ge-bícnan
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Nóe getácnode Críst, and þæt flód . . . gebícnode þæt wæter úres fulluhtes, Hml. Th. ii. 60, 4. Ne fó wé nó on ðá bisna . . . for ðára leásena spella lufan, ac for ðǽm ðe wé wolden mid gebécnan þá sóðfæstnesse, Bt. 35, 6; S. 101,12.
sleán
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</b> ( intransitive or absolute) Add Þá slóh hé ǽnes on ꝥ wæter . . . þá slóh hé eft on ðone streám mid his láreówes sciccelse percussit semel . . . percussit fluvium magistri pallio, Gr. D. 19, 18-26.
múþa
the mouth of a river ⬩ an opening ⬩ door
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On hwelcum wæterum and on ǽghwelcra eá múþum hí sculun sécan fiscas, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 19. an opening, door Recedes múþan. Beo. Th. 1452; B. 724
twig
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Sume twigu hé lehte mid wætere, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7. Hí námon palmtrýwa twigu ( ramos palmarum ), Jn. Skt. 12, 13. Genim wiþowindan twigu, Lchdm. ii. 34, 17. Sume seóþaþ ðære reádan netlan twigu, 218, 6. Twigo settende propagines pastinans, Wrt.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Ic wende mec on wæteres hricg Salm. Kmbl. 37; Sal. 19. Wendeþ hé hine under wolcnum, wígsteall séceþ 207; Sal. 103. Ða innoþas hí wendaþ mid heora hefignesse, and on ða sídan feallaþ ðe hé on licgeaþ Lchdm. ii. 258, 11.
DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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Yrnþ dropmǽlum swíðe hluttor wæter, ðæt gecígdon ða ðe on ðære stówe wunodon stillam, ðæt is dropa very pure water runs [there] drop by drop, which those who dwelt in the place called stilla, that is drop, Homl. Th. i. 510, 1.
sund
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Dol biþ se ðe gǽþ on deóp wæter, se ðe sund nafaþ, ne gesegled scip, Salm. Kmbl. 449; Sal. 225. [Heore ( fishes ) sund is awemmed, Laym. 21326.] the act of swimming Hé on holme wæs sundés ðe sǽnra, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.
earfoþe
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Wæter and eorþe sint swíþe earfoþe tó geseónne on fýre, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 27: 34, 11; F. 150, 24. Manige óðre þe earfoðe sindon tó áteallene. Chr. 1086; P. 222, 18. Earfeþe, P. 218, 21.
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METE
MEAT ⬩ food
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Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 17. Swéte mete dapis, ii. 28, 29. Ðú scealt mid earfoþnyssum ðé metes tilian thou shalt with hardships get thyself food, Homl. i. 18, 15.
weorc
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Þá ádúne ástígað on sǽon scipum dónde weorcu (operationes) on wæterum manegum. Ps. Rdr. 106, 23. IV b. add: — Ðsér wæs cyrice geworht and getimbred wundorlices worces. Bd. i. 7 ; Sch. 27, 7.
for-swelgan
To swallow up ⬩ devour ⬩ absorb ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ degluttīre ⬩ absorbēre
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Wǽnunga wæteru forswulgen us forsĭtan ăqua absorbuisset nos, Ps. Lamb. 123, 4. Eall wísdóm heora forswolgen is omnis săpientia eōrum devŏrāta est, 106, 27. Syndon hí æt stáne forswolgene absorpti sunt juxta petram, Ps. Th. 140, 8.
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liþ
A joint ⬩ lith ⬩ limb
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Ðæt hé dyppe his fingres liþ on wætere that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, Lk. Skt. 16, 24, On ðone liþ ðæra eaxla, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 12. On ðæt liþ, 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 6. Liþu artus, Wrt. Voc. 64, 77.
ýþian
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Ðæs flódes wæteru ýðedon ofer eorþan, 7, 6, 18. Burnon ýþgodon (ýðgadun, Surt.) torrentes inundaverunt, Ps. Spl. 77, 23. Éðiende redundans (torrens ), Kent. Gl. 632. Ðæt ýðigende flód, ðe ða synfullan ádylegode, Homl. Th. ii. 60, 4.
ge-hlýd
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Ðá bróðru þá mid gehlýde wurpon wæter on ꝥ fýr swylce hit tó ádwǽscenne cum jaciendo aquam, et ignem quasi extinguen-do perstreperent Gr. D. 123, 29.
EORÞE
EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum
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EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil; terra, hŭmus, sŏlum God gecígde ða drignisse eorþan, and ðæra wætera gegaderunga he hét sǽs vŏcāvit Deus ārĭdam terram, congregātiōnesque ăquārum appellāvit măria, Gen. 1, 10.
Æ
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The short or unaccented æ stands only before a single consonant; as Stæf, hwæl, dæg: a single consonant followed by e in nouns; Stæfes, stæfe, hwæles, dæges, wæter, fæder, æcer: or before st, sc, fn, ft; Gæst, æsc, hræfn, cræft: before pp, bb, tt, cc,
hrínan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ strike
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Nǽnig wæter him hrínan ne mihte no water might reach him, Beo. Th. 3035; B. 1515: 1981; B. 988: Cd. 69; Th. 84, 11; Gen. 1396. Ðæt hý him mid hondum hrínan mósten, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 5; Gú. 381: 73 a; Th. 273, 7; Jul. 512.
be-windan
To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn ⬩ amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere
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Ða þreó wæter steápe stánbyrig streámum bewindaþ the three waters surround lofty cities of stone with their streams, Cd. 100; Th. 133, 18; Gen. 2212.
ge-sleán
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Þicge hé geseáw broþu . . . and geslegen ǽgru and breád gebrocen on hát wæter, 5. to strike and kill, slay Tó acuoellanne ł gesleá ǽnig interficere quemquam, Jn. L. 18, 31. Þ te wére geslægen occidi, Lk. L. R. 22, 7.
sceádan
to separate, divide, make a line of separation between ⬩ to distinguish, decide ⬩ to scatter, shed ⬩ to separate, divide, part ⬩ to be distinguished, to differ ⬩ to scatter, shed
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Voc. ii. 27, 1: 88, 39. to scatter, shed Ðonne sceádaþ ða wyrmas on ðæt wæter, Lchdm. ii. 38, 4. [He shodeð þe gode fro þe iuele, O. E. Homl. ii. 67, 24. Eiðer of þisse teres schedde þe apostel, i. 157, 33. Þe halwe men schedden teres, 157, 15.
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