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scyfe

Grammar
scyfe, <b>I a.</b> add: glossing
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praecipitium Þá hors . . . þǽre eá wǽtres hryne heom ondrédon, efne swá hit sum deáþes plyht oððe scyfe wǽre aquam fluminis tangere quasi mortalem praecipitium pertimescebant, Gr. D. 15, 10

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis Ex. 19, 13.

Linked entry: scotian

hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
hrínan, p. hrán; pp. hrinen

To touchreachstrike

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Hrínande him tangens eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1. 41. with acc Ic hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, 14, 27. Gif hé mid his mihte muntas hríneþ qui tangit montes, Ps. Th. 103, 30: Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 4; Rä. 24, 12.

FÉLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉLAN, p. de; pp. ed; v. a. gen.

FEELperceivetouchsentīretangĕre

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To FEEL, perceive, touch; sentīre, tangĕre Heó féleþ mínes gemótes she perceives my meeting, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 23; Rä. 26, 9. Hí ðæs félaþ they feel it, Exon. 103 a; Th. 389, 16; Rä. 7, 8

manung

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Add Suá sceal ǽghwelc láreów mid ánre láre and mid mislicum manungum his hiéremonna mód styrigean ex una doctrina, non una eademque exhortatione tangere corda audientium debet, Past. 175, 11.

ge-rínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rínan, pp. -rinen

To touch, take hold of, griptangĕre, contingĕre, arrĭpĕre

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To touch, take hold of, grip; tangĕre, contingĕre, arrĭpĕre Ne ofer ðæt syððan hine ó gerínan dorste neque unquam exinde eum audēret contingĕre, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 14.

efesian

(v.)
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Man ne mót hine efsian oððe besciran non tanget caput ejus novacula, Jud. 13, 5. Seó wolde efsian ǽlce geáre þone sanct, Hml.

nirwan

(v.)
Grammar
nirwan, nirwian; p. de, ode

To constrainrepressblamethreaten

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Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt hí mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.

hogu

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Þæt hý bútan hoge and care sýn ealra þinga þe tó heora líchoman belimpeð ut neminem illorum cura sui corporis tangat, 137, 18.[Dryhten] hoge hæfð Dominus curam habet mei . Ps. Rdr. 39, 18.

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Hrepa his bán and his flǽsc tange os ejus et carnem, Hml. Th. ii. 452, 19: Ph. 221. of other hard material:-- Sió ecg gewác on báne (the hide of the firedrake ), B. 2578. Wæter wearð tó báne (ice), Rä. 68, 3. a bone Bánes byrst, Ps.

ge-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrínan, -rínan; he -hríneþ, -hrínþ; p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touchtake hold ofseizeaffecttangĕrecontingĕrerăpĕreaffectāre

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To touch, take hold of, seize, affect; tangĕre, contingĕre, răpĕre, affectāre Ne ofer ðæt syððan hine ówiht gehrínan dorste neque umquam exinde cum audēret contingĕre, Bd. 3,12; S. 537, 14, MS. B : 3, 17; S. 544, 28.

ge-hrínan

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Wíf ðió gehríneð him mulier quae tangit eum Lk. L. 7, 39. Gié ánum fingre ne gehrínað ðaelig-acute;m hondhæfum ( sarcinas ), ii. 46. Hé gehrán him ( eos ), Mt. L. 17, 7. Hió gihrán wédum his, Mk. R. 5, 27.

grípan

(v.)
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Ox. 50, 31. with personal subject, the object material Hí mé tóbeótodon þæt hí mec mit ðám tangum grípan ( comprehendere ) woldon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 16. the object non-material Sé ðe ðás ðing gecneordlíce begǽð, hé grípð þæt behátene ríce, Hml.

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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Similar entries v. cucler-mǽl, dæg-mǽl, fot-mǽl, mǽl-tange; and cf. Icel. mál a measure: Dan. maal. a mark, sign, cross, crucifix Hér ðþiéwde reád Cristes mǽl on hefenum in this year a red cross appeared in the sky. Chr. 773; Erl. 52, 23.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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to approach, come to, visit, touch, attack, treat or use in any way, know carnally; appropinquare, adire, visitare, tangere, hostiliter aggredi, afficere, cognoscere Ðú wyrmas gyt gífre grétaþ the greedy worms yet come to thee, Exon. 100 a; Th. 375,

ge-grípan

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Gl. 192. (1 a) to seize with an implement :-- Fýrene tangan him on handa hié hæfdon, and . . . hié mé mid þǽm gegrípan woldon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 15. a non-material object Hié gegrípað ( arripiunt ) ðone cwide ðæs apostoles hiora gítsunge tó fultome

ge-læccan

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Wurdon sume his men gelæhte of Frencyscan mannan, Chr. 1075; P. 210, 15. (1 a) to seize with an implement :-- Hí woldon mé gelæccan mid heora tangum, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 34. to take from, rescue Dauid gelæhte þæt scép of ðám deórum, Ælfc. T.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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Ne sceolon gé míne þá hálgan hrínan ne grétan nolite tangere christos meos, Ps. Th. 104, 13.