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dípan

(v.)
Grammar
dípan, p. te.
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Swilce þú feþere hæb(b)e and hí dýpe, Tech. ii. 128, 18-22. to baptize Ic eówic dépu ( baptizo) wætere . . . sé eówic dépið (baptizabit ) fýre, Mt. R. 3, 11. Ꝥte hé wǽre dépid ut baptizaretur, 3, 13. Wérun dépte baptizabantur, 3, 6

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á-rǽcan

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Add: to get at Hé náhte his féþes geweald ne furðon ne mihte his mete him árǽcan, Hml. S. 5, 138: Hex. 14, 17: Lch. i. 246, 4. to hold forth Se hopa árǽhte (offert) sweord þǽre eáðmódnesse, Prud. 35a; 37a.

ge-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
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to stroke, smooth with the hand Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne winstran hand innewearde and lege tó þínum eáron the sign for a cushion is that with your forefinger you make as if you were smoothing a feather

tácn

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</b> add :-- Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce ( make signs as if drawing feathers) on þýne wynstran hand innewearde and lecge tó þínum eáron, Tech. ii. 126, 6.

ge-týd

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Add: -tydd Swylce sum getýd wer sum metervers mid his feþere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 22. On hwylcere yldo oððe hú getýd ( quomodo edoctus ) se man beó, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 19. Se getýda lǽce ðæs heofonlican lǽcedómes, ðæt wæs Sc.

ribb

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Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre . . . wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod — hit is nǽdrena gecynd ꝥ heora mægen and hiera féþe bið on heora ribbum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 3-14.

nídan

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Stinge him mon feþere on múð, néde hine tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 286, 17. [3) with clause :-- Þone hié nǽddun ꝥ hé bére his róde hunc angariaverunt ut tolleret crucem ejus, Mt. R. 27, 32

ge-horsod

Grammar
ge-horsod, ge-horsian.
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XM gehorsedra and eahtatig M féþena. S. 126, 3 : 3, 10; S. 138, 17. Hundteóntig þúsenda gangendra manna and twéntig þúsenda gehorsedra manna, Hml.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Ic hæbbe swíþe swifte feþera, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 4. Se móna is be sumum dǽle swiftre ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 248, 3. Ða ( Alfred's ships ) wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran ge unwealtran ge eác hiéran ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 13.

Linked entry: swyft

eóred

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cf. eóred-mann, ¶: Twá þúsenda horsa and cccc. búton þǽm eóreda and xx. þúsenda féþena (the Latin which this should translate is: Quadringente quadrige equorum omnes falcate . bige ii mille . ducente equitum turme .xx milia peditum.

snell

(adj.)
Grammar
snell, snel; adj.

Quick, active, strongof rapid movement, quick, rapid, swiftactive, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold keen, severe; sharp acute firm, determined bold, active alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent

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Gl. 485, 25. of rapid movement, quick, rapid, swift Sum biþ on londe snel, féþe spédig Exon. Th. 296, 17; Crä. 52. Fareþ feþrum snell 206, 7; Ph. 123. Snel 208, 29;208, 29 Hé is snel and swift and swíðe leóht est levis et velox 220, 8; Ph. 317.

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Mín tunge ys gelícost ðæs wríteres feþere ðe hraðost wrít, Ps. Th. 44, 2. Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne heraþ hé ðone writere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ. Homl. Th. i. 156, 3. Wrítera strican notariorum characteres, Hpt.

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

dreógan

(v.)
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Hí him bróhton ongeán eahta C M féþena and LX M gehorsades folces.

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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B. ánre) feþere, Lchdm. i. 234, 13. Hé léde hyne on hys níwan byrgene, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 60. Gé ðǽr gemétaþ níwe byrgenne, Blickl.

Linked entry: níwung

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Féþena heápum peditum turmis, i. agminibus, An. Ox. 827. Heora ǽgðer hæfde his folc on þrím heápum cohortes triplici ordine disposuit, Ors. 5, 12; S. 242, 3.

mann

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Th. 492, 13. v. ǽhte-, æsc-, ǽwda-, ambiht-, brim-, burh-, carl-, ceáp-, celmert-, ciépe-, ealdor-, eórod-, esne-, fæsting-, fáh-, féster-, féþe-, flot-, freó-, fyrn-, geneát-, geó- (iú-), gesíþ-, gleó-, gum-, hægsteald-, hǽþen-, hagosteald-, heáfod-,

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Þá cyld þonne hí furþum gán magon, and ðá ealdan ceorlas ðá hwile þe hí gán magon, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 6-8. ꝥ sé wǽre an féþe mihtigost sé þe mihte gán . . . oþ þisse eorþan ende, 21. where work is being done on foot Hé on his æcere eóde, and his sulh

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Foremihtig on féþe, Beo. Th. 1944; B. 970. Spédig on ðám ǽhtum ðe heora spéda on beóþ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 8. Wæstmberende on ǽlces cynnes blǽdum, 1, 3; Swt. 32, 13. Beorht on blǽdum, Cd.

Linked entries: an un-reordian