on-þenian
to extend, stretch, bend ( a bow)
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to extend, stretch, bend ( a bow) Hí onþeneden ( intenderunt ) boga, Ps. Spl. T. 63, 3
spanning
Spanning ⬩ bend ⬩ span
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Spanning, bend, span Eln vel spanning betwiox þuman and scitefingre Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 53
Basilius
Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa ⬩ Kαιδάρεια
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Basilius awrát áne wundorlíce bóc, be eallum Godes weorcum, ðe he geworhte on six dagum, 'Exameron' geháten, swíðe deópum andgite.
wíd
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Ne seah ic wídan feorh never in all my life have I seen, Beo. Th. 4033 ; B. 2014. Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu, Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385
beánen
Beany ⬩ belonging to beans ⬩ fabarius
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Beany, belonging to beans; fabarius Beánene melewe BEAN-MEAL, Herb. 155, 3; Lchdm. i. 282, 9
ge-portian
To beat, pound ⬩ contundĕre
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To beat, pound; contundĕre Geporta ða wyrta tosomne pound the herbs together, Lchdm. iii. 4, 10
eald-bacen
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Baked long ago Behealde hé ꝥ his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene, Ll. Th. ii. 360, 27
fela-wyrde
talkative
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Of many words, talkative Ne beón gé tó felawyrde ne ealles tó hlagole, Wlfst. 40, 18
sam-rǽdenn
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The conjugal state Ðá ðe beóð gebundene mid somrǽdenne (sin-, v. l.) conjugati, Past. 19, 18
ceás-lunger
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Quick to quarrel, contentious Se hordere sceal beón sýfre and ná ceáslunger (conteniiasvs), Chrd. 19, 12
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Ex. 4, 7. marking near kinship Hé ys úre brððor and áre flǽsc, Gen. 37, 27. of the marriage relation Beóð twégen on ánum flǽsce.
hlinc
ridge
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On clofenan hlinc (cf. oð ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe ðǽr is tóclofen, ii. 251, 6: æt ðám litlan tóclofenan beorge, iii. 421, 9), v. 179, 27. Ofer dúne on meós-hlinc westeweardne; ðonne ádúne on ðá ýfre, ii. 172, 26.
HWÍL
A WHILE
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A WHILE, space of time Wæs seó hwíl micel it was a great while, Beo. Th. 295; B. 146. Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495.
ge-sceád
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Ben. 12, 14. For sóþes wísdómes gesceáde, 10. For ðám gesceáde, þæt hí nǽron gelíce . . . Ælfc. Gr. Z. 26, 9 : 16, 4. Se móna went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard. . .
þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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Hí beág ymb mín heáfod þreám ( painfully or with reproaches? ) biþrycton, 88, 26; Cri. 1446.
Linked entry: bróh-þreá
or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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The ordeal must take place in a kings burgh, Ǽlc ordál beó on ðæs kyninges byrig, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 296, 4, and upon fastdays and festivals could not be used, ordél and áþas syndan tócwedene freólsdagum and rihtfæstendagum, L. E.
Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Mé of brýde bearn ne wócon, Cd. Th. 131, 30; Gen. 2184 : Exon. Th. 433, 26; Rä. 51, 2. Him stent ege of ðé timebunt te, Deut. 28, 10. Wendan on Englisc, hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, Past. Swt. 7, 20.
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EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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Ána wið eallum alone against all, Beo. Th. 292; B. 145: Cd. 218; Th. 279, 28; Sat. 245. Metod eallum weóld gumena cynnes the Creator ruled over the whole of the race of men, Beo.
swincan
to toil, labour, work with effort ⬩ to labour at, after, etc. , anything ⬩ to be troubled, travail, be in difficulty or distress
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Ne þearfe ic swíþe ymbe ðæt swincan, Bt- 35, 3; Fox 158, 8, to be troubled, travail, be in difficulty or distress Ic swince on mínre gránunge laboravi in gemitu meo, Ps. Th. 6, 5. On hú grimmum seáðe swinceþ ðæt sweorcende mód, Met. 3, 2.