god-web
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Godwebba cyst choicest of textures [the veil of the temple], Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 8; Cri. 1135
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scrincan
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Ðá wearð se cyning ( Belshazzar ) tó ðan swíðe áfyrht, ðæt hé eal scranc (cf.
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Sicilie
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Hé gefór mid firde an Sicilie cum in Sicilia bellum gereret, Swt. 166, 6: 4, 10; Swt. 194, 3
six
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</b> in multiplication Ceorles wergild is . cc. scił ł. Ðegnes wergild is syx swá micel, L. M. L. ; Th. i. 190, 3. ' as subst. declined Ða hyra syxe wǽron ácwealde, Shrn. 111, 10.
sticca
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</b> the pointer of a dial :-- Se sticca on ðæm dægmǽle, Anglia viii. 317, 20. a spoon (cf. spón) Lǽt yrnan ðæt blód on grénne sticcan hæslenne, weorp ðonne ofer weg áweg, Lchdm. ii. 142, 20: 144, 7: 104, 7.
súþ
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Ger. sund- and Icel. sunn- point to the n that has been lost from the English word. ] See the compounds which follow, and Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 337, 338, for names of f
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tengan
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Teng recene tó ðam fæstenne ( haste thee, escape thither, Gen. 19, 22), Cd. Th. 152, 29; Gen. 2527.
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þrǽstan
to twist ⬩ writhe ⬩ roll about ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ harass ⬩ plague ⬩ afflict ⬩ to press ⬩ constrain
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to twist, writhe, roll about Ðæt hors on misenlíce dǽlas hit wond and ðrǽste cum diversas in partes se torqueret, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 36.
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þúf
A tuft ⬩ the crest of a helmet ⬩ a kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers
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Sunu Simeones sweótum cómon, þúfas wundon ofer gárfare, Cd. Th. 199, 22; Exod. 342. Hié gesáwon þúfas þunian, 187, 32; Exod. 158
þreá-níd
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment
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Þrowigean þreániéd micel fýres wylm to suffer much torturing violence, the fervor of fire, Cd. Th. 229, 7; Dan. 213. Þreánýd þolian, Beo. Th. 573; B. 284: Exon. Th. 187, 1; Az. 28. Þreánéd, 270, 12; Jul. 464.
un-spédig
without means ⬩ poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ barren ⬩ poor ⬩ unproductive
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Þeáh hý sýn on ðyson woroldsǽlþon ða unspédgestan, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 4. barren, poor, unproductive Hió gesǽton sorgfulre land, eard and éðyl unspédigran fremena gehwylcre, Cd. Th. 59, 12; Gen. 962
west
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Be-westan Sealwuda, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 19 : 709; Erl. 42, 28: Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 22, 7, 12, 26. Ðonne heóld man fyrde be-westan (cf. wonyng fer by weste, Chauc. Prol. 388), Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 5.
wurma
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, ⬩ a purple dye ⬩ woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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Wyrman (printed wyrmaman, cf. 52, 48) luto, 87, 32. Wyrman (purpureo) ostro, Hpt. Gl. 522, 5. Genim myrran and hwít récels and safinam and saluiam and wurman, Lchdm. ii. 294, 24. Wurmum muricibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 20: Hpt. Gl. 524, 27.
be-hát
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A. 35, 273. a threat (cf. beót; Icel. heit; pl. threats) Ðeós wyrt tó manegum þingon wel fremað, ꝥ ys . . . wið gehwylce behátu and wið andan and wið ógan, Lch. i. 312, 25
bindan
to bind ⬩ to fasten to ⬩ knit
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Voc. ii. 81, 30: 60, 63. to fasten together, knit Bindende (cf. 61, 12) nectentem (retia luxus, Ald. 206, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 66. to put bonds on Hié hine bindað and swingaþ, Bl. H. 15, 10.
be-pǽcan
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Þonne hí bepǽcaþ cum pellexerini, An. Ox. 3929. Wǽgde vel bepǽhte fefellit, i. delusit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 27. Hé bepǽhte hí in tó his búre, Chr. 1015; P. 146, I. Ne bepǽce hé eów mid leásum hopan, Hml. Th. i. 568, 8. Bepǽcan dissimulari, An.
clawu
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but cf. Orm. Clawwess). a claw, of a bird or beast Earnes clawa, Hml. Th. ii. 434, 9. Him ( birds) wǽron þá cleá blace (pedibus nigris ), Nar. 16, 16. Clawa ungularum, An. Ox. 8, 385. Seó culfre is unréðe on hire clawum, Hml. Th. ii. 44, 26.
ege-full
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Cóm rídende sum egefull ridda, Hml. S. 25, 773.
forþ-gang
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L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu tó þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr. D. 72, 16. a going on, course, progress Forðganges nép, Exod. 469.
freólíce
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Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10