á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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Ástíh ádúne, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 27. Wé leornedon ꝥ se Drihtnes Gást ofer hiene ástige on culfran onlícnesse, Bl. H. 135, 1. Þám bróþrum wæs aneáðe niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe, Gr. D. 112, 17.
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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On winterlícre tíde hí (the Pleiades) beóð on niht uppe and on ðæg ádúne, Lchdm. iii. 272, 2. where there is motion from the sea up to the land. Similar entries v. up, I Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th, i. 286, 8.
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tungol
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Se ne gǽð nǽfre ádúne under ðyssere eorðan, swá swá óðre tunglan (tungla, MS. R.) dóð . . . óðer tungel is on súðdǽle ðysum gelíc, Lchdm. iii. 270, 9-15.
sunne
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</b> forms used of the sun's course :-- Seó sunne gǽþ be Godes dihte betweox heofenan and eorðan, on dæg bufon eorðan and on niht under ðysse eorðan, eall swá feorr ádúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufon up ástíhþ, Lchdm.
standan
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VIII. add: — His fét ne mihton áhwár standan, ac hé feóll ádún tó deófle áwend, Ælf. T. Grn. 3, 1. Ðǽr wæs standende wæter ofer þám lande, swá hit þǽre eá flód ǽr gefleów, Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 11. <b>VIII a.
fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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Næfde hé (Lucifer) náne fæstnunge, ac feóll sóna ádún, Hex. 18, 2. the condition of being closed.
stígan
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Stíh ádún descend, Homl. Th. i. 580, 33. Ne stíge hé on his hús non descendat in domum, Mk. Skt. 13, 15. Ðæt engel ufan of roderum stígan cwóme, Cd. Th. 248, 8 ; Dan. 510. Niþer stígende, of dúne stígende descendentem, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 16 : Jn.
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feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Feall nú ádún (mitte te deorsum, Mt. 4, 6), Hml. Th. i. 166, 8. Hié cweþaþ tó þǽm dúnum: "Feallaþ ofor us, " Bl. H. 93, 33. Nis þǽre eorþan ére tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne úp, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 38.
sceótan
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Gif ðú Godes sunu sý, sceót ádún ( mitte te deorsum, Mt. 4, 6) ... Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd, gif Grist scute ðá ádún, i. 170, 1, 21. of inanimate things On ða burnan ðe of ðam munt scýtt in torrentem, qui de monte descendit, Deut. 9, 21.
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Of ðam ealdan hornforda ... ádún on ealda tán; swá anlang streámes on ealda hornford, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 45, 25. a twig used in casting lots ['Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently. The use of the lots is simple.
ge-wundian
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Him is micel ðearf ðæt hé hine selfne gewundige . . . ðætte ðǽr ðǽr hé óðerra monna wunda lácnað, hé self ne weorðe áðunden, Past. 461, 31. of other than bodily injury or pain, to wound with non-material instruments. the subject a person Ðonne of ðǽre
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Heora gewinnan tugan hí ádún of ðam wealle ( de muris) . . . Hig ðá forlǽtan ðone wall (relicto muro ), 1, 12; S. 481, 22. Andweorc tó wealle cimentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 27. Tó wealle ad moenia, Kent. Gl. 287.
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wyrt-truma
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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Óð ða dúnæ ufewearde on ða æðenan byrigelsas; swá ádún be wyrtruman æft tó gemíðum, 346, 20. Innan leá; ðanne be wurtruman anlanges wudes, iii. 172, 33. Óð ða lége; ðonne be wyrttruman, 406, 28, 33: v. 358, 18.
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ge-wítan
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Þá feól hé ádúne and gewát cecidit et expiravit, Hml. Th. i. 316, 29, 34. And ðonne se wer gewíte and then the husband die, Ll. Th. i. 126, 2: Solil. H. 52, 8. Gewitte, 10.
ge-wunian
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Ic gesæh ðone gást ádúne stígende suælce culfræ and gewunede ofer hine, Jn. L. R. 1, 32. Hafuc sceal on glófe gewunian the place for the hawk is the (falconer's) glove, Gn.
sleán
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Hé ofdrǽd slóh ádún ðǽrrihte terrified he straightway fell down as if struck (cf. Icel. slá sér niðr to throw one's self down on a bed), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 718. Ðá slóh ðǽr micel leóht fit æfter ðam englum (cf.