sǽne
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Hé (a sea serpent) on holme wæs sundes ðé sǽnra ( the slower in swimming), ðá hyne swylt fornam, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436. Ic sceal sécan óðerne ellenleásran cempan sǽnran I must seek another warrior less courageous and active, Exon.
stíþness
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Hardness, severity, force ; violentia, Hpt. Gl. 435, 76 : 516, 23 : duritia, 482, 66. hardness, stiffness in a physical sense Gif hwylc stíðnes on líchoman becume, genim ðás wyrte . . . lege tó ðam sáre, Lchdm, i. 132, 16.
spic
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Bacon, lard, the fat flesh of swine Hi lares ðás hús; ðanon ys gecweden lardum spic, forðan ðe hit on húsum hangaþ lange, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Zup. 42, 17. Spic lardum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 25 : larda, 286, 52 : ii. 52, 1: tanea i. 26, 47.
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cwic
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Take here the (accusative) forms given under cwicen and those under cwicu, and add Nát nǽnig man hwæþer se Jóhannes sí þe cwicu þe deád, Shrn. 32, 30. Cwucu vivus, Scint. 37, 16.
eall-swá
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Hé sý on swége gelencged eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) on Sunnandæge, 37, 8. as (if) Hí ridon tó Bosanhám eallswá hí sceoldon tó Sandwíc, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 35. correlative forms Eallswá bealdlíce mót se ðeówa clypigan God him tó Fæder ealswá se cyning, Hml
EAX
An axis, axle-tree ⬩ axis
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Twegen steorran synd gehátene axis, ðæt is ex, forðamðe se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran, swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe, and forðí hi standaþ symle stille two stars are called axis, that is axle-tree, because the firmament turns on the two stars
on-lúcan
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Suelce ic gesáwe sume duru onlocene, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 6. metaph. to open, disclose, reveal Ðæt word ðære þreáunge is cǽg forðam hit oft onlýcþ (anlýcþ, Hatt.
rǽden
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The word occurs as the second part of many nouns, when its force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-,
tynder
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Wé habbaþ ðone mǽstan dǽl ðære tyndran ðínre hǽle ... nú ðú ne þearft ðe náuht ondrǽdan forðam ðe of ðam lytlan spearcan ðe ðú mid ðære tyndran gefénge lífes leóht ðé onliéhte habemus maximum tuae fomitem salutis ... nihil igitur pertimescas; jam tibi
fóster
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; remansit a suis, Lk. p. 4, 4. bringing forth progeny. Cf. fédan; III Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symble gemacan, þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón (cf. ut salvetur semen super faciem terrae, Gen. 7, 3), Hml. Th. i. 20, 35
ge-þreágean
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Synt geþreáde ( wearied ) þegnas míne ... duguð is geswenced, módigra mægen miclum gebysgod, An. 391. in mind Forht ... egesan geþreád, Gen. 2668.
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hǽr
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L. 23, 5. with collective force, hair of persons Hǽr cesaries, pilos, Wülck Gl. 290, 11. Unbeganum locca fexe and fúliendum hǽre inculta criniculorum cesarie et squalente capillatura, An.
elcor
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</b> after a negative clause, if so :-- Behaldeþ ꝥ gé eówre sóþfestnisse ne dóan fore monnum . . . elles ł elcur (alioquin = elcor elioquin, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 20: 30, 63) gé ne habbaþ leán, Mt. R. 6, 1.
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Dict. rig], high line of continuous hills, an elevated surface Anlang hrycges tó ðære eorþburh along the ridge to the earthen fort, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 411, 21. Eal bútan ánan hrycge, 19, 4. West ðonan on ðone hrycg, 416, 17.
tredan
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Forð gán, foldweg tredan, Andr. Kmbl. 1550; An. 776. Gewát him se hearda sǽwong tredan, Beo. Th. 3933 ; B. 1964. Tredan elþeódigra foldan, Exon. Th. 329, 4; Vy. 29. Ic seah turf tredan . vi. gebróðor, 394, 10; Ra. 14, 1.
ge-gaderung
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Gegaderunga copulas, 23, 59. a joining together to form a whole Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderinge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he received the mysterious joining together and compacting of the body (cf.
gearwe
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</b> with verbs of observation, well :-- Fóre míne and míne gangas þú gearwe átreddest (investigasti ), and ealle míne wegas wel foresáwe, Ps. Th. 138, 2. Geara ic sceáwade considerabam, 141, 4. readily, willingly, eagerly Geare andettan, Ps.
niht
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Hié ealne ðone dæg wǽron ꝥ Þafiende oþ niht, 5, 7; S. 230, 18: Chr. 871; P. 70, 28. v. brýd-, foran-, freóls-, gistran-, midde-, midder-, þreó-niht; sin-nihte
þegnung
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For ðý ða óþra gesceafta þeówe sint, hí healdaþ hiora þénunga, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 18. Þegnunga, Met. 11, 46. <b>II a.
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ge-faran
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Decius férde intó Constantinopolim, ... and of ðǽre hé fór into Cartagine, and ðánon intó Efese.