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BREÓTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREÓTAN, ic breóte, ðú breótest, breótst, brýtest, brýtst, he breóteþ, breót, brýteþ, brýt, pl. breótaþ ; p. ic, he breát, ðú brute, pl. bruton; pp. broten; v.a.

To bruise, break, demolish, destroy; ⬩ conterere

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Heremód breát bolgen-mód eaxlgesteallan Heremod in angry mood destroyed his bosom friends, Beo. Th. 3430; B. 1713

Linked entries: breátan breóðan

gebed-clýfa

(n.)
Grammar
gebed-clýfa, [ge, bed a bed, clýfa, II. a cave, den] an; m.

A den ⬩ spēlunca

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A den; spēlunca Swá swá leo on gebedclýfan quăsi leo in spēlunca, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 10 : 103, 23

for-cnídan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cnídan, p. ic, he -cnád, ðú -cnide, -cnyde, pl. -cnidon; pp. -cniden

To beat or break into pieces ⬩ dash or throw down ⬩ comminuĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ collidére

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Setl his on lande ðú forcnyde sēdem ejus in terra collīsisti, 88, 43

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

wansian

(v.)
Grammar
wansian, p. ode [the word seems to occur only late, and perhaps is due to Scandinavian, cf. Icel. vansi want: wanian is the usual word]

To diminish

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The compound á-wansian also occurs :-- If áni man ðis ilk forward breke and áwansige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 243, 6

Linked entry: á-wansian

BLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom ⬩ florere, efflorere, reflorere ⬩ to be in full vigour or bloom ⬩ to burst, blossom

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Th. ii. 8, 15. Ic eom bearu blówende I am a blooming grove, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 22; Rä. 31, 4. Ic blówe floreo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 44. Swá swá blósma æceres swá he blóweþ [bléwþ, Spl.] tamquam flos agri sic efflorebit, Ps. Lamb. 102, 15.

DREPAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREPAN, ic drepe, ðú drepest, dripest, dripst, he, drepeþ, dripeþ, dripþ, pl. drepaþ; p. ic, he drep, dræp, ðú drǽpe, pl. drǽpon; pp. drepen, dropen

To strike ⬩ percŭtĕre

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To strike; percŭtĕre Ic sweorde drep ferhþgeníþlan I struck the deadly foe with my sword, Beo. Th. 5753; B. 2880.

geongan

(v.)
Grammar
geongan, ic geonge, ðú geongest, he geongeþ; p. gang, pl. gungon.

To go ⬩ ire

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Ic giungo, geongo, geonga vado, 13, 36, 33: 16, 7. Ic geonge I go, Exon. 106 a; Th. 403, 4; Rä. 22, 4. Heó to fenne gang she went to the fen, Beo. Th. 2595; B. 1295: 2022; B. 1009: 2636; B. 1316.

liþule

Grammar
liþule, [ = liþ-ele,
  • Cockayne, Lchdm. ii. 398, col. 1
]

synovia

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M. 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 134, 3, 8

Linked entry: ele

wirs

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worse ⬩ worst

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Ic mín fulluht wyrs geheóld ðonne icbehéte, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 264, 8: L. Ath. iv. proem.; Th. i. 220, 2. Hé ðý wyrs meahte þolian ða þráge, Met. 1, 76.

Linked entries: wiers wirrest wyrs

dreám

Grammar
dreám, <b>; II a.</b>
Entry preview:

ꝥ þǽra hlystendra eáran of þám dreáme ( psalmorum pronuntiationi ) beón ábryrde. Chrd. 57, 16. Add

swíþ

Grammar
swíþ, <b>. II 2.</b>
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Hé beféng mínne swíðran mid deórwurðum stánum, Hml. S. 7, 32. Add

swíþe

Grammar
swíþe, <b>. II a.</b>
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Add Hié þæt dydon for þǽm swíþost þe hié þóhtan þæt hié siþþan hiora underþeówas wǽren, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 22; 3, 9; S. 132, 13. add Wé ne mihton secgan swá swíðe embe þæt swá swá wé woldon, Hex. 2, 4. Gemetegung, mid þǽre sceall seó sáwul ealle þing

tilþ

Grammar
tilþ, <b>. II 1.</b>
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Tilþa lucra, An. Ox. 56, 309. Add

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, <b>II a.</b>
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add: to throw, scatter Hyt nyþer torfaþ iacit cumulos, Germ. 390, 80. to toss (intrans.) Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, <b>; II 2.</b>
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Þæt hí ne forhtgean þæs gewinnes ne þæs síþfætes, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 3. Add

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

faran

Grammar
faran, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Ǽlc mann þe on módignysse færd, Hml. S. 34, 315. Add

fíf

Grammar
fíf, <b>; II 1.</b>
Entry preview:

Add Dó tó þám fífum þe Octƀ hæfð, Angl. viii. 305, 17. the abstract number Gif ꝥ gedæl byð tódǽled þurh seofon ... and þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon oððe twá ..., fífe oððe syxe, Angl. viii. 303, 46

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