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ge-stun

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stun, es; n. [stunian to stun]

A noisestuncrashwhirlwindstrĕpĭtusfrăgorturbo

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A noise, stun, crash, whirlwind; strĕpĭtus, frăgor, turbo Ðæt gestun and se storm brecaþ bráde gesceaft the stun and the storm shall break the broad creation, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 27; Cri. 991.

Linked entry: -stun

racsan

(v.)
Grammar
racsan, raxan
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He ( sloth ) his brest knocked and roxed (raxed, MS. W.: roskid, MS. B.) and rored, Piers P. 5, 398. Scott. rax to stretch the limbs.]

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dagian

(v.)
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Ðá hit þá on mergen dagian wolde on the morrow when day was about to break, Guth. 40, 23: Hml. S. 21, 123: Chr. 979; P. 122, 26. Add

ǽ-brǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-brǽce, (ǽw-,) (eáw-); adj.

Law-breakingsacrilegious, impiousadulterous

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Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað oððe ǽwbrǽce adulteram habbað, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12

Linked entry: eáw-brǽce

á-grafan

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Ágróf se mon on ǽrenum brede drýcræftæs word, Shrn. 141, 15. Þás race on ánum leádenum tabulan mid stafon hí ágrófon, Hml. S. 23, 343. Wæs his anlícnys on (þám feó) ágrafen, 660. Ágraben caelatum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 40. Ágrafen, 14, 6.

gyrdel

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Gyrdel oððe bréc lumbare, 51, 15. Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . gyrdel (bracile), R. Ben. 92, 3. Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7.

riht-ǽw

(n.)
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Heródes ðá áwearp his rihtǽwe, and forligerlíce mánfulles sinscipes breác, Hml. Th. 478, 28

ge-sleán

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Penegas on gefyrndagum geslægene, 588: Gen. 583 (in Dict.). to strike (and break) an object against something Fela henne ǽgru gesleá on án fæt break many hen's eggs into a vessel, Lch. ii. 264, 24.

tó-dǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledness, e; f.

Division,distinction,separationa division,one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be dividedone of the parts into which a whole is divideddivision,separation,break of connection or of continuity,intermissioninterruptiona division,dividing-point,break,pause

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Ben. 39, 14. a division, dividing-point, break, pause Idus tódǽleanyssa ðæs mónðes, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 85, 6. Cesuras, ðæt synd ða tódǽlednyssa on ðám versum . . . Ða tódǽlednyssa on ðám versum synd feówer, Anglia viii. 313, 38

Linked entry: -dǽledness

ǽr-morgen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-morgen, -mergen, es; m.

The early morningday-breakprimum manematutinumdiluculum

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The early morning, day-break; primum mane, matutinum, diluculum On ǽrmorgen in the early morning, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 72; Met. 28, 36. Ǽrmorgenes gancg wið æftentíd exitus matutini et vespere, Ps. Th. 64, 9.

for-brittan

(v.)
Grammar
for-brittan, p. -britte; pp. -britted, -britt

To break in piecessmashbruiseconfringĕrecontĕrĕre

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To break in pieces, smash, bruise; confringĕre, contĕrĕre God forbriteþ téþ heora on múþe heora Deus contĕrĕt dentes eōrum in ōre ipsōrum, Ps. Spl. 57, 6. Hú he forbritte ealle his bígengan quōmŏdo contrīvĕrit omnes cultōres ejus, Deut. 4, 3.

þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
þancol, adj.
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Saga, þoncol mon, hwá mec bregde of brimes fæþmum, Exon. Th. 382, 17; Rä. 3, 12. v. deóp-, fore-, ge-, gearo-, hete-, hyge-, scearp-, searuþancol; þancol-mód

ge-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryttan, p. te
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To break to pieces, crumble up Gebrytte frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 75. Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10.

Linked entries: bryttan ge-brittan

ge-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scǽnan, -sceánan, -scénan; p. de; pp. ed

To diminish, break, bruise, shake, shattercontĕrĕre, confringĕre, conquassāre

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To diminish, break, bruise, shake, shatter; contĕrĕre, confringĕre, conquassāre God heora tóþas gescǽneþ Deus contĕret dentes eōrum, Ps. Th. 57, 5: 67, 21. Ðú ðæs myclan dracan heáfod gescǽndest tu confrēgisti căput dracōnis magni, 73, 14.

á-breótan

(v.)
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-breot, pl. -breóton, and wk. -breótte Weg synfulra ábreóteð (exterminabit), Ps. Srt. 145, 9. Ðone ðe heó on ræste ábreát, B. 1298. Hé ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge, An. 51.

bridels

Grammar
bridels, l. brídels, brigdels,
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breác hælftre for brídelse (brídele, v. l.) capistro pro freno utebatut, 34, 12. Ðone brídels ðæs eges, Past. 427, 31. Brídelsum lupatis, Txts. 75, 1248. and add

Linked entry: bridel

scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
scǽnan, p. de

To break

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To break Ðá cómon ða cempan, and sóna ðæra sceaðena sceancan tóbrǽcon. Hí gemétton Crist deádne, and his hálgan sceancan scǽnan ne dorston, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 10.

for-brecan

to crushoppressto breakdestroyto break

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Gl. 843. with a non-material object, to break power, &c., destroy Hié Judéa blǽd forbrǽcon, Dan. 709. in a moral sense, to break a promise, command, &c. Wit Waldendes word forbrǽcon, Gen. 798

sacerd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd-hád, es; m.

Priest-hood

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C.) breác cum sacerdotio fungeretur, Lk. Skt. 1, 8. Æfter gewunan ðæs sacerdhádes hlotes, 1, 9. Ðæt hé gesette on sacerdhád Judas ðam folce tó bisceope that he might ordain Judas bishop of the people, Elen. Kmbl. 2108; El. 1055.

ceorlisc

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorlisc, ciorlisc, cierlisc, cirlisc, cyrlisc; adj. [ceorl, -isc, q. v.]

CHURLISH, rustic, commonrusticus, vulgaris

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Ceorlisc hláf common bread; cibarius [panis], Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 61; Wrt. Voc. 41, 17. Ceorlisc folc common people, plebs; vulgus vel 87; Som. 74, 45; Wrt. Voc. 50, 27. Gif cierlisc [ciorlisc MS.