sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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God hét niman ánes geáres lamb and sníðan on Eástertíde 40, 11: 262, 29. to cut stone, to hew Ðæra wyrhtena ðe ðæne stán snidon and fégdon Anglia xi. 4, 12. to cut hair Wið heáfodece, hundes heáfod gebærn tó absan and sníð ðæt heáfod; lege on Lchdm.
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Se mé beág forgeaf on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes gescyred sceatta scillingríme, Exon. Th. 324, 9; Víd. 92. Hí behéton hire sceattas dabimus tibi singuli mille et centum argenteos, Jud. 16, 5.
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windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Slóh ides ðone hǽþenan hund, ðæt him ðæt heáfod wand forþ on ðá flóre, Judth. Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 110. Bærst sum sagol intó ánes beáteres eágan swá ðæt his eáge wand út mid ðæm slæge, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 144.
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winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Hí wǽron on Egipta lande feówer hund wintra and þrítig wintra, Ex. 12, 40. Ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
tó-bregdan
to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something
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Ðæt hé wǽre from ðám hundum tóbróden, Shrn. 145, 4. to pull apart Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum their limbs weru torn from one another, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 72.
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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Cwom [MS. cuom] feorþe healf hund scipa on Temese múþan, and brǽcon Contwara burg and Lundenburg three hundred and fifty ships came to the mouth of the Thames, and took Canterbury and London by storm, Chr. 851; Erl. 66, 34. v. intrans. erumpere, prorumpere
full
having no space empty ⬩ containing abundance of. ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundantly characterized by ⬩ full of food ⬩ complete ⬩ perfect ⬩ whole ⬩ entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation ⬩ complete ⬩ whole ⬩ entire ⬩ completed
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Eáge æfþancum ful, 497. full of food Þú wǽre swá gífre swá hund, and þú nǽfre nǽre full þe má þe hell, Wlfst. 241, 7. figurative Þú git tó full sý þæs þe þé lǽfed is, ꝥ þé for þý wlátige, Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 19.
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eall
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Férde Jacób mid his twelf sunum and his suna sunum ealles hund*-*seofontig manna, Hml. Th. ii. 190, 30. Þá hæftlingas ealles sixtýne, Hml. S. 5, 134. Hundteóntig muneca and feówertig ealles, 6, 264.
FÆÐM
the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum
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Þreó hund fæðma biþ se arc on lenge trĕcentōrum cŭbĭtōrum ĕrit longĭtūdo arcæ, Gen. 6, 15.
teóna
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Ymb ðone teónan (mischievous doctrine) wæs gegaederad III hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó ámansumianne conventus cccxviii episcoporum factus est, per quos Arianum dogma exitiabile reprobatum est, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 282, 34.
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wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Hundes wyrm ricinus, 24, 33. Se wyrm (a book-worm) forswealg wera gied sumes, Exon. Th. 432, 8; Rä. 48, 3. Ðes lytla wyrm ðe on flóde gǽð fótum drýge, 426, 20; Rä. 41, 76.
wulf
a wolf ⬩ used in reference to outlaws
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Ic (the shepherd) stande ofer míne sceáp mid hundum ðe læs wulfas forswelgen hig, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 15. Wulfa geþot ululatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 24. Sume wurdon tó wulfan; ða ðuton ðonne hí spræcan sceoldon, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 36 : Met. 26, 79.
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ge-tellan
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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga, Hml. Th. i. 178, 19-21.
hors
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Óðer healf hund æcera and þǽrtó þrittig oxna and twéntig cúna and týn hors, Cht. Th. 312, 20. Hæbbe Eádwold hyre taman hors, 539, 6. Hors anstyllan, Angl. ix. 262, 23.
FRUMA
a beginning ⬩ commencement ⬩ origin ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmordium ⬩ exordium ⬩ an originator ⬩ author ⬩ founder ⬩ inventor ⬩ auctor ⬩ inventor ⬩ a chief ⬩ prince ⬩ ruler ⬩ king ⬩ prŏcer ⬩ princeps ⬩ rex
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Hie ahéngon herga Fruman they hung up the Prince of hosts, Elen. Kmbl. 419; El. 210
heáfod
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</b> the rounded part of a plant :-- xii hund heáfda (cf. capitum (heads of garlic ) milia multa, Prehn, p. 255), Rä. 83, 4.
lang
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Þú þæt fær gewyrc þreó hund lang elngemeta, Gen. 1308. Þá wǽron tú swá lange swá þá óðru, Chr. 897; P. 90, 15.
ge-lícnes
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Th. i. 282, 32. that which resembles an object, a like shape, a semblance Ne wæs þæt ná fugul ána, ac þǽr wæs ǽghwylces ánra gelícnes horses and monnes, hundes and fugles, and eác wífes wlite, Rä. 37, 10.
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Wesseaxe on lást legdun láþam þeódum the West Saxons hung on the rear of the foe, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 22; Ædelst. 22. On lást [cf. Icel. á lesti] at last. Ðú sárgige on lásð gemas in novissimis, Past. 36, 2; Swt. 249, 13.
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sígan
to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter
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to pass from a higher to a lower position, to sink, descend, decline, fall down Hé (a man hung on a tree) on wyrtruman sígeþ, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25. Ðá hé on eorþan sáh cadens in terram, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 31.