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tó-clifrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-clifrian, p. ode

To scratch or tear to pieces

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To scratch or tear to pieces Wæs tóclifrod laniatur, Germ. 398, 174. Hé unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðam þiccum brémlum and þornum swá lange, ðæt hé eall tóclifrod árás, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 30

butere

(n.)
Grammar
butere, an; f. BUTTER; butyrum [= βούτυρον, βοῦς , Boûs a cow,τυρός cheese]
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Dó ðonne mele fulne buteran add then a basin full of butter, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 17, 19, 22. On ðære buteran in the butter, l, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 1.

be-fóran

(adv.)

Before ⬩ at hand ⬩ openly ⬩ ante ⬩ antea ⬩ præ ⬩ in conspectu, ⬩ in conspectum

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Wundor on eorþan he befórancýþde he revealed miracles on earth openly Andr. Kmbl. 1212; An. 606. Wæs se atola befóran the wicked one was at hand Cd. 224; Th. 295, 17; Sat. 487. He befóran gengde he went before Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412

flán

(n.)
Grammar
flán, es; m. e; f. [flán; gen. flánes; m. flán; gen. e; f.]

An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum

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Ðíne flána synt afæstnode [MS. afæstnade] on me săgittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi, Ps. Th. 37, 2: 44, 7: Ps. Spl. 56, 6. Ic afæstnie míne flána on him săgittas meas complēbo in eis, Deut. Grn. 32, 23

Linked entries: FLÁ flǽn flániht

sunn-stede

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-stede, es; m.
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God sette twegen sunnstedas, ðæne ǽnne on .xii. kl. Ian. and ðone óðerne on .xii. kl. Iulii, Anglia viii. 299, 16

wlite-scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-scíne, adj.

Of brilliant beauty ⬩ splendid ⬩ beauteous

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On mǽrum dǽge ł on wlitescénan dæge insigni die, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4. Weoruda wlite-scýnast, Exon. Th. 101, 27 ; Cri. 1665

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Ox. 753. presumptuously, with temerity On swá hwilcum dæge swá þú dyrstilíce geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú þone hálgan sácerdhád underféhst quacumque die sacrum ordinem temerare praesumeris, Gr. D. 135, 12.

fæstrǽdnes

constancy ⬩ unchangeableness

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Add: constancy of mind Mon forlǽt ðone ege and ðá fæsðrǽdnesse ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde a timoris intimi soliditate vacuatur, Past. 37, 17.

stípel

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Gelógode Benedictus hine sylfne on sumes stýpeles (torres, v. l. turris) úpflóra, and Seruandus gereste hine on þǽre nyðerflóre þæs ylcan stýpeles (torres, v. l.), Gr. D. 170, 13-17. Stýplum turribus, Ps. L. 47, 13.

sceorp

(n.)
Grammar
sceorp, es; n.

Dress, apparel

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Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . scorp tó friðscipe (apparel for those on board?), L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 8

Linked entry: á-scirpan

and

(prep.)
Grammar
and, prep. dat. acc.

With ⬩ cum ⬩ Against ⬩ before ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ contra ⬩ apud ⬩ in

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Ðæt is cræft eágorstreámes, wætres and eorþan, and on wolcnum eác that is the power of the sea, of water on earth, and also in the clouds, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 245; Met. 20, 123.

Linked entries: ænde and-þwǽre niht-gerím end ond

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging

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Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41. On wǽdlunga in mendicitate, 106, 10. Þearfan hé lǽrde ðæt hí on lífes wǽdlunge geðyldige beón, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 15. Ne ðú ne wén ná ðæt ic áht underfénge for ǽnegum welan, ac symle on wǽdlunge lyfde, Homl.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, e; f. A summons, citation (in rád-stefn a summons carried by a mounted person. v. rád-stefn, where this meaning may be substituted for the one there given).

werc

(n.)
Grammar
werc, glosses nanus, Wet. Voc. ii. 60, 45 : 71, 36. [Elsewhere nanus is rendered by dweorh, for which werc is perhaps wrongly written. Or (?) werc might be for wearh. v. wearg.]

Linked entry: dweorg

ge-þafian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þafian, -þafigan, -þafigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [þafian to permit, allow, consent]

To favour ⬩ support ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ admit ⬩ assent ⬩ consent ⬩ agree ⬩ approve ⬩ obey ⬩ submit to ⬩ făvēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ sĭnĕre ⬩ admittĕre ⬩ permittĕre ⬩ assentīre ⬩ consentīre ⬩ obēdīre ⬩ concēdĕre

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To favour, support, permit, allow, admit, assent, consent, agree, approve, obey, submit to; făvēre, sustĭnēre, sĭnĕre, admittĕre, permittĕre, assentīre, consentīre, obēdīre, concēdĕre Ðú deáþe sweltest gif ðú geþafian nelt módges gemánan thou shalt perish

Linked entry: þafian

for-wirnedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-wirnedness, e; f.
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Hé hæfde forwyrnednesse on his líchoman ǽghweðer ge on mete ge on hrægle ge on ághwylcum þinge, Bl. H. 219, 29

Linked entry: for-wyrnednes

styrung

(n.)
Grammar
styrung, e; f.
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, commotion Wearð mycel styrung ( motus ) geworden on ðære sǽ, Mt.

Linked entries: stirung styring

ge-niman

(v.)
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L.20, 20. of the action of disease Heó genummen wæs miclum feberádlum tenebatur magnis febribus, Lk. L. 4, 38. of deleterious influence on material, to taint (?)

ge-þungen

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Ꝥ hí beón þe geþungenran on þǽre fandunge, Angl. vii. 52, 502. (2 a) of things :-- Ic hæbbe þé oferþogen on geþungenre láre, Hml.

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.

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