tó-bregdan
to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something
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to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) Hú ǽnig mæg gangan in húse stronges and fatu his tóbregdan (diripere), nymþe ǽr gebindaþ se stronge and ðonne hús his tóbrægdeþ (diripiat), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 29. Hé tóbrǽd
gearwe
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., and add: with verbs of knowing, well, certainly, clearly Geare (gere, v. l. ) witan. Past. 190, 11. Swíþe geare, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 8. Genóg geare, Bl. H. 175, 30. Wé þæs geléfað and geare witan ꝥ ..., 13, 22.
un-sidu
A bad habit ⬩ vicious custom ⬩ mal-practice
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Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt ... wearð þes þeódscipe swýðe forsyngod ... þurh hǽþene unsida, Wulfst. 164, 2. Áne misdǽda hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1
gémen
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Care; cūra Ǽlc mon mæg witan hú hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna every one may know how heavy a trouble to a man is the care of his children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 17 : 12; Fox 36, 38.
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swaþul
That which swathes or wraps ⬩ vapour ⬩ cremare
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v. sweþel) Ðæs ne wéndon witan Scyldinga ðæt hit (the hall) manna ǽnig tóbrecan meahte nymþe líges fæðm swulge on swaþule unless the flame's embrace swallowed up the house in its swathing fire, i.e. unless the house were completely wrapt in flames (Thorpe
wer-gild
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The price set upon a man according to his degree Twelfhyndes mannes wergyld bið six ceorla wergyld, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 21. Ceorles wergild (weregild, 1. 20) is .cc. and .lxvi. þrimsa, ðæt bið .ii. hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L. Wg. 6; Th. i. 186,
scilcen
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]
ge-píled
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Provided with spikes 'Æteówiað his gesihðum eal þæt wíta tól.' Þá wurdon forð áborene ísene clútas . . . and leádene swipa and óðre gepílede swipa, Hml. Th. i. 424, 20. Mid gepíledum swipun swingende, 426, 22: 432, 14
feorh-góma
Fatal or deadly jaws ⬩ fatāles fauces
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Fatal or deadly jaws; fatāles fauces Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela, frécnum feorhgómum, folcum scendeþ the deep pit [hell] afflicts people with many torments, with rugged fatal jaws, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 32; Cri. 1549
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un-biscopod
Unconfirmed
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And witan ða ðe cildes onfón æt fulluhte oððe æt bisceopes handum, ðæt hí hit on rihtum geleáfan gebringan, 300, 16-30
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gearolíce
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Gearelíce (gearo-, v. l. ) witan þás heregas, Wlfst. 254, 11. Magan wé geseón and oncnáwan and swíþe gearelíce ongeotan, Bl. H. 107, 23
þeód-scipe
Connexion, ⬩ association, ⬩ fellowship.
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Similar entries v. þeód-ness, þeódan Uton witan hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðe hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte. Ic wát gere, ðæt hé ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23.
ge-bannan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ proclaim ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ edīcĕre ⬩ to summon ⬩ call together ⬩ cĭtare ⬩ convŏcāre
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Ðá gebeón Æðelréd ealderman alle Mercna weotan tosomne then alderman Æthelred summoned all the 'witan' of the Mercians together, Th. Diplm. 139, 1l
ge-cýþnes
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Witan hwæt sý betwux ðám twám gecýðnessum; ðáre ealdan ǽ ǽr Crístes tócyme and þáre níwan gecýðnesse under Crístes gife. Ll. Th. ii. 368, 10-12. Gecýþnessa testamentorum (duorum), An. Ox. 1547
grápung
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Cunna mid grápunge hwæðer hí stánas synd ... þú miht witan gewislíce mid grápunge gif ðú geseón ne miht ꝥ hí synd stánas, 34, 334, 337. Ðurh his (St. Thomas') grápunge (cf. Lk. 24, 39 under grápian) we sind geleáffulle, Hml. Th. i. 234, 21
ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Grammar ná-wiht, as subst. with gen. es; n. nothing, naught, a thing of no value, an evil thing Is tó cýðanne hwelc náwuht (náuht, Cott. MSS.) ðes woruldgielp is intimandum est, quam sit nulla temporalis gloria, Past. 41,1; Swt. 299, 6. Náwuhtes cearu
cunnung
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For þon þe hí ne magon þá ungesewenlican þing witan þurh cunnunge and áfandunge quia illa invisibilia scire non valent per experimentum, 261, 1.
weorold-wilnung
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Worldly desire Ðæt líf ðæra gesinhíwena, ðeáh hit ful wundorlíc ne sié on mægenum weoruldwilnungum tó wiðstondanne, hit mæg ðeáh bión orsorglíc ǽlcra wíta, Past. 51 ; Swt. 399, 21.
ge-ceósan
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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes þe Engla cyng and ... witan gecuran and gerǽddan, 304, 4. Swá góde laga swá hý betste geceósen, 276, 18. Gebéte þæt swá scíre witan geceósan, Wlfst. 172, 4. Ic hæbbe gecoren and míne witan hwæt seó steór beón mæge, Ll.
be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio. dat. Betweonan ðám between them, Ps. Th. 102, 12. Betweonum ðissum þingum amid these things, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, note 26. Ðá Iudeas cwǽdon betweonan him sylfum then the Jews said among themselves
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