trendlian
To trundle ⬩ roll
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To trundle, roll
sweðian
To swathe, wrap.
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To swathe, wrap
Linked entries: be-sweþian be-sweðian sweþel
splottian
to spot, blot.
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to spot, blot
á-scrincan
to shrivel up
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to shrivel up
fægnian
To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for ⬩ gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre
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To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for; gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre Ne sceal he tó ungemetlíce fægnian ðæs folces worda he ought not to rejoice immoderately at the people's words, Bt. 30, 1;
Linked entries: a-fægniende fægenian fagenian fahnian
healm
stubble ⬩ straw ⬩ a straw ⬩ stalk
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R. 3, 17. stubble as representing the arable land from which a crop has been gathered: Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðám healme and tó ðám heorðe (according to the amount of cultivated arable land and to the kind of house.
onettan
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Seó stíg gelǽdde þá ónettendan (properantes) men tó ðæs weres cytan, Gr. D. 212, 20. <b>I a.</b> of too quick procedure, to hurry :-- Gif hé unendebyrdlíce ónet mid dǽre sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 93, 18.
BLÍCAN
to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle ⬩ lucere, fulgere, coruscare, micare ⬩ to shine by exposure, as the bones ⬩ denudando in conspectum dari ⬩ apparere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ fulgere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ I shine ⬩ to shine
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Móna swá seó Godes circe beorhte blíceþ the church of God shines brightly like the moon, 18 a; Th. 44, 11; Cri. 701: 58 b; Th. 210, 16; Ph. 186.
Linked entry: BLÆC
þegen-scipe
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Genesis which is thought to show Old Saxon influence, the word occurs with the meaning of service to a lord, like the Old Saxon thegan-skepi Nis mé on worulde mód ǽniges þegnscipes,Cd.
and-git
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Ðæt ys on angite ꝥ . . . the meaning is that . . . , Jud. p. 157, 34. Ðæt is on ðrím andgitum tó understandenne that is to be understood in three senses, Hml. Th. i. 264, 31
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biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Th. ii. 400, 26. Ǽr þ ám þe hé him ryhtes bidde. Ll.
drihtin-beáh
A lord-ring or money paid for slaying a freeman. In the laws of Edward the Confessor it is called Manbóte
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C. 12; Th. i. 447, 28-31. Gif man frigne mannan ofsteahþ, cyninge l scillinga to drihtin-beáge if any one slay a freeman, [let him pay] fifty shillings to the king, as 'drihtin-beah,' L. Ethb. 6; . i. 4, 6, 7
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Engla feld
ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi
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D. 871] the army came to Reading in Wessex, and three nights after two earls rode up: then alderman Æthelwulf met them at Inglefield, and there fought against them, and gained the victory. Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 5-8
fóre-cuman
To come forth ⬩ come before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnire
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Fórecómon eágan míne to ðé on dægréd prævēnērunt ŏcŭli mei ad te dilūcŭlo, Ps. Spl. 118, 148: 17, 21
Linked entry: fóre-cymeþ
middaneard-líc
Earthly ⬩ worldly ⬩ mundane ⬩ earthly
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Earthly. in a physical sense Ðæt heó mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes (other MSS. middaneardlíce) wæstmas, ne forbærne, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17. as distinguished from spiritual or heavenly, worldly, mundane, earthly Godes sunu becom tó ðissum middanearde tó
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plantian
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To plant Ðú plantast ( plantes ) wíneard and ne brícst his, Deut. 28, 30. Gé plantiaþ, 28, 39. Gé plantigeaþ, Lev. 19, 23. Hí heora heortan wyrtruman on ðisum andwerdum life plantiaþ,Homl. Th. ii. 132, 7.
BIFIAN
To tremble, shake, be moved ⬩ tremere, contremere, commoveri
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Ða wudas bifodon the woods shook, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 8
ge-rinnan
To run, run together, congeal, join ⬩ coagulare, coagulari ⬩ to run together ⬩ coagulare
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To run, run together, congeal, join; coagulare, coagulari Nis ná gerunnen togædere seó Godcundnys and seó menniscnys the divinity and the humanity are not mingled together, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 5.
Linked entries: ge-irnan heofon-setl
þrág-bisig
Occupied for a time(?) ⬩ periodically employed(?)
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The subject of the riddle is a millstone, and the Latin riddles on which the English one is based seem to suggest that the epithet might refer to running; Aldhelm has: Par labor ambarum ... altera currit; Symphosius: Non desinit ille moveri. v.
á-ceósan
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Th. ii. 410, 19