mete
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Add: food Gif mete sý áwyrd, Lch. ii. 142, 14. Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1. Ne
miþian
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To conceal, keep from appearing openly Se ealda feónd ne mihte ádreógan þás wísan swígiende ne deógollíce þurh swefn miðgian (the old enemy could not suffer these things in silence nor keep them from being generally known by entrusting them to the secrecy
namian
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Add Swá swá Abraham dyde . . . and ꝥ wíf Anna . . . and fela óðre men ðe wé ne magan namian, Hml. A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ? cur Abel in evangelio singulariter
nyt-weorþ
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Forgife mé se wilega gifola þæt mé tó ǽgðrum onhagige, ge hér nytwyrðe tó beónne (cf. Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil. H. 2,
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on-settan
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Add: to impose, place one object on another; imponere, superponere Gif mon on níwne weall hefigne hrôf onsett structuris recentibus si tignorum pondus superponitur, Past. 383, 33. Onsettað on (ofer, R. ) scyldrum imponit in umeros, Lk. L. 15, 5. Ofer
stocc
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Dele hand- at end, and Add Ꝥ inn wæs swýþe nearo, and þǽr lágon stoccas, Hml. S. 31, 856. <b>I a</b>. a post to which a person may be fastened, stocks :-- Óstiges stocces fæstene þæs (Godes weres) sceancan (in) nodosi cippi claustrum viri
rust
Rust
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Rust Rust erugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 37 : 29, 46. Erugo rust, óm, vel tinea .i. vitium frumenti vel ferri, 144, 3 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 19. Rost, Txts. 60, 397. Of ruste vel óme erugine .i. rubigine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 5. Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc gesuinc
sceáþ
A sheath
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A sheath Sceáþ vagina, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 19: 84, 25. Sweord of sceáþe átugon ða synfullan gladium evaginaverunt peccatores, Ps. Spl. 36, 14: Judth. Thw. 22, 26; Jud. 79. Of scéþe, Byrht. Th. 136, 37; By. 162. Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii
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ge-ánlǽcan
to unite ⬩ unite ⬩ To join together ⬩ to get together, collect, assemble
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Add: to unite one person to another, unite persons as associates Feówer þeóda hine underféngon tó hláforde, Peohtas and Bryttas, Scottas and Angli, swá swá God hí geánlǽhte tó ðám, Hml. S. 26, 107. Hé wearð geánlǽht mid geleáfan tó ðám hálgan were, 19
hæftan
To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison ⬩ to bind, fetter
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To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison Gif hé nite hwá hine áborgie hæfton hine if he knows not who will be his surety let them arrest him, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 8. Seó stów ðe ðú nú on hæft eart the place in which you are now imprisoned
heard-líce
Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly
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Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly Heardlíce duriter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 41. Se Godes man ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan the man of God began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29. Hé heardlíce
óra
A species of money introduced by the Danes
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A species of money introduced by the Danes (cf. Icel. eyrir, the eighth part of a mark) þolie twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 16. Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran
snǽd
'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' ⬩ a clearing in a wood.
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'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' Leo, Anglo-Saxon Names of Places, pp. 68-9. Or (?) a clearing in a wood. Cf. snǽdan, II. Ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf tósundran . . . and
ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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To smear, anoint; ungĕre Hí word hira wel gesmyredon, ele anlícast molliērunt sermōnes suos sŭper ŏleum, Ps. Th. 54, 21. Forðon gesmiride mec propter quod unxit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1. Ðæt
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tó-gangan
to go in different directions, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass away
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to go in different directions, to part Æfter ðon ðe wit nú betweoh unc tógongenne (tógangne, Bd. M. 372, 3) beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20. Ðá hié betwih him tógangen (-gangende. Bd. M. 372, 20) wǽron digredientes ab
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swealwe
A swallow
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A swallow Suualuae, suualuuae, suualuue progna, Txts. 90, 828. Sualuuae, sualuae, sualuue hirundo, 68, 498. Swealwe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 5. Swalowe, swaluwe, swalewe, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 7. Storc and swalewe, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25. Genim swealwan nest
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swegle
Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly,
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Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly, in a physical sense Ðonne sió reáde ród ofer ealle swegle scíneþ on ðære sunnan gyld, Exon. Th. 68, 13; Crl. 1103. Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n]
sweþel
A swathe, wrap, band, bandage; cf. swaddling band, clothes ⬩ of a funeral pile in whose fire the body is wrapped
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A swathe, wrap, band, bandage; cf. swaddling band, clothes Sweþil fascia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 74. Sueðelas suedilas instites, Txts. 69, 1060. Sweþelas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 48. Sweoþolas fascia [e? ], 93, 69. Suuoeðles institis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 44. Suaeðila
for-teón
to pull and hurt ⬩ to gripe ⬩ to pull in the way of ⬩ obscure ⬩ cover up ⬩ obducere ⬩ to draw away ⬩ lead astray ⬩ seducere
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Substitute: to pull and hurt, to gripe Fortogen turminosus, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 10. Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene, Lch. ii. 242, 7. to pull in the way of, obscure cover up; obducere Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna
wár
sea-weed ⬩ waur ⬩ sand ⬩ strand
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sea-weed, waur v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore: see also Jamieson's Dict. ware. Waar, uaar, uár alga, Txts. 39, 120. Wár. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39