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a-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut out or offhew downprepare by cuttingmate smoothplaneexcidereresecaresucciderelevigare

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Aheáwen treów cut wood, timber; lignum, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8, 1. Of aheáwenum bordum of hewn or planed boards; de lignis levigatis, Gen. 6, 14

hú-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hú-líc, pron.

qualis

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Gisih húlíce [húlco, Lind.] stánas and húlíc [huulig, Lind.] timber aspice quales lapides et quales structuræ, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 1

first

(n.)
Grammar
first, first, e; f.

a raftera ceiling

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Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð . . . and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9

Linked entry: fierst

hóc

a hookchaindragginga fish-hook

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Similar entries v. weód-hóc; hóc-ísern. bent timber used in shipbuilding (?) [v. N. E. D. hook; 8] Hócas uncini, spreotas trudes Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 15. Þoll scalmus, bord tabule, hócas uncinos (v. Wülck.

hú-lic

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Sceáwa húlice (húlco, L.) stánas and húlic (huulig, L.) timber aspice quales lapides et quales structurae, Mk. R. 13, 1. predicative, of what sort Ꝥ hí him bróhtan ꝥ heáfod tó, ꝥ hé gesége húlic ꝥ wǽre, Shrn. 76, 27.

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Th. 9, 2; Gen. 135. v. timber

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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Ǽrest man ásmeáþ ðæs húses stede, and eác man ðæt timber beheáwþ, and ða syllan man fægere gefégþ, and ða beámas gelegþ, and ða ræftras tó ðære fyrste gefæstnaþ, Anglia viii. 324, 8. figurative, a support, foundation Ðonne hí ne beóþ mid nánre sylle

Linked entry: syl

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Dele first passage, and add: food, nourishment, sustenance Sió lifer is blódes timber and blódes hús and fóstor, Lch. ii. 198, 2. Seó sóðe lufu is þǽre sáwle fóstor, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 38. Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres, Wlfst. 125, 11.

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand outbe prominentbe lifted upstick upto be lifted upbe proudto be stuck upto make a noiseto soundresoundcreak

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Sundwudu þunede the ship's timbers creaked, Beo. Th. 3817; B. 1906. Þunode oððe hleóþrede increpuerit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 14. Dynedan and þunedan crepitabant, 21, 17. Mere thundendan (thuniendan? but cf.(?) Icel.

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

ge-weorc

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Ꝥ hí férdon on þæt geweorc þæs Godes wordes, Bd. l, 23; Sch. 50, l. v. ǽfen-, brycg-, ealu-, fasten-, land-, stán-, sulh-, tigel- timber-, weall- web-geweorc. <b>IV a.

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Hit þurh hróf wadeþ, briceþ boldgetimbru it goeth through the roof, breaketh the timbers of the house, 825 ; Sal. 412 : Exon. 125 a; Th. 482, 8; Rä. 66, 4. Se Hǽlend bræc ða hláfas Iesus fregit panes, Mt. Bos. 14, 19: 15, 36: Beo.

gearo

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Æfter siextegum daga þaes þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle ( centum triginta navium classis deducta in ancoris stetit ), Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 5. finished, complete Ðǽm synfullan náuht ne helpað his gódan

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Æfter siextegum daga ðæs ðe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs intra sexagesimum diem quam arbores caesae erant, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Hé ðá gyt lifde æfter ændlefan geárum ðæs ðe [hé] wæs bebyrged, Shrn. 82, 15.