on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Seó beorhtnes ðæs onsendan leóhtes, 4, 7; S. 575, 9. to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost) Sóna swá hé ðás word gecwæþ, hé his gást onsende, Blickl. Homl. 191, 29.
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æd-fæst
Goods ⬩ property ⬩ bona
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Goods, property; bona Ædfæst tǽht to healdenne property taken to hold, a pledge, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 8
cyrten-lǽcan
To make lovely, to beautify ⬩ venustare
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To make lovely, to beautify; venustare Ic cyrtenlǽce venusto, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 115; Wrt. Voc. 54, 57
efosian
to cut in the form of eaves, to round, shea ⬩ tondēre
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to cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear; tondēre Hine man efosode eum totondērunt, Gen. 41, 14
ge-fellan
To cause to fall ⬩ fell ⬩ kill
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To cause to fall, fell, kill Hie gefelde wurdon fram Alexandre they were killed by Alexander, Nar. 38, 11
ge-fioht
A battle ⬩ prælium
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A battle; prælium Aulixes to ðam gefiohte fór Ulysses went to the battle, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 6
ge-líþran
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to make frothy, to lather Gníd swíðe oþ ꝥ eall geléþred sié, Lch. ii. 18, 20: iii. 2, 3
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timber-land
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Land on which to grow timber .x. hýde æt Ercecombe tó tymberlonde, C.D. v. 236, 12. Cf. wudu-land
hæsel-wrid
A hazel-thicket
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A hazel-thicket Tó ðam miclan hæsl-wride to the great hazel-thicket, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 34
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þefian
to pant, ⬩ to be agitated
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to pant, to be agitated Þefiendra anhelantium, Hpt. Gl. 406, 8. Þefian aestuare in animo, Dial. 1, 9 (Lye)
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stýfician
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To root upLchdm. iii. 184, 18. Móna se ðridda weorca onginnan ná gedafanaþ bútan ðæt biþ geedcenned stífician the third day of the moon is not good to attempt works, except to root up what has grown up again
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á-hnígan
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To sink, fall down Hí áhnigon occubuerunt, An. Ox. 3352. trans, literal, to bend down Áhnigenum heáfde, Techm. ii. 121, 19. figurative, to humble Hine seolfne of dúne áhnág semet ipsum exinanivit, Rtl. 21, 20
stoccen
Made of logs
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Made of logs Andlang Teóburnan tó ðære wíde herestrǽt; æfter ðære herestrǽt tó ðære ealde stoccene sancte Andreae cyricean to the old wooden St. Andrew's church, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 73, 20. Cf. Stokenchurch in Oxfordshire, Stokenham in Devonshire
óðer
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Ðá cwæþ hé tó ðám yldran . . . Ðá cwæþ hé ealswá to ðam óðrum, Mt. 21, 30. Ðæt mon ierne from geate tó óðrum, Past. 49 ; Swt. 383, 8. Fram ende óþ óðerne from one end of the church to the other Glostr. Frag. 12, 17.
ǽr-woruld
The former world ⬩ pristinus mundus
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The former world; pristinus mundus Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended, on blódes hiw, seó ðe beorhte scán ofer ǽrworuld then the sun shall be turned swart, to hue of blood, which shone brightly over the former world, Exon. 21b; Th. 58, 17; Cri. 937
a-hrysian
To shake violently ⬩ excutere
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To shake violently; excutere Drihten ahrysode da wéstan eorþan the lord shook violently the desert earth, Ps. Th. 28, 6. Ahrysod ic eom excussus sum, Ps. Spl. 108, 22. Ahryse ða moldan of shake the mould off, Herb. 1, 1; Lchdm, i. 70, 8
án-rǽdlíce
Unanimously ⬩ resolutely ⬩ constantly ⬩ unanimiter ⬩ constanter
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Ðe ánrǽdlíce wile his sinna geswícan who resolutely desires to abstain from his sins, L. Pen. 17; Th. ii. 284, 17. Ánrǽdlíce wrégendé constanter accusantes, Lk. Bos. 23, 10
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eást-lang
Along the east ⬩ orientem versus
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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30
frécnen-spræc
An audacious or hostile speech ⬩ audax vel hostīlis sermo
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Th. 2213, note; B. 1104
hulc
a hulk ⬩ liburna
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A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 23. Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus, L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 300, 9