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tó-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sígan, pp. -sigen

To fall to pieces,to decay,get worn out

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Næs his reáf horig ne tósigen. Homl. Th. i. 456, 20.

þæc

(n.)
Grammar
þæc, es; n.
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Ða tær ðæt hors ðæt ðæc of ðære cytan hrófe, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 16

þrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
þrǽstan, p. te.

to twistwritheroll aboutto torturetormentharassplagueafflictto pressconstrain

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to twist, writhe, roll about Ðæt hors on misenlíce dǽlas hit wond and ðrǽste cum diversas in partes se torqueret, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 36.

ge-tígan

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Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15. Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðám geate, i. 372, 33. Getígað ǽnne ancran tó his swuran, i. 564, 7. Ðæt esulcweorn tó ðǽm suíran wǽre getíged (-tigged, v. l., suspendatur ), Past. 31, 18.

stede

(adv.)
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Add Hí of ðám stedum þá hors ástyrian ne mihton, Gr. D. 15, 5. ¶ of stede (or of-stede? cf. in-stede) on the spot, at once :-- Þænne þú of stede miht syllan cum statim possis dare, Scint. 193, 12: 197, 13. add On ðám ýtemestan styde standan, R.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

þæge

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þæge, þage; pron. pl.
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A.) synt majora horum faciet, 14, 12. Saga mé hwanon wæs Adames nama gesceapen? Ic ðé secge, fram iiii steorrum. Saga mé, hwæt hátton ðage? Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 1

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on-bláwan

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D. 180, 16. to blow on or away: — Feónd úre wé onbláwaþ mid horne inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, Ps. L. 43, 6. to breathe Anbléu spirabat (coelestem intento spirabat corde sophiam), Hpt. 33, 238, 3

weorold-sǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sǽlþa, pl. f.
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Mé áblendan ðás ungetreówan woruldsǽlþa dum levibus malefida bonis fortuna faveret, paene caput tristis merserat hora meum 2; Fox 4, 9: Met. 2, 10. Se ymbhoga ðyssa woruldsǽlþa, 7, 54. Woruldsélþa, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 29.

Linked entry: weorold-gesǽlþa

dragan

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Wildu hors hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas, Shrn. 117, 13. Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8.

sæl

(n.)
Grammar
sæl, sel, es; n.

A hall

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Wyn for to schenche, after mete in sale, Horn. 1107. Þyse renkeȝ schal neuer sitte in my sale my soper to fele, Allit. Pms. 41, 107. Such a freke watȝ neuer in þat sale er þat tyme, Gaw. 197

Linked entries: sel sales salor

un-þæslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þæslíc, adj.

Unsuitableunseemlyunbecomingunfit

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Onunþæslícum tíman horis incompetentibus, R. Ben. 74, 23. Tó ðan unþæslícum ad ineptas, Hpt. Gl. 510, 35. Unþæslíce míslára inportunas suggestiones, Scint. 33, 19

þeáw

Grammar
þeáw, <b>II b.</b>
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Ðæs cocces ðeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet, cum vero matutinum tempus in proximo est, minutas ac tenues voces format, Past. 461, 2. <b>II c.

ge-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.

to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted tocum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujusto bring before or refer to any onereferre ad aliquem

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to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to; cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrne the dragon again

Linked entry: ge-stoten

æt-sacan

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Sege ús hwǽr se hord sý þe þú fundest and hine bedyrndest; þý lǽs þe þú his ætsace, hér is se man þe sum ꝥ feoh hæfð on handa, Hml. S. 23, 663. to deny a fact, not to admit that something has been done, with gen.

fæt

a vesselutensila receptacleboxcasketa compartment

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Similar entries v. bán-, hord-, máþm-, sinc-fæt " Drihten, þú þé gecure ꝥ fæt (the body of the Virgin Mary) on tó eardienne " . . . þá wæs Drihten cweþende tó Marian líchoman: " Þú eart lífes fæt, and þú eart ꝥ heofenlice templ, " Bl. H. 157, 1-13.

dun

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On horse dunnan sittan ferðrunge getácnað, Lch. iii. 202, 30. Ðá námon þá deófolgildan þone dunnan (dumban, v. l. ) oxan, Hml. S. 18, 112. Hyre betstan dunnan tunecan, Cht. Th. 537, 31.

land-mearc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-mearc, adj.
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Horeb Choreb þǽre dúne, 105, 19.) See preceding word

tó-torfian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-torfian, p. ode.

to fling in different directionsto toss aboutto stone to piecesdestroy by throwing stones

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Me þe sculde al toteon mid horse, oðer þe al totoruion mid stane, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. Stones hi doþ in heore slitte and þe totorveþ, O. and N. 1119

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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A. 184, 92. of spiritual weapons Gié ðǽm ilca smeawnge iúih giwoepnigað vos eadem cogitatione armamini, Rtl. 21, 38. of animals. of military equipment Cumad mycele deór: hí beóð gewǽpnode on ðá wísan þe man hors gewǽpnað, þonne man tó wíge þencð, Wlfst

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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D. 36, 11. of prompt action. of persons, with activity of body or mind Hors[c]líce, hwætlíce naviter (cf.? triumphum ... viribus naviter (v. Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 58) nanciscuntur, Ald. 2, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 47.