mot
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Mote atomo (minor . . modico Phoebi radiis qui vibrat atomo Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 52 : 26, 74. Add
or-eald
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Hé wæs wrǽne oð ꝥ hé wæs oreald usque ad aetatem decrepitam lubricus extilit, Gr. D. 341, 3. Add
ormǽtness
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Add: an immense extent Se miccla gársecg mid micclum ormǽtnyssum ealle þás eorðan útan ymbligeð, Verc. Först. 111, 18
þearf
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Necessary Þá wæs him án hors þearf, ꝥ man him funde, Gr. D. 183, 2 (v. þearf; II 2)
wígbed-heorþ
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D. 216, 6, and add: the Latin is: Ab altaris crepidine pulverem collegit
wítegendlic
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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add
word-lár
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(Verbal) teaching Swá dón hí . . . ꝥ. . . hí beón tó bysne óðrum ge an wordlǽre ( in uerbo), Chrd. 53, 22
æt-hrínan
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with gen, and acc. Ꝥ fýr heora ne æthrán ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454
á-windan
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add as alternative meaning: to become curved. Cf. ge-windan, ge-wind Þá handa áwindaþ the hands get cramped
Linked entry: windan
be-tǽcan
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Mæssepreóst sceal betǽcan brýdguman and brýde be lagum sponsus ac sponsa a sacerdote legibus sponsentur , Chrd. 81, 9. Add
cráwe
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C.D. vi. 275: as a proper name Æftaer Cráwan degæ míræ magan, iii. 274, 6
cuppe
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Áne cuppan seolfrene ... twá cuppan seolfrene, Cht. Th. 501, 21-32: 36. (Cups are often mentioned in wills.) Add
gúþ-rǽs
A warlike attack
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A warlike attack Andr. Kmbl. 3061; An. 1533; Beo. Th. 5974; B. 2991: 3159; B. 1577: 4844; B. 2426
of-tyrfan
to stone
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to stone; — Hiene oftyrfdon his ágene geféran ab exercitu suo lapidibus coopertus interiit, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 28
Linked entry: of-torfian
ge-spon
An enticing ⬩ persuasion ⬩ artifice ⬩ illectatio ⬩ persuasio ⬩ seductio
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An enticing, persuasion, artifice; illectatio, persuasio, seductio Deófles gespon the devil's artifice, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 2; Gen. 720
swylt-dæg
Death-day, day of death
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Death-day, day of death Ǽr his swyltdæge, Cd. Th. 74. 12; Gen. 1221: Beo. Th. 5588; B. 2798
rún
a whisper ⬩ confidence, counsel, consultation ⬩ a mystery ⬩ a secret ⬩ a rune, a letter.
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Godess dærne ræd and run, Orm. 18719. Godes derne runes and his derne domes, A. R. 96, 4. Similar entries v. rún-stæf
Linked entry: rún-stæf
ge-cweðan
To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre
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Kmbl. 687; El. 344 : 878; El. 440 : Andr. Kmbl. 1791; An. 898 : 2600; An. 1301. Ðe Drihten wið eów gecwæþ quod pĕpĭgit vobiscum Dŏmĭnus, Deut. 9, 9.
sib
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Lancashire, Scottish), related; also absolute, one related, a relation (In god-sibbas the word is inflected as a noun, cf. Icel. sifr a near relation. In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf.
cræft
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Hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian, Ap. Th. 17, 8. Cræftas studia, An. Ox. 9, 8. Lárlice cræftas scholares disciplinas, 42. <b>III a.