wíd
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Th. 1759; B. 877. of the duration of time, long, lasting long, in phrases equivalent to ever, always. v. wíde-feorh, -ferhþ Gé sceolon ádreógan wíte tó wídan ealdre, Exon. Th. 92, 27; Cri. 1515 : Cd. Th. 62, 16 ; Gen. 1015.
á-forhtian
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Hé þearle áforhtode for þám þe hé geþrístlǽhte dón tó bysmore swá mycelum were, 131, 32. Þá áforhtade uncer mód forþan wit wéndan ꝥ . . . , Hml. A. 206, 362, Wé syndon áforhtigende for þám ðe . . . , 186, 147. trans.
Linked entry: on-forhtian
for-bredan
transform ⬩ to corrupt
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Srt. 54, 10. to snatch away Oft ic sýne ofteáh . . . misthelme forbrægd eágna leóman, Jul. 470. to change for the worse, transform, v. bregdan, I. l e Hí sǽdon ꝥ hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft þá men forbrédan, and weorpan hí an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38
steáp
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In later English steap applied to the eyes or to gems seems to have this meaning. 'Twa ehnen steappre þene steorren an þene ȝimstanes' Marh.9, 4. In the note on this passage Cockayne gives other instances of this use, e.g.
a-boht
bought
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bought; to buy
a-boren
carried
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carried; to bear
a-bræc
broke
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broke; to break
a-ceócian
To choke ⬩ suffocare
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To choke; suffocare
a-gearwian
To prepare ⬩ parare
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To prepare; parare
a-pullian
To pull ⬩ vellere
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To pull; vellere
and-wendan
to change ⬩ mutare
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to change; mutare
a-strícan
To strike ⬩ percutere
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To strike; percutere
an-hón
to hang ⬩ suspendere
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to hang; suspendere
a-scrypan
to cast out
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to cast out
a-tyrian
to fail ⬩ deficere
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to fail; deficere
a-wanian
To diminish ⬩ diminuere
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To diminish; diminuere
be-dyderian
To deceive ⬩ decipere
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To deceive; decipere
a-þrówian
To suffer ⬩ pati
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To suffer; pati
a-þynnian
To thin ⬩ tenuare
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To thin ; tenuare