borian
to perforate ⬩ To bore into
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Þurhþýnde, bori[gende] transver-berans, An. Ox. 230. to insert into a hole bored Borige man on þám beáme stór and finol, Lch. i. 400, 19. intrans. To bore into : Dó þú mid þínum fingre swilce þú borige inn on þíne hand, Tech. ii. 123, 11
dundre
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The same passage (Ald. 20, 35) is glossed duntre stefne, An. Ox. 1463, þǽre thundendan (stefne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 59, and bombose is glossed by ðǽre þútendan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 71.
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eln-boga
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An elmbogan in ulmam, Germ. 396, 156. Add
ge-slit
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Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd . . . Hé sette his finger on þá wunda þe se wurm tóslát, Hml. S. 31, 951. what is bitten Eálá, ðú wyrma gecow and wulfes geslit, Nap. 28, 29
ge-werian
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To come to an agreement, make a treaty Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ꝥ hí geweredon (waredon, v. l. ) wið him and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 6.
hæle
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Crístes cempa . . . þǽr in eóde elnes gemyndig hæle hildedeór, An. 1004. Hié gemétton háligne hæle under heolstorlocan bídan beadurófne, 144. Add
híwere
a pretender ⬩ a decoy
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Similar entries v. híwian; Fácenfulle híweras, wyrh[tan] strofosi (fallaciarum) fabricatores, An. Ox. 2781: fabricatores (falsitatum), 4244. a pretender.
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ilfette
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cf. i. 280, 10 where ciciris is given in a list of birds, but without an English equivalent. A similar list is given on p. 62, and there cignus occurs just before mergulus, as at p. 250 does ciciris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 15. Cf.
segl
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Æfter siextegum daga þæs þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c. gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle, 4, 6; S. 172, 5. Add Segl larbanum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 40. Segel labarum (Hpt. Gl. 456, 69 has segen), An. Ox. 2130
stille
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It is not possible always to distinguish between the adjective and the adverb, but the latter character mav be assumed for the word when, if an adjective, it should take the u-inflection; e. g.
coorta
A band of soldiers ⬩ cohort ⬩ cohors
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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those
twelf-gilde
To be restored twelve-fold
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To be restored twelve-fold Godes feoh and ciricean .xii.
hreófla
A leper
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A leper Ðá geneálǽhte án hreófla tó him ecce leprosus veniens, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 2. On simones húse ánes hreóflan, Mk. Skt. 14, 3. Ðæs hreóflan, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 6.
snell
Quick, active, strong ⬩ of rapid movement, quick, rapid, swift ⬩ active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold ⬩ keen, severe; sharp ⬩ acute ⬩ firm, determined ⬩ bold, active ⬩ alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix ⬩ valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent
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Snel 208, 29;208, 29 Hé is snel and swift and swíðe leóht est levis et velox 220, 8; Ph. 317. Wæterþissa snel 182, 2; Gú. 1304: Andr. Kmbl. 1009; An. 505. Snelle veloces Ps. Spl. T. 13, 6. Férend snelle swift emissaries Exon. Th. 246, 12; Jul. 60.
tirgan
To vex, ⬩ irritate, ⬩ provoke ⬩ exasperate
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Ða tredaþ ðec and tergaþ, and hyra torn wrecaþ, Exon.Th. 119, 23; Gú. 259. Ða ðe tyrwiaþ qui exasperant, Ps. Lamb. 65, 7: 67, 7. Hé tyride exacerbavit, i. provocavit, adflixit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 56. Tyrgide exacerbavit, Hpt. Gl. 527, 51.
ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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App. p. 44, where, in an extent of the manors of Crowhurst and Fylesham, in Sussex, 8 Edw. I, we read, 'xxiii ambræ salis, quæ faciunt xii quarteria, secundum mensuram Londoniæ.'
níten
An animal ⬩ beast ⬩ cattle
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Nýtenu and deór fixas and fugelas God gesceóp on flǽsce bútan sáwle. Ða nýtenu hé lét gán álotene, and hé forgeaf ðám nýtenum gærs, Homl. Th. i. 276, 3-6. Men and nýtenu sweltaþ homines et jumenta morientur, Ex. 9, 19.
clǽne
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Wyrta and ǽgra, fisc and cýse, buteran and beána and ealle clǽne þingc ic ete, 34, 29. clear, without defect Ꝥ eal se líchoma sý clánes híwes and glades and beorhtes, Lch. ii. 296, 6.
ge-bígan
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Take here ge-bégan in Dict. and add Gebígþ flectit, curvat, inclinat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 44.
ge-ícan
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Gehíhte macta, An. Ox. 4, 64. to furnish, endow. Cf. I. 4, and see eácen Þonne bið geýced and geedníwad moncyn þurh Meotud (cf. Sceal þonne ánra gehwylc . . . leoðum onfón and líchoman, edgeong wesan, 1030-3), Cri. 1040