geond-sprengan
To sprinkle over ⬩ perspergere, perfudere
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To sprinkle over; perspergere, perfudere Se awyrgeda gást ðæs ylcan preóstes heortan and geþanc mid his searwes áttre geondsprengde [-spregde, MS.] the accursed spirit sprinkled over with the poison of his deceit the heart and mind of the same priest
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ge-mearr
A hindrance, error ⬩ a stumbling-block
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A hindrance, error Ðonne se Godes ðiów on ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga beféhþ when the servant of God accepts the hindrance of worldly cares, Past. 51, 7; Swt. 401, 20; Hat. MS.
regn-boga
A rainbow
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Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 19-26. Ic sette mínne rénbogan ( arcum ) on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13
sib-ræden
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See also sib-rit, sibbe-ridge, -red banns of marriage, E. D. S. Pub. B. 16.]
stybb
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Æt ðæne ellenstyb; of ðam stybbe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 24, 4. Andlang díces on ðone stubb, 10, 21
þeáw-fæst
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of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662.
un-gecynde
Unnatural
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Hié hæfdun hiera cyning áworpenne Ósbryht and ungecyndne ( not of the royal race; cf. 'non de regali prosapia progenitum,' Asser.) cyning underféngon, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 10
dim-nes
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Ox. 3144. dimness of sight Wiþ eágena dymnysse, Lch. i. 176, 16. darkness, evil Dimnesse gástas chao, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 1: 95, 81
ge-treówsian
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. :--- to prove true, clear of a charge of falseness Hé be his hláfordes were hine getreówsie (-tríw-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 5
hám-cyme
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Gebiddende for his hámcyme of þám wræce and of þám earfoðan þá hé þá on wæs, Ps. Th. 30, arg. Add
on-teón
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to withdraw, pull away, extract Ðonne þû wîn habban wille, þonne dô þû mid þînum twâm fingrum swilce þû tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Tech. ii. 120, 10. to pull apart, untie Gewunedon þá þwangas . . . of mycclum dæ̂le ontogone (un-, v. l.) magna ex
riht-ryne
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Ne mihton hí þone streám of his rihtryne ábýgan fluvius a proprio alveo deflecti non potuit, Gr. D. 192, 23. Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . .
tó-geagnes
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(b a) Add Him upp gándum of þám baðe hé hæfde him scýtan gearwe tógǽnes, Gr.
ropp
An intestine ⬩ the colon
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Roop colus (in a list of parts of the body), i. 45, 20. Hrop colum, 19, 55. Be wambe coþum and tácnum on roppe and on smælþearmum, Lchdm. ii. 230, 16-18. Tíhþ innan ðone rop and on ðæt smælþearme, 232, 15. Roppum extalibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 11
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wíg-trod
A war-track ⬩ the road along which an army has passed
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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde
sweorfan
To rub, scour, file ⬩ to turn (aside) ⬩ to no side, ⬩ to wander, rove ⬩ to move, go ⬩ to wipe out ⬩ delere ⬩ to wipe ⬩ to wipe ⬩ tergere, extergere, siccare ⬩ to file
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Corfen sworfen cut and scoured (of the preparation of a wine-vat), Exon. Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4. Mín heáfod is homere geþuren sworfen feóle, 497, 18; Rä. 87, 2. Cpds. with for, omitted in their place, are added here:?
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ge-ícan
To eke ⬩ increase ⬩ add ⬩ enlarge ⬩ augere ⬩ extendere
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Ofer eall ðæt geícte adjecit hoc supra omnia, Lk. Bos. 3, 20. Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162.
be-lǽdan
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Of rihtan wege belǽdan, Btwk. 196, 19. On belǽdan inrogare, ingerere. An. Ox. 3944
ealdor-lic
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Ic hálsige þá Crístes þegnas for hiora ealdorlican setle (cf. þæt gé sitton ofer þrymsetl. Lk. 22, 30), Angl. xii. 503, 17. Mid gáste alderlice spiritu principali, Ps. Srt. 50, 14.
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fetian
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Þæt Ceaddes sáuwl cóme of heofonum and fette his bróþor sáwle tó heofonum, Shrn. 59, 19: Chr. 1049; P. 168, 38. Hí mæte (mete, v. l.) and mádmas ofer .L. míla him fram sǽ fættan (fetton, v. l.), 1006; P. 137, 12.