
Linked entry: smyltan
a-dwæscan
To quench ⬩ put out ⬩ staunch ⬩ appease ⬩ extinguere
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To quench, put out, staunch, appease; extinguere Smeócende flex he ne adwæscþ linum fumigans non extinguet, Mt. Bos. 12, 20. Ðæt fýr adwæsced wæs flammæ extinctæ sunt, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29. Adwæscton extinguerent, 4, 8; S. 575, 41. Adwæsctum ðínum feóndum
Linked entry: on-dwæscan
ge-hwítan
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To whiten Gihúidadon hiá dealbaverunt eas Rtl. 48, 1. Ic beo gehwítad dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83. Gehwíted (-hwítad. Srt.), Ps. L. 50, 9. Hig beóð gehwítode (-hwítte, Srt.) dealbabuntur 67, 15
ge-borhfæstan
To determine ⬩ fasten by a surety ⬩ intertiāre ⬩ ăpud sequestrum depōnĕre
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To determine or fasten by a surety; intertiāre [q. v. in Du Cange], ăpud sequestrum depōnĕre.Cot. 107
Linked entry: borh-fæstan
a-scirpan
To sharpen ⬩ exacuere
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To sharpen; exacuere Swíðor ablendaþ ðæs módes eágan ðonne hí hí ascirpan they rather blind the eyes of the mind than sharpen them, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 34
Linked entries: a-scearpan a-scerpan a-scyrpan scirpan
ge-berhtan
To make bright ⬩ brighten ⬩ enlighten ⬩ illūmīnāre ⬩ clārĭfĭcāre
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To make bright, brighten, enlighten; illūmīnāre, clārĭfĭcāre Ðe wuhtagehwæs wlite geberhteþ which brightens the beauty of everything, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 64; Met. 21, 32
Linked entries: ge-birhtan ge-byrhtan
ge-sweccan
To smell; ⬩ odōrāri
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To smell; odōrāri Næsþyrlu hí habbaþ and ná gesweccaþ nāres hăbent et non odōrābunt, Ps. Spl. M. 113, 14
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ge-sícan
To wean; ⬩ ablactāre
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To wean; ablactāre Swá swá gesíced ofer módor his sīcut ablactalus sŭper matre sua, Ps. Spl, 130, 4
fóre-stihtod
predestine
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To fore-ordain, predestine Seó menniscnys wæs ǽfre forestiht . . . swá swá Paulus cwæð, 'Qui predestinatus est Filius Dei'; þæt is, 'Sé þe is forestiht Godes Sunu' . . . Be ús cwæð se ylca apostol, þæt wé wǽron forestihte, ðus wrítende, 'Quos autem predestinavit
myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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to mean, intend, purpose, determine, Grammar myntan, with infin. Se ðe Gode mynteþ bringan beorhtne wlite, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 22; Cri. 1058. Mynte ic hié háton yflian I had a mind to order them to be punished, Nar. 25, 27. Heó hí mynte for hý tó abbudissan
swencan
To cause a person to labour, to cause trouble to a person ⬩ where no good is implied, to harass, vex, afflict, distress ⬩ where a good result is intended, to mortify, chasten ⬩ verberare
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To cause a person to labour, to cause trouble to a person where no good is implied, to harass, vex, afflict, distress Ic swencu hió adfligam illos. Ps. Surt. 17, 39. Hwí swencst ðú ðis folc . . . Pharaon swencþ ðín folc cur afflixisti populum istum?.
slǽtan
To slate ⬩ bait ⬩ set dogs on ⬩ hunt with dogs
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form
Linked entry: slǽting
ge-líhtan
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to make light. to mitigate, make less painful or severe, to assuage physical pain Wið þæs cwiðan sáre and wið þone hǽtan, genim þás wyrte . . . heó hyne (if hyne refers to cwiðan the passage belongs to ) gelíhteð, Lch. i. 294, 13. Ic mínne þurste geléhte
wítan
án-cyn
Only ⬩ unicus
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Only; unicus Ðé seó [MS. se] hálige andett gelaðung, — ðínne sóðan and áncynne sunu te sancta confitetur ecclesia, — tuum verum et unicum [ = proprium] filium, Te Dm. Lye
a-werpan
to cast away ⬩ projicere
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to cast away; projicere Awerp from ðé projice abs te, Mt. Rush. Stv. 5, 29
ge-edhyrt
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Substitute: ge-edhirtan; p. te To refresh, reanimate Geedhyrte recreata, refota, refecta, Germ. 390, 173
harian
To cry ⬩ clamare ⬩ clamare
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To cry; clamare Tó ðé ic horige ad te clamabo, Ps. Th. 27, 1, note
Linked entry: horian
hell-sceaþa
a fiend ⬩ the grave
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Add: a fiend ꝥ hié ús sýn on fultume wið helsceaíum, Bl. H 209, 28. hell personified, the grave. Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 1 For ðon ná helsceaða andet ðé and ne deáþ herede quia non infernns confitebitur te neque mars laudabit te. Ps. Rdr. 277,
Linked entry: helle-sceaþa