ge-sparian
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Add: to save, not to use. v. sparian ; Swá hwæt swá hý gespariaþ on heora forhæfednesse and swá hwæt swá tóforan þám neádbehéfum belifen byð on heora mægenes tilunge quidquid necessario victui superest ex operibus manuum et epularum restrictione, R.
tó-stician
To stab to pieces ⬩ wound severely by stabs ⬩ destroy by thrusts
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To stab to pieces, wound severely by stabs, destroy by thrusts Funde he hiene ǽnne be wege licgan mid sperum tósticad healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum, confossum vulneribus et extrema vitae efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14
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weorold-bót
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' Bót' prescribed by the secular power in contrast with 'godcund bót,' that prescribed by the church Ða woruldbóte hig gesetton . . . swá hwár swá man nolde godcunde bóte gebúgan mid rihte tó bisceopa dihte, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 16
efen-meahtig
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Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig, and Hé gyt is, and Hé á swá byð, Wlfst. 16, 7
ge-híwlǽcan
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Cf. ge-híwian ; 2 Heó ágyfð ꝥ gecynde-lice híw, and hé byð gehýwlǽht swylce hé of swíðe háton bæþe eóde. Lch, i. 262, 14
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stæf-gefég
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Add Ꝥ híw byð gecíged omoeuteleuton swá oft swá se middel and se ýtemesta dǽl geendað on gelícum stæfgefége, Angl. viii. 332, 13. Add Stæfgeféges litteraturae, i. scripturę, An. Ox. 7, 219. Ic ne oncneów stæfgefǽg non cognovi litteraturam, Ps.
weornian
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Rómeburuh byð geswenced ꝥ heó weornað and brosnað in hire sylfre Roma fatigata in semetipsa marcescet, Gr. D. 134, 2. Eall hé weornige swá sýre (syer, MS.) wudu weornie, Lch. i. 384, 13.
á-woffian
to be or become mad ⬩ to become insolent
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Add: to be or become mad Amens byð áwoffod, Angl. viii. 331, 41. Áwoffod freneticus, An. Ox. 4668. Gif hwylc gedwola oððe áwoffod man, Hml. S. 1, 20. to become insolent Áwolfige ł woffie insolescat, superbiat, Hpt. Gl. 461, 56:An. Ox. 2350
ǽrost
First
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Th. 135, 27; By. 124: Gen. 19, 33
án-cummum
One by one ⬩ singly ⬩ singulatim
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One by one, singly; singulatim, Jn. Lind. War. 21, 25
a-fleótan
To float off ⬩ scum ⬩ clarify ⬩ purify liquor by scumming ⬩ despumare
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To float off, scum, clarify, purify liquor by scumming; despumare
be-briceþ
breaks off ⬩ deprives by breaking
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breaks off, deprives by breaking,Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295
líg-cwalu
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Torment, or death by fire, Elen. Kmbl. 591; El. 296
bi-cerran
to pass by ⬩ præterire
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to pass by; præterire,Mk. Lind. Rush. War. 6, 48
feól-heard
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hardened by the file. For 'hard like a file' substitute:
hand-locen
Fastened, woven by the hand
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Fastened, woven by the hand, Beo. Th. 649; B. 322
cwíðend-líc
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Native, natural Cwiþenlicre genuini (perhaps Aldhelm 73, 11 'genuini (partus),' glossed by gecyndelicere, An. Ox. 5092. Cf. also genuina matrice glossed by ácennendlicum cildhaman, 1243), Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 49
of-neádian
to obtain by force, extort
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to obtain by force, extort Nú cýdde man mé ðet Æþel-wold and ic sceoldon ofneádian ða bóc æt Leófríce I have been informed that Athelwold and I must have obtained the charter from Leofric by force Chart. Th. 295, 32
H
hail
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The name of the Runic letter was hægl hail Hægl byþ hwítust corna, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4; the forms accompanying the poem and given by Kemble are these, RUNE RUNE RUNE (see printed page)
tó-meldan
to destroy peace by talebearing, ⬩ by spreading reports
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to destroy peace by talebearing, by spreading reports Ðǽr is helle grund ðam ðe sibbe ful oft tómældeþ mid his múþe (cf. Dante's Inferno, Canto 28, which describes the punishment of the sowers of scandal and schism), Exon. Th. 446, 22; Dóm. 26
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