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a-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wendan, ic -wende, ðú -wendest, -wenst, he -wendeþ, -went, pl. -wendaþ; p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend, -went.

To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire

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Hí awendon aweg they turned away, Ps. Th. 77, 57

áwian

(v.)
Grammar
áwian, p. ode; pp. od [ = eówan, ýwan]

To shew ⬩ ostendere

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To shew; ostendere

a-wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wéstan, p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste]

To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ depopulate ⬩ ravage ⬩ destroy ⬩ vastare ⬩ devastare ⬩ desertum facere ⬩ desolare

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Eall seó þeóð awést wearþ all the nation was laid waste, 3, 9; Bos. 66, 17, 19, 21. Sý wunung heora awést fiat habitatio eorum deserta, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30.

a-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wegan, p. -wæg, -wæh, pl. -wǽgon ; pp. -wegen ; v. trans.

to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere

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to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away, Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25; Gn. Ex. 21: Homl. Th. i. 308, 17. to weigh out, weigh to

Linked entries: a-wæh a-weged a-wegen

á-wacan

(v.)

to spring ⬩ arise

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to spring, arise. Fram þan Wódne eall úre cynecynn áwóc, Chr. 449; P. 13, 25: 547; P. 17, 20. Odo þe þás þyng of áwócan, 1087; P. 223, 25. Hú fela þeóda áwócon of his iii. bearnum?, Sal. K. 182, 24, 26. Add

Linked entry: wacan

á-weallan

to well out ⬩ to spring ⬩ proceed from a source ⬩ to swarm, ⬩ to exist in large numbers ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ to be hot ⬩ to burn ⬩ rage

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Áweól exundavit, Wrt.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction

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Ǽfre on ǽfen byð his (the moon's) ylde áwend, Angl. viii. 309, 17. Áwende móde mutata mente, Past. 39, 22.

Linked entry: on-wendan

náwa

(adv.)
Grammar
náwa, [ = ne áwa]; adv.

Never

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Never Ðæt is swíðe strang ðam ðe ðæt náwa ǽr þigde it is very strong for him who never before tasted it, Lchdm. ii. 252, 14

Linked entry: áwa

á-willan

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Substitute for references Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 45, 56: ii. 25, 69, and add Áwyl on súrum ealað, Lch. ii. 34, 14. Áwylle on buteran, 17. Þonne hit beó ǽne áwylled, iii. 14, 15. On áwyldum ealað, ii. 114, 11

Linked entry: á-wyllan

a-wefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wefan, p. -wæf, pl. -wǽfon ; pp. -wefen

To weave ⬩ texere

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To weave; texere Wyrmas ne awǽfon worms did not weave, Exon. 109 a ; Th. 417, 23; Rä. 36, 9 : Jn. Bos. 19, 23

a-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-winnan, p. -wan, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen

To labour ⬩ contend ⬩ gain ⬩ overcome ⬩ laborare ⬩ contendere ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ superare

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To labour, contend, gain, overcome; laborare, contendere, acquirere, nancisci, superare Ǽlc wís mon scyle awinnan ǽgder ge wið ða réðan wyrde ge wið ða winsuman every wise man ought to contend both against the severe fortune and against the pleasant,

Linked entry: a-wunnen

óþ-

(prefix)
Grammar
óþ-, as a prefix of verbs, from, away. Cf.
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œt for similar meaning

æt-bredendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-bredendlíc, adj. [æt-bredende, part. of ætbredan to take away]

Taking away ⬩ ablativus

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Taking away; ablativus Ætbredendlíc is ablativus: mid ðam casu biþ geswutelod swá hwæt swá we ætbredaþ oðrum, oððe swá hwæt swá we underfóþ æt óðrum, oððe hwanon we faraþ, — Fram ðisum menn ic underféng feóh ab hoc homine pecuniam accepi, Fram ðisum

a-hyltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyltan, [a from, away; hylt holds, 3rd pres. of healdan]

should take support away ⬩ supplant ⬩ supplantaret

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should take support away, supplant; supplantaret Ða þohton ðæt hí ahyltan [ = ahylten] me who thought that they should supplant me, Ps. Th. 139, 5

ge-aworpen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-aworpen, part, [ge, and pp. of a-weorpan to throw away]

Cast or thrown away ⬩ abjectus

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Cast or thrown away; abjectus, Som. Ben. Lye

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a away, scúnian to shun] .

to avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ fly from ⬩ evitare ⬩ reprobare ⬩ to hate ⬩ detest ⬩ odisse ⬩ detestari ⬩ to accuse ⬩ reprove ⬩ convict ⬩ arguere

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to avoid, shun, fly from; evitare, reprobare He mót þyllíc ascúnian he must shun the like, L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 9: L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 6. to hate, detest; odisse, detestari Esau ascúnode Iacob oderat Esau Jacob, Gen. 27, 41. Ðá ascúnodon híg hine

Linked entry: scunian

Fortende

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
Fortende, a; pl. f. [pp. of fortendan to burn off or away, sear]

The seared ones ⬩ Amazons ⬩ Amāzŏnes

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The seared ones, Amazons; Amāzŏnes, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 13

á-wǽgan

to deceive ⬩ to make of no effect, ⬩ to fail to perform ⬩ to invalidate ⬩ nullify

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Swilc man swé hit áwége, C. D. i. 297, 13. Hú heó ána mihte ealle þá gewytan áwǽgan mid áðe, Hml. S. 2, 225. Þonne wǽre seó rihtwisnys áwǽged, gif hé hí neádunge tó his ðeówte gebígde, Hml. Th. i. 112, 6.

a-gán

(v.)
Grammar
a-gán, p. -eóde; pp. -gán [a from, away, gán to go] .

to come to pass ⬩ happen ⬩ præterire ⬩ transire ⬩ to come forth ⬩ provenire ⬩ to approach to any one to solicit him ⬩ procedere ad aliquem sollicitandi causa

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to come to pass, happen; præterire, transire Ǽr his tíd agá [tíde ge MS.] before his time come to pass, Exon. 82 a; Th. 310, 3; Seef. 69; [Grn. Gloss.] Ðá sæternes dæg wæs agán cum transivisset sabbatum, Mk. Bos. 16, 1. Æfen-fela nihta agáne wǽron totidem

Linked entries: a-eóde a-gǽn a-gǽþ

a-þryþian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þryþian, p. -þryþede; pp. -þryþed, -þryd [a away, þryþian from þryþ force]

To force from ⬩ rob ⬩ pillage ⬩ exprimere ⬩ expilare

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To force from, rob, pillage; exprimere, expilare Aþryd expresses, expilatus, Cot. 73 : 74

Linked entry: aþryd