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scip-teora

(n.)
Grammar
scip-teora, -teara, -tara, -tera, an; m.: -ter, -teoro (u), -tearo; gen. -tearos; n.
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Pitch Scipter bitumen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 36. Sciptearo, Lchdm. ii. 66, 8. Sciptearos læst, 126, 8. Sciptaran bituminis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 77. Scipteran, 82, 40. Scipteran bitumine, 84, 41. Dógódne sciptaran tó, Lchdm. ii. 326, 14. Ðá hét se cásere

bleó-bord

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-bord, es; n.

A coloured table on which games of chess are playedtabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur

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[bleoh, bleó colour, bord a table] A coloured table on which games of chess are played; tabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur (Ettm. p. 311) Dryhten dǽleþ sumum gúþe blǽd, sumum tæfle cræft, bleóbordes gebregd the Lord allots to one success

sicetan

(v.)
Grammar
sicetan, sicettan, siccetan, siccettan; p. te.
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to sigh, groan Sicetit sin*-*gultat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. Ðá begann se ealda siccetan and mid wópe wearþ ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1. as opposed to expressing grief by speech (?) Ða unryhtwísan sicettaþ (siccettaþ, Cott. MSS.) on ðǽm þiéstrum

steorfan

(v.)
Grammar
steorfan, p. stearf, pl. sturfon; pp. storfen
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To dieLchdm. iii. 188, 21. Se ðe gelíð raðe hé styrfþ oððe génunge hé áríseþ he that takes to his bed (on the tenth day of the moon), soon will he die or he will be up again directly, Gif hrýðera steorfan, 54, 30. Annanias and Saphira mid fǽrlícum deáðe

under-feng

(n.)
Grammar
under-feng, es; m.

Undertakingacceptance

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Undertaking, acceptance Ðýlæs hé for ðý underfenge (the undertaking the office of teacher) his eáðmódnesse forlǽte, oððe eft his líf sié ungelíc his ðénunga, oððe hé tó ðríste and tó stíð sié for ðý underfenge his láreówdómes ne aut humilitas accessum

wrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽstan, p. te.

to wresttwistto move the strings of the harp in playingplectrum.

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to wrest, twist RUNE hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ. Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt. Parv. 533 Sum sceal mid hearpan set his hláfordes

Linked entry: a-wrǽstan

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, p. ode.

to drawto writecompose

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to draw a figure, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Ðonne wercaþ hió of weaxe, wrítiaþ Fénix, metaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, and drawings and paintings. Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 49. to write, compose, Similar entries v. wrítan, IV a Writigaþ

á-borgian

(v.)
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Add: to be security for a person, v. ex. in Dict. an agreement Beháte hé and on wedde sylle ðæt . . ., and áborgian his frýnd ðæt, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 7. Weddige sebrýdguma ðæs, and hit áborgian hís frýnd, 2; Th. i. 254, 9. to borrow Hit gelamp

Linked entry: on-borgian

ac

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No ðæt án ðæt . . . ac (eác), Bt. 21; F. 74, 18: 5, 3; F. 14, 7. Ah ðeáhhwæðre, Past. 305, 1. Nis ðæt mín miht, ac gif ( unless ) ðú gelýfest. Ðá cwæð hé tó him : 'Ac tó hwon sweriað git mán?', Guth. 64, 5 : 74, 5. Hwæt gelamp ðé nú ðá? ac ðé on ðysse

á-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157. Mid ælmesðǽdum áclǽnsode, Hml.

a-hnescian

(v.)
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Substitute: á-hnescian, -hnexian. to become weak An hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentie swá raðe áhnescaden, swá hearde swá hié longe wǽron, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 15. to make weak, weaken, soften Ðá ánrédnesse his heortan áhnescian (-nescian, v. l.) cordis

be-sittan

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Besitt obsidet, Scint. 148, 12. Ðá hellican gástas besittað þæs mannes forðsíð, Hml. Th. i. 410, 3. Þá þe ꝥ líc besǽton, Hml. S. 10, 59. Þá hǽþenan hæfdon hí besetene, 25, 391. [Goth. bi-sitan: O. Frs. bi-sitta to possess: O. Sax. bi-sittian to besiege

brédan

(v.)
Grammar
brédan, p. de

To cherishnourish

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To cherish, nourish, hatch an egg Feormat, broe*-*deth fovet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 79. Brédeþ, feormaþ fovit, 35, 74. Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24. Been týmað

cild-cradol

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Add: a cradle Tó his cildcradele feallende ipsius ad cunabula cadentes, Hy. S. 48, 17. On cildcradelum ástreht in cunis supinus, An. Ox. 2156: Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 19. as symbol of infancy, the cradle Crísten fram cildcradole, Hml. Th. i. 428, 23. Wé

fore-stihtung

predestination

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predestination Seó forestihtung (praedestinatio) þæs écan ríces, Gr. D. 54, 19, 30. Be forestihtinge (predestinatione). Twyfeald is forestihtung, sam þe gecorenra tó reste, sam þe wiþercorenra tó deáþe, ǽgþer mid godcundum dóme ys gedón, Scint. 226,

ge-fullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullian, l. ge-fullwian, take here <b>ge-fulwian</b>
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in Dict. and add Sóna ðæs þe hiene mon gefullwade (gefullade, hé gefullwad wǽre, v. ll.) . . . fram Sergio hé gefulwad (gefullad, v. l. ) wæs, Bd. 5, 7; Sch. 583, 15-24. Hé tó gefulliane (-enne, v. l. ) cóm tó Róme, Sch. 582, 14. Ǽr heó gefullud wǽre

ge-spanan

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Add On gespanest inlicias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 15. in a good sense Ðæt hé ðá medwiisan tó máran angienne mid ðǽre líðelican bisnunga gespóne quatenus hebetes ad majora conscendere imitatio blanda suaderet, Past. 205, 18. in a bad or an indifferent sense

grafet

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>grafet, grafett,</b> es; n. An excavation, a trench Of ðám crundele on ðæt lange grauet; of ðám lange grafette, C. D. v. 193, 34. Tó ðon lytlan grafette úp an wuncges dúne; and ðér west hwón tó ðon norðlangan grafette, 195,

here-gang

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capture and devastation made by an army: Hé ofslóh þone cing and þá mǽgðe mid grimmum wale and heregange ábrtæc interfecit regem, ac prouinciam illam saeua caede ac depopulatione attriuit, Bd. 4, 15; Sch. 423, 8. Seó feórðe yld is geteald of Dauide tó

leáf-leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leáf-leóht, adj.
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Easy to believe (?) Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge þé gedéþ leáfleóht and eáþe þæt ðe ǽr earfoðe and ancsumlic þúhte (the English version here does not follow the Latin closely, the only part of which that seems the foundation of the English is: Pro-cessu