swétan
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Th. 273, 32; Jul. 525
Linked entry: swétian
wǽpen-getæc
A wapentake,
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Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 8: iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 3, 8
ge-deccan
To cover ⬩ tĕgĕre
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To cover; tĕgĕre Gedec ánne cláþ ðǽr mid cover a cloth therewith, Herb. 78, 2; Lchdm. i. 182, 3. Gedeced mid wyrtum covered with spices, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 35. v. Leo 607. 39
frettan
To feed upon ⬩ eat up ⬩ consume ⬩ depasci
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To feed upon, eat up, consume; depasci Hine [wíngeard] wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ singŭlāris fĕrus depastus est eam [vīneam ], Ps. Th. 79, 13.
ge-ádlian
To be sick ⬩ to languish ⬩ become impotent ⬩ languescĕre
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Th. i. 610, 17
Linked entry: ádlian
bi-hlemman
To dash together ⬩ collidere cum strepitu
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To dash together; collidere cum strepitu He ða grimman goman bihlemmeþ fæste togædre he dashes the grim jaws [gums] fast together, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 26; Wal. 76
Linked entry: be-hlemman
gende
- Beo. Th. 2806 ;
- B. 1401
myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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to mean, intend, purpose, determine, Grammar myntan, with infin. Se ðe Gode mynteþ bringan beorhtne wlite, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 22; Cri. 1058. Mynte ic hié háton yflian I had a mind to order them to be punished, Nar. 25, 27.
sprýtan
To sprout ⬩ spring as a plant
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To sprout, spring as a plant Of ðam blado bealwa gehwilces sprýtan (spryttan?) ongunnon, Cd. Th. 61, 10; Gen. 995
Linked entry: a-sprýtan
ráfian
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Icel. reifa to swaddle; or to unloose, disclose, cf. Icel. reifa to rip up, disclose
Linked entry: rǽfan
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feówertigeda
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Add: alone Wé sceolon under þǽm feówerteóþan geríme (during Lent) syllan þone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda, Bl. H. 35, 18. On þone feówerteg[ð]an dæg, Chr. 763; P. 50, 16. with units On þǽm twǽm and feówerteóþan (-tigþan, v. l.) wintra Agustuses ríces,
a-lénian
To make lean ⬩ to soak ⬩ macerare
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To make lean, to soak; macerare, Ælf. pref. Hom. p. 4
bétende
Amending, atoning ⬩ reparans, expians
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Amending, atoning; reparans, expians Bétende [MS. betend] crungon hergas to hrusan the atoning bands sank to earth, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29
pícan
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to pick Lét him pýcan út his eágan, and ceorfan of his handa, Chr. 796; Erl. 58, 33
Linked entry: pýcan
a-wyrþian
To give honour to ⬩ to glorify ⬩ glorificare
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To give honour to, to glorify; glorificare,Cant. Moys. Lye
blácian
To grow pale ⬩ pallere, pallescere
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Onsýn blácaþ his face grows pale, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 13; Seef. 91
wyrp
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to throw, -wyrpan, -wyrpe
eorþ-tyrewa
Earth-tar, asphalte ⬩ bĭtūmen
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Earth-tar, asphalte; bĭtūmen Se weall is geworht of tigelan and eorþtyrewan the wall [of Babylon] is built with bricks and earth-tar, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 25
Linked entry: tirwa
CLIBBOR
Sticky, adhesive ⬩ tenax
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Sticky, adhesive; tenax Weá biþ wundrum clibbor grief is wonderfully adhesive, Menol. Fox 485; Gn. C. 13